Creative South Podcast

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest today is Mike Jones, co-founder of Creative South. This episode is a little different, Mike and I sat down in my living room to talk about Weapons of Mass Creation, building relationships, and tons of great food in Cleveland, all right after this. I’m taking the podcast to Cleveland next week to do a live two-hour version of the show, but the only way you’re going to get to see and hear the Creative South Podcast live is if you’re at Weapons of Mass Creation. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, you’re in luck, because if you get your tickets right now by clicking the link in the show notes you get the exclusive Creative South Podcast Buy One, Get One free ticket deal. You’ll be able to see OK Pants tearing up the stage as Emcee, and speakers like Stefan Sagmeister, Mark Brickey from Adventures in Design and illustrator Jillian Adel. Don’t forget to click on the link in the show notes to get your Buy One Get One tickets. Head o

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Aaron Sechrist, better known to the design world as OK Pants. Aaron has worked with clients like Disney, House of Blues, and Patton Oswalt; as well as having his work featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We talk about growing up in Cleveland, his blue color work ethic, getting his start out of college designing ads for escorts in the local arts and leisure newspaper, his love for stand-up comedy, and his involvement with Weapons of Mass Creation, all right after this. I’m taking the podcast to Cleveland in two weeks to do a live two-hour version of the show, but the only way you are going to get to see and hear the Creative South Podcast live is if you are at Weapons of Mass Creation. If you haven’t gotten your tickets yet, you’re in luck because, if you get your tickets right now by clicking the link in the show notes you get the exclusive Creative South Podcast Buy One, Get One free ticket deal. That’s two ti

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is my friend, Johnny Gwin, co-founder of Hummingbird Ideas, Deep Fried Studios, and Container Yard – a co-working space he founded with his wife, Stacy Wellborn – that opened last week. Johnny and I sat down in front of the mics in his podcast studio to talk about his career path, and how a PoliSci major ended up the co-founder of an ad agency, a podcasting studio, and a co-working space, all right after this. We’re looking for sponsors. If you want to sponsor the Creative South Podcast to help keep the lights on and to make the podcast even better, then email me at jason@creativesouthga.com or hit me up on Twitter @CreativeSoPod. You can find out more about Johnny on Twitter @TheJohnnyGwin or over at JohnnyGwin.com, and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagr

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Bethany Heck. Bethany is currently a creative lead for Microsoft’s Power BI team. Her work has been featured in New York Magazine, The New Yorker, Wired, Smashing Magazine, Uppercase Magazine and several other international publications. In addition to that, she runs Eephus League, an online shop dedicated to the fringes of baseball, and freelances under her company Heck House. Bethany and I talk about, growing up the child of a design professor, her love of baseball, the difference between being a designer and being a creative director, and much more. We’re looking for sponsors. If you want to sponsor the Creative South Podcast to help keep the lights on and to make the podcast even better, then email me at jason@creativesouthga.com or hit me up on Twitter @CreativeSoPod. You can find out more about Bethany on Twitter @EephusLeague or over at HeckHouse.com and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week Is Bryan Garvin, from Weapons of Mass Creation. Bryan and I get into the nitty-gritty details of why you should come to WMCFest. We cover everything from speakers like Stefan Sagmeister and Mark Brickey of Adventures In Design, the incredible workshops on topics like How to Start and Build a Profitable Design Business or Sign painting, the entertaining podcasts, the Cleveland studio tour, and the amazing meet and greets and parties that are planned. If you head over the WMCfest.com between now and July 10th you can get two tickets for the price of one. That’s right, Buy One Get One free. So, bring a friend and head to Cleveland the first week of August for Weapons of Mass Creation! We’re looking for sponsors. If you want to sponsor the Creative South Podcast to help keep the lights on and to make the podcast even better, then email me at jason@creativesouthga.com or hit me up on Twitter @CreativeSoPod. You can find out

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guests this week are Drew Hill and Bob Ewing of Inch X Inch. Drew and Bob are life long friends, and currently Art Directors for Element 3 in Indianapolis. After hours they run Inch X inch, a monthly subscription button club. Inch X Inch features different artists each month and donates all of the profits to charities focusing on art in schools. We talk about the birth of their friendship, why the chose the charities they donate to, and their relationship with Busy Beaver Button Co., French Paper, and Mama’s Sauce. All right after this. We’re looking for sponsors. If you want to sponsor the Creative South Podcast to help keep the lights on and to make the podcast even better, then email me at jason@creativesouthga.com or hit me up on Twitter @CreativeSoPod. You can find out more about Inch X Inch over at inchxinch.org or find them on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, and check out what Drew and Bob are up to by following the links in th

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast! I’m your host, Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is my friend, Scotty Russell. Scotty is an illustrative hand lettering artist, and motivation creative coach, in his spare time he holds down a day job as an in-house creative for an industrial manufacturer in Cedar Falls, Iowa. Scotty and I met last year when he came to Mobile to speak at an AIGA portfolio review. I was truly floored by his story and the message behind it. This year at Creative South he presented a version of that same talk and was greeted with a standing ovation at the end. His passion and motivation to keep improving, pushing himself to meet his goals, and his willingness to help others figure out how to achieve theirs is inspiring. in this episode we talk about all of that, plus how his college football experience shipped his life, how getting injured on the field led him into a deep depression, and how he found his place by helping others achieve their goals. On to the show. You can find out more ab

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. When I woke up this Sunday morning, I wasn't prepared for what I would see on the news. Another mass shooting, this time at a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The first reports filed had 20 dead and at least as many injured. Throughout the morning that number would grow eventually ending with 50 people killed and another 53 injured, making it the largest mass shooting in the United States history. This wasn’t a random act, it was an act of hate and homophobia. We can continue to sit back and hide our heads in the sand hoping tragedies like the shooting in Orlando will just go away, and pretending they are somethings we can’t do anything about, or we can choose to help eradicate the fear and hate that is becoming endemic in our society. We can help knock down the walls of “us versus them” and use the rubble to build bridges by admitting that the color of our skin, the religion that we practice, who we’re attracted to, and how we id

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Ben Stafford. Ben and his wife Beth own and run Fox Meadow Creative, an Ohio-based design studio specializing in brand identity, illustration, print, and digital graphics. We talk about growing up in Ohio, what it’s like to run a business with your spouse, why adoption is so important to him, and teaching online, all right after this. Last week, I had the pleasure of talking with Bryan Garvin on the Go Media Podcast about what the plans were for the Creative South Podcast at WMC Fest this year. I’m stoked to be going for a few reasons – it’s my first time attending WMC Fest, I’ll be doing the podcast live from the Vendor Village for two hours, and I’m looking forward to meeting new friends and catching up with old friends. So, if you’re heading to Cleveland in August for WMC Fest, reach out and say “Hi!” Thanks for tuning in this week. You can find out more about Ben at foxmeadowcreative.com and benillustrated.com, or

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Adam Grason. Adam is a freelance designer based out of Orlando, FL and has worked with clients like Hallmark and Disney. Adam and I talk about his growing up in a rough neighborhood, a series of unfortunate losses that threw him into a deep depression, Adam’s time with Disney, and the ups and does that come with running your own business, all right after this. I need your help! I love doing this podcast, being able to talk with incredible guests, and the reaction that I get from y’all. I want to be able to provide you with more content, to keep getting the heavy hitters in the industry, to make the podcast better than it is now. So to that end, we’re looking for sponsors. If you want to sponsor the Creative South Podcast, to help keep the lights on and to make the podcast even better, then email me at jason@creativesouthga.com or hit me up on Twitter @CreativeSoPod. Thanks for tuning in this week. You can find out more

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Alicja Colon. Alicja is a commercial lifestyle product photographer, based out of Savannah, GA working at Focus Lab. We talk about studying graphic design in college, and transitioning from designer to wedding photographer to a project manager and then finally into her current career. We also discuss how working with Stocksy United taught her how to better craft a story. And, when you get done listening to Alicja here go listen to her podcast Manual Focus, where she does short segments about the business of photography, all right after this. We’re taking the Creative South podcast on the road this summer. In July, we’ll be heading to Chicago to attend Podcast Movement, a conference dedicated to— podcasting. And then in August, the podcast is heading to WMC Fest in Cleveland Ohio, to record a live episode and check out what Cleveland has to offer with some of our Creative South Family. Here’s the thing, all of this can

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Victor Yocco. Victor is a User Experience Researcher working for EY-Intuitive out of Philadelphia. He has written several articles for the likes of A List Apart and Smashing Magazine and has recently written a book about User Experience Research called, Design for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design. We talk about how user experience research works within the context of design, the culture of alcohol in tech and agency settings, his own dealings with substance abuse, getting sober, and ways to address the underlying issue that lead to substance abuse. Victor’s book Design for the Mind: Seven Psychological Principles of Persuasive Design will be coming out in June and you can pick it up over at http://manning.com/books/design-for-the-mind. Creative South Podcast listeners who enter the code yoccoppc at checkout will receive a 39% discount off the cover price. In case you haven’t heard, our bud

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Rocky Roark. Rocky is a San Diego-based Designer and Illustrator, working for Digital Telepathy by day and freelancing by night. He has worked with clients like Facebook, Box, and Adobe. I talk with Rocky about, growing up in Georgia, getting his start working for Focus Lab, and this new venture Slap! Stickers, all right after this. In case you haven’t heard, our buddy Aaron James Draplin has a book, titled Draplin Design Co. Pretty Much Everything, coming out May 17th and you can pre-order it now. The pre-order of $25 is in effect right up until May 17th, so act now! Draplin’s proud of the fact that the book is viciously affordable, yet jam-packed with a mountain of information! Good, solid value. Act now and head over to ddcbook.com and pre-order your copy of Draplin Design Co. Pretty Much Everything today! On to the show. Thanks for tuning in this week. You can find out more about Rocky at roakyroark.com or follow h

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is John Howard. John is the founder of Black Airplane, a branding and web design firm based out of Atlanta. Black Airplane has worked with clients like Coca-Cola and Rocket Donations. I talk with John about how he got his start in design by doing flyers for Christian rock bands, how a door closing on a job forced him into the entrepreneurial world, and his new product SlingShot – a project collaboration tool for designers. In case you haven’t heard, our buddy Aaron James Draplin has a book, titled Draplin Design Co. Pretty Much Everything, coming out May 17th and you can pre-order it now. The pre-order of $25 is in effect right up until May 17th, so act now! Draplin’s proud of the fact that the book is viciously affordable, yet jam-packed with a mountain of information! Good, solid value. Act now and head over to ddcbook.com and pre-order your copy of Draplin Design Co. Pretty Much Everything today! On to the show. Thank

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. Thanks for joining us this week. This is a sad time for the design community, as we learned that Creative South Friend, Brad Iroff passed away suddenly and unexpectedly a couple weeks ago, at the age of 36. Brad was a husband, father, and friend, as well as the CEO of Kickstart Creative, a fixture in the Atlanta design community, an avid mountain biker, and vinyl record collector. In his passing Brad leaves behind his wife Jen, a young daughter McKenna, and a daughter on the way. A college fund has been set up for his daughter McKenna, if you’d like to donate you can do so at gofundme.com/iroff. My guest this week is diane gibbs. diane is an associate professor of Graphic Design at the University of South Alabama, she also runs her own design company, Little Bird Communications, and is the host of Design Recharge, a weekly interview series, where she talks with other designers and creative professionals. I talk with diane about her faith, t

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. My guest this week is Illustrative Designer and vector guru Von Glitschka. If you aren’t familiar with Von, Google him and get back to me on when you run out of results. We talk about growing up in the Pacific Northwest, his first job in a screen printing shop, how he got approached by How Magazine for his first speaking gig, and his tutorial series through lynda.com. And make sure you check out the show notes for links to Von’s books, and other things he’s done. On to the show. Thanks for tuning in this week. You can find more of Von’s work at GlitschkaStudios.com or follow him @Vonster on Dribbble and Twitter, and check the show notes for more links to his stuff. You can keep up with the podcast and Creative South on Twitter and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouthGA.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram. And, if you like the Creative South Podcast head over to iTunes or Stitcher – rate us and leave a

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. This is a special bonus episode of the podcast with designer and Illustrator Clark Orr. We sat down and recorded this live, in front of 700 people, from the stage at Creative South last week. Clark is based out of Orlando and has worked with brands like Johnny Cupcakes, Benny Good, and Metallica. We talk about how skateboarding and punk music influenced his design early on, designing for popular apparel brands, creating a work-life balance and what the future holds for him. It was an amazing experience, a ton of fun, and a great conversation. I hope you enjoy it. Thanks for tuning in this week. You can find more of Clark’s work at ClarkOrr.com of follow him on Dribbble and Twitter @ClarkOrr. You can keep up with the podcast and Creative South on Twitter and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouthGA.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram. And, if you like the Creative South Podcast head over to iTunes or St

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm. Creative South is over for 2016, and I don’t know about you, but 2017 can’t get here soon enough. This was by far my favorite Creative South. I had the pleasure of recording my first ever live podcast with the lovely and talented Clark Orr, which we’ll be releasing that later this week, I met a ton of incredible new people and was able to catch up with old friends. I hope you were able to do the same. I want to thank everyone who came out to support us, and all of the people who came up to me during CS16 to let me know how much they liked the podcast. I’m so lucky to be a part of Creative South, and I can’t thank the entire team and all of you who listen and support this enough. It truly is an honor. in case you were wondering, the podcast is here to stay, and we will putting out new episodes every week. Head over to CreativeSouthGA.com/podcasts to catch up on all of our back episodes, and stay tuned for new episodes featuring some of our

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm – @jfrostholm on Twitter. Creative South starts this Thursday, and we’ve got an incredible line up of speakers this year, the Master of 1 podcast will be live from the floor, you can pick up some awesome swag from the vendors, plus mInk Wars and Type Fight. I’m excited to see everyone there, and to be doing our first ever live podcast directly from the Creative South Stage with my guest Clark Orr. And, don’t forget you can still register for workshops, even at the door. Learn about Sports Branding with Britt Davis, Get Bound and Tied with S&M – a Book Binding workshop with Shann Ferreira and Mike Lawson, tackle diversity through social interaction design with Antoinette Carrol, and many more. Head over to CreativeSouthGA.com and sign up for a workshop today. And if you like the Creative South Podcast head over to iTunes or Stitcher – rate us and leave a review, this helps more people find the podcast and allows us to keep getting awesom

Welcome to the Creative South Podcast, I’m your host Jason Frostholm – @jfrostholm on Twitter. Creative South is next week and while tickets are sold out, you can still register for a workshop. Learn about Sports Branding with Britt Davis, Get Bound and Tied with S&M – a Book Binding workshop with Shann Ferreira and Mike Lawson, tackle diversity through social interaction design with Antoinette Carrol, and many more. Head over to CreativeSouthGA.com and sign up for a workshop today. And if you like the Creative South Podcast head over to iTunes or Stitcher – rate us and leave a review, this helps more people find the podcast and allows us to keep getting awesome guests. My guest today is Blake Stevenson. Blake is a full-time designer and illustrator, based out of Toronto, Canada, working a day job in marketing. He fills the rest of his time as the guy behind Jetpacks and Roller-skates, creating illustrations based on his love of music, video games, comics, and old-school pop culture. I talk with Blake ab