Another glimpse back in time at Conrad’s mysterious, dead career in advertising. I remember, vividly, telling myself I would never become a jaded old designer, burnt-out an dead inside. Then I worked several thankless jobs in that dreaded field, and … on the bright side, I have plenty of fuel to write this comic strip!
36 Point
A Community for Graphic Designers
HOW May 2010
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Nate Voss
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Nate Voss is a designer, illustrator, talkshow host and design journalist. Working in Omaha since 2001, Nate served four years on the Board of Directors for AIGA Nebraska and currently teaches design for Metropolitan Community College in addition to his freelance work. Nate has interviewed design luminaries such as Kit Hinrichs, Debbie Millman, Joe Duffy, Marian Bantjes, Chip Kidd, Ann Willoughby, and many others. Currently, Nate's work can be seen here at 36Point.com, where he maintains the webcomic 1PT.Rule and hosts The Reflex Blue Show, as well as at his home site Vossome.com.
In 2009, Nate became the only person to guest host Design Matters with Debbie Millman, a leading industry talkshow focusing on design and contemporary culture. Nate has also illustrated two children's books, The Legend of Lil' Red and Tiny and His Big Adventures.
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Donovan Beery
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Donovan oversees all creative development at Eleven19 Communications, Inc., where he also serves as an owner. He received a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication & Design from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
His background in visual communications, web design, and creative concepts were put to good use when he was the chief web designer at Union Pacific and the corporate identity and web designer at Nexterna. He’s lectured on web design at Creighton University, taught visual communications at Metropolitan Community College and proudly served seven years on the board of directors for AIGA Nebraska. In 2009, Donovan was appointed by Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey to a three-year term on the Omaha Public Art Commission.
Donovan’s work has appeared in Print, STEP Inside Design and Coupe magazines, the books Graphic: Inside the Sketchbooks of the World's Great Graphic Designers, Becoming a Graphic Designer: A Guide to Careers in Design, 100 Habits of Successful Freelance Designers, A Designer’s Research Manual: Succeed in Design by Knowing Your Clients and What They Really Need, and The Best of Business Card Design 9. His work has been recognized with numerous design awards and is included in the permanent collection of the Chicago Design Archive.
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Interesting. I realize that graphic design and advertising are separate fields…but since I’ve never really worked in a “large” ad agency I never thought any deeper about the relationship between the two. Perhaps this would make for a good discussion on the Reflex Blue Show. What are the differences…how are the two fields intertwined…and in Nate’s case…How did “advertising killed the graphic design star”. Get it…like “video killed the radio star”…haha…ok ok…it’s a really slow afternoon and I’m bored. Get off me! :)
There is a lot of overlap between design and advertising (obviously). The general difference is that at a design shop, the focus for profit comes from the creative. At an ad agency, the focus on profit comes from the ad placement.