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LogoLounge and the LogoLounge books may have only been around since 2001, but they have left such a large mark on the industry, they feel like they’ve been with us forever. At this year’s HOW Design Live Conference, I once again got to speak with Bill Gardner of Gardner Design about, well, logos. We talk LogoLounge, the logo trend reports, the upcoming LogoLounge 10(!) and more.
We also talk about Batman, Superman, other superhero logos, and logos that are the shape of a cookie. If we would have recorded a few days later, pretty sure we would have discussed how he is a Sith Lord, but I guess I had to document that in word form…
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Nikita Prokhorov was attending this year’s HOW Design Live Conference, and I knew immediately that I wanted to have him on the show. His ambigram work, as well as his book, Ambigrams Revealed: A Graphic Designer’s Guide To Creating Typographic Art Using Optical Illusions, Symmetry, and Visual Perception, were the main topics.
We also talk about his first years in Russia and how that has influenced his work.
It’s weird, I’ve known Nikita online for a long-time, but I don’t think we’d ever had the chance to meet in-person. I guess it’s things like this that make HOW one of my favorite weeks of the year. Enjoy.
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Justin Dauer met with me just before the HOW Design Live Conference got kicked into full-gear in Chicago two weeks ago. In 2015, Justin wrote an article on “Resetting Agency Culture” for A List Apart. Like a lot of great creative things, something about it struck a nerve with people. And then the thoughts outlined in the article felt they needed a bit more room to breathe, so Justin started writing a book – Cultivating a Creative Culture.
We speak of the article, the book, Street Fighter II, Batman v Superman, and more. Enjoy.
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HOW Design Live 2017, Conference Recap 4 of 4 : Amy Reyes, Cami Travis-Groves, Emily Potts
May 11th, 2017 |Posted In: The Reflex Blue Show
Amy Reyes, Cami Travis-Groves, and Emily Potts discuss the final full day of 2017’s HOW Design Live in Chicago.
No week seems to go by quicker than the one spent at HOW Design Live. Seeing that many graphic designers / website designers / writers / photographers / creative people together is an amazing experience. Be sure to check out Emily’s “It’s a Wrap! Highlights from HOW Design Live Chicago” recap for Neenah Paper, as well as her interviews for Moxie Sozo we talk about.
Amy and Cami were two of the HOW Champions this year. It’s a great program (I think I saw there were 16 in total, but I could be off by a bit) where the Champions are available to help first time attendees get the most out of the conference – like an ambassador of all things HOW.
While in Chicago, I also recorded seven interview podcasts throughout the week, and will start releasing them next week.
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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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