The fourth of our six interviews recorded at the 2015 HOW Design Live in Chicago is with Justin Ahrens and Wills Francis of Rule29.
We talk about Wheels 4 Water, Culture vs. Creative, and podcasting. Enjoy.
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Has is already been a week since I arrived at HOW Design Live in Boston? With the first of our three recaps (this one recorded on Tuesday, May 13th), I interview a few attendees, sponsors, and speakers during the opening reception.
First, big thanks to Neenah Paper for having me out to blog from the conference again (read my reports here), and for letting me use their booth to record from.
Hopefully we captured part of the excitement that is HOW with guests Bennett Holzworth, Justin Ahrens, Jamie Saunders, and Andy Epstein. We’ll be back tomorrow with our second recap. Enjoy.
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We told a bit of the story on the last Reflex Blue Show when we had Justin on as a guest, but today, 36 Point is launching a new podcast / video / thing called, “Why I Design.”
What started out as a conversation after interviewing Kevin Carroll in 2010, and was followed up by multiple emails and a phone call, turned into creating the above video series. This project is a lot better than it should be because of Kevin. I’ll chat a bit more about the creation in an upcoming podcast, but this would not have happened without a few conversations and guidance from Steve Gordon, Nate Voss, Ben Lueders, and Madison Neal.
I also need to thank those who actually helped in the creation itself. Nicholas Burroughs ended up doing almost all of the design and editing, as well as helping me to write all of the questions and figuring out what “Why I Design” could be (this project would not have happened without Nicholas, so huge thanks); Craig Hughes wrote us a custom score (yes, we have original music on this!); and Justin Ahrens, who was gracious enough to put up with multiple requests as we figured out what to do with the audio we recorded back at HOW Design Live in 2013.
Anyway, I really hope you enjoy the video above, as we have the first eight of these recorded, and in various states of completion. We’ll be back in April with Jim Woods!
Why I Design (Episode 1: Justin Ahrens)
Created by Donovan Beery & Kevin Carroll
Recorded and Designed by Donovan Beery & Nicholas Burroughs
Music by Studio Polymath
Images Provided by Justin Ahrens
Presented by 36 Point
Sponsored and Supported by Eleven19 & Studio Polymath
For future episode sponsorship opportunities, please contact us.
Justin Ahrens of Rule29 is always one of my favorite guests – partly because he’s always up to something new in the world of design.
On this episode, we speak about him getting ready to present at How Design Live in Boston this year, and his upcoming bike ride for Wheels 4 Water.
We also speak of the new 36 Point project – Why I Design. We’ll be posting our first one later this month.
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Well, the AIGA conference in Minneapolis lived up to the hype. In the first (of two) recaps I recorded while there. I speak with a stellar cast of attendees, speakers, national co=presidents, and more. That’s right, we bring in Justin Ahrens, Drew Davies, Stanley Hainsworth, Jim Moran, Tom Nemitz, and Emily Potts to get their thoughts on the first day of conferencing in the Twin Cities.
As for my thoughts, I blogged them all over at Neenah Paper’s Against the Grain, and you can find them here:
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