Learn more about Justin at https://www.youtube.com/@CleoAbram Learn more about the podcast at https://jackvaughan.com Today I’m speaking with Justin Poore — an animator and the producer of Huge if True — a show by Cleo Abram that’s had a ton of attention and engagement over the last few years, recently reaching 6 million subscribers on YouTube. Cleo is one of the fastest growing YouTube channels about tech and science, and Justin’s work plays a huge part in it. We spoke about: - The origins of...
Jun 17, 2025•58 min
Today I’m speaking with Grant Shaddick, CEO of Tella. Tella is a recording and editing tool that is totally cloud-based. It’s like Loom but more HQ, and it handles a lot of the post-production for you. I’ve used Tella for a couple of years now and have been using it more recently as I’ve moved to more off-the-cuff production. It’s been a really delightful experience. Grant and the team think a lot about the user experience and tow a good balance between enabling high-quality video production and...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Learn more about Audrey at https://www.audreyhavey.com Learn more about the podcast at https://jackvaughan.com Today I’m speaking with Audrey Havey - a freelance designer, illustrator, and motion designer. I know Audrey through her YouTube channel where she teaches and vlogs on a wide variety of topics. And as I discovered her work i really wanted to have a chat with her here. She’s a true multidisciplinary artist and a great communicator — both things I’m trying to be — so I wanted to pick her ...
May 27, 2025•1 hr 44 min
Today I’m speaking with Meng-Hsueh Lin, an animator and motion designer. He’s worked with studios like Ordinary Folk, Coat of Arms, Awesome Inc as well as clients like Disney, Airbnb, and Volkswagen. We spoke about: His CS degree His passion for anime His experience with School of Motion Freelancing and collaborating with studios like OF Rigging and character animation Teaching and instructional design Some reflections on where Meng is now, a fork in the road where he’s thinking about wha...
May 09, 2025•38 min
Learn more about Twisha at https://www.twishapatni.com Learn more about the podcast at https://jackvaughan.com Today, I’m speaking with Twisha Patni, an Art Director & Graphic Designer. She’s worked with brands such as Apple, Spotify, Netflix, NYTimes, The Economist, and is now at Buck. We spoke about — Being multidisciplinary — How she’s developed over time — Her work at Buck — Illustration systems for Gemini — Internships — Style, dabbling — Personal fulfillment & burnout — How to root...
Apr 30, 2025•1 hr 3 min
Learn more about Tom at https://www.tparkes.com Learn more about the podcast at https://jackvaughan.com Today I’m speaking with Tom Parkes - a Web+Brand designer. Tom’s worked at both agencies such as Instrument, Justified Studio, MetaLab, and freelanced for companies such as Airbnb, Microsoft and he’s now at Glide - where I work - leading web & brand. We talked about many things like: The activity and craft of design Sensitivity and receptivity to design and art. Design in agencies versus i...
Apr 24, 2025•1 hr 38 min
Find out more about Chris → https://cspags.com/ Find out more about the podcast here → https://jackvaughan.com Today, I’m speaking with Chris Spags, a software developer and the founder of JetBoost. I was involved in a project with Chris a few years back and recently found out that he's just sold JetBoost, a very popular suite of tools in the Webflow ecosystem. So I thought it'd be really interesting and a great time to get him on to talk about his journey with that company and what it's like ...
Apr 08, 2025•51 min
Today I'm speaking with Chase Goulet, a product designer and former professional Minecraft builder. Find out more about Chase → https://chasegoulet.com/ Find out more about the podcast here → https://jackvaughan.com We talked about: - Failure, mindset, and the art of learning - Minecraft, architecture, and his road to product design - His college startup - Design as trust - The ever-encroaching wave of AI on our creativity and how we contribute - And much, much more Summary & Chapters...
Mar 27, 2025•1 hr 17 min
Find out more about Greg → https://www.jdgstewart.co/ Find out more about the podcast here → https://jackvaughan.com Today, I’m speaking with Greg Stewart—one of the founding members of Ordinary Folk and now Lead Animator at the Bible Project. I’ve known about Greg for a long time, as Ordinary Folk are without doubt my favourite motion design studio. I remember first watching Greg from a Holdframe workshop and have since really connected with his way of thinking. We spoke about His early care...
Mar 17, 2025•2 hr 2 min
Find out more about Abdoulaye → https://barrymotion.com/work Find out more about the podcast here → https://jackvaughan.com Today, I’m speaking with Abdoulaye Barry, a Motion Designer and Teacher. I've been aware of Abdoulaye’s work for a little while now and wanted to get him on to catch up about his work, his approach to marketing in the motion world, his recent move to Dubai, and his future vision for his work there. We talked about LinkedIn, the UAE, motion tools, marketing and outreach as a...
Mar 06, 2025•54 min
Today I’m speaking with Coralie Delpha — a lead technical architect at Shopify. Coralie is a lovely, calm and curious individual. And very well regarded in her community — i’ve known her for a while and was really interested to catch up and dive deeper into her work, the Shopify ecosystem and more. We spoke about her journey in law, business school, learning to code, building community & connection, her team, mentors, cursor, AI, writing, advice for younger developers and much more. Coralie ...
Feb 25, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Today I'm speaking with Maria Cruz, an artist, animator & motion designer. Maria’s worked with big companies like Google, Netflix, Apple, Sony… as well as top studios like Hornet, Odd Fellows, Buck, and now Hook. We spoke about many things: Early creativity and childhood ways of seeing Art direction, connection, inspiration, curiosity, and breaking out of the mold The art and role of a motion designer to read, subvert, and invent between the frames Her style, references, music & motion, ...
Feb 19, 2025•1 hr 55 min
Find out more about Adam‘s work at https://battleaxe.co/
Feb 06, 2025•1 hr 53 min
Today, I’m speaking with Arie Stavchansky, CEO and Founder of Dataclay. Dataclay is a company that develops software for motion designers and video professionals focused on data-driven video. Although this concept has existed for a while, it's not that widely known, but understanding data driven video and it’s interaction with AI is going to become more and more important over the next few years. The discussion covered various topics, including the importance of data-driven video, the resilience...
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 35 min
Today I'm speaking with Matt Perry, creator of some of the most used web motion libraries in the world. His work has transformed how developers bring interactivity and smooth animations to the web. For the last 6 years he’s been at Framer, building Framer Motion — and he’s just taken that independent as a new project — Motion. I've been wanting to have this conversation for a long time, and now that Matt’s launch we could finally make it happen. If you’ve listened before, you know my passions ar...
Dec 10, 2024•1 hr 15 min
Hayley Akins is the founder of Motion Hatch, a school that helps motion designers and creatives grow their business. Hayley is one of the originals in this space. She's been active since 2017 and has helped many people in the industry. I wanted to bring her on to discuss marketing, how it's evolving for creatives, and how to effectively connect with prospects online and on social media. We also talked about how her business has grown, the journey of motion designers, and the importance of alignm...
Dec 03, 2024•30 min
Imsety Taylor is a creator, motion designer, and founder of Set Angle — a web and motion agency. He’s worked with brands like Ford and Keller Williams and collaborated with studios like Ravie. I identify a lot with Imsety — although I'm probably not as talented. He’s got a deep love of being creative in four mediums that we share: animation, technology, design, and sound. We talked about his skill set and running a multidisciplinary agency, the journey from creative child to professional adult, ...
Nov 26, 2024•1 hr 19 min
Today I’m speaking with Ian Waters - CTO of Cavalry. This is a really fascinating and quite technical conversation about designing motion tools. Cavalry is a relatively young Motion Design tool with a really talented team. And to be building a new motion design tool at this time is really interesting… Motion design is still young and it’s a paradigm that’s intimately woven with the abilities of the software you use. You could argue that AE has been around since before motion was a thing — and th...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 27 min
Today I’m speaking with Oscar Brooks, co-founder and CEO of V88. V88 is one of the leading Glide agencies. They've built hundreds of applications and scaled incredibly quickly in the last year, mostly due to their talent and personality, but also because it’s just a really interesting time at Glide right now. So I wanted to get Oscar on to help explain this story. We talked about: - The non-traditional way V88 hires and a new breed of ‘developer’ we’re seeing at Glide. - What it’s been like scal...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr 11 min
Today on the podcast, I’m speaking with Wes Cockx (@wes_cream), creative director and 3D designer. Wes is one of my favorite 3D artists and has worked for Microsoft, Deepmind, Apple, Meta, Google, Github and more. We spoke about his early experiences in 3D, rendering, his creative process, experiments, working with different clients and much much more. Please reach out if you have comments, guest-suggestions, or feedback. And as always, thanks for listening.
Sep 03, 2024•1 hr 9 min
Today on the podcast, I’m speaking with Isaac Gili (@isaacgili), CEO and co-founder of Shuffll — an AI Studio for Video Creators. We talked a lot about Shuffll, the tech behind it and the future vision for making video marketing & production more accessible and scaleable. Please reach out if you have comments, guest-suggestions, or feedback. @jackmsvaughan. As always, thanks for listening.
Sep 03, 2024•41 min
Today on the podcast, I’m bringing you Evan Abrams (@ECAbrams), motion designer and educator, renowned for his expertise in After Effects. We discussed communication skills, the process of idea render, design concepts, tools, the art of learning AI's future role in the industry and much, much more. Please reach out if you have comments, guest-suggestions, or feedback. And as always, thanks for listening. 💻 Show notes → https://jackvaughan.com/posts/evan-abrams 🍿 Watch on YouTube → https://yout...
Aug 22, 2024•1 hr 44 min
Learn more at → https://jackvaughan.com Yann’s Website → https://yannglt.com Yann-Edern is a software designer and maker based in Paris, focused on developer experience. He’s currently working at Linear and most recently contributed to the new UI of the desktop app. He previously worked at Specify, where he contributed to creating a Design API and its design token format. On the side, he loves to create tools for designers and engineers, interconnecting tools and providing ways to adopt the ...
Jun 06, 2024•1 hr
Today I’m bringing you Tristan L’Abbé, a product designer and head of design at Glide. We talk about design tools, paradigms, the evolution of web & native, Tristan’s background in design & engineering, the role of constraint in creativity, the way your tools impact your work and thinking process, and a look at the process and craft of product design. Please reach out on X if you have comments, questions or feedback. And as always, thanks for listening. @jackmsvaughan
Mar 15, 2024•51 min
In this episode I speak with Andy Claremont, who's head of community and ecosystem at Glide. We talk about the early days of discovering online communities in our youth and his journey from community member to community professional. We also talk about the state of no code, its relation to AI and where the space is going.
Feb 26, 2024•51 min
Kyle Hamrick is a creative and technical director, motion designer, video editor, and Adobe Certified educator. Despite its youth, motion design is a vast and continually expanding field. I was eager to restart this podcast with an overview of it from Kyle's perspective. Show notes at: https://jackvaughan.com/posts/008-kyle-hamrick
Jan 29, 2024•1 hr 18 min
When the first musician you ever sit in with is Rahsaan Roland Kirk, your first gig is when your 10 and names like Max Roach, Clark Terry, Dizzy Gillespie, Roy Haynes, Alan Dawson and Jack Dejohnette are really interested in your development... you know you're off to a good start. Terri Lyne-Carrington is a GRAMMY® award-winning drummer, composer and bandleader with decades of experience. Over the course of her career, she's played with the likes of Herbie Hancock, Quincy Jones, Wayne Shorter, E...
Nov 13, 2018•30 min
Barry Green is a writer, performer and teacher. He was principal bassist for the Cincinnati symphony for 28 years. He’s coached hundreds and hundreds of people on their performance, not just the practical but the inner game. He’s an endlessly fascinated and inspiring musician who’s been on a lifelong quest and exploration of musical mastery. He’s the perfect guest for us to have on. In this episode we discuss, among other things: Barry's 3 books: Mastery of Music, Bringing Music to Life and The ...
Sep 25, 2018•51 min
https://leanmusician.com For the last three decades, Dave has been the main bass man for Jools Holland. In this interview we hear about how Dave started out, we hear about his journey to becoming a well rounded musician, his early years with Jools, all the experiences with the band & we talk a load about education. Above all, there’s one quote or message that I took away from the podcast & it’s directly hinted at the excerpt at the beginning of the podcast. Often the study of music - whe...
Sep 10, 2018•1 hr 17 min
Chris Donnelly, a Juno-nominated pianist and composer from Toronto Canada came on the show to discuss how to practice, the importance of play, finding flow with computers, chip tunes and much more. Show notes & links at: https://leanmusician.com/podcast/chris-donnelly
Aug 22, 2018•1 hr 33 min•Season 1Ep. 1
