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Amarilys Henderson // Part 2 Sketch Noting Series: The Secret to Drawing Faces

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Episode 211. Aired Friday, April 21, 2017. [youtube id=”MoGbSaJBbv4″] Friday, April 21 @ 2:30 pm ET / 11:30 am PT, I will be interviewing entrepreneur, watercolor artist, teacher, and illustrator Amarilys Henderson. She will tell us about how simplifying the face can make all the difference and give us some tips and common hangups when […]

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Thomas Jockin // The Life of a Type Designer

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Aired February 15, 2017. Episode 203. [youtube id= “1vfyCTYJLpc”] This week on Design Recharge I am excited to interview type designer and community builder, Thomas Jockin. Thomas began designing type and now has brought together type enthusiasts from coast to coast, he calls these get-togethers, Type Thursday. It is a place where honest, critiques happen,

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Victor Davila // Crafting Lovable, Illustrated Characters

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Aired Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Episode 201 [youtube id=”d4h83PU-OHw”] Victor Davila is an illustrator, a designer, and an educator. Victor lives in Orlando, Florida and has worked on character design projects, editorial illustrations, interactive games, and children’s books. Victor is flexible in his styles of illustration and is really humble. This episode will help creatives

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Joseph Carter-Brown // In Defense of Fear

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Episode 200! Aired Wednesday, January 25, 2017. [youtube id=”f_KyTTw5W0s”] Seriously stoked to record episode 200 with someone whom I met through Design Recharge, a long-time viewer and participant, Joseph Carter-Brown. I actually got to meet him in-person at the AIGA Leadership Retreat in Raleigh this past May. Meeting him in person was such a treat,

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Ben Hannam // Your Portfolio & the Job You Want

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Aired Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2016. Episode 196 (Last episode of 2016) [youtube id=”OZfk5Rf4E9o”] This week on Design Recharge I am interviewing my brother from another mother, Ben Hannam. Ben and I met in grad school and is now a published author working on his second book. Ben is driven to help others and prepares students

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Type Ed // Type Lessons Make us Stronger

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Aired November 30, 2016. Episode 194. [youtube id=”dFW-BAhsgKs”] TypeEd began out of necessity. While running their design studio, teaching, and jurying design competitions both Rachel Elnar and Michael Stinson noticed a “lack of sensitivity” towards typography in design from designers in the industry. Typographic subtleties communicate magnitudes towards the overall interpretation of the piece

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Fraser Davidson // Bringing IT to Life

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Aired Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Episode 184 [youtube id=”9VyKV_l16Gg”] Fraser Davidson is an award-winning director, animator, and designer. He is co-founder of Cub Studio in London and has worked with some of the biggest names in the sports world. But what makes Fraser amazing is his tireless work ethic, energizing humor, and his down-to-earth and

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AIGA Mobile // Emerge Week Panel Discussion

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Episode 181 Aired Wednesday, August 17, 2016. [youtube id=”xj82ejNjY70″] This week on Design Recharge we will team up with AIGA Mobile and will learn from four Emerging Designers. These are creatives who have been in the business for 0-6 years and will be talking about the design community, clients, and work. Our guests this week are:

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Brooke Scherer // European Design Tour

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Aired Wednesday, June 29th, 2016. Episode 175 [youtube id=”mUunIIbADyw”] Design History in Europe This week on Design Recharge, we invite back long-time friend and frequent guest Brooke Scherer. She is going to talk about her whirlwind European Design Tour. She was teaching Design History while consuming original paste-ups, sketches of typefaces, grid system galore,

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