I acknowledge the traditional owners of the land from which I am recording, the Wodiwodi people of the Dharawal nation; acknowledging their elders past, present and emerging.
I wish to also acknowledge those listeners with lived experience in mental health and/or suicide. I extend this to those families, friends, and carers who might be bereaving a loss through suicide.
I got the chance this week to chat with my ex-boss, mentor, and dear friend, the incomparable Vince Frost. Vince is an internationally renowned designer, known for his innovative design and business skills across advertising, branding, environment, and his intuitive gift with typography.
Vince is the founder of the multidisciplinary design studio, Frost*collective. Their approach to service offered by addressing a client's needs collectively and/or individual through their independently functioning businesses cohabiting under the same roof is revolutionary and inspiring.
In 2014 Vince published the book, Design Your Life. This book was Vince's documentation of his evolution to his next step, reasoning with the reader that if he has been hired to help clients live smarter through designing their lives, why can’t apply the same principles to bring value to his?
This isn’t a self-help book and will not solve your problems, but having read it, it lives up to exploring how we can live better by living smarter.
When I studied at Billy Blue Design College we looked at Vince’s impact on design. So when I was hired at Frost*collective, it felt like a full-circle moment for me.
Witnessing Vince's ease and natural caressing of typography one weekend when the two of us worked the infamous Frost*magazine, back in 2018, it was clear to he held an unteachable, instinctual gift. This stemmed from his upbringing, spending time in his father's letterpress business, serving as a compositor to the Vancouver Sun Newspaper. Unwittingly distilling a love for and second nature with typography.
At the time of writing this book, Vince's professional life was littered with accolades – he was deemed successful by peers and clients, and was helping people to live smarter. Yet for himself, he says his personal life was a mess. He didn’t know how to live smarter.
Design Your Life the book and now the launch of the podcast by the same name is his continual documentation and investment in how we can be living smarter, to live better.
In this episode, we discuss general mental health and substance use and misuse. If you or someone you know needs help in their mental health journey, please contact LifeLine on 13 11 14.
MUSIC | Samson
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