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Nikki Villagomez // Making the Book: Culture + Typography

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Episode 159 [youtube id=”JnRsKUWuFtE”] Nikki Villagomez is a designer, speaker, author, and a lover of typography. She is passionate about letters, signage, and interested in exploring how culture affects typography. She has spent the last five years collecting signs, typography, graffiti, manhole covers, and much more with her camera. She began sharing these typographic investigations […]

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Jason Carne // For the Love of Letters

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Episode 158 Jason Carne has a passion for letters and has built a business doing everything from meticulously drawing them to be used in his designs, to collecting antique specimen catalogs, to crafting his own typefaces. This is a guy who loves letters. We will dig in and ask him about his business strategies and

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Scotty Russell // The Power of Changing Your Perspective

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Aired Feb. 3, 2016. Episode 157 Scotty is a designer, illustrator, and a letterer, an entrepreneur and a motivational coach. He uses his illustrations to encourage others to live a life of purpose. He breaks down his message into four critical parts. Scotty has combined his passion for others, his love for sports, and his

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Update on my 2016 Goals

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I have been working on playing more and not worrying about making a mess. This is a really hard step for me. I feel like because I am in a creative field and have a B.F.A. and an M.F.A. under my belt, people expect to see better work. The bar is higher and I freeze

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Mike Jones // The Importance of a Design Community

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Aired January 20, 2016. Episode 155. [youtube id=”ZidMtG_kTVA”] Mike Jones has a heart to help people. He has spent his career hugging necks and making incredible logos while helping businesses perfect their visual message. But for Mike that wasn’t enough, he wanted to create a conference that was affordable and had a home-town feel

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Scott Fuller // Always Searching

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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 has been on the show before and this interview we will talk about his focus for the New Year, how he handles rejection, and his ingenious way of taking scraps

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Brittany Barnhart // Going Out On Your Own

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Aired Jan 6, 2016. Episode 153 [youtube id=”L1NdfyPfsjM”] Happy New year! It is going to be a fantastic year. If you want to see the line up check it out here. Friends I am happy to introduce you to my guest this week, the fabulous Brittany Barnhart! This spunky designer and illustrator was courageous last

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Rocky Roark // Taking on Challenges

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Aired on Wednesday, December 2, 2015. Episode 152 [youtube id=”97m9tniYzrY”] Rocky Roark is an illustrator and designer. Social media played a role in how he landed both his full-time job. He has multiple side projects going on, one of which was a Kickstarter campaign that was fully funded in six days. He is one driven

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Danielle Langdon // Card Obsessed

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Aired on Wednesday, November 25, 2015. Episode 151 Danielle Langdon is a self-proclaimed greeting card enthusiast, a designer, and a design educator. Danielle is not afraid of sharing her obsession and has spent years and money collecting and creating cards. We will go inside this obsession and see how Danielle’s love and investigation of dance

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