Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr.
53 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★★ - 10 ratingsThe Works in Process podcast w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. is a series that uncovers creative methodologies from people doing inspiring work. Whether talking to a designer, an educator, or an entrepreneur, we learn HOW they do what they do. Through experiences and determination, WIP guests explore the techniques and inspiration that have helped them navigate their creative careers.
Join me as I continue to elevate the creative process by shifting the focus to how we work over what we produce.
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Episodes
The Journey of Racism Untaught (A Podcast Crossover)
October 03, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 68.9 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 31 --- That’s my guests, Lisa Mercer and Terresa Moses, co-author of the Racism Untaught Book! Lisa Mercer is an associate professor at the University of Illinois, focusing on anti-racism work, and Terresa Moses is an assistant professor of graphic design at the University of Minnesota and is dedicated to black and brown people's liberation. Lisa Mercer and Terresa Moses discuss their book "Racism Untaught" and the evolution of...
Befriending Imposter Syndrome w/ Max Masure
September 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 65.3 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 30 --- That’s my guest, Max Masure. Max is a senior inclusive UX strategist and author who promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion within organizations. They share their journey of overcoming imposter syndrome and finding their purpose in life. Max discusses their work with the All of Us Research Program, which aims to gather health data from underrepresented communities. Max also talks about their book, “You Don’t Suck,” and ...
AI: Policy, Bias, and Imperfections w/ Mutale Nkonde
August 29, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 101 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 29 --- Rewriting the system: "All artificial intelligence (AI) is doing is highlighting the imperfections of our past. The only way to make these systems better is that we have to have a multi-pronged strategy to improve these ills of society so that we can have the machines that we want rather than the machines that we deserve.” —Mutale Nkonde , / AI Policy Analyst, CEO/Founder AI for the People --- That’s my guest Mutale N...
Accessibility from the Start w/ Jessica Oddi
June 14, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 28 I wanna get into how we can make our environments as accessible as our design process. We need more classes in schools so that younger and even newer designers can actually learn the basics from the start and it implemented into their design work. I want agency, design, and corporate design spaces to adapt a more accessible and good life balance, even just for their designers. And I feel like that's where we need to go to get...
Creating Effective Experiences w/ Fonz Morris
April 05, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 27 --- Train for the skill the industry needs: I think it's an education problem. There's a ton of diversity on the planet. I think there's a skills gap that these companies are looking for. This caliber of talent. The same thing (happens) with the NBA, the NFL, with any professional league or organization. If you're not grooming or training certain communities to be able to develop those skills, then you're not gonna see the...
Rich Tu Xtra - Lets Talk Failure!
March 02, 2023 06:00 - 11 minutes - 10.6 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep (No episode number) --- In this xtra, my episode 26 guest Rich TU flips the script and interviews me. We talk about the concepts of failure and how it needs to be reframed by embracing the problem-solving nature of design. Works in Process Xtras are unedited snippets segues inside conversations that were too good to leave on the cutting room floor. So I published them as mini-episodes. It's just another way to ensure you hear a...
Parlaying One Experience into the Next w/ Rich Tu
January 31, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 72.3 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 26 --- Doing quality work takes time: Like I look at my portfolio now, I'm like, oh yeah, this is, it's really taken me a few years to get here. (as a designer,) you're building a different type of equation almost every single time. There are so many other opportunities to really experiment and play, but as long as you're building out an interesting system. That’s my guest, Rich Tu : In this episode of Works in Process, hos...
Advocate for your own Happiness w/ Meg Lewis
December 14, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 25 Translate YOU in your personal style. People hire me for my style, and so I look inward (at) what makes me who I am? What makes me unique and amazing? (And) what has molded me into the person that I am today? I look at those things and remember how I can translate me and what has made me who I am into a style. —Meg Lewis, Artist, Illustrator, Freelancer, Designer, Educator, Amateur Clown --- In this episode of Works in Proc...
Process Feeds Habit w/ Maurice Cherry
November 02, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 24 Finding Your Process Takes Time. Knowing when to pivot from one tool to another, and finding the right one that fit(s) into your workflow is super important. What might be good for one person may not be good for you. As with any process and system...you have stick to it, you have to have discipline — you can build the best system, but if you don't use it, it's useless. —Maurice Cherry, Designer / Strategist / Podcaster --- ...
Finding Uncommon Inspiration w/ Brandi Sea
June 21, 2022 05:15 - 1 hour - 80 MBWelcome to Works in Process / Ep 23 "Start with Words. Don’t try starting with ideas. If you try starting with an idea without a concept or a plan, you’re just going, you are going to continue to experience more imposter syndrome. Create concepts using a word map and then understand how to insert the uncommon inspiration and stop just searching where everyone else’s searching!” — Brandi Sea --- That’s my guest Brandi Sea, Brandi is an award-winning designer, educator, and creative leader...
Brandi Sea – Finding Uncommon Inspiration
June 21, 2022 04:15 - 1 hour - 80 MBWelcome to Works in Process / Ep 23 "Start with Words. Don’t try starting with ideas. If you try starting with an idea without a concept or a plan, you’re just going, you are going to continue to experience more imposter syndrome. Create concepts using a word map and then understand how to insert the uncommon inspiration and stop just searching where everyone else’s searching!” — Brandi Sea--- That’s my guest https://www.brandisea.com/ (Brandi Sea), Brandi is an award-winning designer, educa...
Decoding the Creative Beast w/ Jacinda Walker
April 26, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 22 I always encourage (young people) that you should believe you can do it. That thing that you think is a disadvantage might very well be the best down thing you SHOULD do. You’ve got to believe it’s possible. Because there will be people, there will be forces, there will be places and organizations to tell you otherwise. If you don’t, you better start believing quick!” --- That’s my guest Jacinda Walker , Jacinda is renowned ...
Jacinda Walker — Decoding the Creative Beast
April 26, 2022 05:00 - 1 hour - 71.6 MBWelcome to Works In Process / Ep 22 I always encourage (young people) that you should believe you can do it. That thing that you think is a disadvantage might very well be the best down thing you SHOULD do. You’ve got to believe it’s possible. Because there will be people, there will be forces, there will be places and organizations to tell you otherwise. If you don’t, you better start believing quick!”--- That’s my guest Jacinda Walker , Jacinda is renowned for her work in design, diversity,...
Making Design Useful w Ritesh Gupta (2/2)
March 15, 2022 06:00 - 40 minutes - 38 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 21 This is Part 2, the combined episode with be listed as a bonus :) Coming Soon Design is About feedback There’s a really big need for us to rethink the entire curriculum that we’ve been teaching for 50 plus years. Advocate strongly for unlearning and have honest conversations with the graduates. Because if we’re not getting feedback from the people who have gone through our classes, you’re doing a disservice to the institution ...
Making Design Useful w Ritesh Gupta (Full)
March 15, 2022 05:15 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep (No episode number) Ritesh is a Wieden+Kennedy alum, a former director at 2 Shark Tank companies, and specializes in product design, product management, branding, and growth analytics for mission-driven companies. He recently rebranded and rebuilt Realm a podcast studio on app with Mother Design, Felt Not Heard, and an incredible internal team. It debuted at #1 on the Apples podcast charts and was featured in It's Nice That as ...
Ritesh Gupta — Making Design Useful (Part 2/2)
March 15, 2022 05:00 - 40 minutes - 38 MBWelcome to Works In Process / Ep 21 This is Part 2, the combined episode with be listed as a bonus :) Coming Soon Design is About feedback There’s a really big need for us to rethink the entire curriculum that we’ve been teaching for 50 plus years. Advocate strongly for unlearning and have honest conversations with the graduates. Because if we’re not getting feedback from the people who have gone through our classes, you’re doing a disservice to the institution as well as the students.— Rites...
Make Design Useful, FULL - Ritesh Gupta
March 15, 2022 04:15 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBWelcome to Works In Process / Ep (No episode number) Ritesh is a Wieden+Kennedy alum, a former director at 2 Shark Tank companies, and specializes in product design, product management, branding, and growth analytics for mission-driven companies. He recently rebranded and rebuilt https://www.realm.fm/ (Realm) a podcast studio on app with https://www.motherdesign.com/ (Mother Design), https://fnh.mx/ (Felt Not Heard), and an incredible internal team. It debuted at #1 on the Apples podcast c...
State of Black Design: Family Reunion
March 04, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 105 MBWelcome to a live version of the Works in Process podcast. As part of the State of Black Design Conference and theme: Family Reunion, I am looking to revisit previous guest conversations. This is a way to catch up with them and learn more about people we should keep our sights on. Thank You Episode 8 guest, Dr. Fahamu Pecou, Ep 17 guest Mike Nicholls and welcome Ariel Dannielle and Akintunde Ahmad. Enjoy this conversation about the State of Black Design and Creativity and hear the power of...
Making Design Useful w Ritesh Gupta (1/2)
February 15, 2022 05:15 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 20 This is Part 1, the combined episode with be listed as a bonus :) Coming Soon Speak their language It’s relatively rare to have a designer who can speak or is even interested in speaking both design and data… To be able to say, I did an A B test, and that means it equals another $333,000. That's a really powerful and really exciting thing that a designer is able to say. — Ritesh Gupta, Founder / Volunteer / Lover of Techno...
Ritesh Gupta — Making Design Useful (Part 1/2)
February 15, 2022 04:15 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBWelcome to Works In Process / Ep 20 This is Part 1, the combined episode with be listed as a bonus :) Coming Soon Speak their language It’s relatively rare to have a designer who can speak or is even interested in speaking both design and data… To be able to say, I did an A B test, and that means it equals another $333,000. That's a really powerful and really exciting thing that a designer is able to say. — Ritesh Gupta, Founder / Volunteer / Lover of Techno, Streetwear, and Greyhounds--- R...
Works in Process Trailer
January 01, 2022 06:00 - 1 minute - 1.5 MBHello everyone… Welcome to Works in Process, The podcast where I, Designer and Educator George Garrastegui Jr, have the creative conversations you wish you had. I talk to designers, artists, educators, and creators to find the How’s and Why’s of their creative work. So join me as I explore how creativity is fueled by intuition, motivation, and, most of all, process. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Fostering Community and Shifting the Canon w/ Omari A Souza
October 03, 2021 05:15 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWelcome to Works In Process w/ George Garrastegui, Jr. / Ep 19 --- Omari Souza is a first-generation American of Jamaican descent, raised in the Bronx, NY. Before working at Texas State University, Omari gained work experience with companies such as VIBE magazine, Buffalo News, CBS Radio, and Case Western Reserve University. He received his BFA in Digital Media from Cleveland Institute of Art and his MFA in Design from Kent State University. Omari’s research explores the idea of perception...
Omari A Souza — Fostering Community and shifting the canon.
October 03, 2021 04:15 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBWelcome to Works In Process / Ep 19 --- https://omarisouza.com/ (Omari Souza) is a first-generation American of Jamaican descent, raised in the Bronx, NY. Before working at Texas State University, Omari gained work experience with companies such as VIBE magazine, Buffalo News, CBS Radio, and Case Western Reserve University. He received his BFA in Digital Media from Cleveland Institute of Art and his MFA in Design from Kent State University. Omari’s research explores the idea of perceptions, a...
Clarity to the Communication w/ Robin Landa
August 25, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBRobin Landa is a Distinguished Professor at the Michael Graves College at Kean University. She has written twenty-three books about creativity, graphic design, advertising design, branding, and drawing, including Nimble: Thinking Creatively in The Digital Age, Graphic Design Solutions, 6th ed., Designing Brand Experiences, and Advertising by Design, 4th ed. She is now working on a new book aimed at business professionals for Routledge. And she is working on a book proposal with Rich Tu, VP o...
Robin Landa — Clarity to the Communication
August 25, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBhttp://robinlandabooks.com (Robin Landa )is a Distinguished Professor at the Michael Graves College at Kean University. She has written twenty-three books about creativity, graphic design, advertising design, branding, and drawing, including Nimble: Thinking Creatively in The Digital Age, Graphic Design Solutions, 6th ed., Designing Brand Experiences, and Advertising by Design, 4th ed. She is now working on a new book aimed at business professionals for Routledge. And she is working on a book...
Rezonate - Universality is a Superpower (AIGA D+B Series)
April 30, 2021 09:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBJoin AIGA Design + Business Conference chair and host of Works in Process podcast, George Garrastegui, Jr (he/him/his), as he speaks with Katwo + Nico Puertollano of Rezonate. George, Katwo + Nico discuss the importance of representation and language when building a project with clients. Katwo + Nico are speakers at the 2021 AIGA Design + Business Conference May 12–14, and her collaboration with AARP / Newt Day Better and their A Living History of the LGBT Movement will be featured at the...
Sophia Yeshi - Say no, more often! (AIGA D+B Series)
April 22, 2021 18:55 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBJoin AIGA Design + Business Conference chair and host of Works in Process podcast, George Garrastegui, Jr (he/him/his), as he speaks with Sophia Yeshi of Yeshi Designs. George and Sophia will discuss building a freelance business and the importance of having a creative community to support your creative career. Sophia Yeshi Is a speaker at the 2021 AIGA Design + Business Conference May 12–14, and her collaboration with Debut Capital will be featured at the virtual event. Register now with ...
Nuances of the Black experience w/ Mike Nicholls
April 13, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBThat’s my guest Mike Nicholls, He is a creative director, brand strategist, publisher, visual designer, and illustrator. He’s been translating ideas into visionary creative solutions utilizing his over 20 years of design experience and natural talent. Mike is also the founder and creative director of Umber Publishing, an independent publishing house based in Oakland, CA. He visually designs and illustrates the perspective of the contributor, from curation - to content and final magazine desi...
Mike Nicholls — Nuances of the Black experience.
April 13, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 79.1 MBThat’s my guest Mike Nicholls, He is a creative director, brand strategist, publisher, visual designer, and illustrator. He’s been translating ideas into visionary creative solutions utilizing his over 20 years of design experience and natural talent. Mike is also the founder and creative director of https://www.thisisumber.com/ (Umber Publishing), an independent publishing house based in Oakland, CA. He visually designs and illustrates the perspective of the contributor, from curation - to c...
Create with Intention w/ Teresa Moses
March 09, 2021 10:05 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThat’s my guest Teresa Moses, she is a design researcher, creative director, organizer, and educator based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Teresa is a proud Black queer woman dedicated to the liberation of Black and brown people through art and design. Her work focuses on race, identity, and social justice. She advocates for positive change in her community using creativity as a tool of community activism. Terresa is the Creative Director at Blackbird Revolt, a social justice-based design stud...
Terresa Moses — Create with Intention.
March 09, 2021 09:05 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBThat’s my guest Teresa Moses, she is a design researcher, creative director, organizer, and educator based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Teresa is a proud Black queer woman dedicated to the liberation of Black and brown people through art and design. Her work focuses on race, identity, and social justice. She advocates for positive change in her community using creativity as a tool of community activism. Terresa is the Creative Director at https://blackbirdrevolt.com/ (Blackbird Revolt), a soc...
Deon Mixon — Making Design Fun!
February 09, 2021 10:05 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBOur guest, Deon Mixon is a Designer, Educator, and Author from Detroit, Michigan. He's a graduate of West Michigan University and alumni of Cass Tech. Deon also wrote a series of books called The Lethal Creed Saga and is a brand identity designer at Gyro. Our conversation is focused on the fact that he is the creator of the world's first graphic design educational board game, Design Eye that was fully funded on Kickstarter. We focus on How board games are a great way to teach design to youn...
Jen White-Johnson — Advocating and Uplifting Joy.
January 12, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBOur guest, Jen White-Johnson a Designer, Photographer, Art Activist, and Art Educator. She teaches as an Assistant Professor of Visual Communication at Bowie State University (HBCU) where her work focuses on the intersection of content and caregiving with an emphasis on redesigning ableist visual culture. When her son was diagnosed as Autistic at age 2 she began to examine the absence of black disabled children in digital and literary media, this motivated the release of an advocacy photo zi...
Dan Castro — Pivot! Adjusting the narrative.
December 16, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBDon't get too comfortable. "I kind of feel if I know how to do it, too well, then I'm not having fun— I'm more like executing. So the moment that you shut off and just start doing the same thing that you did for somebody else, or kind of project, again and again, you're kind of losing what makes it so special. So yeah, just get out there and do it!" Mentions Sky Pie https://skypie.co/ Make Love https://skypie.co/make-love-1 Offf https://offf.barcelona/en/ Sweet Lies https://skypie.co/s...
Dan Castro: Pivot! Adjusting the narrative.
December 16, 2020 05:00 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBDon't get too comfortable. "I kind of feel if I know how to do it, too well, then I'm not having fun— I'm more like executing. So the moment that you shut off and just start doing the same thing that you did for somebody else, or kind of project, again and again, you're kind of losing what makes it so special. So yeah, just get out there and do it!" Mentions Sky Pie https://skypie.co/ Make Love https://skypie.co/make-love-1 Offf https://offf.barcelona/en/ Sweet Lies https://skypie.co/s...
Thomas Jockin — Make it easier for people to say yes.
September 23, 2020 08:06 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB"The capacity to read particularly is not just a nice to have. It's actually a moral imperative. If we want people to be good in the world, this is a huge issue, especially for designers, especially in the type world, especially right. If there's any, if we can say there's any moral claim of what's good for us, (as type designer) is people being able to read." In this episode, I speak with Thomas Jochin, founder, partner, adjunct lecturer, and practicing type designer. We chatted about how ...
Thomas Jockin: Make it easier for people to say yes.
September 23, 2020 03:06 - 1 hour - 66.2 MB"The capacity to read particularly is not just a nice to have. It's actually a moral imperative. If we want people to be good in the world, this is a huge issue, especially for designers, especially in the type world, especially right. If there's any, if we can say there's any moral claim of what's good for us, (as type designer) is people being able to read." In this episode, I speak with Thomas Jochin, founder, partner, adjunct lecturer, and practicing type designer. We chatted a...
Peter Ahlberg — The Role of Drawing as a Process
August 11, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB**"the sooner a designer can embrace the process, and if you can learn to work quickly, and in different ways, you can make a lot of different work in a fairly short time frame..." **— Peter Ahlberg: Designer, Author, Educator I talk to Peter Ahlberg, partner at Ahl & Co about creating his exhibition and book around the creative process. he mentions what it was like to talk to design icons and write a book from the perspective of someone who teaches and is a grad from the School of Visuals...
Peter Ahlberg—The Role of Drawing as a Process
August 11, 2020 04:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MB**"the sooner a designer can embrace the process, and if you can learn to work quickly, and in different ways, you can make a lot of different work in a fairly short time frame..." **— Peter Ahlberg: Designer, Author, Educator I talk to Peter Ahlberg, partner at Ahl & Co about creating his exhibition and book around the creative process. he mentions what it was like to talk to design icons and write a book from the perspective of someone who teaches and is a grad from the School o...
Armin Vit — It's not about you.
October 15, 2019 20:14 - 1 hour - 55.7 MB“The ability to make something look finished, which I think is both a strength and a weakness ... because then you can make anything look good regardless of whether it makes sense or not. If you’re not doing things for the right reasons, with the right thinking behind it and you're just worried about how it looks on Behance, and how many likes it’s going to get you’re doing is wrong!” — Armin Vit. Designer, Writer, My own intern. In this episode, I chat with the designer and writer Armin V...
wipXtra: Dearest Creative
September 04, 2019 09:00 - 12 minutes - 11.6 MBThis Xtras is from my conversation with Dearest Creative. We go a little deeper of how they started their own company and some of the things they figured out along the way. Their dedication to the brand is what drives them and keeps them moving forward. So enjoy and just take a listen Xtras are mini-episodes that are unedited and uncut snippets of conversations I've had with my guests. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/p...
Dearest Creative — Being honest, truthful, and ...
August 13, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBIn this episode, I talk to the founders of Dearest Creative. Kori and Kerstin are Designers, Art Directors who started their creative studio after being in the corporate world for over 10 years. They focus on fashion, culture, and lifestyle, and their devotion to their clients is evident in the work they choose to produce. I met up with them in their studio in Brooklyn, NY to discuss how they transitioned from corporate life to entrepreneurial life, why they started their own company and wh...
wipXtra w/ Dr. Fahamu Pecou
April 02, 2019 09:00 - 18 minutes - 17.1 MBIn this Xtra, we listen to my episode 08 guest Fahamu's journey to becoming a Ph.D. and why this has always been something on his mind. Xtras are mini-episodes that are unedited and uncut snippets of conversations I've had with my guests. They are additional audio that never made it into the episode or we're just a little bit too long and were cut down for clarity. After re-listening, I created this format as a great way to share more quality guest insight. This podcast uses the following ...
Dr. Fahamu Pecou - Visual Rope-a-Dope
March 13, 2019 17:12 - 1 hour - 59.2 MBIn this episode, I finally catch up with longtime friend, Dr. Fahamu Pecou. Fahamu is an artist, scholar, and agitator whose work has been featured in galleries, museums in the backdrops of television shows. His early focus on “making Fahamu Pecou officially the shit” and the extensive series on black masculinity has propelled him to explore what it truly means to be black in America. We talked about his short stint back in New York after art school, then the need to go back to Atlanta and ...
Nick Misani — Celebrating the details
April 05, 2018 19:49 - 1 hour - 45.8 MB"Being overconfident can do more hard than good— (especially) if you think that everything is going to be easy for you and you deserve everything right off the bat... people get into a lot of trouble and their growth gets stifled a little bit if they're not open to just toiling away in the dark for quite some time...” In this episode, I met up with Penguin Books, Mucca Design, and Fili Ltd. alum Nick Misani. Nick has been honing his typographic skills by designing decorative book covers and...
wipXtra w/ Michael Braley
March 07, 2018 09:15 - 13 minutes - 9.73 MBIn this Xtra, I continue my conversation with my episode 06 guest: Michael Braley. We talk more openly about his graphic style and why he enjoys leading creative workshops. Enjoy this snippet... Xtras are mini-episodes that are unedited and uncut snippets of conversations I've had with my guests. They are additional audio that never made it into the episode or we're just a little bit too long and were cut down for clarity. After re-listening, I created this format as a great way to share m...
Clarity, Simplicity and Impact w/ Michael Braley
February 16, 2018 06:00 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBON NOT OVERWORKING AN IDEA: “The hard part is for some people is allowing themselves TO be that simple, and overcomplicate it, not more is better, but to overthink it … sometimes you’re just done, you have it. It might take five minutes or it might take 3 weeks—but just stop when you know you have it.” — Michael Braley: Creative Director, Designer, Simplifier. In this episode we talk to Michael Braley graphic designer with over 25 years of experience in branding and annual reports and mos...
Michael Braley — Clarity, Simplicity, Impact.
December 13, 2017 01:27 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MB"The hard part is for some people is allowing themselves TO be that simple, and over complicate it, not more is better, but to overthink it … sometimes you're just done, you have it. It might take five minutes or it might take 3 weeks—but just stop when you know you have it.” — Michael Braley: Creative Director, Designer, Simplifier. In this episode to talk to Michael Braley Creative director and simplifier graphic designer with over 25 years experience in branding and annual reports and mo...
Justin Teodoro — Superheroes to Supermodels.
October 10, 2017 03:10 - 1 hour - 56.6 MB"I think I've learned to go, OKAY it's fine to put this one (project) hold, maybe draw something else, maybe go for a walk, go for a drink ... I've learned to take it easier on myself and not put so much pressure to make it happen." — Justin Teodoro: Artist and Illustrator. This episode guest is Justin Teodoro an Artist and Illustrator works primarily in chronicling and drawing for fashion. He was a fashion designer who took a chance on himself and left the world fashion and shifted to bett...
David Soto — The ruler is always straight.
August 28, 2017 09:00 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBDavid Soto: graphic designer for fashion and a letterer. In this episode, I talk to a long time friend, who has created quite a following for himself on Instagram. David continues to connect with his 20k+ followers by establishing an open dialogue with like-minded type aficionados. "Instagram … that's basically my second portfolio. I have gotten more work using my Instagram page that with my regular portfolio. It's because I am able to share my process."artist… and, no one can take that awa...