The Quickie - Conversations with Designers

Hey All, I did something a little different for episode 200. I went through my past 199 episodes, pulled clips from 23 episodes. These are clips from the part of the show where we ask the guest to share the project they have been a part of that they are the most proud of, the one that makes their heart sing. Hearing all these different stories of designers and creatives helping businesses, helping...

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Today's guest is Timba Smits. He is a Graphic Artist, Illustrator, and Curator out of London England. Full disclosure, this is a quickie-ish. One hour...so buckle up cause it's a damn good ride. Timba and I get into the stories...this episode is like a blockbuster movie. We should be charging for this gem, but we won't.  During this episode we talk about: -how he wanted to be a fine artist an...

Today's guest is Santosh Chawla. He is a Senior Designer at Affinity Creative Group out of Oakland CA.  During this episode we talk about:  -how he got into the wine and spirits packaging design world.  -HeMan toys and old toy packaging.  -growing up and in India and growing his creative skills there.  -his first trip to North America and how that all came about.  -th...

Today's guest is Jess Goldsmith. She is a designer and illustrator working as Chick of all trade out of Brooklyn NY.  During this episode we talk about: -how she is inspired by nostalgic design and styles. -her unique path to being a graphic designer.  -how her creativity started with magazine collages in her room.  -why she got into design.  -the art event in Miami that she at...

Part Two: Today's guest is Aaron Draplin. He is the Designer at Draplin Design Co and part of the Field Notes Brand from in Portland OR. During this part of the interview we talk about: -print design and how it is still a relevant medium for communication. -a couple of projects that did not work out and got away from him. -how it feels for him when clients move things around and adjusts his work.&...

Part One: Today's guest is Aaron Draplin. He is the Designer at Draplin Design Co and part of the Field Notes Brand in Portland OR.  During part one of this interview we talk about: -his creative childhood that included junking and going to garage sales with his dad. -why he originally moved out to the west coast from Northern Michigan. -the first design job he had even before doing design fo...

Today's guest is Cara Hibbs. She is an illustrator and printmaker at her studio called Oh, Little Rabbit near Portland OR.  During this episode we talk about: -the block printing her and her husband started and launched on Etsy that turned into a surprise success. -the teacher that really supported her decision to pursue design, but also the reason she decided to leave art school early. ...

Today's guest is Thomas J. Stevens. He is an independent designer based just outside of Birmingham UK.  During this episode we talk about:  -how he was always into drawing and creating and actually sold homemade comic books to his class. -his excitement for film design work and representing it using different mediums.  -his self initiated design work Gary Vee and movies that gets no...

Today's guest is Anoushka Khandwala. She is a designer, writer, and educator based out of London in the UK.  During this episode we talk about: -her introduction to art and creativity from her mom.  -she wanted to study paint and fine art but changed to graphic design, and what went into that decision.  -when she first noticed the lack of women of colour in design and how she was mo...

Today's guest is Paula Scher. She is a Designer, Painter, and a Partner at Pentagram in the New York office. She is also....PAULA SCHER! The little ol' Quickie Podcast is just cruising. What a great time.  During part two of this interview we talk about: -the Swatch Watch project she was a part that went great, until three years later when it didn't. It is also the project that made a bit of...

Today's guest is Paula Scher. She is a Designer, Painter, and a Partner at Pentagram in the New York office. She is also....PAULA SCHER! The little ol' Quickie Podcast is just cruising. What a great time.  During part one of this interview we talk about: -how she did not come from a creative family.  -how she did not know what graphic design was until college.  -the teacher who wasn...

Today's guests are Jonny Black and Richard Roche. They are co-founders of Cast Iron Design out of Boulder CO. A couple of fun creative dudes.  During part two of this interview we talk about: -how asking a lot of questions can save a lot of time and money and the way they figured that out.  -the lessons learned taking it easy when they arrived in Boulder.  -the client that pulled ou...

Today's guests are Jonny Black and Richard Roche. They are co-founders of Cast Iron Design out of Boulder CO. A couple of fun creative dudes.  During Part One of this interview we talk about:  -their individual paths to design and the influences on them along the way.  -the book that really influenced Jonny.  -the food brand that Jonny really loves the design work from.  -...

Today's guest is Sam Shepard. He is a freelance graphic designer out of Sacramento CA.  During this episode we talk about: -his music scene entrance to graphic design.  -the book series he collected as a kid because of the artwork on the cover.  -the album covers that really influenced him early on in his career.  -DMX, the Beatles, the Beach Boys. -a few awesome design / art I...

Today's guest is Kenny Morgan. He is the CoFounder and CCO at Counsel Creative in Chattanooga TN.  During this episode we talk about:  -how he came from a family of artists yet he originally wanted to get into the business side of the music scene. -the call he received that changed his career.  -the little moments he ignored initially that were pointing him in the direction of desig...

Today's guest is Evelio Mattos. He is a packaging designer at GetUNBOXD out of Arizona. He is also a contributing editor at The Dieline, and put over 12years in at Design Packaging.  During this episode we talk about:  -how he grew up in New York and Hawaii. -his time working as an inhouse designer at UHaul. -the moment he decided to double down on packaging design.  -the brand who...

Today's guest is Joshua Ariza. He is a Freelance Commercial Artist and the Owner at CHOMP brand.   During part two of this episode we talk about: -how he worked through the challenge of going freelance, and how his wife lost her job around the same time. Yikes. -the surprise firing he experienced. -the work he has done building CHOMP and why he is so proud of it.  -the mentors that have...

Today's guest is Joshua Ariza. He is a Freelance Commercial Artist and the Owner at CHOMP brand.   During part one of this episode we talk about: -his time at Billabong, Nike, and the decision to go freelance.  -the person that really influenced his pursuit of design along with comic books.  -the sock project he was a part of that Dwayne Johnson and Just Trudeau have been spotted we...

Today's guest is Lenny Terenzi. He is a Designer, Illustrator, and Creative Director working as Hey Monkey Design out of Raleigh NC.  During this episode we talk about: -his very first job in the design game.  -how he has been working for himself since 2001. -the chance class that he took that changed his life and the book that heavily influenced him.  -why the last 5 years have bee...

Today's guest is Meena Khalili. She is a professor, and designer at her practice called Curiosity HQ out of Columbia SC.  During Part Two of this episode we talk about: -the tough times in her career and why it might all be tough.  -the lessons she has learned from not asking for help when she needed to, and what that caused her to miss. -the project she is proud to have been a part of.&...

Today's guest is Meena Khalili. She is a professor, and designer at her practice called Curiosity HQ out of Columbia SC.  During Part One of this episode we talk about: -her first few gigs in design and how they didn't go as planned. -her first "big girl" design job and what that was.  -how her first teaching gig came about and what that meant to her.  -the "Olympics of Art" that sh...

Today's guest is Chris Williams. He is a graphic designer and owner of Plastic Flame Press out of Durham NC.  During this episode we talk about:  -the different types of work and the class that influenced him earlier in his career.  -the club he learned about that got him into poster design. He has since designed well over 500 posters as a member. -the print work he did for his band...

Today's guest is Michael Tumlin. He is a Freelance Graphic Designer and Podcaster as the host of Creatively Brief Podcast out of Orlando FL.  During this episode we talk about: -how he comes from a creative family but originally wanted to get into architecture or marketing.  -the band he started designing fan art for and what that led to.  -the creative that has been a heavy influen...

Today's guest is Adam Moore. Also known as Harold Apples. He is a Graphic Designer, and also the founder of National Dry Goods out of Adolphus KY.  During this episode we talk about: -his intro to the design world through the music scene, playing in bands, and poster art and album cover art. -his love for print and how his dad has been in printing since he was 16 years old and Adam would go t...