The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast

Robin Fitzgerald, CCO at BBDO Atlanta, was back in Nebraska to speak at AAF Omaha’s Meet the Pros. I stopped by a couple hours before her presentation, and we discussed both of us actually attending Meet the Pros while in school, her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Robin Fitzgerald: The Reflex Blue Show #181 appeared first on 36 Point.

Luke Bolin, Coban Rudish, and Dillion Wheelock of Edison Creative have been doing animation for a while – but nothing like The Axiom Chronicles. After years of telling stories for others (which they are still doing), they decided to also take[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Luke Bolin & Coban Rudish & Dillon Wheelock: The Reflex Blue Show #180 appeared first on 36 Point.

Ben Lueders and Erin Pille of Fruitful Design stopped by to discuss something or another about design – but my attendance at an SEGD Omaha event ended with a free MTN Dew ICE – and thus plans had to change.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Ben Lueders & Erin Pille: The Reflex Blue Show #179 appeared first on 36 Point.

Mary Allen kicks off the start of season 11 on The Reflex Blue Show. We chat about going back to school for design, what may be new in 2018, and the sad news of PRINT and HOW no longer being printed[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Mary Allen: The Reflex Blue Show #178 appeared first on 36 Point.

Michael Bierut, David Carson, Keith Ellis, Carlos Estrada, Keith Gasch, Ben Levitz, and Joe Isaak discuss the final day of the 2017 AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis with me. Enjoy. The Reflex Blue Show The post 2017 AIGA Design Conference, Recap 3 of 3 : Michael Bierut, David Carson, Keith Ellis, Carlos Estrada, Keith Gasch, Ben Levitz, Joe Isaak appeared first on 36 Point.

Julie Anixter (AIGA), Marian Bantjes, Bob Dixon (USPS), Adam Turman, and Betsy Vardell (Design Observer) discuss the second day of the 2017 AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis with me. Enjoy. The Reflex Blue Show The post 2017 AIGA Design Conference, Recap 2 of 3 : Julie Anixter, Marian Bantjes, Bob Dixon, Adam Turman, Betsy Vardell appeared first on 36 Point.

Justin Ahrens (Rule29 and Wheels4Water), Aaron Draplin (The DDC), Dallas Franklin (Neenah), Bill Moran (Hamilton Wood Type & Printing Museum), Brian Singer (Someguy), and Christine Taylor (Hallmark and POPMinded) discuss the first day of the 2017 AIGA Design Conference in Minneapolis.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post 2017 AIGA Design Conference, Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Aaron Draplin, Dallas Franklin, Bill Moran, Brian Singer, Christine Taylor appeared first on 36 Point.

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, our first design jobs, Dana being the incoming AIGA[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Dana Arnett: The Reflex Blue Show #177 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 Conference, the AIGA Eye on Design Conference, the future roles[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Julie Anixter & Andrew La Monica: The Reflex Blue Show #176 appeared first on 36 Point.

Brian Wood was at the HOW Design Live Conference conference this year talking about (and doing demonstrations in the Adobe booth of) Adobe Stock and Adobe Experience Design (XD, now in beta). We speak Adobe Stock, Adobe XD, the many books he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Brian Wood: The Reflex Blue Show #175 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 Design Live Conference, we also briefly mention that Jason has written a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Jason Tselentis: The Reflex Blue Show #174 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 Live Conference, I once again got to speak with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #173 appeared first on 36 Point.

Nikita Prokhorov was attending this year’s HOW Design Live Conference, and I knew immediately that I wanted to have him on the show. His ambigram work, as well as his book, Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer’s Guide To Creating Typographic Art Using Optical Illusions,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Nikita Prokhorov: The Reflex Blue Show #172 appeared first on 36 Point.

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. Like a lot of great creative[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Justin Dauer: The Reflex Blue Show #171 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 graphic designers / website designers[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 4 of 4 : Amy Reyes, Cami Travis-Groves, Emily Potts appeared first on 36 Point.

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 spending a few minutes with Aaron Draplin[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 3 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, David Carson, Aaron Draplin, Doug Grever appeared first on 36 Point.

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 Chicago. HOW, as far as I know, is the largest yearly gathering of graphic designers /[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 2 of 4 : Wills Francis, Dallas Franklin, Adam Halon, Dan Smolinski, Lloyd Wilkinson appeared first on 36 Point.

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 Live in Chicago. I still can’t believe this was recorded six days ago. For[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 1 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, Mike Joosse, Sabine Lenz, Mike Miller, Christine Taylor appeared first on 36 Point.

Omaha’s Emspace Group (located just a few blocks, and across Pacific Street, from my office at Eleven19), got rid of their internship program around five years ago. Why? FORGE. In an effort to find a different way to give back[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post FORGE: The Reflex Blue Show #170 appeared first on 36 Point.

Antionette Carroll (founder of AIGA National’s Diversity+Inclusion Initiative | founder of Creative Reaction Lab) and Cathy Solarana (AIGA Nebraska Director of Diversity & Inclusion | Owner of Wheelhouse Collective) stop by the show to discuss design, social change, diversity, inclusion, and how failure is not a bad[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Antionette Carroll & Cathy Solarana: The Reflex Blue Show #169 appeared first on 36 Point.