Makers of Sport® Podcast
111 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 135 ratingsConversations about design, branding, creative business, products, footwear, technology, entrepreneurship and more in the sports industry. Featured in Apple Podcasts New & Noteworthy. Missing episode numbers are paid & private community content. Join the community at makersofsport.com/community.
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Creative Entrepreneurship, 3-D and Selling Digital Assets with Ali Rahmoun of Sports Templates
December 31, 2022 00:00 - 1 hour - 180 MBThere is perhaps no better way to end Makers of Sport's podcast then to provide what may be the most inspiring story in its history. Ali Rahmoun—3-D Designer, Creative Director, and Founder of Sports Templates, a digital asset company whose products are used by #smsports creatives in the NBA, NFL, NHL, and more—joined the show in 2021 to share his inspiring story. A native of Syria, Ali discovered the Internet in a war-torn, Isis-occupied country and began teaching himself graphic and web ...
Basketball, Sneaker Customs, Illustration & Graphic Design with Jessie Kavana of the Brooklyn Nets
May 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 168 MBJessie Kavana (aka JKav) is a Senior Graphic Designer at BSE Global, the company that owns the Brooklyn Nets, NY Liberty, Nets GC and more. She joined the show to discuss her career and evolution as a creative. A native New Yorker with a passion for hoops and a dream to work in sports marketing for the New York Knicks, Jess began her journey at Skidmore College as a college basketball player. Stints in college athletics and ESPN would finally lead Jess to settle down in Brooklyn to work fo...
Filmmaking & Entrepreneurship in Sports & Advertising with Falkon® Founder Dexton Deboree
January 13, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 177 MBDexton Deboree, Founder & Chief Creative Officer of Falcon, and director of the award-winning documentary, "Unbanned: The Legend of the AJ1", joined the podcast to discuss storytelling, entrepreneurship and the role of filmmaking in sports culture. A lost youth in Florida, Dexton didn't have a path. He was unsure of his future; however, a revelatory moment in the middle of the night in college changed him forever and led him to creative pursuits and a transfer to a film school. Obsessed wi...
Founding the Internet's First-Ever Sneaker Blog with Nice Kicks Founder Matt Halfhill
October 09, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 173 MB"Apply what you learn [online] and actually do something—even if it's not for making money—just make something. Do something with what you're learning and practice it." Matt Halfhill, founder of Nice Nicks, is not a monolith or a cliche ‘sneakerhead’. The son of college professors who moved to California from the Midwest, Matt played in a Dixieland Jazz band as a kid, fell in love with sneakers in the Caribbean in Grenada, and dropped out of college to start the Internet’s first-ever sneake...
Tori Boykins, Graphic Designer, Kansas City Royals
September 23, 2020 01:49 - 1 hour - 155 MBTori Boykins is a creative with many layers. A boxer, entrepeneur, graphic designer and gritty midwesterner, Tori joined the show to discuss her long journey breaking into the sports design scene, first at the Kansas City Chiefs, and currently as a graphic designer with the Kansas City Royals. From majoring in interior design at a Big Ten university known for engineering, to starting a business in college and running it six years, Tori has had quite an eclectic career. We attempt to peel ba...
Bonus Episode: The Updated Story of Makers of Sport® on Sports as a Job Podcast
August 26, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 55.5 MBA bonus episode for your enjoyment. On Episode 25, Joe Bosack of Joe Bosack & Co. turned the mic back on my tell my own story. This was a few years ago and Makers of Sport® was just getting off the ground. Considering I have many more listeners and the podcast has played such a big role in my life since then, I figured it was time for an updated story about the host of your favorite podcast. Enjoy the listen as I joined Sports as a Job Podcast to tell my own story of running a freelance des...
Dan Simon, Creative Director, Studio Simon
August 03, 2020 15:18 - 1 hour - 226 MBDan Simon, Creative Director of Studio Simon in Louisville, KY, joined the show to discuss his lengthy career as a sports designer. Dan began his career at a west coast design studio who allowed him to freelance at night using their equipment. Him and an account rep wanted to pursue sports branding and ended up creating some mocked up work with acual sewn jerseys and it eventually led Dan down a 30-year path of designing for sports. We discuss how tough it is, even today, to win quality cl...
Dane Storrusten, Senior Creative Director, NFL
June 16, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 213 MBDane Storrusten, Senior Creative Director at the NFL, joins this episode to discuss his multidisciplinary design career and path to "The Shield". From majoring in illustration in art school, to designing products at Microsoft, robot interfaces, and NFL brand identities, Dane has had quite an eclectic career. He believes in saying yes to every opportunity and how doing so can lead to amazing opportunities to learn and experience new things; something that has proved to be true for his caree...
William Peebles, Founder & Maker, Huntington Base Ball Co.
May 10, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 148 MBWilliam Peebles, Founder & Maker at Huntington Base Ball Co. in Boston, joins this episode to discuss industrial design, being a maker in the sports product industry and turning his love of baseball into a lifestyle business. We begin with William's time in art school which led to working as a designer at Reebok during their prime when endorsers were athletes like Shawn Kemp, Shaq, Allen Iverson, Frank Thomas and more. It was here he decided to take a crack at making his own baseball as a ...
Jordan Giesler, Creative Services + Brand Manager, Kansas City Chiefs
February 16, 2020 00:00 - 1 hour - 166 MB“We got in early on the digital brand stuff. We found it extremely important for us to know why we are who we are and tell that story consistently over time." Jordan Gielser, Creative Services & Brand Manager of Super Bowl LIV Champion Kansas City Chiefs, joined the podcast to discuss his lengthy career working for a historic NFL franchise. Jordan found his way into the Chiefs organization after majoring in commercial art in college; however, after a seasonal gig with the team he would fin...
From MLC 2019: Amy & Jen Hood, Creative Directors, Hoodzpah Design
November 02, 2019 00:00 - 31 minutes - 71.4 MB“Fear is good, you can feed on it and it makes you work harder to be good and be better. If you get too complacent and happy, that's where you get in trouble.” A special episode from MLC Connect 2019 with two of the keynote speakers, Amy and Jen Hood of Hoodzpah Design of Southern California. Through their studio the duo have worked with companies ranging from small California businesses to major brands like Google and Target. Jay F. Hicks, a digital strategist and content lead at Bayler U...
Insung Kim, Senior Creative Director, Atlanta Braves
August 20, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 105 MB“Working with people is something you need practice with. Everybody has their own agenda, everybody has things that are important to them. You have to respect that but there’s times you have to fight for what you believe in.” Insung Kim joined the show to discuss his cross country journey from enivironmental design in Southern California to Kansas City to now working in the South as Senior Creative Director for the Atlanta Braves. Insung discusses how his immigrant parents supported his cr...
Barton Damer, Founding Artist & Creative Director, AlreadyBeenChewed
June 29, 2019 00:00 - 1 hour - 93.4 MBDamer on getting work: "You have to be a hype machine. You have to create hype around yourself and most artists are very uncomfortable doing that because they feel they are bragging or they feel like they are going to get made fun of online." Barton Damer, founding artist and creative director of the boutique 3d animation and motion design studio AlreadyBeenChewed, joined the podcast for a chat about his career and how he has grown his company into one of the leading studios for producing m...
Simon Dent of Dark Horses on Sports Teams' Competition for Attention
March 26, 2019 14:23 - 39 seconds - 945 KBSimon Dent shares his thoughts on the future competition of sports teams as it regards to selling attention and tickets.
Simon Dent, Founder & Managing Director, Dark Horses
March 24, 2019 00:00 - 57 minutes - 79.2 MB"On a Saturday afternoon when every sports fan is going to watch their chosen sport, there are thousands of brands barking at them whether it's a print paper, online, in stadium on LEDs, in the matchday program; there's all these messages and presumably only the best are going to get taken home with fans and that's what our job is: to be the best messengers." Simon Dent is a former sports business lawyer & agent turned creative agency founder in the U.K. As managing partner of Dark Horses, ...
Episode 100: Jeremy Mitchell, Founder & Creative Director of Mitchell Bat Co.
October 03, 2018 13:38 - 1 hour - 163 MB"It's 100% about relationships. Probably the most important part of Mitchell Bat is the people I've met along the way that I consider true friends or trusted advisors." Jeremy Mitchell, agency creative director, web designer and most notably founder of Mitchell Bat Co., joined the podcast for episode 100 to discuss his passion project; a company that provides custom, hand-painted wooden bats to passionate & passive baseball fans, corporations and brands alike. Jeremy discusses how his coll...
Episode 99: Adam White, Founder/CEO, Front Office Sports
August 07, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 193 MB"There's so much emphasis on people getting a job right after they graduate and getting into the workforce. You'd be hard pressed to find a lot more real life lessons than working at a restaurant...the real life world lessons and the things that you learn by serving people is something that can refine skills." Starting a business as a young person takes a lot of courage. You are often looked down upon by older professionals as having too little life & professional experience and too great e...
Episode 98: Samuel Silverman, Assistant Director of Creative Media & Branding, Ohio State Football
June 11, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 223 MB"What makes a successful brand from a brand identity and visual language standpoint is having consistent style that can also be fluid and flexible where not everything necessarily looks exactly the same but everything should "feel" the same." Sam Silverman, assistant director of creative media & branding for Ohio State Football, joined the podcast to discuss his work with one of the nation's top football programs and how classic typography inspires his work. Sam touches on how his passion ...
Chris Do of TheFutur talks value based pricing on MoS #97
February 28, 2018 21:09 - 5 minutes - 7.11 MBChris Do elaborates on why creative people should value their services more and charge accordingly without feeling guilty.
Episode 97: Chris Do, Founder/CEO of Blind™ and TheFutur
February 27, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 188 MB"Designer as maker is what is celebrated in school, not designer as entrepreneur; designer as business problem solver. To me, when you're in the mechanics, when you have your hands in the work, it's all production and I make no distinction between doing that versus becoming a brick layer." Creative therapy. That's how I refer to this episode as it takes us down a path MoS hasn't been on before. Chris Do, Emmy award winning creative director, entrepreneur and founder of TheFutur & Blind stu...
Episode 96: Xavier Jones, Footwear Designer, Reebok
February 04, 2018 00:00 - 1 hour - 191 MB“The Internet is a great tool but you can only learn so much. Actually going to a place physically where you have someone that has [designed] at the highest level, you learn so much more…that experience is invaluable.” FYI: Sneakers are a passion of mine. It's no secret. This episode is quite nerdy on the sneaker talk. Xavier Jones, footwear designer at Reebok, joined the podcast to discuss the footwear design industry and his path to designing for athletes like Shaq and Allen Iverson. Xa...
Episode 95: Britt Davis, Senior Designer, Atlanta Falcons & ATL United FC
January 15, 2018 21:56 - 1 hour - 251 MB"Share your story, share your process; there might be somebody out there who's like you trying to find out where to start and you might have some insight they can use. Don't be afraid." Britt Davis, senior designer for AMB Sports + Entertainment (i.e. Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Utd. F.C., Mercedes-Benz Stadium, joined the show to discuss her quick climb to being one of sports design's most notable designers. Her story begins with a creative childhood, supportive family and an undergraduate d...
Episode 94: The Baseball NZ Open Branding Project
January 09, 2018 20:36 - 56 minutes - 77.1 MBOn this episode, we have a crossover episode of sorts as I bring you the raw and uncut audio from a Q&A on SportsLogos.net I conducted with Brian Gundell of Brian Gundell Graphic Design Co. and Brandon Moore of the Miami Dolphins regarding their open branding freelance project for Baseball New Zealand. We discuss how the idea came about to publish a public log of process work for branding a sports organization like Baseball NZ, as well as chat about the challenges of working across 3 timezo...
Episode 93: Marissa McClain, Sr. Designer and Brand Specialist, Boston Red Sox
November 15, 2017 03:24 - 1 hour - 170 MB"I think that the best design is design you don't notice most of the time, so I have no problem just putting up a beautiful photo if it's a beautiful photo." Marissa McClain, Sr. Designer/Brand Specialist for the Boston Red Sox joined this episode to discuss her passion for fine art & photography, and how it led to a gig with the Red Sox. We discuss her past as a student photographer for the Michigan Wolverines and an intern at Complex Media; as well as how she ended up shooting the Boston...
Episode 92: Tal Lemming, Designer of United Typeface, Owner of Type Supply
September 28, 2017 13:47 - 1 hour - 262 MB"The main job of a typeface is obviously to convey some information; but the second part of that is that it has to convey information with a specific tone or a voice." Tal Lemming, the designer of the sports industry's favorite typeface, joins the podcast to talk typography, designing fonts and type's role in sports design. Having got his start as a graphic designer in the agency scene in Baton Rouge after gradating from LSU, Tal eventually moved to Delaware to become a print designer at r...
Episode 91: Shane Mielke, Interactive Creative Director, H.S. Football Coach & Crossfit Athlete
August 16, 2017 18:40 - 1 hour - 198 MB"At the end of the day, I consider myself a creative person. I've taken the time to grow these skills slowly over time and I want to have as much fun as I can on all aspects of a project—whether that's design, animation, etc., to me it's all fun. That is what is going to stop me from burning out." Shane Seminole Mielke does many things—from coaching big-time high school football, to being a Crossfit athlete, to being a designer, developer & animator; he is a jack of all trades. Shane is not...
Episode 90: MLC Connect Panel 2017 with Chin Wang, Joe Bosack, Todd Radom & Jon Contino
July 24, 2017 20:35 - 49 minutes - 68.3 MBOn this week's episode, I bring you a front seat at MLC Connect 2017 for "The Future of Sports Design" panel with Chin Wang (Creative Director, ESPN the Magazine), Todd Radom (Designer/Illustrator, Todd Radom Design), Joe Bosack (Creative Director, Joe Bosack & Co.) and Jon Contino (Creative Director, Jon Contino Studio)—all former guests of Makers of Sport. The panel is short (about 30 min.), but a lot of knowledge and experience is shared as the panelists touch on how they build relations...
Episode 89: Alex Center, Design Director for vitaminwater, smartwater & Powerade, The Coca-Cola Co.
July 11, 2017 19:50 - 1 hour - 160 MB"In the past designers were thought of as craftsmen only and were the 'make it pretty department'. We have an uphill battle to convince other people...I think our job and obligation is to showcase the fact that we can be involved in much more than the 'make it pretty' projects. That involves us having different tools in our toolbox and craft shouldn't be the only one." As design director at The Coca-Cola Co., Alex Center has had quite an interesting journey. His story begins with passing u...
Episode 88: riCardo Crespo, Chief Creative Officer, Th13teen (LA)
February 07, 2017 02:44 - 1 hour - 181 MB"It's a right of passage to know that you're good at executing, but also challenge yourself to understand that at the very root of what we do as designers—whether our medium is physical, digital, websites, billboards or t-shirts—at the end of the day, design is a method of communication, and the design is a manifestation of that communication." riCardo Crespo is a world-class creative director and he is very secretive online. In fact, you won't find much on him at all and he prefers it that...
Episode 87: Olivia Brestal, Senior Designer & Photographer, Sporting Kansas City
January 11, 2017 21:14 - 1 hour - 205 MB"As a designer, we think as a brand...so I always try to make myself a brand." Olivia Brestal is a multi-talented midwestern creative that grew up in the soccer capitol of the U.S., so it's only fitting she has spent the entirety of her post-grad career creating for professional soccer clubs. As a sr. designer & photographer for Sporting KC, Olivia joins the podcast to discuss how she developed her work's aesthetic, her inspirations in illustration and sports photography, and her move to T...
Episode 86: John Costacos, Co-Founder/Art Director, Costacos Brothers Posters
November 23, 2016 21:41 - 1 hour - 195 MB"Two things that helped us be really successful were that we treated the players like people—like everyday guys—[we] had fun with them and didn’t put them on a pedestal. And the second thing is we got them in and out of there fast." There is nothing better than a good story. And boy does John Costacos of the Costacos Brothers have plenty of them. The Costacos Brothers were a legendary poster company in the 80s/90s as they sold 30 million posters of numerous hall-of-fame professional athlet...
Episode 85: Samir Gole, VP of Digital Products, Major League Soccer
September 12, 2016 17:50 - 1 hour - 112 MB“I started tinkering with our own processes, embracing an iterative approach and knowing that nothing is finite & complete — everything that we do is always in the hope of iterating and moving forward in an incremental way.” The first ever VP of Digital Products at Major League Soccer (MLS), Samir Gole, joins the podcast to discuss the next wave of digital intiatives at the MLS. Having worked in digital products at DirectTV and Viacom (MTV, Nickelodean, etc.) previously, Samir brings his e...
Episode 84: Ross Yoshida, Director of Graphic Design, Los Angeles Dodgers
August 22, 2016 15:31 - 1 hour - 111 MB"You want to have as much control as possible as an in-house design staff...there is so much talent out there and talent isn't exclusive to well-known agencies on the market." Ross Yoshida, Director of Graphic Design for the L.A. Dodgers, joins the podcast to discuss his break early in his career into the sports design industry for his favorite team. We chat about Ross's 10+ years with the organization and how he started off as a part-timer in college answering phones for ticket sales, whi...
Episode 82 (Part 1): Crossover Episode with Sean Callanan of Sports Geek Podcast
August 02, 2016 03:00 - 50 minutes - 115 MB"I do the podcast for my clients, my past clients and my future clients. If they're listening, then I'm happy...I'll unashamedly say it's a lead generation for Sports Geek." In the first ever crossover episode of Makers of Sport, Sean Callanan of Sports Geek joins the show for Part 1 of a two-part series. Sean tells his story of how he went from programmer to notable digital consultant in the global sports business as we discuss the founding of Sports Geek—Sean's consulting company. We ch...
Episode 81: Ambassadors of Sports Design Panel, MLC Connect 2016
July 19, 2016 02:23 - 33 minutes - 46.3 MBOn this week's episode, we go behind-the-scenes at Major Level Creative Connect (MLC Connect) 2016 with a panel that Todd Radom, Brian Gundell and myself were asked speak on called "Ambassadors of Sports Design". We come together for a no-holds-barred discussion on the state of industry, how each of us are ambassadors of sports design and what we can do gain credibility and drive industry forward in regards to professionalism and advocacy. For visual reference, the deck for this presentati...
Episode 80: Amy Lukas, Cameron Smith, Molly Mazzolini; Co-Founders; Infinite Scale
June 20, 2016 20:25 - 1 hour - 163 MB"In the environment, things need to be simplified, they need to have a quick read. You scale things very differently in environmental graphics than typical graphic design applications." Amy Lukas, Cameron Smith and Molly Mazzolini—co-founders & creative partners of Infinite Scale—join the show to tell the story of their environmental design firm. The three partners give us a view into their individual backgrounds and tell the story of how they met and what led to eventually founding their ...
Episode 78: Dylan Boyd, Managing Director, L.A. Dodgers Accelerator
June 07, 2016 01:06 - 1 hour - 59.1 MB"There's money & there's smart money. We believe there is capital, then there's creative capital." Dylan Boyd, Managing Director of the Dodgers Accelerator, joins the show to talk tech startups in the sports industry. Dylan tells his story and how he got into startups beginning with founding a digital agency that he grew to 80 people. We define some common terms in startups to give listeners who may not be familiar a basic education for beginning to understand the industry. In addition, ...
Episode 76: Sloane Kelley, Senior Director of Content, PGA Tour Digital
May 23, 2016 15:42 - 1 hour - 90.4 MB"For us it's gotta be about innovation across the board...for 'The Tour', we've gotta make sure we're doing everything we can to meet our fans on the platforms where they are and bring them some amazing stuff." Sloane Kelley, Senior Director of Content at the PGA Tour, joins the show to discuss her storied career working in digital for brands such as Coca-Cola, Harry Potter, Buffalo Wild Wings, Dell and more. Beginning agency-side, Sloane gives us some insight into transitioning from worki...
Episode 75 (Halftime): Donating Your Creativity
May 17, 2016 02:07 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBCOMMUNITY CONTENT PREVIEW A rare public Halftime episode as they are for paid Community members only now. I just felt this initiative is something worth sharing to everyone that may be interested. Many of us have worked hard in our creative discipline of choice to hone our skills and get better project-by-project. We often get frustrated when we see big-revenue companies or organizations soliciting spec work and running design contests for creative they can and should pay for. However, som...
Episode 74: Brian Lindstrom, Art Director, Trek Bicycle; Illustrator, Bases Loaded Series
April 25, 2016 22:55 - 1 hour - 136 MB"You need to put food on the table. You need to do things you need to do to have a life. But, at the same time you need to feed your soul a little bit too." Brian Lindstrom, art director at Trek, joined the podcast this week to discuss his career designing for physical products in the consumer brand space for brands such as Oakely, Skullcandy and now Trek. We discuss Brian's education pursuing an M.F.A. in Design, how being a California kid with Midwest roots plays into his work, why he pr...
Episode 73: Tim O'Shaughnessy, Broadcast Art Director, ESPN
April 11, 2016 19:24 - 1 hour - 78 MB“You should start spending a half-hour a day learning Cinema 4D to advance your design repertoire. It's not hard, it will make you better.” ESPN College Football, Mike & Mike, NBA on ESPN, the 2014 World Cup—do these brands ring a bell? Our guest this week is Tim O'Shaughnessy, broadcast art director at ESPN, and has worked on graphics packages for each of these TV brands. We discuss Tim's undergrad degree in psychology and how it aids him in his work as an art director and empathizing wit...
Episode 71: Brian Gundell, Brian Gundell Graphic Design Co.
March 28, 2016 17:38 - 1 hour - 68.3 MB“The best designers are always problem-solvers...[our] job is to figure out how to make this [project] the best it can be.” On this week’s podcast, freelance sports designer Brian Gundell joined the show to discuss his career working in a few different limbs of the sports industry. From agency side to Nike to the MLB to college football recruiting, Brian has an varied history in this niche of design. Brian touches on the importance of SportsLogos.net to his entry into sports design, as wel...
Episode 69: Mekale Jackson, Creative Director, St. John's University Athletics
March 17, 2016 02:21 - 1 hour - 60.6 MB“You can always learn from anyone — you can learn from people older than you, you can earn from people younger than you — always be open. Always be open to critique.” On this week’s podcast, Mekale Jackson from St. John's University athletics joins us to discuss working for New York's college hoops program. Mekale gives us some insight into his background prior to St. John's where he discovered graphic design & Photoshop in college as an English major at the University of Michigan by stumb...
Episode 67: Aaron Masik, Senior Graphic Designer, Upper Deck
February 22, 2016 20:14 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB“When you get to work in pro sports, these players are their showcase...the message, putting people in the seats, getting people interested in the team and buying merchandise comes before cool graphics.” On this week’s episode, Aaron Masik joined the podcast. Aaron is a senior graphic designer at The Upper Deck Company. Prior to Upper Deck, Aaron had stints in-house at the San Antonio Spurs and the San Diego Padres before making the move into consumer products. We discuss Aaron’s big break...
Episode 66: Jeremy Darlow, Author of Brands Win Championships
February 08, 2016 22:30 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MB"Everyone is trying to find their own 15 minutes online with their channel...it's not about that 15 minutes, it's about that 15 years and what are you doing right now to build something that lasts..." On this week's episode, Director of Brand Marketing for Adidas Football & Baseball joined the podcast, Jeremy Darlow. Jeremy is also the author of the book Brands Win Championships. Jeremy brings a psychology background to the world of branding and gives us some insight into how important it ...
Episode 65 (Halftime): Announcing the Makers of Sport Community
February 06, 2016 00:49 - 20 minutes - 28.3 MBThe Internet has given us an uncanny ability to connect to others that share our passions in different regions of the world. Joining online communities is vital for networking purposes, cultivating relationships and professional growth. It has been a long time coming, but today I'm excited to announce the launch of the Makers of Sport Community. Benefits include: Halftime episodes (all will be accessible to community-only from this point forward), transcriptions of those episodes, monthly...
Episode 64: Ben Osborne, Editor-in-Chief, SLAM Magazine
January 25, 2016 02:47 - 1 hour - 65.1 MB"There's a lot of talented people out there. A lot of smart people. A lot of great writers. A lot of great editors. You gotta work... [Ben on side projects & growth]." On this week’s episode, it's basketball, sneakers and hip-hop as Ben Osborne, Editor-in-Chief of SLAM Magazine joins the podcast. Having been a subscriber of SLAM since 1994, Adam geeks out with Ben on the founding and history of the magazine, as well as how it worked to gain credibility in the world of sports journalism. T...
Episode 63 (Halftime): Cultivating Relationships
January 19, 2016 05:27 - 22 minutes - 30.4 MBThe world is about relationships. Plain and simple. We have relationships with family, friends and even objects. In our professional lives, building relationships are vital for growth both fiscally and skill-wise. In today's Halftime, I discuss why cultivating relationships over time is extremely important and why the "hard sell" is a downfall of creatives in the digital economy. Mentions include: ENFP Personality Richard Branson, Virgin 8 tips for relationship building in business Sla...
Episode 62: Michelle Cruz, Senior Art Director, New York Red Bulls
January 04, 2016 21:47 - 1 hour - 60.2 MB"I take a lot of pictures...I think for designers, drawing and taking photos is so, so important because you can go back to those photos and find some inspiration and find some great idea." On this week’s episode, Michelle Cruz, Senior Art Director of the New York Red Bulls, joins the podcast to talk about her long career in sports design. Being Puerto Rican born, yet raised as an Army brat in Germany, Michelle brings a unique perspective to sports design drawing inspiration from her time ...
Episode 61 (Halftime): Writing as Design
December 29, 2015 06:06 - 22 minutes - 31 MBDesign is about communication. It is about articulating decisions made from a professional perspective in order to sell something, or have a user do something. Other than speaking verbally, writing is the most important skill set to have when communicating ideas or opinions. On this Halftime, I discuss why the people that are the best at their craft are also good writers and why writing is designing words. In order to be great at what you do, you also MUST be a good communicator. Being able...