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Allan Haley Interview : The Reflex Blue Show #84
January 24th, 2012 |Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show
Type is one of those elements that I use it every day, I could not do my job without, and yet as much as I know about it, there is even more that I do not know. That’s why I find it such a great opportunity to speak with guests like Allan Haley of Monotype Imaging. Allan knows more about letters than I ever will, so it was great to have him on this episode of The Reflex Blue Show.
Joined by co-host Ben Lueders, we talk about Monotype Imaging, web fonts, how to become a type designer and the hardest letter in the English alphabet to design.
We also speak a bit about his 2012 HOW Conference presentation (Allan is one of the speakers) coming this June in Boston.
We’ll be back in two weeks recapping the ads from some football game. See you then!
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A Review of Design from 2011 : The Reflex Blue Show #83
January 8th, 2012 |Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show
Looks like we ended the fourth season of The Reflex Blue Show with 12 episodes featuring guests such as James Victore, Jessica Hische, Michael Osborne, and Dyana Valentine. We also somehow found the time (with help from Ben Lueders) to cover 3 national conferences (in HOW, How Interactive, and AIGA) with 12 special episodes featuring guests like Emily Potts, Von Glitschka, Doug Powell, Cami Travis-Groves, and Terry White.
Season 5 kicks off with the biggest change we’ve ever made on this show – my co-host, Nate Voss, is stepping down from his podcasting duties. I am a bit unsure of how this will effect the direction of the show, but I’d love to take you with me on this adventure – and thank you for listening, it’s the reason I keep doing this.
In my six plus years of podcasting now, I have realized that the show has not always been just me and Nate, but has grown into what it is because of the listeners, and because of the great guests we have been able to have on the show. It is with that in mind that I bring back one of our most frequent friends of the show in Steve Gordon, and our newest one in Ben Lueders.
New Year? I guess it’s time we discuss 2011 then, as we each talk about what we found to be the Design Event of 2011; the Design Product of 2011; and the Design Story of 2011. Then I empty my fridge of vintage (i.e. old) soda in a taste test.
Hope you enjoy the new show.
Your host,
Donovan Beery
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The How Interactive Design Conference came to a close today with a lengthy yet groundbreaking 3 hr training session. Terry White, Adobe’s “Worldwide Design Evangelist”, introduced the largely print-based crowd to Adobe’s latest web product: Adobe Muse.
Our Day 3 recap begins with an in-depth explanation of Adobe Muse from Terry White himself- and then we talk with two print designers, Cami Rutkowski and Paige Clark of Seattle WA, who were absolutely stunned by Terry’s presentation- and the conference in general.
(A special thanks to Cami and Paige- who at first were rather shy about being featured on such a high-profile design blog… but obviously, turned out to be a fantastic radio duo. You two should start your own design podcast!)
-Ben Lueders // Eleven19 Communications
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In the first half of my Day 2 podcast I am joined by conference goers Tess Donohoe and Rick Hassen. Tess works in the interactive design department of American Greetings in LA, and Rick is the husband half of a husband and wife design team out of Point Reyes Station CA. These two share what they have been getting out of the conference.
In the second half of the program I am joined by HOW speaker Patrick McNeil and HOW mc Grace Dobush (both pictured above). Patrick is a content director for the HOW Interactive Design website, and Grace is the executive director of that website. It was great to chat with this lively dynamic design duo!
(Listen for Tess Donohoe jumping in with her own questions for Patrick and Grace towards the end of the show!)
-Ben Lueders // Eleven19 Communications
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Yesterday at the HOW Interactive Design Conference I sat down next to a well-dressed business man with a Blackberry. Since all the HOW speakers had been taking turns bashing Blackberries I thought I should talk to him to see how he was taking it (I also thought it might make me feel better about being demoted to the ol’ flip phone). Well- that man turned out to be Gary Lynch- the guy that runs all the HOW conferences! You can hear my interview with him at the beginning of the recap below.
Later that evening, during the happy hour, I happened to sit next to two very intelligent/articulate young designers named Micah Sledge and Sherryl Anderson. (That’s their pretty picture up above) They both seemed to have gotten a lot out of the conference- but don’t take my word for it though, LISTEN TO THE PODCAST!
(Apologies in advance for my extremely sore throat- and holding the mic too closely to my mouth. What can I say- it was my first time!)
-Ben Lueders // Eleven19 Communications
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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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