Michael Schwab! This week we welcome illustrator/designer / artist Michael Schwab to The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his process, the tools he uses, his influences, and more.
Ben Lueders, who co-hosted for most of seasons 5 and 6 returns to co-host this episode as well.
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Ken Barber, of House Industries, joins The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his journey into lettering. We also talk about what it’s like working with JJ Abrams and Jimmy Kimmel. Oh yeah, and that time in Omaha where I saw him present in a bowling ally back in 2000. Good times.
Huge thanks again to Hanna Zimmermann, who co-hosts from Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Valerie Aurilio, General Manager of Landor & Fitch, has been working on a project with a soon-to-be 250 year history – America. We discuss working with the America 250 Foundation to brand the country’s semiquin. I can only imagine what goes on in a project this large, and that’s a lot of what we talk about. A few glimpses of what we’ll all be seeing in 2026 have already been released, and it’ll be fun to see how this shows up on the back of my coins during the next few years,
Hanna Zimmermann co-hosts from Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Owen Davey visits The Reflex Blue Show (remotely, via the UK) and we discuss starting a career as an illustrator, the changes in the field over the years, and doing illustrations for social media. We also spend a bit of time talking about The Mandalorian, and some of the other shows we enjoy.
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Lauren Hom visits The Reflex Blue Show (remotely, via Detroit, Michigan) to discuss how she got into lettering. This has led to murals, starting her own online classes, and working for some rather well-known brands.
We also discuss her current plans to go to culinary school in a couple of years, and making changes in your career in general.
Thanks again to soon-to-be-graduating designer Hanna Zimmermann for co-hosting from Lincoln, Nebraska. We end the show, well, we sort-of recorded an entire show after the show, with Lauren giving Hanna advice for any graduating design student.
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