Talk Paper Scissors

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you’ll meet Aurelie Maron, a full-time lettering artist and teacher based out of the Gold Coast, Australia. You’ll hear Aurelie’s story, including why neither agency life nor freelance work was the right fit for her creativity. You’ll hear accessible ways for beginners to get started in their lettering journey, as well as the way Aurelie uses lettering challenges...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, you’ll meet Jorge Gomez, a brand strategist and graffiti writer based out of Inglewood, CA. You’ll hear about Jorge’s work running The Money Studio, helping BIPOC-owned brands preserve their culture, as well as his design origin story that started with graffiti. You’ll hear how he’s doubled down on setbacks in his life and used them as powerful catalysts for growt...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode close to Diana’s heart released on what would have been her Dad’s 69th birthday, hear them read a favourite children’s story book together. First recorded in the late 1980s and then in 2021, hear Diana, her Dad and her youngest daughter (who narrowly missed meeting her Grandad) read for the first and last time together, united through the magic of audio.  Let'...

Send us Fan Mail In this final conversation of the series, academic, author, artist and activist, Dr. Robyn Bourgeois (Laughing Otter Caring Woman) shares what it means to be heart-centred, inside and outside of the university system. She provides examples and actionable takeaways for becoming and remaining heart-centred through difficult situations. Robyn discusses how and why she sets boundaries...

Send us Fan Mail In this conversation, design education leader, Dr. Ana Rita Morais, shares her vision for the future. She gives us a peek into the ways in which paradigm-shifting tech like AI can be integrated into educational spaces, as well as the evolution of her large-scale calendar project supporting BIPOC students in need. The conversation continues with Ana Rita’s vision of future learning...

Send us Fan Mail In this intimate conversation, cultural diversity educator Gail-Ann Wilson Michell shares her reality growing up ‘being the only’; a young Black girl and then woman and educator in Edmonton, including sharing her experiences in school. She describes important parts of her work including her take on what she calls ‘the six letter word’; its historical context and its role in modern...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Diana shares her week of serendipitous BIG MAGIC centered around books while she was filming her Domestika course in New York City. Interwoven throughout the story are excerpts from Elizabeth Gilbert's incredible book, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear. Expect sunshine, rainbows and some serious BIG MAGIC.  Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram...

Send us Fan Mail In this final episode of 2022, Diana reflects on the best parts of producing a podcast and how statistics alone can’t capture the whole story. To continue her work sowing seeds of creative confidence, Diana shares an excerpt — a big idea — about making friends with Failure to boost creative confidence. Here’s to savouring the last of 2022 and looking ahead to 2023!  Let's Con...

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Oliver Schöndorfer of Pimp My Type! In this episode you’ll hear Oliver’s approach to pairing type, a helpful framework to think about categorizing type in a different way and rethinking font classification systems for ‘finding’ type versus for ‘filing’ type. You’ll also hear Oliver’s favourite pairing right now, the typeface he would choose if he could only choose one and...

Send us Fan Mail The final episode in a 3-part mini series focused on the topic of ‘inspiration’, Diana dishes up her thoughts on the topic of inspiration, marrying her experiences with others’ research. She will explain the way she thinks about ‘a-ha moments’, as well as share a framework that allows humans to connect to inspiration more easily through ‘ACE-ing’ it: embrace, pace, place, space, i...

Send us Fan Mail The second episode in a 3-part mini series focused on the topic of ‘inspiration’, Diana sits down with a panel of 5 Master of Digital Media Students from Toronto Metropolitan University to learn more about their personal experiences with inspiration; what inspires them, how they seek it out (or don’t seek it out) and a series of other big ideas (self-worth, flow state, rest) that...

Send us Fan Mail The first episode in a 3-part mini series focused on the topic of ‘inspiration’, Diana sits down with Reilly Stephens, Creative Strategist, Pinterest to learn more about what’s at the intersection of inspiration and digital media.  In this conversation the pair discuss inspiring spaces online, how Pinterest is approaching inspiration differently than other online platforms and why...

Send us Fan Mail This is a very special crossover episode between Talk Paper Scissors and the Graphic Design is Fun podcast where Diana and Canadian graphic designer, Dan Alan, chat about the topics of teaching and learning graphic design. In this conversation, Dan describes what he believes it takes to be a graphic designer, as well as his thoughts about learning graphic design. He reveals what’s...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Andres O'Brien Ramirez. Name: Geometos Neue Release Date: 2017  Designers: Depak Dogra  Classification: Sans Serif Owned By: Graphite Claim t...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Zoe Soeiro. Name: Proxima Nova Release Date: 2005 Designers: Mark Simonson Classification: Geometric Sans Serif Owned By: Mark Simonson Studio Cla...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Ian Ugale. Name: ITC Benguiat Release Date: 1977 Designers: Ed Benguiat Classification: Serif Display Owned By: International Typeface Corporation...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Maya Navarro. Name: Times New Roman Release Date: 1932 Designers: Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent Classification: Mixed Transitional Old-Style...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Johanna Gibson. Name: Gill Sans Release Date: 1928 Designer: Eric Gill Classification: Humanist Sans-Serif Owned By: Monotype Claim to Fame: Typef...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!).   This episode is guest hosted by Shelby Cooper and Zohal Rashid.   Name: Bodoni Release Date: 1798 Designers: Giambattista Bodoni Classification: Modern Serif Script Owned By: L...

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, from Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before… welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 2!). This episode is guest hosted by Nate Evangelista. Name: Didot Release Date: Between 1784 and 1811 Designer: Firmin Didot Classification: Modern Serif  Owned By: Various type foun...

Send us Fan Mail In this perspective-shifting episode, Madeleine Dore (author of I Didn’t Do The Thing Today: Letting Go of Productivity Guilt) chats about all sorts of important ideas, especially as summer’s restful embrace invites us to slow down and play.  Madeleine discusses why ‘perfection’ is a flawed concept (and what’s better than striving for perfection), the importance of taking producti...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in on TMU’s Magazine Production & Publishing class in Spring 2022… In this final episode in a 3-part series about magazines, meet Steph Beveridge, Account Manager at Hemlock Printers in Vancouver, BC, Canada. In this conversation, Steph explains the types of magazines Hemlock prints and the ways in which small, niche publications are growing their audiences. Steph share...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in on TMU’s Magazine Production & Publishing class in Spring 2022… In this second episode in a 3-part series about magazines, meet Lonelle Selbo, publisher and designer of LIFE AU LAIT Magazine, a digital publication serving Prince Edward County (PEC), Ontario, Canada. In this conversation, Lonelle explains her magazine’s origin story, why digital is the right format fo...

Send us Fan Mail Listen in on TMU’s Magazine Production & Publishing class in Spring 2022… In this conversation, we welcome Greg Davis, Publisher of Melanistic Magazine based in Edmonton, Alberta. He shares his story as “a Jamaican who found himself in Toronto who got lost in Tokyo”. He describes how communicating a consistent and authentic voice that speaks to the nature of the magazine is wh...

Send us Fan Mail In this final conversation in the mini series about big emotions in creative living, you will hear from children’s book author and illustrator, Lisa Anchin with her recently released work, The Paper Bird. Lisa sheds light on how book making is a hugely collaborative process and the way she works with her publishing team. She speaks to the role that self-doubt plays in her creative...