HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Saana Hellsten, Karen Larson, Lillian Ling, Nicholas Nawroth, Calvin Ng, Jamie Saunders, David Sherwin

by on May 14, 2018 at 10:16 am
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HOW Design Live 2018, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Saana Hellsten, Karen Larson, Lillian Ling, Nicholas Nawroth, Calvin Ng, Jamie Saunders, David Sherwin

Justin Ahrens, Saana Hellsten, Karen Larson, Lillian Ling, Nicholas Nawroth, Calvin Ng, Jamie Saunders, and David Sherwin  discuss the first day of 2018’s HOW Design Live in Boston.

Boston was great. I even spent a bit of time blogging for Neenah Paper while there:

In addition to the 3 recaps, over the next few months I’ll also be releasing six podcasts recorded while at HOW.

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Stefan G. Bucher: The Reflex Blue Show #184

by on April 16, 2018 at 11:43 am
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Stefan G. Bucher: The Reflex Blue Show #184

Stefan G. Bucher of 344 stopped by the day after a fantastic presentation to AIGA Nebraska in support of his new book, Letterheads : An Eccentric Alphabet.

A lot has happened since we last had Stefan on the show. Well, I would hope so, it’s been a full decade – I’m not even sure how that’s possible – but Stefan was actually on episode 2 talking about his just released Daily Monsters book, and a monster mural he was working on.

This time we talk about 3rd-hand information I am trying to recall about the mural, his Letterheads book, rotoscoping a video, time travel, a yeti, a Jupiter poster, non-disclosures, non-competes, and more.

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Amanda Hoklin & Megan Timanus: The Reflex Blue Show #183

by on April 2, 2018 at 12:35 pm
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Amanda Hoklin & Megan Timanus: The Reflex Blue Show #183

Amanda Hoklin and Megan Timanus stop by to speak about design portfolios. Megan is an instructor at University of Nebraska Omaha, while Amanda has been teaching the portfolio class at Metropolitan Community College for the past seven years or so.

We discuss why we still like printed portfolios, whether to build or buy, what projects are still good, the importance of a resume, and more.

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Bre Phelan: The Reflex Blue Show #182

by on March 9, 2018 at 4:09 pm
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Bre Phelan: The Reflex Blue Show #182

Bre Phelan is starting up a cat cafe in Omaha! In just a few months, Felius opens in downtown Omaha, and we talk about opening a cat cafe, starting up a non-profit, and of course her current day job of revolutionizing banner ads.

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Robin Fitzgerald: The Reflex Blue Show #181

by on February 18, 2018 at 6:52 pm
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Robin Fitzgerald: The Reflex Blue Show #181

Robin Fitzgerald, CCO at BBDO Atlanta, was back in Nebraska to speak at AAF Omaha’s Meet the Pros. I stopped by a couple hours before her presentation, and we discussed both of us actually attending Meet the Pros while in school, her career path to date (starting out in Omaha as a copywriter at Bozell), and her path to Atlanta.

We then talk about BBDO’s recent work for Toys”R”Us (including a giant Etch a Sketch installation), and their Suburban Horror Story work for Street Grace.

Big thanks to AAF Omaha for lining this up, and congrats to them for another amazing event (and something like the 57th year of Meet the Pros).

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