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Year End Review
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Year End Review 2024

Creatives Ignite provides creative solopreneurs with weekly inspiration & honest insights about running a creative business. Encouraging creatives to keep their creativity ignited by exploring

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Product Design Defined with Tim Baron
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Product Design Defined with Tim Baron

Creatives Ignite provides creative solopreneurs with weekly inspiration & honest insights about running a creative business. Encouraging creatives to keep their creativity ignited by exploring

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Product Design Defined with Rex McKay https://creativesignite.com/product-design-defined-with-rex-mckay/
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Product Design Defined with Rex McKay

Creatives Ignite provides creative solopreneurs with weekly inspiration & honest insights about running a creative business. Encouraging creatives to keep their creativity ignited by exploring

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Marius Valdes, inspiration in action Episode 470 Creatives Ignite
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Inspiration in Action with Marius Valdes

This series is fascinating to me because I love seeing how people learn, how what they are experiencing, reading, and seeing influence and effect their art and design. His characters are lovable and joyful. Marius brings that joy to walls through his murals, bookshelves through his books and illustration projects, and anywhere else stickers can live. You can get your own stickers, art, books, and more by visiting his website.

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ryan kough inspiration in action
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Inspiration in Action with Ryan Kough

I love seeing where some of my favorite creatives are garnering their fuel and how their process changes over time. This week I get to introduce you to a new face. Ryan Kough believes in design as a tool for social activism.

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Analyze Your Time

Episode 456 LIVE on Wednesday, Jan 10, 2024 at 7:30pm GMT / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 9:30am in Hawaii. When will it finally

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Building a Design Partnership with Colin Grist

This week I will talk to Colin Grist about his design journey from working a corporate design job to picking a partner to go out on their own. It takes a lot of courage to leave the safety and security of a job and to go out on your own is hard, but I love the idea of finding someone to do this journey with me.

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Chris Martin // The Documentary Series

We go through peaks and valleys in regards to our creativity and production. There are times we battle with overload and there are droughts. These droughts can be inspiration, motivation, lack of projects, etc. Everyone battles this.

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Dustin Lee // Where Are They Now series

This week we end the Where Are They Now series with my good friend Dustin Lee. We first had Dustin on the show back in August of 2015. (Wow over eight years ago!) Dustin was able to build a business in his off time, pay for diapers and more from this passive income business. In 2014 he made over 125k on his own.

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Scotty Russell // Where Are They Now series

Scotty Russell is a coach, artist, designer, podcaster, speaker, dad to three and husband. Scotty is someone who is passionate about helping other people. He is empathetic towards people who are amazing but are in less than great situations. He has helped hundreds of creatives take their side hustle to be their main hustle through his unique spin on mindset, motivation, and marketing.

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Nathan Yoder, illustrator, typographer, etching, pacific northwest
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Nathan Yoder // Where Are They Now series

On this entrepreneurial journey there are a LOT of unknowns. We dive deep into this and what Nathan has held onto in these uncertain times. This episode will be centered around his faith and where his focus on Jesus in his life takes his business.

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The Messy Middle Summer of 2022 // Part 2

I made it a point to reconnect with making art and become accepting of the process which includes making a lot of messes. This was something I had not done outside my sketchbook in years, maybe decades. Meaning I was making something that was purposeless, or just for me. I call this the messy middle and honestly it is part of every single project. 

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400

Holy Moly, What have I learned in ten years and 399 episodes. Let’s do some Remembering! Join me live on Wednesday, Jan 12, 2022. And

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2021 Wrap Up

Seriously excited to wrap up the year with you this week. Yes another Rapid Recharge and I will be joined with my good friend De

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Camp Reunion

Episode 377 Airs April 7 @ 7:30pm BST / 2:30pm ET / 11:30am PT / 8:30am in Hawaii Join us for a Creatives Ignite Camp

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Ash Rathod // No More Hiding

https://youtu.be/VkN40nDyleM Episode 367 Aired on January 20, 2021 This week is the third week focusing on Mental Health on Design Recharge and we are going

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This is NOT Working for Me // Dimi Lazarou

https://youtu.be/UsunLD55KIY or Listen here Design Recharge · This is NOT Working for Me with Dimi Lazarou Connect with Dimi https://symbolonbranding.co.uk/ https://instagram.com/symbolonbranding Read the Transcript [00:00:00]

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The Spin: Trust & Enjoy

Episode 343 Aired Wednesday, May 6, 2020 Do you remember spinning or being spun by an adult?You know where they would take your hands and

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Overloading My Plate

Episode 320. Aired Wednesday, November 6, 2019. Do you ever have trouble saying no? Do you often feel overwhelmed with all the work you have

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Working as a Remote Designer

Aired Wednesday, October 16, 2019. Or listen here: Have you dreamed of working from home?Do you understand what it entails?Are you highly self-motivated?Do you have

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Guarantee Success

Episode 292. Airs Wednesday, March 27, 2019. Or listen here: https://soundcloud.com/rechargingyou/rapid-recharge-not-afraid-to-fail-guarantee-success   This episode almost didn’t happen. I am honestly tired and I just had

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Josh Morey // Building Community

Episode 288. Aired February 27, 2019. Or listen here: https://soundcloud.com/rechargingyou/josh-morey-building-community-inhouse/s-YGE69     Have you ever worked an InHouse job surrounded by people but all the

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Nathalie Kalbach // Following Your Gut

Episode 280. Aired Wednesday, December 12, 2018. Or listen here: https://soundcloud.com/rechargingyou/follow-your-gut-with-nathalie-kalbach Are your passion and your career aligned? Do you ever wish your side hustle

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Alicja Colon // Overcoming Debilitating Self-Talk

Episode 279. Aired Wednesday, December 5, 2018. Or listen here: https://soundcloud.com/rechargingyou/overcoming-debilitating-self-talk-with-alicja-colon-120518 Does your inner voice regularly berate you? Do you have a hard time turning

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Jordan Wong // Pivot

Episode 245. Aired on Wednesday, February 21, 2018. Jordan has sold his own products, worked for clients, and taken his drawing exercises and created a

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Ryan Hamrick // Curves Ahead

Aired on July 19, 2017. Episode 220 [youtube id=”gyEZDxpTZyw”] This week’s guest is a Design Recharge favorite, Ryan Hamrick. Ryan is a lettering artist, designer,

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Colin Tierney // Crayligraphy

Episode 186 Aired September 28, 2016. [youtube id=”JRY4JQT64qs”] This week on Design Recharge I am interviewing Colin Tierney. Colin runs a design firm that specialized

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Richard Longhi // Semper Gumby

Aired Wednesday, March 30, 2016. Episode 164 [youtube id=”LBwF1EW5J38″] Being flexible is one of Richard Longhi’s personal superpowers. When life throws him a challenge he

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Scott Fuller // Always Searching

Episode 154. Aired Jan 13, 2016. [youtube id=”49skNXh0P7w”] Scott Fuller, owner and designer at Studio Temporary loves minimalist design and is a fantastic illustrator. Scott

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Ryan Hamrick // Business Strategy

Aired Wednesday, November 18, 2015. Episode 150. [youtube id= upAz9hl3QdU] Ryan Hamrick is a designer, letterer, and entrepreneur. He keeps his passion for design ignited

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Eric Friedensohn // Building Character

Aired on Wednesday, October 7, 2015. Episode 146. [youtube id=7e9Vcaxzusw] Lettering Artist and Designer, Eric Friedensohn has been seeking out opportunities and stumbling into experiences

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John Clifford // Graphic Icons

Aired Wednesday, Jan 28, 2015. Episode 119 John Clifford has curated a stunning collection of design visionaries into a concise book, Graphic Icons, that is

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The Story Behind TYPEFIGHT

Aired, Friday, Sept 5. Episode 107 Drew Roper and Bryan Butler explain why they started this showdown between letters and the calligraphic contests that have

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Freelancer Readiness with TCG

Aired, Wednesday, Aug 6, 2014. Episode 102 The Creative Group shares how freelancers can better prepare themselves as they start taking on new clients. TCG

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Resumé Writing with TCG

Aired, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. Episode 90 Executive Director, Diane Domeyer shares with us the strategies of an effective resumé for designers. This episode covers

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Scott Fuller // Always Asking

Aired, Wednesday, April 2, 2014. Episode 88 Scott Fuller is a designer who has created authentic relationships by asking. Scott shares his secret and why

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Personal Branding Tips from TCG

Aired, Wednesday, Jan 29, 2014. Episode 79 The Creative Group’s Diane Domeyer will give us industry tips on creating and implementing your personal brand. And

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Design Recharge in Reverse

Aired Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Episode 53 Meaghan Dee turns the table and asks diane gibbs, the host of The Design Recharge Show, the questions

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Branding Guru David Brier

Aired Wednesday, July 10, 2013. Episode 52 David Brier shares with us his expertise in creating a brand as well as the impact packaging can

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Mike Rohde & Sketchnotes

Aired Wednesday, April 10, 2013. Episode 40 Mike Rohde, author of “The Sketchnote Handbook” shares with us how taking notes using simple drawings “to amplify

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Nathan Yoder & Hand-drawn Type

Aired Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Episode 37 Oklahoma native & designer, Nathan loves using his hands to create masterpieces out of hand-drawn type. [youtube id=“rRN81C1xoDc”]

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Starting an AIGA chapter

Aired Wednesday, February 6, 2013. Episode 33 [youtube id=”lwfjmRVrOOw”] Nikki Villagomez started an AIGA Chapter in South Carolina and shares with us the ins-and-outs of

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Skeuomorphism

Aired Wednesday, December 19th, 2012. Episode 27 Kim Spencer of Protozoa Design talks about why this aspect of design is important. [youtube id=“Xm0gzBZdc5k”]  

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Moving to a New City

Aired Wednesday, December 5, 2012. Episode 25 Thinking of moving to a new city? Moving with a job or finding one once you get there?

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Answering Your Design Questions

Aired Wednesday, November 28, 2012. Episode 24 Ann Ford shares her experiences, her struggles and successes, as a designer and business owner. [youtube id=”iFNSLDse3rQ”]

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Lost Episodes

Although it was terribly disappointing to lose these episodes and in the interest of all the guests who were interviewed during these times. I am

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