Underscore

Over the past two decades, graphic designer, Nick Adam has been shaping and contributing to Chicago’s visual culture through collaborations with institutions, studios, and leaders. He describes himself as strategic and values-driven, focusing on and exploring identities and stories while producing work that leads to rich conversation and experiences by merging craft, theory, and optimism. In 2018,...

Since 1991 Carlos Segura has been running his studio, Segura Inc . In 1994 he founded T26 type foundry, and today, he continues to create beautiful work with purpose, meaning, and immense attention to detail. In this episode, Segura speaks with host Christian Solorzano and discusses his design philosophy, approach to working with clients, and shares stories about the Chicago design community. Musi...

Bob Zeni is no stranger to the design community. In the past, year after year, Zeni contributed his time to fostering the celebration of craft and excellence in design. Zeni graduated in 1974 with a degree in journalism, and 1988, he began his design agency, Bob Zeni & Associates, where he worked on visual identity systems, editorial design, and digital and print design.  In this episode,...

Mx. Studio was founded by designers Jonathan Sangster and KT Duffy . Together they focus on projects that involve branding, identity development, front-end web development, VR and AR environments, design, print, social media, concept development, video, and digital fabrication. In this episode, Sangster and KT speak with host Christian Solorzano and discuss their approach to design, breaking conve...

Patric King is a graphic designer and typographer based in Chicago. In this episode, King speaks with host, Christian Solorzano and discusses coming to Chicago in the mid-1990s to work alongside Rick Valicenti at the design studio Thirst and the work that he did while there. King also shares how he founded House of Pretty , his design studio, and speaks about some of the early influences that shap...

In this episode, host, Christian Solorzano , speaks with Nick Haas , a Chicago-based designer, creative director, and artist. Originally from Cleveland Ohio, Nick has been calling Chicago his home for over 20 years. In 2002 he graduated from DePaul University with a degree in Graphic Design. Today, his roles are Director of Design in the Products and Technology group at PwC — which is a large cons...

In this episode, host, Christian Solorzano, speaks with Chicago-based designer, Brooke Kravitz , about a wide range of topics, from emotions, vulnerability, creativity, business, and more. She shares with us the story of how she was introduced to graphic design, how being a Girl Scout shaped her perspective of the world and her perspective on design.

A conversation with designer, letterer, and entrepreneur, Chelsie Tamms of Lettering Works. In this episode, she speaks with Underscore's host Christian Solorzano about her creative journey, process, and more.

A conversation with John Hatherly , a multidisciplinary designer and founder of the design studio Sondwerk . In this episode, Underscore's host, Christian Solorzano, speaks with John about curiosity, purpose-led work, and what it means to never lose the wonder in life. 

A conversation with Christian Solorzano , Founder of the Chicago Graphic Design Club . In this episode, the host, Patrick Smith asks Christian about the inception of CGDC and the ways in which he's fostering and building a design community in Chicago.  Theme music by the band, Eighties Slang .