Emily Mills was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about transition as a creative professional. And as the founder of Sketch Academy, she was also spending quite a bit of time sketch noting the event itself[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Emily Mills: The Reflex Blue Show #247 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Carl Gerhards was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about the rebrand, I mean, ‘the next generation of the Pepsi logo‘. It’s rare to have such a large company make a shift in their identity in[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Carl Gerhards: The Reflex Blue Show #246 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Shayna Kulik was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville this year to talk about how art and culture affect pattern and color. Just a look around any room immediately makes me realize how many patterns I see during[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Shayna Kulik: The Reflex Blue Show #245 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Ben Greengrass and Jessie McGuire of ThoughtMatter seemed to be everywhere at this year’s HOW Design Live conference in Nashville. They gave a talk titled, “Creative Bravery: The Importance of Friendship, Humanity and Embracing Vulnerability to Break Creative Boundaries”; ran a[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Ben Greengrass & Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #244 appeared first on 36 Point ....
One of the Highlights of last years’ (2022) HOW Design Live event in Boston, for me anyway, was the chance to sit in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, and to speak with one of the Hotdoggers. But, as part of what[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Alice Waterman & Rebecca Williams: The Reflex Blue Show #243 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Bill Gardner once again gave his Logo Trend Report live at HOW Design Live in Nashville (his 21st! logo trend report). The energy he brings on stage is unmatched. Because of my recording schedule this year, I walked into his[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #242 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Jenn Lederer (Comedian/Keynote Speaker), was at HOW Design Live in Nashville giving a talk/workshop titled “Perfect Pitch – HOW To Talk About What You Do”. We talk about her path into comedy, being a keynote speaker, how to talk about[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Jenn Lederer: The Reflex Blue Show #241 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, and Keith Smith discuss the final day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. There is always that weird time about a week out from HOW Design Live where you feel[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, Keith Smith appeared first on 36 Point ....
Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, and Stefan Sagmeister discuss the second day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. I last spoke to Stefan Sagmeister in Boston about Environment Design, so I had to[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, Stefan Sagmeister appeared first on 36 Point ....
Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, and Calvin Ng discuss the first day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. This HOW had an energy I missed. It[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, Calvin Ng appeared first on 36 Point ....
Desmond LaVelle and Jennifer Martindale were the keynote speaker of AAF Nebraska‘s Meet the pros this year. Well, unlike most years where each keynote speaks over one of the two lunches, they simply did a back-to-back, or as they called it,[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Desmond LaVelle & Jennifer Martindale: The Reflex Blue Show #240 appeared first on 36 Point ....
I first met Petre Spassov at the 2011 AIGA Conference in Phoenix, and since then have been fortunate enough to receive a few of his promotional pieces for PS Design. As he has created some of the best self-promotional design[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Petre Spassov: The Reflex Blue Show #239 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Christopher Cox stopped by (well, virtually anyway) The Reflex Blue Show to talk about the weather and snow accumulation in Fort Collins and Omaha (this makes us officially old?). We then speak about his previous work under Change the Thought,[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Christopher Cox: The Reflex Blue Show #238 appeared first on 36 Point ....
We last spoke with Jen Landis back in 2019, at the OnBrand Conference, where she was speaking, along with other things, about her Pin Curl Girls. Since then, she has continued to promote creativity and positivity to girls age 8-13 with[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Jen Landis: The Reflex Blue Show #237 appeared first on 36 Point ....
George Garrastegui, Jr. was in Omaha to drop the mic at the end of the 2022 On Brand Conference. Once again, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once again hosting the SOLD[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post George Garrastegui, Jr.: The Reflex Blue Show #236 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Keni Thacker was in Omaha to kick off the On Brand Conference just blocks from my office a couple of weeks ago. First off, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Keni Thacker: The Reflex Blue Show #235 appeared first on 36 Point ....
My final podcast from HOW Design Live in Boston this year was with Danielle Hughes. She discusses her talk on “Personality Brand” (instead of what people usually use, which is their personal brand). We also discuss differentiating yourself through how you go[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Danielle Hughes: The Reflex Blue Show #234 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Fonz Morris, a ‘deadass SMART effing product designer,’ stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. We talk about his journey to becoming a Lead Product Designer at Netflix; giving back through launching a mentorship program that[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Fonz Morris: The Reflex Blue Show #233 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Zipeng Zhu stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. He was spending the previous days changing a lot of the talk he would give, still called “Rainbow”, which he describes as using as a metaphor about the[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Zipeng Zhu: The Reflex Blue Show #232 appeared first on 36 Point ....
So much happened during HOW Design Live in Boston this year, that I barely left the convention center at all. On the middle day though, I did make my way the three blocks to Johnny Cupcakes, and then across the street to[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Stefan Mumaw and Nate Voss: The Reflex Blue Show #231 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Robyn Kanner met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston to talk about her talk on the last ‘6 Novembers’. We also talk about her love of New Wave film, her work as the Senior Creative Advisor at Biden for President, her[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Robyn Kanner: The Reflex Blue Show #230 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Gary Kopervas (Syndicated Cartoonist, and SVP Creative Strategy at Finch Brands), met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston. We discuss his ‘Doodle or Die’ workshop focusing on getting the ideas out of the the back of your brain, and onto paper[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Gary Kopervas: The Reflex Blue Show #229 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Rania Svoronou (Executive Design Director at IBM), was at HOW Design Live in Boston, and sat down to talk about how to be a resilient leader. We also discuss why and how designers are, by nature, very resilient – and how we[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Rania Svoronou: The Reflex Blue Show #228 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, and Kelly Wang discuss the last day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. What a great event, and one that feels way too short. That being said, HOW once again packed in more sessions than[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, Kelly Wang appeared first on 36 Point ....
Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, and Nicole Slaw discuss the second day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Every conference has many things you remember, but always that one thing that you remember first. Sometimes[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, Nicole Slaw appeared first on 36 Point ....
Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, and Terri Trespicio discuss the first day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. It was great to be back among so many creatives at the HOW Conference. The event, as usual, went[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, Terri Trespicio appeared first on 36 Point ....
Justin Kemerling stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his new book, In the Middle of Everything. Written 10 years after opening Justin Kemerling Design Co., the book does a great job of capturing a design career in, well,[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Justin Kemerling: The Reflex Blue Show #227 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Karen Torok gave the closing day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a student event that I wish all markets had something similar to. AAF Nebraska does an amazing job on this event (disclosure: I served on the committee this[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Karen Torok: The Reflex Blue Show #226 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Nikki Villagomez stopped through Omaha, Nebraska to give the opening day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a fantastic student event that’s been going on for quite a while (like, well over 60 years now). She does a great talk[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Nikki Villagomez: The Reflex Blue Show #225 appeared first on 36 Point ....
Great design books are still being made, it just feels like you have to look a bit harder to find them. Snails & Monkey Tails : A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols, by Michael Arndt is one of them.[…] ↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Michael Arndt: The Reflex Blue Show #224 appeared first on 36 Point ....
