In our last episode with Co-host, Stephanie Foti , and her mini-series on âwhat makes a great designer teacher,â Steph and Matt talk to Nicki Wragg , the Chair of Communication Design at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne. If you work in design education in Australia, there is a good chance youâve come across Nicki. She is a leader in the field of teaching design and, as youâll hear, has been doing it for more than two decades. One of the things sheâs best known for is leading the t...
Jul 22, 2021â˘35 minâ˘Ep. 131
Part two in âwhat makes a great design teacherâ and this time, Matt and co-host, Stephanie Foti , are talking to Felix Oppen from Tiliqua Press and Tiliqua Studio , makers of the award-winning Ligature Journal . Felix has taught in Universities for over 10 years and has a passion for teaching traditional techniques, specifically where type is involved. Heâs concerned with making sure students understand the knowledge, but more importantly, are able to use it. And this is why heâs gravitated to t...
Jul 08, 2021â˘38 minâ˘Ep. 130
And weâre back! Weâve had a bit of a break while we started new full-time work, parented, and thought about what the future of ADR might look like. One of the big changes weâve made is a new format that explores one topic over three episodes with three different guests. On this episode, Matt is joined by Stephanie Foti to interview our favourite creative nomad, Frankie Ratford . We explore the question, âwhat makes a great design teacher,â a perfect question for Frankie who has been holding Desi...
Jun 24, 2021â˘35 minâ˘Ep. 129
This episode we chatted with Joyce N Ho, Associate Creative Director at BUCK in New York. If you had to describe what Joyce does, which is incredibly diverse, youâd probably settle on creative direction and motion design, but weâd suggest going and checking out her personal website, joycenho.com â just to see the range of stuff sheâs been involved in. Many people in Australia will know her from her time at JosephMark and Breeder in Brisbane, where she started as a junior designer working her way...
Apr 15, 2021â˘43 min
This episode we got to speak to James (Gilmore) Duru, Creative Director at DesignStudio â a branding and digital agency, originally from London, now all over the world, with James running the Sydney studio. Youâll know their work when you think about some of their clients like AirBNB, deliveroo, English Premier League and British Airways, just to name a few. Weâve actually had the founders, Paul Stafford and Ben Wright on previously, way back on episode 66. This episode we focused on James, how ...
Apr 07, 2021â˘49 min
In this episode we spoke to Dr Sam Bucolo, design strategist and executive chair of The Australian Design Council. Sam is based in Brisbane and it was during a lockdown so apologies in advance for the bad audio quality. What we spoke about was amazing though, everything from what Samâs PhD was all about, to his book about design leading the way and of course The Australian Design Council, why itâs been reformed and what they are planning to do with it. Sam has an absolute wealth of knowledge in ...
Apr 02, 2021â˘49 min
In this episode, we spoke with Dan Agostino, Head of Design at The Brand Agency. Hailing from Perth, Dan joined The Brand Agency in 2007 and over the years his role has grown to Head of Design. The 150+ people agency has offices in Perth, Melbourne and Auckland and covers project management, creative and design, content and production, brand activation, PR and social, technology, media, search and analytics, strategy, UX and CX. We spoke with Dan about the design scene in Perth and dove into som...
Jan 15, 2021â˘49 min
This episode we had the pleasure of chatting with Ros Moriarty from Balarinji, an Aboriginal-owned strategy and design agency, based in Sydney. Ros started the business with her husband, John, over 37 years ago and during that time has seen a lot of changes in the industry and how Aboriginal design is perceived. Their work includes everything from branding and digital products to curating public art and cultural design principles. They believe in location-specific relationships and outcomes, lea...
Sep 24, 2020â˘45 min
Itâs been a while but this is our first remote episode, where we were in three different states. On this one, we spoke to Monique Kneepkens, Creative Director at Carbon Creative. A Brisbane studio devoted to making an impact in social change. We speak all about what it means to âdo goodâ and how they work with their clients. We look at shining a spotlight on indigenous artists and designers and how Australians can get more in touch with the real history of this beautiful island. So prepare yours...
Aug 06, 2020â˘46 min
Michael Wong (aka Mizko) joins us in the studio to talk about entrepreneurism, start-up culture and growing up a hustler. Professionally heâs a UI/IX expert, internationally known and awarded. Heâs recently formed Raw Studio, with his good friend Philippe Hong, so we get into that and go deep on their process, looking at how they build relationships with clients. We also delve into Michael's past and look at the experiences that formed Mizko. Growing up, somewhat of an outsider, we were keen to ...
May 15, 2020â˘50 min
In this episode, we spoke with Andrew Hochradel. Andrew is a brand identity designer from Los Angeles, CA, who creates visual systems that are sustainable, innovative, and engaging. He's often found speaking, teaching and entertaining at physical and online events like Adobe Live, CreativeMornings, Creative South and Circles. Andrew's ability to entertain and teach is what got us talking in the first place, and this episode is no departure, we spoke about teaching online vs the classroom, stirri...
Apr 26, 2020â˘47 min
This episode we are teaming up with Andrew Johnstone from TAKE Magazine to interview the Chief Photographer of The Sydney Morning Herald, Nick Moir. Known as the âfire guyâ, Nick has built a reputation on capturing award-winning imagery and being in the right place, at the right time. He passes it off as being lucky, but the passion of his descriptions and depth of his research suggests it's more about his genuine commitment and love of the profession. Beginning at SMH at the tender age of 17, N...
Apr 17, 2020â˘1 hr
In this episode, we spoke with Alex Skougarevskaya, Design Manager for Atlassian Design System. Alex has had just about every job title designer can have, from her start as a 'graphics monkey' to a 'speck' in the big world of Advertising before the Global Financial Crisis. She's been a web, visual, graphic and interactive designer before moving her way over to Atlassian. We spoke to Alex in the lead up to her talk at NoBs conference where she'll be talking about the Atlassian Design System, so w...
Mar 05, 2020â˘46 min
In this episode, we spoke with Tegan Wotton, Design Director at Space Between in Melbourne. Tegan has an interesting career path which we get stuck into straight away, growing up in the bush has given her a strong connection to her home and what the idea of home can be. Unsurprisingly she has found herself working with a band of likeminded designers at Space Between Melbourne, where is the design director. Outside of her design role, she also co-hosts the Melbourne chapter of Ladies Wine Design,...
Feb 02, 2020â˘49 min
EP117 WITH Johanna, Matt and Flyn Itâs that time of the year when everyone is winding down for Christmas⌠who are we kidding, everyone is frantically trying to get things finished before the enforced shut down. Either way, the ADR crew decided to sit down and chew the fat (as a vegetarian, Matt finds that somewhat offensive), review the year, pinpoint highlights and favourite interviews, before looking forward to what 2020 might bring. Can you believe itâs nearly 2020?! We also just wanted to sa...
Dec 21, 2019â˘52 min
EP116 with Craig Black In this episode, we spoke with Craig Black a graphic designer, lettering artist and typographer. Craig is Scottish born and after spending some time in London, he currently runs his own design studio in Gourock, Scotland. He has a diverse style and doesnât seem to be tied down to any single medium or aesthetic. This has led to an impressive list of clients from all over the globe and a growing list of speaking gigs. Also, heâs just a great guy. Quite early on Craig talks a...
Dec 09, 2019â˘57 min
EP115 with Andrew Ashton When it comes to the Australian design industry, there are few as supportive and as accomplished as Andrew Ashton. Across his 30+ professional years, he has consistently advocated on behalf of Aussie creatives and built an international reputation that has seen him awarded many times over. At 34, Andrew was made one of the youngest members of the prestigious Alliance Graphique Internationale, at that time, only the 8th Australian to be invited. Andrew is great to talk to...
Nov 18, 2019â˘53 min
In this episode, we spoke with Nick Gower and Saakshi Muralidhar of Mentally Friendly. Mentally friendly is a group in Sydney that works with health, education, finance, and government to deliver wellbeing at scale. Nick is one of the founders of the business and an advisor to senior product leaders and clients, Saakshi is a senior organisational designer who started her career in product design, youâll hear some of her journey in the episode. Both Flyn and Matt have a long history with Mentally...
Nov 01, 2019â˘56 min
This episode, Flyn is in conversation with Head of Endineering, Joe Macleod. With a 20+ year career in product design, both digital and tangible, Joe has a wealth of experience in UX and HCD. During his time at Nokia and as Head of Design at UsTwo, Joe became concerned about the end of the customer journey and started a campaign to make off-boarding as important as on-boarding. This ultimately led him to write a book called âEnds.â and launch the World's first customer ending consulting business...
Oct 10, 2019â˘51 min
In this episode, we spoke with Chi Ryan National Experience Strategy Lead at PwC. Chi Ryan makes meaningful products, services and experiences for humans, and humanity â and sheâs passionate about empowering others to do the same. She has worked with many of the big names in service design including Fjord, Isobar and Idean and she is now the experience strategy lead at PwC. We talked about Ancient Egypt and Graham Hancock, using video and motion to communicate, teaching and learning, the circula...
Sep 27, 2019â˘50 min
This episode sees us sitting with Steve Baty, co-founder and principal of Meld Studios. Letâs just get this out of the way, Steve is a mad cyclist, so we begin there before he expertly links it back to service design, user experience and how to solve âdumb shitâ quickly. Steve has an uncanny ability to see the core of the problem and we talk through a range of case studies that explain Melds approach. The team at Meld is incredibly diverse, with a wide range of experience and skills, not normall...
Sep 13, 2019â˘53 min
In this episode, we spoke with Benni Weller and Mikey Hart of Hulsbosch. Benni and Mikey are both Creative Directors at Hulsbosch based in Sydney. Hulsboch is known for creating iconic brands and working with big-name clients throughout Australia and Mikey and Benni find themselves today as creative leaders. We spoke about their different paths to where they are today, the pros and cons of specialising vs generalising as a designer, collaboration and the value of diversity in creative teams. ADR...
Sep 07, 2019â˘53 min
In this episode, we spoke with Kenjiro Kirton, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Hato. Itâs Saturday afternoon on the last day of The Design Conference in Brisbane. The beers are flowing, the heads are sore and the minds overloaded. Still, we found time to sit down with Kenjiro Kirton, Co-Founder and Creative Director at Hato. Hato is a unique studio (both in London and Hong Kong) for the way they approach design. Focused on active play and community engagement, you could say their design is b...
Aug 15, 2019â˘51 min
In this episode, we spoke with Ben Johnston and Alex Naghavi of Joseph Mark. We began by talking about working and living in LA and projects with famous people, we spent some time at Adam Sandlerâs Christmas Party and the gushed about the Hemsworth's. We later got deep into the future of sex, getting old, sexual compatibility scores and our cognitive load, venturing and investing in people (rather than an idea). ADR episodes stay on time and on track thanks to our partners at Streamtime! It's cr...
Aug 05, 2019â˘55 min
Weâre at the Design Conference in Brisbane and we had the opportunity to sit down with Amanda Munilla, Managing Director, at Wolff Olins. Amanda, not a designer by trade has had a non-linear path into managing at one of the biggest creative firms in the World. Deciding not to be a lawyer was only the beginning and she has since gone on to build a strong career in strategy. With that in mind, we get into what strategy means, how itâs changed and how Amanda explains it to clients. Amanda is also a...
Jul 26, 2019â˘52 min
In this episode, we spoke with Tea Uglow, experimental person in charge at google's creative lab, Sydney. Tea Uglow is one of those very few people who genuinely make you rethink everything you thought you knew. This episode is full of interesting insights into how we can think about technology, inclusiveness, design, and accommodation. We talk very briefly about her early days at Google in 2006 and how she didnât particularly see herself working there for long, fast forwarding to today where sh...
Jul 12, 2019â˘55 min
EP105 with Mills and Sinx Founders and owners of UsTwo, Matt 'Mills' Miller and John âSinxâ Sinclair suddenly find themselves in a very enviable position â leaders of a successful âindependentâ company, and⌠not really needed. This is of course âdesignedâ and not without a lot of hard work. But, since bringing in a CEO and senior management the best friends finally get to appreciate what they have built. In collaboration with Andy Wright and Never Not Creative, we found some time to sit with Mil...
Jul 05, 2019â˘59 min
As Director and co-founder of Small Multiples, Andrea Lau is a data-visualisation specialist. In their words, they are a multidisciplinary team of data specialists, designers and developers, helping people make the best use of their data. Flyn and Matt unashamedly use this as an opportunity to dig into what data is, and how the visualisation of it is affecting many of our day to day decisions. Thankfully, Andrea is incredibly passionate about the education of data and raising everyoneâs data lit...
Jun 23, 2019â˘55 min
Matt is still in London and he managed to find an empty spot in Pip Jamiesonâs â (understandably) very busy â diary (8am after a public holiday). Pip is the founder and CEO of The Dots, a professional network for people in the creative industry. She has been named in numerous âones to watchâ lists and has thrown herself into the world of raising capital and entrepreneurship. Sheâs passionate about diversity, emerging technology, leadership and creativity â and we managed to weave all of them int...
Jun 16, 2019â˘49 min
This episode Matt is in London and took the time to catch with two old friends, Mark Stott, ECD at FelixÂŽ â and, wait for it â Denise Chippindale, Marketing Manager at General Assembly (UK & Europe). Denise very kindly jumped in as co-host and gave great insights into the London design scene and how sheâs been keeping busy since she moved over. Mark has been working on a secret project after closing his studio, Common, and moving to the UK. So in this episode, we dig into what that project i...
Jun 11, 2019â˘43 min
