Get a Grip with Kevin McConkey : The Reflex Blue Show #89

April 26th, 2012 | by Donovan Beery
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Get a Grip with Kevin McConkey

Kevin McConkey not only helps run one of the hottest design agencies in Chicago (Grip), he’s just a lot of fun to talk to. So the real question is, why did it take us so long to have him on the show? I really don’t have a good answer, but I’m glad we finally corrected this.

Ben and I speak to Kevin about Grip’s work for Girl and the Goat, Whole Foods Market, and Death’s Door Spirits. We also speak of designing on an equity model, hanging out at the HOW Conference in Chicago last year, the Grip book 1000 Package Designs, and more.

But maybe of most importance is the discussion of if Tone Lōc or The Pharcyde created the greatest hip hop album of all time. Maybe we can put this to an Exhibit A vs Exhibit B.

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36 Pints – Additional Dates and Locations by Request

April 11th, 2012 | by Donovan Beery
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Thanks everyone for showing up to the Eleven19 open house last month (photos here), which was also the first of our 36 Pints.

We’re excited to bring a reason for designers to just get together and chat after work on a monthly basis to Omaha, and we hope to see you tonight at The Homy Inn. Feel free to stop by for a couple minutes, or stay a few hours.

Also, I guess we are taking requests for future locations (requests should be made in person at a 36 Pints event). Heidi recommended we go to the Interlude Cocktail Lounge next (May 9), so we are.

And, as this event started partially from conversations I had with Tom Nemitz, we’re going with his pick after that (June 13) at the Redeye Tavern and Grill.

Upcoming 36 Pints

April 11, 2012; 5:30pm –
The Homy Inn, Omaha (food available from Sgt. Peffer’s across the street)

May 9, 2012; 5:30pm –
Interlude Cocktail Lounge, Omaha

June 13, 2012; 5:30pm –
Redeye Tavern and Grill, Omaha

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Really, we’ve been doing stuff other than podcasting around here at 36 Point…

April 10th, 2012 | by Donovan Beery
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Hello everyone! It may seem at times that we have been doing nothing but podcasting here at 36 Point, and that is somewhat true… well, at least it seams to be most all that we post here anyway.

So, to update our great listeners and readers on what we have been doing besides work and podcasting in the past few months here at 36 Point:

Tomorrow we hope to see you at our second 36 Pints event, and we’ll be posting the next two event dates and locations sometime during the day tomorrow. See you at The Homy!
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Finding Design Motivation : The Reflex Blue Show #88

April 9th, 2012 | by Donovan Beery
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Finding Design Motivation - The Reflex Blue Show

Ben Lueders and I were trying to motivate ourselves to come up with a topic for the next podcast, when we started thinking about what would motivate us to find such a topic. That was all the motivation we needed  – we decided to talk about “finding design motivation.”

We had already lined up Steve Gordon and Brandon Herbel to be guests, so all we had left to do was get some sort of structure together, or so we thought.

Once we decided to have five categories to come up with answers for, we went ahead and had some future and past guests of the show give us the “correct answers” for designers looking for motivation. Our categories for finding motivation ended up being: website; quote; advice; activity; and food and/or drink. And a huge thanks goes out to our expert panel who emailed in their motivations: Armin Vit, Von Glitchka, Nate Voss, Sean Adams, and Kevin McConkey.

A lot of these things get done by us last minute, and it’s amazing anyone on our panel got back to me in time, but this one came in just a couple hours after we recorded, but I love it, so wanted to share it. The advice from Debbie Millman, and all the motivation I need for the rest of the day, “DON’T GIVE UP. EVER.”

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Life Kerning with Justin Ahrens : The Reflex Blue Show #87

March 19th, 2012 | by Donovan Beery
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Life Kerning with Justin Ahrens

Justin Ahrens of Rule29 makes his return (does he ever really go away? do we really want him to go away? why does he keep hanging around?) to The Reflex Blue Show. This time though, he brings with us a new book (note: I really did enjoy the book, Ben’s still reading it, we both recommend it for people trying to balance work and life). Out now, Life Kerning is worth picking up, so we mostly speak of it.

We do have time left to talk about his standing desk, LEGO brand building blocks, paper, his speaking at HOW Live in Boston and more.

And as a bonus, we bring back Dyana Valentine for a fantastic installment of “Dyana’s Valentine Notes”.

And here is the link Ben (oh yeah, Ben Lueders co-hosts once again) mentions to buy individual LEGO brand building bricks.

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