Bernard Uy (of Wall to Wall Studios) is the kind of guy you can't help but love when you meet. Charming, friendly, funny, and endlessly intelligent. And please don't take this show's cover illustration as a play on his ability to convince his partner to open a second office in Honolulu -- and that he should staff it -- the man has mad ukulele skills. We talk shop in the beginning, but this episode is really about AIGA Honolulu's big push for sustainable design: DesignFootprint.org, which leads into our best examination yet of going green in your work. Because when your specialty paper needs to be shipped halfway across the Pacific Ocean, well, I guess you think about those kinds of things.

Sorry for the spotty sound on this show(and a few upcoming); the 36 Point Mobile Recording Studio turned out to be on its last legs during this conversation and died shortly thereafter. We don't know if that's what actually makes us sound terrible on this show or not, but Sean sounds great, and that's who you're really tuning in for, now isn't it?

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Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 12 (21-ish meg) or click here to subscribe directly from the iTunes Music Store.

Let me get this out of the way quickly: WE ARE OLD. We didn't used to be old. Well, Donovan did, but I sure didn't. Then suddenly we looked around (and recorded this show) and said the words "youth" and "culture" in tandem aloud, and found ourselves on the other side of the great divide. thankfully we welcome old friends John Henry Müller and Dave Nelson to the show to tell us how we're doing it wrong. Listen, and if your ears are quick enough, you can actually hear the last vestiges of my youth slipping into the abyss. 

Also: Inexplicably, I swear in this show. A Lot. You've been warned.

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Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 11 (24meg) or click here to subscribe directly from the iTunes Music Store.

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Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 10 (24meg) or click here to subscribe directly from the iTunes Music Store.

Rarely do you see the designer today without their iPod (or, if you're one of those people, your Zune) plugged in, filling the gaps in their creativity with their music. While we spend the first few minutes being a little Radiohead-centric, Steve, Donovan and I eventually discuss the parallels of creation great design to creating great music, what music is great for design and what music can kill a creative mood, and why the Halo 3 soundtrack is actually awesome and Donovan needs to shut up about defunct 80's rock. Enjoy The Reflex Blue Show Episode 9 with a cold one and your favorite playlist.

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Download The Reflex Blue Show with Nate Voss and Donovan Beery, Episode 9 (22meg) or click here to subscribe directly from the iTunes Music Store.