Graphic Design Is Fun.
By Dan Alan
Graphic Design Is Fun.Nov 24, 2022
Aaron Beebe — From Self-Taught Designer to Creating Plastikcomb Magazine
Aaron Beebe is a Maryland-based designer, collage artist, and creator of Plastikcomb Magazine.
Connect with Aaron
Plastikcomb Magazine Instagram
Shote Notes
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Dr. Melisa Morales — Designing Graphics for Science
Melisa Morales is a graphic designer and founder of Science Graphic Design. She is a biologist and palaeontologist from Mexico currently based in the UK.
Connect with Melissa
Science Graphic Design website
Science Graphic Design Instagram
Science Graphic Design Twitter
Shote Notes
If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.
Get in touch @graphicdesignisfun on Instagram with any feedback, ideas, or thoughts about the episodes.
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Dorota Pankowska — Art Director, Product Designer, and the Most Creative Person I Know
Dorota Pankowska is a Toronto-based art director and founder of Wask, an online store where she sells quirky and conceptual products.
Connect with Dori
Show Notes
If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.
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Mitch Goldstein — Design Education, Creative Process, Art vs. Design, Inspiration, Curiosity, and Writing His First Book
Mitch Goldstein is a designer, artist, educator, and author based in upstate New York. Mitch’s new book How to Be a Design Student (and How to Teach Them) is available at mitchgoldstein.com
Connect with Mitch
Show Notes
Rochester Institute of Technology
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.
Get in touch @graphicdesignisfun on Instagram with any feedback, ideas, or thoughts about the episodes or check out the Graphic Design Is Fun Newsletter for interesting news, history, and resources for graphic designers.
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Cymone Wilder — Custom Lettering, Balancing Full-Time Work With Freelance, Finding Her Style, and Charging What You’re Worth
Cymone Wilder is a designer and lettering artist based in Nashville, Tennessee
Connect with Cymone
Cymone’s Instagram
Simon and Moose website
Show Notes
Jessica Hische
Erik Marinovich
Co-Loop
If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.
Get in touch @graphicdesignisfun on Instagram with any feedback, ideas, or thoughts about the episodes or check out the Graphic Design Is Fun Newsletter for interesting news, history, and resources for graphic designers.
Thanks for listening!
Ben Courtice — Why You Should Make Shitty Art, Learning to Draw, and Using Social Media Without Losing Your Soul
Ben Courtice is Toronto-based illustrator, graphic designer, and founder of creative studio and online store Boring Friends.
Connect with Ben
Boring Friends Instagram
Boring Friends Website
If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.
Get in touch @graphicdesignisfun on Instagram with any feedback, ideas, or thoughts about the episodes or check out the Graphic Design Is Fun Newsletter for interesting news, history, and resources for graphic designers.
Thanks for listening!
Phoebe Todd-Parrish — Printmaking & Letterpress
Phoebe Todd-Parrish is the founder of Flycatcher Press, a printmaking and letterpress studio in Toronto, Canada.
Connect with Phoebe
Flycatcher Press Instagram
Flycatcher Press Website
Field Notes Letterpress Mini-Doc
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Timothy Leong — Learning One New Skill A Year + Starting a Side Business as a Graphic Designer
Timothy Leong is a Toronto-based graphic designer at Mill Street Brewery and founder of small-batch chili oil company, Da Jiujiu.
Connect with Timothy
DA JIUJIU website
DA JIUJIU Instagram
BlogTO article
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Emunah Winer — Visual and Verbal Identity, Embracing Creative Constraints, and Developing your Skills as a Designer
Emunah Winer is an Israel-based creative director and co-founder of the branding agency, Nihilo.
Connect with Emunah
Nihilo website
Nihilo Instagram
Emunah's Instagram
Show Notes
Nihilo Process Deck
Ira Glass Quote
OLAMI Case Study
Day Job
AUFI
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Oliver Schöndorfer — How to Choose and Pair Typefaces
Oliver Schöndorfer is a user interface designer and educator from Baden, Austria.
Connect with Oliver
PimpMyType website
PimpMyType YouTube channel
Oliver's Instagram
Oliver's Twitter
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Diana Varma — A Career In Teaching Graphic Design, Podcasting, Embracing Failure, and Graphic Design Associations
Diana Varma is a Toronto-based lecturer and host of the podcast Talk Paper Scissors.
Listen to the second part of this conversation all about learning graphic design here.
Connect with Diana
Talk Paper Scissors on Apple Podcasts
Talk Paper Scissors on Spotify
Talk Paper Scissors website
Talk Paper Scissors Instagram
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Sean Wolcott — Learning from Massimo Vignelli, Design Discourse, Fetishizing Modernism, Working at Microsoft, Starting a Studio, and Making Music
Sean Wolcott is a graphic designer and the founder of Rationale, a design studio in Seattle, USA.
Connect with Sean
Rationale website
Sean's Instagram
Rationale Instagram
Soundview Analog website
Show Notes
Tom Geismar
Ellen McFadden
Burton Kramer
Milton Glaser
Massimo Vignelli
Wim Crouwel
Design Canada
Greg Durrell
The Vignelli Canon (PDF)
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Hayden Burgess — Business, Sales, and Mindset for Graphic Designers and Creative Business Owners
Hayden Burgess is a designer, illustrator and business coach based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.
Connect with Hayden
Pitchr. website
Hayden's Instagram
Show Notes
Seth Godin
The Practice: Shipping Creative Work
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Ryan Holiday
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Aaron Draplin — Designing Logos for Obama, Getting Paid in Burritos, Working on a Train in Alaska, and Why Canada is Better at Graphic Design
Aaron James Draplin is a graphic designer, entrepreneur, and author based in Portland, Oregon.
Watch clips of this episode on YouTube
Connect with Aaron
Draplin Design Co. Website
DDC Merch Store
Aaron's Book
Aaron's Skillshare Courses
Aaron's Instagram
Field Notes
If you enjoy the podcast, we'd love for you to leave a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify to help others discover the show.
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Scott Fuller — The Studio Temporary, Discovering Design, Getting Evicted, Work-Life Balance, Atlanta Designers, and Favourite Design Books
Scott Fuller is the founder and sole designer at The Studio Temporary, currently based in Atlanta, USA.
Connect with Scott
The Studio Temporary website
Scott’s Instagram
Show Notes
Alan Fletcher
Pentagram
HOW Design Conference
Chip Kidd
Steff Geissbuhler
Brand New Conference
Alex Center
Britt Davis
Brian Steely
RetroSupply Co
GoodType
Positype
CSA Design
Milton Glaser
James Victori
Unimark
Massimo Vigneli
Malcolm Greer
Lance Wyman
Unit Editions
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Danica Mitchell — Starting a Studio, Studying Industrial Design, RISD, Moving to Japan, and Pros and Cons of Specializing as a Designer
Danica Mitchell is a designer and founder of Finletter Creative, currently based in Washington, DC, USA.
Connect with Danica
Finletter Creative website
Danica's Instagram
Danica's Twitter
Danica's Dribbble
Show Notes
RISD
SPY
Okinawa
Honnold Foundation
When Did Design Stop Being “Multidisciplinary?”
Brand New
Chobani, Four Years Later
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Joseph Hillenbrand — Modernism, Learning Graphic Design, Working in Different Styles, and Balancing Work and School
Joseph Hillenbrand is brand identity designer based in Minnesota, USA.
Shane Harris — Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Art Director
Shane Harris is a graphic designer, illustrator, and art director based in Melbourne, Florida, USA.
Shane’s website: shaneharris.me
Shane’s Instagram: instagram.com/shaneharris
Shane’s Dribbble: dribbble.com/shaneharris
Sergio Toporek — Are designers creating more problems than they solve?
Sergio Toporek is a designer, artist, documentarist, activist, and educator from Mexico City, Mexico, currently residing in Spain.
Topo's website: toporek.com
Topo's documentary: bewareofimages.com
Todd Beeby — Identity Design from Hospitality to Taxidermy
Todd Beeby is a brand identity designer and illustrator based in Auckland, New Zealand.
Todd's website: toddbeeby.net
Todd's Instagram: instagram.com/todd_beeby