The Design Recharge Show

Nathan Yoder // Transitions & Inner Battles

Aired on Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Episode 179 [youtube id=”CkKX3UwwGxE”] Nathan Yoder always makes my face hurt. What! Yes, because every time I talk to him, I smile so big my face hurts after our conversations. Believe me it is a good thing. He has an infectious, positive energy not to mention his talent and […]

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Bethany Heck // Exposing a Commonly Held Typographic Belief

Episode 178. Aired Wednesday, July 27, 2016. [youtube id=”KwvPGRBABYo”] This week I interview my friend and one of the funniest designers I know, Bethany Heck. Bethany has a love for type and for organization, she wants to make things easy for users and thinks about ways to do this. Bethany is an Art Director at

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Dustin Lee // Bulldozing Designer Road Blocks

Aired July 20, 2016. Episode 177 [youtube id=”Qbzutw1gxJA”] This week I welcome Dustin Lee of Retro Supply and Passive Income for Designers back to the show. He is sharing three common road blocks that many designers say set them back again and again and we will talk about how to bulldoze through them. Sign up

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WMC Fest // Creative Community Instigator

Aired Wednesday, July 7, 2016. Episode 176 [youtube id=”NXeMxKFkQwA”] This week I interview Heather Sakai and Bryan Garvin of Weapons of Mass Creation (WMC Fest) and Go Media. If you have been looking for a conference to recharge your batteries, think about joining about 1000 other creatives in Cleveland on August 5–7. This interview will

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Brooke Scherer // European Design Tour

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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Brian Manley // Follow Your Weird

Aired Wednesday, June 22, 2016. Episode 174 [youtube id=”TGFb-UNfIPM”] This week it is my pleasure to introduce my friend, Brian Manley. Brian is conceptual designer and has the ability to communicate layered messages through his photography and his funky and retro-inspired collage work. He works in a variety of styles and with a variety of

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The Forefathers Group // Building a Remote Team

Aired June 15, 2016. Episode 173 [youtube id=”TiHVTVvtrCU”] Are you ready to be amazed? These guys are genuine, passionate, humble, and driven. This week I have Matthew Hay, Jonden Jackson, and Emir Ayouni of the Forefathers Group. They have worked together for almost five years and had never met in person until April 2016. Their

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Matt Dawson // Birthing a Design Conference

Aired June 8, 2016. Episode 172 [youtube id=”JS5Miem_gu0″] Matt Dawson, founder of the Louisiana-based  design conference called CROP wears many hats. He is a designer at an Atlanta based boutique agency while splitting time between there and Baton Rouge, freelances on nights and weekends, founded and runs a design conference which was a sold-out, stellar

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Kofi Opoku // Design for Social Impact

Aired Wednesday, June 1, 2016. Episode 171 [youtube id=”iVmTG9HHEdM”] Kofi Opoku is a designer and an educator with a passion for helping others. He uses his talents in animation, illustration, and design to create work that takes a society trending toward apathy on a path toward learned empathy. Kofi is originally from Ghana, West Africa

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