The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast

Emily Cohen returns to the show to discuss her book Brutally Honest (she was last on the show a year ago, before the book shipped, and after an amazing Kickstarter promotion). The book has really taken off, and is now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Emily Cohen: The Reflex Blue Show #198 appeared first on 36 Point.

Omaha-based designer Dani Donovan stopped by the Eleven19 office to discuss a design project that went huge – and fast. In mid-December (of 2018), just two short months before we recorded this podcast, she posted a flowchart/comic showing ADHD storytelling.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Dani Donovan: The Reflex Blue Show #197 appeared first on 36 Point.

Grain & Mortar has been an award-winning branding and web development studio in Omaha, Nebraska since 2011, but 2018 brought them into the business of selling pants as well. Kristin DeKay, Eric Downs, and Jesse Harding stop by The Reflex[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Grain & Mortar: The Reflex Blue Show #196 appeared first on 36 Point.

John Sayles (of J. Sayles Design in Des Moines, Iowa) stopped by the Eleven19 studio to talk about being in the design industry for over three decades. But first things first – pork chops and vodka! For those who have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post John Sayles: The Reflex Blue Show #195 appeared first on 36 Point.

Steve Gordon and Paul Meyer stop by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about the current things going on in the design world. We recorded this a day or two after Apple’s announcements of a new phone line – and a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Steve Gordon & Paul Meyer: The Reflex Blue Show #194 appeared first on 36 Point.

Elizabeth Edwards (Volume PR and 11th Octave) joins The Reflex Blue Show to talk PR and psychology. Once again, recorded in the hallway (and still very obviously between sessions at the event) at the OnBrand Conference in Omaha – a collaboration[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Elizabeth Edwards: The Reflex Blue Show #193 appeared first on 36 Point.

Nicole Frantz (Senior Vice President, Creative Services at Capital Music Group) joins The Reflex Blue Show to talk about working in the music business. We talk about working in a super-creative (in this case, music) field, working with Annie Lennox,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Nicole Frantz: The Reflex Blue Show #192 appeared first on 36 Point.

John Henry Müller (Design Director at Hudl) returns to the show after last having his work go to the dogs over five years ago. We meet up in the hallway (I love recording at conferences (the energy, the people, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post John Henry Müller: The Reflex Blue Show #191 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 being over two decades old,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Dan Rhatigan: The Reflex Blue Show #190 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 changed – the world has. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Grace Dawson & Tosh Hall: The Reflex Blue Show #189 appeared first on 36 Point.

Josh Silverman was at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston to give a presentation about working at the layer of people. So, we talk about The People Layer and why it’s so important. We also discuss things that constantly change (was the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Josh Silverman: The Reflex Blue Show #188 appeared first on 36 Point.

Allan Espiritu and Kevin Kernan of GDLOFT were at the HOW Design Live design conference in Boston to celebrate winning the Print Magazine Regional Design Award, Grand Prize with their poster designs for AIGA Philadelphia’s 35th Anniversary. They were also signing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Allan Espiritu & Kevin Kernan: The Reflex Blue Show #187 appeared first on 36 Point.

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. And[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Emily Cohen: The Reflex Blue Show #186 appeared first on 36 Point.

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 logos, the difference between[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #185 appeared first on 36 Point.

Julie Goldsberry and Cami Travis-Groves discuss the third day of 2018’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Between this recap, and the Day 1 / Day 2 recaps, I was happy to get 5 of this year’s 10 HOW Ambassadors on the podcast. The[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Julie Goldsberry, Cami Travis-Groves appeared first on 36 Point.

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 about day 3. Or, if you are viewing this page[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Dallas Franklin, Jennifer Lemerand, Thanh Nguyen, Alex Withers appeared first on 36 Point.

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. I even spent a bit of time blogging for Neenah Paper while[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Saana Hellsten, Karen Larson, Lillian Ling, Nicholas Nawroth, Calvin Ng, Jamie Saunders, David Sherwin appeared first on 36 Point.

Stefan G. Bucher of 344 stopped by the day after a fantastic presentation to AIGA Nebraska in support of his new book, Letterheads : An Eccentric Alphabet. A lot has happened since we last had Stefan on the show. Well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Stefan G. Bucher: The Reflex Blue Show #184 appeared first on 36 Point.

Amanda Hoklin and Megan Timanus stop by to speak about design portfolios. Megan is an instructor at University of Nebraska Omaha, while Amanda has been teaching the portfolio class at Metropolitan Community College for the past seven years or so.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Amanda Hoklin & Megan Timanus: The Reflex Blue Show #183 appeared first on 36 Point.

Bre Phelan is starting up a cat cafe in Omaha! In just a few months, Felius opens in downtown Omaha, and we talk about opening a cat cafe, starting up a non-profit, and of course her current day job of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Bre Phelan: The Reflex Blue Show #182 appeared first on 36 Point.