On the last night of the HOW Design Live conference in Boston- Donovan and I grabbed our podcasting gear and headed for the portfolio review hall. We were hoping to grab a couple attendees for the recap before reviewing some killer portfolios. What happened was much better…
We immediately recognized illustrator Kelsey Grafton from our first night in Boston, so we began to interview her. As she went on talking about her favorite aspects of the conference- we were suddenly joined by three of the speakers (and our good friends) Von Glitschka, Justin Ahrens, and Stefan Mumaw. Kelsey was, as she put it, “in heaven”. It may be hard to tell in the podcast- but Mr. Glitshcka actually began to review Kelsey’s portfolio while we were recording! It was quite a treat to see someone having the chance to be helped and shaped by some of this conference’s top design thinkers.
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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 
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