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Alex Lazaris // Mentoring Creatives

Episode 226. Aired on September 6, 2017 This week I am excited to have Alex Lazaris on the show. I started out being impressed by Alex’s designs and his creative eye, but the more I learned about him the more inspired I became. He is not only a talented designer, but he is also leading […]

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Joseph Carter-Brown // Dealers of Empathy

Episode 225. Aired August 30, 2017. This week I am proud to have my friend and long-time Design Recharge family member back on the show to talk about fear and empathy. We will talk about not feeling like you belong, and understanding how as designers we are communicators. That means we are sales people, we

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Rapid Recharge // Beavers & the New Front Porch

Aired on August 23, 2017 Episode 224 This week is a Rapid Recharge and we are recapping WMC Fest 8. You will get to hear the talk I gave and understand why I think designers are beavers. I was blessed to have friends in the first two rows who whooped it up for me and

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T.J. Harley // Flexible & Focused

Aired on August 9, 2017 Episode 223 This week’s guest is T.J. Harley. T.J. got his start working in a t-shirt shop while going to college at Clemson University. He worked whenever he didn’t have class and got a chance to learn and use Illustrator. After graduation T.J. got his start in the sports industry

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Design Recharge // Mackenzie Hill // Tips from a Project Manager

Aired August 2, 2017. Episode 222 [youtube id=”IPqa72gXEjs“] This week’s guest is Mackenzie Hill. She is a project leader and keeps multiple projects running smoothly. Mackenzie has some tips on client interaction and designer to developer communication. We will learn the tools she uses to make working so much easier. If you are trying to

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Rapid Recharge // Competitors or Allies

Episode 221. Airs July 26, 2017. Are you better alone or do you and your skills get enhanced when you are around other people? Better alone or better together? My dad read me this joke that he shared with his Sunday School class last weekend. It has stayed with me ever since. Here it is,

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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, and entrepreneur with a passion for teaching calligraphy and lettering. We will talk about his Curves Ahead Tour, traveling and working on the road, and teaching workshops. We will find

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Austin Saylor // Animating Lettering

Episode 219 Aired July 12, 2017. [youtube id=”Hd3QepyQWHY”] This week’s guest is Austin Saylor a motion designer with a love for animating lettering. We will talk about telling compelling stories and the challenges of a 10 second animation. We will chat about how he is able to travel and work and how living on the

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Amarilys Henderson // Stepping Out at Surtex

Aired June 30, 2017. Episode 218 My guest this week is Amarilys Henderson. You might remember her from a recent interview in April when she was part of the Sketch Noting series. Here is a link to her interview. You are probably thinking, whoa, diane I thought you had a show yesterday. Yes, I did

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