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Justin Ahrens: The Reflex Blue Show #280

by Donovan Beery on April 5, 2026 at 3:02 pm

Justin Ahrens: The Reflex Blue Show #280

Justin Ahrens is no stranger to the Reflex Blue Show, as he makes his 32nd appearance (for non-hosts, only Steve Gordon has been on the show more often).

We cover the many changes and evolutions of Rule29 over the past six years – ending with being part of the O’Neil Printing Platform, his Design Of podcast, the Running Ahrens podcast he is co-host of, the other podcast he was on, the Homy Inn, Runza, designing for good and using color to heal, and more.

Enjoy.

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└ Tags: adding this tag to see if Ken Visocky O'Grady discovers we were talking about him in the last segment of this episode, design of, Donovan Beery, evolution of a design business, graphic design, interview, justin ahrens, o'neil print, podcast, Rule29, running ahrens, The Reflex Blue Show, using color to heal

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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 3 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, David Carson, Aaron Draplin, Doug Grever

by Donovan Beery on May 10, 2017 at 7:46 am

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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 3 of 4 : Justin Ahrens, David Carson, Aaron Draplin, Doug Grever

Justin Ahrens, David Carson, Aaron Draplin, and Doug Grever discuss the third day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in Chicago.

This was the final day of the exhibit hall, and I made the most of it by spending a few minutes with Aaron Draplin while he set up his pop-up shop. I then headed over to the booth of this year’s social cause – Wheels4Water. Before I was able to speak to Justin Ahrens, AIGA Medalist David Carson walked by, and we went from there. I wrapped up the recap back at the Neenah Paper booth where I speak with Doug Grever about paper and packaging.

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└ Tags: aaron draplin, alga medal, Chicago, david carson, Donovan Beery, graphic design, how design live, HOWlive, podcast, Rule29, The Reflex Blue Show, wheels4water

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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 2 of 4 : Wills Francis, Dallas Franklin, Adam Halon, Dan Smolinski, Lloyd Wilkinson

by Donovan Beery on May 9, 2017 at 7:32 am

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Wills Francis (Rule29 and Wheels4Water), Dallas Franklin (Neenah Paper), Adam Halon, Dan Smolinski (LinkedIn), and Lloyd Wilkinson (Real Thread) discuss the second day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in Chicago.

HOW, as far as I know, is the largest yearly gathering of graphic designers / designers / web designers in the nation. There is an energy that comes from that, and I only hope part of that comes through from these recaps.

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└ Tags: 2017, Adam Halon, Chicago, Dallas Franklin, Dan Smolinski, design, Donovan Beery, graphic design, how design live, HOWlive, linkedin, Lloyd Wilkinson, neenah paper, podcast, real thread, Rule29, The Reflex Blue Show, wheels4water, wills francis

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Justin Ahrens: The Reflex Blue Show #165

by Donovan Beery on January 16, 2017 at 2:58 pm

Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show

Justin Ahrens – The Reflex Blue Show

Justin Ahrens of Rule29, one of my favorite guests, joins the Reflex Blue Show to discuss his Design Of podcast, Wheels 4 Water, Designing for Good, AIGA (Justin just joined the National Board), and the coming up way too soon and yet not soon enough HOW Design Live 2017 in Chicago (where he will once again be a speaker).

One of my favorite things about recording this show has been the ability to get to talk with some really great guests, and a lot of them. Somehow or another, Justin has been the only person, other than myself, to make at least one appearance on every season we’ve had, so I thank him for his availability, willingness, and ability to be able to talk about such a wide variety of design topics over the years.

And when it comes to things that seemed to have come along way too soon, I guess this is the beginning of our tenth(!) season of The Reflex Blue Show. Along with the two-plus seasons of The Be A Cast we did before this, November marked eleven years of podcasting – hard to fathom that when Nate Voss, Tom Nemitz, and I first launched that episode back in 2005 – but the calendar keeps moving.

And, a huge thanks to Cody Fenske for designing the podcast all new artwork for Season 10 (and as in the past, it may last a season or two more). He also designed some stickers (you know we love stickers around here) for the occasion, so if you see me throughout the year, be sure to ask for one.

Enjoy.