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BAD AT KEEPING SECRETSThe Short Magnificent Life of FlowersHi, it's Carissa, and this is Bad at Keeping Secrets. Before I had a kid, my garden was my holy place. Still is, just things are a little more wild now.This week, I talk with Debbie Millman from Design Matters about her book Love Letter to a Garden—a quiet, beautiful reflection on what it means to grow something, and to be changed by it. That gardening offers us relief and connection in the face of uncertainty.We talk about love, partnership, the cross-country move she made to be with Roxane Gay during the pa...2025-04-2441 min
Cheers & Tiers: Design Leadership Tales Retold002: Josh Silverman of AIGA Rhode IslandIn this episode of Cheers & Tiers, hosts Erik Cargill and Rachel Elnar sit down with design veteran Josh Silverman to discuss his 30-year career spanning entrepreneurship, education, and community leadership. Josh reflects on how volunteering with AIGA Boston early in his career transformed his professional journey. What started as a simple act of "raising his hand" led to meaningful leadership roles, forging connections with collaborators, mentors, and lifelong friends.Together, Erik, Rachel, and Josh explore how community participation creates a virtuous cycle: the more you give, the more unexpected opportunities arise. They share practical advice for designers...2025-03-1539 min
Design Education TalksDesign Education Talks Ep. 90 - Gail AndersonGet in touch!Gail Anderson is an NYC-based designer, educator, and writer. She is Chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts and Creative Director at Visual Arts Press. Anderson has served as Senior Art Director at Rolling Stone magazine, Creative Director of Design at SpotCo, and as a designer at The Boston Globe Sunday magazine and Vintage Books. She has taught at SVA for over 30 years and has co-authored 15 books with Steven Heller on design, typography, and illustration.Anderson serves on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee for the U.S...2024-09-3031 min
Tarik TalkMarcus Civin at Spring Break Art Show 2024 NYC (Season 8, Episode 2)Marcus Civin is a founder of New Urban Arts, a nonprofit art center for high school students in Providence, Rhode Island. His writing has appeared in Afterimage, AIGA Eye on Design, Artforum, Art Papers, Aufgabe, Boston Art Review, The Brooklyn Rail, Camera Austria, Clementine, Damn Magazine, Maake Magazine, Memoir Mixtapes, Momus, Nerve Lantern, and Southwest Contemporary. Exhibition and performance venues include St. Charles Projects, School 33 Art Center, Boston Center for the Arts, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Station Gallery at University of Southern California, and UMASS University Hall Gallery.2024-09-0710 min
This Is A PrototypeS2•E8 Richard HollantThroughout this season of the series I’ve been speaking with leaders who have used their design superpowers in community and civic leadership roles, and in this episode I continue that thread in my conversation with Richard Hollant.In 1988 Richard founded CO:LAB as a design consultancy with a focus on brand design and product launches. Over time the firm moved from its original home in Boston, to Hartford, Connecticut, and has shifted its focus from brand design to social impact work, engaging with community and cultural organizations in Hartford and across Connecticut. CO:LAB has won awards fr...2024-08-2044 min
Travis Makes Money903: Chris Do | Why Education Rocks But the System Doesn’tToday, I’m making friends with Chris Do, an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.** What I Discuss with Chris:– NorCal VS SoCal– Growing up as a first generation immigrant– The problem with the education system– The struggles of being a true designer within the ad agency system** (Psst... Before I tell you mor...2024-01-151h 21Travis Makes Money903: Chris Do | Why Education Rocks But the System Doesn’tToday, I’m making friends with Chris Do, an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.** What I Discuss with Chris:– NorCal VS SoCal– Growing up as a first generation immigrant– The problem with the education system– The struggles of being a true designer within the ad agency system** (Psst... Before I tell you mor...2024-01-151h 15
Biz Book Pub Hub PodcastOTS 314: Moving Things Forward - Laura SauterToday’s guest helps launch new companies, create new brands, and refresh existing identities by bringing strategic expertise to design and marketing. Her studio, Agency Bel, helps companies launch and grow by creating their identities, from strategy to logos, websites, and social media. She is known for coining the concept of Conscious Branding, helping her clients succeed by focusing on being responsive and responsible to their customers and communities. She has worked with both Fortune 50 companies and startups. She served 10 years on the Boston Board of Directors of AIGA, a professional design organization. And currently serves as the executive of...2023-01-1043 min
Incomplet Design HistorySylvia HarrisSylvia Harris has been described as a public designer, her own words, and a citizen designer, but whatever you want to call it, Harris was dedicated to designing for the good of the people. She was committed to creating designs that helped people to navigate their world. Harris grew up in Richmond, Virginia where she experienced the desegregation of her school, which likely had a significant impact on her entire life. As a Black designer who was educated and entrenched in modernist design practices, created by western and European “elite” designers, she sought to discover what the Black aesthetic in Am...2022-11-1028 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with AIGA Medalist Archie Boston on design spirituality, art, culture, and industry, learning for the sake of knowledge, capturing history, and helping others through designArchie is a nationally known art director, designer, author, business owner, and educator. He was chair of the Graphic Design Program at California State University Long Beach for 12 terms and was named Outstanding Professor of the Year in 2004. He has also operated his design-consulting firm, Archie Boston Graphic Design, since 1972. He was the first African American recipient of the prestigious AIGA Fellows Award from the Los Angeles Chapter of AIGA in 2007. The Fellows Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to raise the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community...2022-10-0440 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Margot Bloomstein, Author, Principal of Appropriate, Inc. on interpersonal relationships, leading with the human side, what a company can do to demonstrate trustMargot Bloomstein is one of the most prominent voices in the content strategy industry. She is the author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap and Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project and the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. As a speaker and strategic adviser, she has worked with marketing teams in a range of organizations over the past two decades. The creator of BrandSort, she developed the popular message architecture-driven approach to content strategy. Margot teaches in the content s...2022-08-2336 min
Boston Speaks Up073: Endicott College's Gina DeschampsGuest Gina Deschamps currently serves as the Director of the Angle Center for Entrepreneurship at Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts. She’s in a fascinating position with a role focused on embedding entrepreneurship into the DNA of a college campus.
Previously, Deschamps enjoyed a successful career as a senior sales and marketing leader while always remaining closely aligned with higher education. In 2020, she was the recipient of the Salem State University Alumni Association’s Elizabeth Williams Wade award for her years of dedicated service to her alma mater.
She has also served in leadership roles with organizations such as Montserrat Coll...2022-01-2153 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Gail Anderson: road trips, The Jackson Five, design, and investing your timeAbout Gail Anderson
Gail Anderson is an NYC-based designer, educator, and writer. She is Chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts and the creative director at Visual Arts Press. She has served as senior art director at Rolling Stone, creative director of design at SpotCo, and as a designer at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and Vintage Books. She has taught at SVA for 30 years and has co-authored 15 books on design, typography, and illustration with Steven Heller.
Anderson serves on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Postal Se...2022-01-1140 min
The One Way Ticket ShowDebbie Millman - Writer, Designer, Educator, Artist, Brand Consultant & Host of the Design Matters PodcastNamed “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, and “one of the most influential designers working today” by Graphic Design USA, Debbie Millman is also an author, educator, curator and host of the podcast Design Matters. Debbie’s podcast, Design Matters is one of the first and longest running podcasts, and as host and founder, Millman has interviewed nearly 500 of the most creative people in the world over the past 17 years. Design Matters won a 2011 Cooper Hewitt National Design Award, in 2015 Apple designated it one of the best overall podcasts on iTunes, and in 2021 de...2021-10-1256 min
The Reflex Blue Show Archives - 36 PointArchie Boston
Archie Boston stopped by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss what it was that brought him into a career in Graphic Design and Advertising in the 1960s. We also discuss his book, Fly In The Buttermilk: Memoirs of an African American in Advertising, Design & Design Education, and how and why to self-publish a memoir about design.
Archie is one of the 2021 AIGA Medalists, and will be recognized with the professions most distinguished honor at the 2021 AIGA Design Conference next month.
We also talk about his more recent projects and more.
Enjoy.2021-08-1600 min
Creative Income with Lars Lindstrom#20 CEO of The Futur Chris Do has a different approach to education for creativesChris Do is the owner and CEO of The Futur, an online educational platform that plans to teach a BILLION students. On this podcast we talk about how Chris got started, why he think the education system is broken and how he intends on fixing it, how to charge clients and lots more.
Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.
He currently ser...2021-05-1240 min
Fascinating EntrepreneursWhat is Chris Do Focusing on This Year with The Futur? Ep. 14Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches creatives how to make a living doing what they love.He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as an advisory board member and programming chair for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College, and Woodbury University.He has taught Sequential Design for over a decade at the Ar...2021-04-2036 min
Pixel PerfectSeason 2: Pixel Perfect with Amy ParkerAmy Parker is the Executive Design Director at Woods Creative. Amy runs Woods’ Portland, Maine studio where she leads creative strategy, ideation, and digital design to make communication solutions, digital products, and visual languages for brands. Amy works in tandem with her research partner, Chris Bransfield, to conduct primary one-on-one interviews for design and Human Experience/User Experience research to gain insight, understand nuanced problems, ask questions, and uncover findings to identify form, content and functional needs. Amy’s current clients hire her for her design work, insights into how visual design elevates products for the people using them, and...2021-04-201h 05
The Boston DesigncastMark ReuschIn this episode we speak with illustrator Mark Reusch. 2020-12-0250 min
Brand Rounds#20 Chris Do | Creativity & CommerceChris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love.He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as: advisory board member for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University.He has ta...2020-10-2746 minThe Boston DesigncastCommunication, with Brain ArtsIn this episode we speak with a Boston arts organization called Brain Arts. Learn all about Brain arts, The Boston Compass, and The Dorchester Art Project as we speak with Boston's defenders of the arts. 2020-08-2134 min
The Bacelyy - Audio ExperienceThe #Askbacely Show Ep.012 : with Chris Do — Learn how to learnThis week’s for my new episode podcast the guest is Chris Do, a American is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur — an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love..“If you don’t learn the language of business, you may limit your growth and be relagated to the role of an “order taker ”Chris DoHe currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an...2020-06-1526 min
Multifamily Live592. Creating A Fulfilling "Futur" Fueled With Passion and Success with Chris DoChris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches the business of design to creatives. He currently serves as the chairman of the board for the SPJA, and as an advisor to Saleshood. He has also served as: advisory board member for AIGA/LA, Emmys Motion & Title Design Peer Group, Otis Board of Governors, Santa Monica College and Woodbury University. He has taught Sequential design for over a decade at the Art Center College of Design. Additionally, he has le...2020-05-1322 minThe Boston DesigncastGet Down to Business with Matthew StummMatthew Stumm, owner of Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing sits down with us to talk design careers, being creative with your business strategy, healthcare, and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing: starkravingboston.com
https://www.instagram.com/stark_raving_boston/
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join2020-05-0735 min
Liftoff by Bottle RocketDigital Trends, Bad Ideas, and Buzzwords (w/ Mike Swartz)Howdy friends! I loved this conversation and I think you definitely will as well.Some themes of this episode include:Don’t be afraid to have bad ideasNot being to precious about your workNot taking yourself too seriously Being allergic to buzzwordsNot confusing design with art Before starting Upstatement, Mike Swartz worked in newsrooms and magazines such as The Boston Globe and Complex Magazine. He studied Journalism and Advertising Design before leaving for a job as Art Director of the Globe’s Sunday Ideas section, later finishing his degree in Comput...2020-04-1432 min
AIGA Design PodcastAmanda Makulec on Communicating COVID-19 DataAmanda Makulec is a visual analytics advisor who uses visualization, storytelling, and design thinking to transform how teams and organizations use data. She shared her expertise with Lee-Sean Huang about how to design, visualize, and interpret data related to the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic.
Episode transcript with resource links: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-10
Amanda is the senior data visualization lead at Excella and holds a masters of public health from the Boston University School of Public Health. She worked with data in global health programs for eight years before joining Excella, w...2020-04-0227 min
AIGA Design PodcastDavid Carroll on Data RightsDesign educator, data rights advocate, and recovering entrepreneur David Carroll talks with Lee-Sean Huang about the challenges that digital platforms pose to privacy, democracy, and beyond.
David Carroll is associate professor of media design and former Director of the MFA Design and Technology graduate program at the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design at The New School. He is known for legally challenging Cambridge Analytica and related companies in the UK courts to recapture his 2016 voter profile using European data protection law. Featured in The Great Hack (2019) on Netflix, his data quest h...2020-03-1846 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign for Hire: Tactics for Building a Diverse Team with Julianna AkuamoahLearn from SVP of Human Resources, Julianna Akuamoah, about how to hire and support great diverse talent.
Julianna Akuamoah is the SVP of Human Resources at Arnold Worldwide where she develops strategy related to recruitment, talent management, retention, workplace culture, and more. With over 10 years of human resource experience within the marketing and advertising fields, she provides industry-specific thought leadership on Diversity & Inclusion. Her work has been covered by Adweek, Campaign, and The Ad Club. Julianna holds a degree in Neuroscience with a focus in Psychobiology from Wellesley College.
Arnold Worldwide: https://www.instagram.com...2020-02-2040 min
UX Design HuddleScott Dasse - How To Achieve Career Success In Life As A CreativeIn this episode, we talk with Scott Dasse on what propels young creatives to make major strides in their careers, get hired, grow their skill set and MUCH MORE. Scott Dasse is a principal at Upstatement where he leads the design department and maintains a hands-on approach to the work. His clients have included MIT, Harvard, Bloomberg, NPR, Penguin Random House, Steelcase, and of course Tito's Handmade Vodka. He brings brands and technology together to build platforms and experiences that users love. His work has won awards from AIGA, SPD, Fast Co, and The Webbys. Scott is a Massachusetts...2020-02-1242 minThe Boston DesigncastCoinage, Music and Papyrus with Chris CostelloChris Costello sits down with us to talk about his design journey from designing for bands to the infamous font Papyrus and work he's done for the US Mint.
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join2019-08-2723 minThe Boston DesigncastDesigning for the Democratic Process featuring The Creative CabinetThe Creative Cabinet is a place where people with creative talent can lend their time and expertise to help progressive, grassroots candidates craft well designed and well communicated campaigns. At creativecabinet.org they match creative practitioners looking to get civically engaged with everyday citizens that share their values and have taken the bold step of running for office.
Michael Walsh is an art director and graphic designer with experience working for a variety of major brands like JetBlue, General Motors, Dunkin' Donuts and Bank of America. He is Co-founder and Creative Director of The Creative Cabinet.
S...2019-05-2740 minThe Boston DesigncastThe Future of Design Education with Heather ShawIt’s not a secret that technology is moving so fast it’s hard to keep up, especially design education. In the last few decades the way we think about design has dramatically changed so how are students keeping up? In this episode we talk to Heather Shaw, associate professor at Lesley university and graphic designer about design education, where it's been and where it's headed.
More about Heather: lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/heather-shaw
Lesley University's Instagram: www.instagram.com/lesleyuniversity/
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Beco...2019-01-2935 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign + Travel Part 2 feat. Abby Shobajo, AIGA Boston 2018 Emerge Scholarship WinnerThis is a part 2 to our episode Design + Travel. In this episode, we talk to design student and 2018 EMERGE Scholarship winner, Abby Shobajo. She shares her experience traveling to Copenhagen and how that has shaped her ideas of design.
Abby's Website: https://ashobajo.myportfolio.com/
Stir Copenhagen: www.stircopenhagen.com/
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join2018-12-1918 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign Reflections with Mark JamesMark James is the Founder of Envision Design and teaches design at Lesley University. In this episode, he talks about his design process and philosophy and how they influence each other both in practice and in teaching.
Envision: http://www.instagram.com/envision_work
More about Mark: https://lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/mark-james
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join2018-10-2728 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign + Travel featuring Stephanie Grey of Stir CopenhagenStephanie Grey is a design educator at Framingham State University and Founder of Stir Copenhagen, a multi-sensory design tour of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stir Copenhagen: http://www.stircopenhagen.com/
AIGA Boston: http://boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: https://aiga.org/join2018-10-1729 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign Collections featuring Michael RussemMichael Russem is the curator of the Katherine Small Gallery. The gallery is dedicated to exhibits about graphic design and has a small offering of books about the same. Michael also collects all kinds of designs from Penguin Classics to stamps to Japanese matchbooks.
Katherine Small Gallery: https://ksmallgallery.com/
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join2018-10-1025 minThe Boston DesigncastWelcome to the Boston Designcast!This is a podcast that explores Boston design and how it touches the way we live.2018-10-0502 min
The Reflex Blue Show Archives - 36 PointJosh Silverman: The Reflex Blue Show #188
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 last FreeHand release really back in 2003? Did PageMaker really release a new version as recently as 2001?), and things that never really change in design (seriously, how did no mention of clients asking for the logo to be bigger come up?).
At the time of this recording (6 weeks ago? So, like 127 years...2018-06-2600 min
The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design PodcastAllan Espiritu & Kevin Kernan: The Reflex Blue Show #187Allan 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.2018-06-1100 minThe Reflex Blue Show Archives - 36 PointAllan Espiritu & Kevin Kernan: The Reflex Blue Show #187
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 slightly modified versions of these posters at the Neenah Paper booth while there.
And I have to say, these posters are sweet. I have a, well, crazy amount of stuff in the office, so it’s not like one item can stand out that much, right? Or maybe so, as I hung up one o...2018-06-1100 min
Skylight Books Podcast SeriesDOREE SHAFRIR READS FROM HER NOVEL STARTUP WITH JADE CHANGStartup (Little Brown and Company)
Doree Shafrir’s hilarious, smart debut Startup is set in the heart of New York City’s tech industry, where 36 is considered past your prime and a pole-dancing workshop is an acceptable Thursday evening activity with your co-workers. A veteran online journalist, Doree has written a hilarious and sharply observed novel about the difficulties of real-life connection in our hyper-connected world.
Startup assembles a cast of indelible characters: Mack, the it-boy visionary of the moment trying to take his app to the next level; Isabel, a social media hero working for him a b...2017-08-1549 min
The Trauma TherapistEpisode 232: Recovery Is A Journey. Debbie MillmanToday, The Trauma Therapist | Podcast shifts a bit. Today I’m interviewing world-renowned designer Debbie Millman who shares her story of courage, healing, and hope. I first heard Debbie on Tim Ferriss’ podcast (http://tim.blog/podcast/) and was struck by her candor, strength, and vulnerability. She was on Tim’s show to speak about her illustrious design career. However, at a specific point in the interview, the tone definitely changed when Debbie began sharing the story of her childhood. It was at that point that I was drawn in by the courage with which Debbie spoke about her past, her jou...2017-05-2933 min
Feisworld PodcastEp 33: Ira Cummings on art, design and the indescribable freedom Ira Cummings is my guest on the feisworld podcast. He is a Sr. Designer at Arnold Worldwide, with a background and training in illustration. I called him out as the first introvert ever invited to the podcast (perhaps, others may just be better at hiding it). But let’s face it, #IntrovertsRule. They are focused, thoughtful, and often bring the most surprising ideas and solutions to the table. Ira is one of them, whom I had the pleasure to work with in the past year on a variety of projects. Ira has a Open Studio coming up Friday April 10th - 12...2015-04-061h 03
Non Breaking Space ShowGene Crawford and Carl Smith of BizcraftOur guests for this episode are the hosts of the BizCraft, the podcast about the business side of web design, Carl Smith of nGen Works and Gene Crawford of UnmatchedStyle.
Gene Crawford is the Editor for unmatchedstyle.com, organizer of convergese.com. President AIGA South Carolina and he also runs Period Three.
Carl Smith is the founding member of nGen Works. He has worked with some great teams that won the New York Art Directors Award for Interactive Development, The Hospitality Industry’s Best of Show Award, and two National C.A.S.E. awards for Educational Web Development. Fe...2013-01-311h 05