The Quickie - Conversations with Designers

Today's guest is Scarlett Aubrey who is a lead in-house graphic designer from Vancouver BC. She has Irish roots, creative parents, and loves the outdoors. Scarlett also shares with us that she has dyslexia. She shares her struggles growing up with it, and also how it affects her in her career as a graphic designer. She is very talented and shared so much value from her journey so far. Raw and hone...

Todays guest is Conrad Stel from conradstel.com. He is a multidisciplinary freelance designer with a soft spot for branding. I first met Conrad when he was working with a world renown fertilizer company that focuses on the cannabis industry. He shares stories from his journey so far with us and one that stuck out to me is when he first started noticing design in the world. It was in the cereal box...

Today's guest is Rose Mears. She is a freelance Illustrator and Designer out of the UK. I feel this episode has a beautiful nature theme. Rose shares with us her passion for getting outdoors and how it really helps her when she runs into a creative block. She does amazing illustrations of beautiful things in nature from trees to flowers and leaves. Keeping with that nature theme, there are actuall...

Today's guest is Nick Longo from Longo Design in Los Angeles CA. Nick is also the co-host of The Deeply Graphic Design Cast Podcast, and The Creative Course Podcast. This was a really cool interview to do because I was listening to the Deeply Graphic Design Cast long before I started the Quickie. Thanks Nick for working on a great show for designers and creatives! Nick has great energy and you can...

Today's guest is Parker McLean from Harc Creative in Vancouver BC. What an awesome interview this is! Parker is a very talented creative with great stories and advice to share. He brings it in this episode! We talk about how he was born with a Cleft Palate and for the first 10-12 years of his life he struggled with communicating. Through that, he became fascinated by non-verbal communication and s...

Today's guest is Dennis Boyle from Boyle Design Corp in Vancouver BC. Dennis is an award-winning Designer and Creative Director, and a very humble guy. But I did get him to share some stories from his career and about some of his work. He also talks a bit about design becoming increasingly more involved with the innovations of AR/VR, and I loved his answer for "the one tool he can't live without!"...

Today's guest is Steph Ganea. She is the co-host of the Vancouver chapter of Ladies Wine and Design which is an international female design community. Steph is a GDC BC executive board member and a Freelance Graphic Designer. She knows what is going on in the design community and I really enjoyed hearing her story. Enjoy!

Today's guest is Bruce Stigler who is a Senior Designer, Art Director and Soloprenuer at Bruce Advertising and Design. Previously he was a Product Design Director and a Senior Designer at Hornall Anderson in Seattle. I really enjoyed talking to Bruce about his change of direction early on in his creative career and also about his hobbies that help him clear out any creative blocks he might run int...

Today's guest is David Watson who is the Executive Creative Director of Design at Mosaic North America. David was previously at TAXI in Toronto for over 14 years. We chat about his childhood growing up in Thunderbay Ontario and where he first realized that you could get paid to work in design! He has an awesome Behance page which you should check out, after the episode of course! Get into it!

Today's guest is Tom Froese, a freelance illustrator out of Vancouver, BC. Tom is also a Top Teacher on Skillshare for his Illustration based courses. He has a self described quirky personality much like mine and I really enjoyed hearing about some of his favourite projects. A really great conversation. Enjoy!

Today's guest is Patrick Toste Seattle Washington. He is the Co-founder and Creative Director of Highopes Design, a cannabis-focused branding and design agency. I love Patrick's energy while talking design and I really enjoyed hearing his story about the radio station logo. This was a fun one! 

Todays guest is Scott Santoro from Worksight in Manhattan New York! Scott is a designer, international speaker, design instructor at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, and also the Author and designer of the design text book "Guide to Graphic Design". Enjoy!

Today's guest is Margaret Nolan from Denomination Design. They are based in Sydney Australia with offices in London and San Francisco and specialize in the luxury beverage market. Margaret has been helping beverage brands make take a big gulp of market share and has created many stunning packaging designs. She has some great stories to share and I really enjoyed chatting with her. 

Today's guest is Alex Suarez who is the Director of Art + Design with Brother Creative Agency. I had a really fun time talking to him about the first time he saw "good" design in the wild and went, that's cool, I want to do that! A family man and all around good guy. Check it out, Alex Suarez.

Today's guest is Meghan Hole who is a very talented freelance graphic designer out of Seattle Washington. She has worked with Gatorade and Starbucks as well as work for clients in the Cannabis space. Meghan is loads of fun and has some great advice if you are feeling stuck or out of ideas on a project...check it out!

Today's guest is Ben Hubbard from Ben Busy Design in Seattle Washington. Ben is a true pacific northwesterner. He is an extremely talented artist with type and hand lettering. He has worked with clients like Nike, Microsoft, Amazon, Zummies and if you ask really nicely, and pay the man, he'll design a typeface for your boat! Get listening!

Today's guest is Laura from Laura Ramsay Design in beautiful Vancouver, BC. Laura loves being outdoors and taking full advantage of the inspiration that Vancouver's surrounding landscape offers. Her design work is super clean and her Instagram is really good. @lauraramsaydesign. Enjoy!

Today's guest is Jeremy Friend. Graphic Designer and hand lettering specialist. He has worked with Coach, YouTube, Entertainment Weekly and more! I loved chatting with Jeremy and hearing about his awesome childhood too. Also, he secretly loves Lady Gaga. Don't worry Jeremy, you were born this way. 

Today's guest is Michelle Sourisseau from Form Meets Function in Surrey BC. I have known Michelle for over 10 years now. We first met when I was running a printing press. She was the designer for a project and came in for a press check. It's been great knowing her since and I really enjoyed hearing more about her path to design. 

Today's guest is Ashley Worobec from Common Matter Design. She is a freelance graphic designer out of Seattle Washington with a passion for sustainable design. I really enjoyed hearing her story and experience with sustainable design. Enjoy!

Today's guest is Scott Wetzel who is the Creative Director at Fresh Bread Design. I'm a fan of beautifully distilled beverages so it was great chatting with Scott who specializes in making those distilled spirits have an amazing brand and packaging design. He is a fun guy and I really enjoyed this conversation. 

Today's guest is Dan Ryu from Crew Marketing Partners in Surrey BC. I have known Dan for a while now and he is a really great guy. Knows his stuff! Really enjoyed hearing about his childhood and how it led him to the creative field. Dan is a really busy guy so I'm glad he could fit this in and share with us. Enjoy!

Today's guest is Raz Cuculea. I have known him for a number of years now and he is a great guy! I really enjoyed hearing his story and how he arrived in the creative field. Have a listen and enjoy!

Today's guest is Emily McLean, also known as The Lively Artist @thelivelyartist on Instagram. Emily is also the creative of The Quickie Podcast logo and has been a sounding board for ideas while I was getting this up and running. Have a listen and enjoy!

Just a quick intro on the who and what of The Quickie Podcast.