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The many HOW Conferences roll on and I am, at this point, just keeping pace. I have walked out of two sessions so far due to disinterest, but there have been others that have rocked my world. Nancy Duarte‘s presentation about presentations blew me away. Made me want to scrap my entire business and just build PowerPoints.
Let that sink in for a moment. Yes, that’s how good she was.
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The HOW Conference is killing it. Current mood is “exhausted.”
The Resource Center, otherwise known as Sponsor Lounge, is absolutely insane. Elbows are thrown to get to the free goodies, and the goodies are of quality. I toughed it out for some free drinks last night and mostly avoided going diving for swag, but there were probably thousands of people losing their minds going from booth to booth on some kind of designer scavenger hunt. More tomorrow. — Voss Out
Whew! What a conference! Really, it’s hard to say on any level that Matke/Think wasn’t better than the Denver ’07 Conference, at least from my perspective. We’ll do either a full podcast recap or a Review Gone Bad of the experience this week, as well as post our Reflex Blue Show with Ann Willoughby recorded before the trip. So there’s lots to say, and alas, as I plow through this Monday morning I find I have not the time to say it. So I leave you with this sketch, done for Friday, which was roundly defeated by our server and the Conference Wi-Fi’s double-team of destruction. Home, and with a proper scanner, I feel better about the result anyway.
Love –
Nate
Our new reviews program stumbles and bumbles onward — the biggest takeaways from this week’s doubly-filmed review are 1.) make sure there’s nothing not green between you and your green-screen before filming, and 2.) light blue is apparently too close to bright green not to make yourself look like an erie ghost upon re-filming. Perhaps we can use that to our advantage come Halloween-time.
Regardless! We bring to you our review of Timothy O’Donnell’s SKETCHBOOK, which we interviewed him about a few weeks ago on the Reflex Blue Show. The book surprised me, and I found that there can actually be something worth reading in a book filled with giant, gorgeous pictures. Click below to watch the review.
Download Reviews Gone Bad: Sketchbook: Conceptual Drawings from the World’s Most Influential Designers (29 meg) or click here to subscribe to Reviews Gone Bad from the iTunes Music Store.
A day late and all kinds of labyrinthine Garage Band issues later, we have a terrific interview with author Timothy O’Donnell, who’s first book takes a look at the work behind the work. We got a copy of Sketchbook at the studio and we must say — it is impressive. There’s a laundry list of notable designers here, ranging from Small Stakes to Marian Batnjes to Lance Wyman, designer of the ’68 Mexico Olympics. Timothy takes us through the book from idea through conception, which mega-famous designers turned him down, and how to get in and out of Pentagram in under and hour when confronted by Michael Bierut’s 85 sketchbooks. Be sure to check it out when it releases next month.
Sorry for the poor sound quality on this one folks — with as much trouble as we had on this recording/editing I almost feel lucky to have a show at all! We’ll try not to subject you to too many more like this.
Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Season 2 Episode 2 (22 meg) or click here to subscribe to The Reflex Blue Show from the iTunes Music Store.
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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