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Jim Krause & Cami Travis-Groves: The Reflex Blue Show #157
Jim Krause and Cami Travis-Groves join me for the first (of six) full episodes of The Reflex Blue Show I recorded at HOW Design Live in Atlanta, Georgia. We talk about roasting coffee beans in your...
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Terri Trespicio: The Reflex Blue Show #158
Terri Trespicio has appeared many times on Martha Stewart’s Show, gave an amazing TEDxKC talk on why you should stop searching for your passion, and was speaking at HOW Design Live in Atlanta –...
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Kit Hinrichs: The Reflex Blue Show #159
AIGA Medalist Kit Hinrichs was speaking at HOW Design Live in Atlanta, and I took the opportunity to sit down and chat with him about many of the things he’s been up to – Sappi’s The Standard, his...
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Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #160
Bill Gardner of Gardner Design specializes in logos. Well, that’s an understatement. Bill is the man behind the site with over 240,000 logos – LogoLounge.com, co-authored 14 LogoLounge books, has does...
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Sean Adams: The Reflex Blue Show #161
Sean Adams was the AIGA President, twice. He received the AIGA Medal in 2014 with Noreen Morioka for over 20 years of work with AdamsMorioka. Now? We catch up with Sean to discuss a bit of the past –...
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Justin Ahrens: The Reflex Blue Show #165
Justin Ahrens of Rule29, one of my favorite guests, joins the Reflex Blue Show to discuss his Design Of podcast, Wheels 4 Water, Designing for Good, AIGA (Justin just joined the National Board), and...
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HOW Design Live 2016, Recap 4 of 4: The Reflex Blue Show Conference Special
Our final recap of HOW Design Live in Atlanta (has it already been two weeks since the event kicked off?), brings us Stephanie Carpenter of Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum and Alex Cohen....
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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 1 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, Mike Joosse,...
Justin Ahrens (Rule29 and Wheels4Water), Mike Joosse (Designation Labs), Sabine Lenz (PaperSpecs), Mike Miller, and Christine Taylor (Hallmark and POPMinded) discuss the first day of 2017’s HOW Design...
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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 2 of 4 : Wills Francis, Dallas...
Wills Francis (Rule29 and Wheels4Water), Dallas Franklin (Neenah Paper), Adam Halon, Dan Smolinski (LinkedIn), and Lloyd Wilkinson (Real Thread) discuss the second day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in...
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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 3 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, David Carson,...
Justin Ahrens, David Carson, Aaron Draplin, and Doug Grever discuss the third day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in Chicago. This was the final day of the exhibit hall, and I made the most of it by...
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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 4 of 4 : Amy Reyes, Cami...
Amy Reyes, Cami Travis-Groves, and Emily Potts discuss the final full day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in Chicago. No week seems to go by quicker than the one spent at HOW Design Live. Seeing that many...
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Justin Dauer: The Reflex Blue Show #171
Justin Dauer met with me just before the HOW Design Live Conference got kicked into full-gear in Chicago two weeks ago. In 2015, Justin wrote an article on “Resetting Agency Culture” for A List Apart....
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Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #173
LogoLounge and the LogoLounge books may have only been around since 2001, but they have left such a large mark on the industry, they feel like they’ve been with us forever. At this year’s HOW Design...
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Jason Tselentis: The Reflex Blue Show #174
Jason Tselentis chats about all of the important topics with me – artificial intelligence (and how it may affect design), James Cameron, Papyrus, and student portfolios. Recorded at this year’s HOW...
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Julie Anixter & Andrew La Monica: The Reflex Blue Show #176
Julie Anixter (AIGA Executive Director) and Andrew La Monica (Ande & Partners) met with me at the HOW Design Live Conference conference this year in Chicago. We speak AIGA, the AIGA National...
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Dana Arnett: The Reflex Blue Show #177
Dana Arnett of VSA Partners met with me at the HOW Design Live Conference conference this year in Chicago. We speak 30+ years of VSA Partners, Harley Davidson, how I am not named after Donovan Leitch,...
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HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Saana...
Justin Ahrens, Saana Hellsten, Karen Larson, Lillian Ling, Nicholas Nawroth, Calvin Ng, Jamie Saunders, and David Sherwin discuss the first day of 2018’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Boston was great....
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HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Dallas Franklin, Jennifer...
Dallas Franklin, Jennifer Lemerand, Thanh Nguyen, and Alex Withers discuss the second day of 2018’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Listen to Day 1’s recap here. Wait around until tomorrow-ish to hear...
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Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #185
Bill Gardner was presenting the 2018 Logo Trend Report (not quite online yet, but it will be soon) at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston. We ended up taking a bit of time to discuss...
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Emily Cohen: The Reflex Blue Show #186
Emily Chohen was at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston to speak about “The Power of Saying No.” I said yes to a podcast though, and we speak a lot about no. Well, the power of saying no....
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Grace Dawson & Tosh Hall: The Reflex Blue Show #189
Grace Dawson and Tosh Hall of Jones Knowles Ritchie (JKR / JKR Global / some random law firm) were at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston to give a presentation about how we haven’t...
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Dan Rhatigan: The Reflex Blue Show #190
Dan Rhatigan (Senior Manager of Adobe‘s type team) was at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston to talk about what’s next in the type world. Software does have a lifespan, and with Open Type...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs,...
Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, and Terri Trespicio discuss the first day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. It was great to be back among so many creatives at the HOW...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang,...
Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, and Nicole Slaw discuss the second day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Every conference has many things you remember, but...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom,...
Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, and Kelly Wang discuss the last day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. What a great event, and one that feels way too short. That being said, HOW once...
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Gary Kopervas: The Reflex Blue Show #229
Gary Kopervas (Syndicated Cartoonist, and SVP Creative Strategy at Finch Brands), met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston. We discuss his ‘Doodle or Die’ workshop focusing on getting the ideas out of...
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Robyn Kanner: The Reflex Blue Show #230
Robyn Kanner met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston to talk about her talk on the last ‘6 Novembers’. We also talk about her love of New Wave film, her work as the Senior Creative Advisor at Biden...
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Stefan Mumaw and Nate Voss: The Reflex Blue Show #231
So much happened during HOW Design Live in Boston this year, that I barely left the convention center at all. On the middle day though, I did make my way the three blocks to Johnny Cupcakes, and then...
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Zipeng Zhu: The Reflex Blue Show #232
Zipeng Zhu stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. He was spending the previous days changing a lot of the talk he would give, still called “Rainbow”, which he describes as...
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Fonz Morris: The Reflex Blue Show #233
Fonz Morris, a ‘deadass SMART effing product designer,’ stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. We talk about his journey to becoming a Lead Product Designer at Netflix;...
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Danielle Hughes: The Reflex Blue Show #234
My final podcast from HOW Design Live in Boston this year was with Danielle Hughes. She discusses her talk on “Personality Brand” (instead of what people usually use, which is their personal brand)....
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, David C....
Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, and Calvin Ng discuss the first day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville,...
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates,...
Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, and Stefan Sagmeister discuss the second day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. I last spoke to Stefan Sagmeister...
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik,...
Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, and Keith Smith discuss the final day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. There is always that weird time about a week out from...
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Jenn Lederer: The Reflex Blue Show #241
Jenn Lederer (Comedian/Keynote Speaker), was at HOW Design Live in Nashville giving a talk/workshop titled “Perfect Pitch – HOW To Talk About What You Do”. We talk about her path into comedy, being a...
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Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #242
Bill Gardner once again gave his Logo Trend Report live at HOW Design Live in Nashville (his 21st! logo trend report). The energy he brings on stage is unmatched. Because of my recording schedule this...
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Alice Waterman & Rebecca Williams: The Reflex Blue Show #243
One of the Highlights of last years’ (2022) HOW Design Live event in Boston, for me anyway, was the chance to sit in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, and to speak with one of the Hotdoggers. But, as part...
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Ben Greengrass & Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #244
Ben Greengrass and Jessie McGuire of ThoughtMatter seemed to be everywhere at this year’s HOW Design Live conference in Nashville. They gave a talk titled, “Creative Bravery: The Importance of...
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Shayna Kulik: The Reflex Blue Show #245
Shayna Kulik was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville this year to talk about how art and culture affect pattern and color. Just a look around any room immediately makes me realize how many...
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Carl Gerhards: The Reflex Blue Show #246
Carl Gerhards was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about the rebrand, I mean, ‘the next generation of the Pepsi logo‘. It’s rare to have such a large company make a shift in...
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Emily Mills: The Reflex Blue Show #247
Emily Mills was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about transition as a creative professional. And as the founder of Sketch Academy, she was also spending quite a bit of time...
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Jada Britto: The Reflex Blue Show #248
As the last of this year’s HOW Design Live podcast interviews, Jada Britto joins me to discuss her talk on, ‘Reigniting Hope: Breaking Out of the Checkbox Mentality.’ I had met Jada the day before at...
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Alex Center: The Reflex Blue Show #262
Alex Center meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado (I should mention that his company Center did the branding for this year’s event as...
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Rachel Mae Zeolla: The Reflex Blue Show #263
Rachel Mae Zeolla, Creative Director at NBCUniversal, meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about her being eaten by a shark on...
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Brandi Parker: The Reflex Blue Show #264
Brandi Parker, Founder and Brand-Level Sustainability Consultant of Parker Brands, meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about...
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Pum Lefebure: The Reflex Blue Show #265
Pum Lefebure meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about her talk on designing for impact and action, knowing your super power,...
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The Bill & Von Show: The Reflex Blue Show #266
When you see Bill Gardner and Von Glitschka, you know it’s a HOW Design Live to remember! Recorded during the second day of the 2024 event in Denver, we sat down to talk about the pressing matters of...
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Carissa Carter & Scott Doorley: The Reflex Blue Show #267
Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley of the Stanford d.school were at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado to talk about their new book – Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a...
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Tegan Harcourt: The Reflex Blue Show #268
Tegan Harcourt, Director at maslansky+partners, was at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado to give her talk, “Stop Vacuum Strategies: How to Ask The Right Questions and Give Your...
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Brayan Montes-Terrazas: The Reflex Blue Show #269
Brayan Montes-Terrazas was part of the inspiration track at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado. Going under his art name of YAMZ World of Color, his work truly is an inspiration....
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