The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast
The Reflex Blue Show is a podcast about graphic design, covering topics such as design, pop culture, web design, and the people working in the industry. Hosted by Donovan Beery, a designer based in Omaha, Nebraska, the show offers insights into the creative field. Each episode explores the intersection of design and culture, featuring conversations with industry professionals. The podcast aims to educate and inspire both aspiring and seasoned designers.
Episodes
Ben Lueders: The Reflex Blue Show #283
Ben Lueders joins The Reflex Blue Show after doing a breakout session at the 2026 OnBrand Conference in Omaha last month. Longtime listeners will remember Ben as the co-host of most of Seasons 5 and 6. Ben’s session, The Collaborative Design[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Raj Lulla: The Reflex Blue Show #282
This year, none other than Raj Lulla, of Lulla Consulting, gave the opening/morning keynote at the 2026 OnBrand Conference in Omaha last month. Just after the breakout sessions that followed, I sat down to talk with Raj about the changes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Working Title – Teruko Tsubaki & Kelsey Scofield: The Reflex Blue Show #281
I sit down with Teruko Tsubaki and Kelsey Scofield to discuss graphic designers in Omaha once again having a monthly reason to meet-up. Sometime last year, they created an event called Working Title, and like all great events, have already[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Marian Bantjes: The Reflex Blue Show #279
Marian Bantjes stops by the Reflex Blue Show to discuss her new venture – Design Art Gallery (DAG). Located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, DAG is the gallery showcasing the fine art from designers we all wish was in our town.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Charles Nix: The Reflex Blue Show #278
Charles Nix, Senior Executive Creative Director at Monotype, stops by to kick off Season 19 of The Reflex Blue Show! We talk about working with type at scale (Monotype has a font library of 250,000+ from 4,500+ foundries, which is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Lyn Wineman: The Reflex Blue Show #277
Lyn Wineman opened up the 2025 OnBrand Conference in Omaha last month with her talk, “The Invisible Problem: What’s Really Holding You Back – and How to Fix It.” Her talk, covering the importance of branding, was a great way[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Mark Mohammadpour: The Reflex Blue Show #276
Mark Mohammadpour was the lunch keynote speaker at the 2025 OnBrand Conference in Omaha last month. Mark, through his company Chasing the Sun®, is a keynote speaker on employee culture and well-being, so, well, we speak about what that actually[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #275
Jessie McGuire of ThoughtMatter was last on The Reflex Blue Show during the 2023 HOW Design Live conference in Nashville, TN. This time, we speak via Zoom about, well, first that Nashville venue, and then move onto ThoughtMatter’s Censor This![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Rachel Elnar & Erik Cargill: The Reflex Blue Show #274
Rachel Elnar & Erik Cargill of the Cheers & Tiers podcast stop by to talk about their show that is based partly around the heydays of the AIGA Leadership retreats. I was fortunate enough to get to be at six[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Katie Johnson & Ilana Griffo: The Reflex Blue Show #273
Katie Johnson & Ilana Griffo of GoodType stop by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss the many things GoodType has been up to over the past few years. We talk about The Typecast podcast, their 30 day rotating social media[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Stefan Bucher: The Reflex Blue Show #272
Stefan Bucher and his monsters return to The Reflex Blue Show. Last being on the show when he was in Omaha back in 2018, well, it’s been a while. But we start by going way back to The Reflex Blue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Prescott Perez-Fox: The Reflex Blue Show #271
Prescott Perez-Fox returns to The Reflex Blue Show! We talk about changing from a career in design to a career in teaching, as well as a career in teaching back to a career in design. We also talk about Creative[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Paul Lukes: The Reflex Blue Show #270
Paul Lukes stopped by the studio back in November to record the kick-off to Season 18 of The Reflex Blue Show. We talk about graffiti-inspired art, making time to do fine-art in addition to graphic design, working in collage, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Brayan Montes-Terrazas: The Reflex Blue Show #269
Brayan Montes-Terrazas was part of the inspiration track at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado. Going under his art name of YAMZ World of Color, his work truly is an inspiration. We talk about how choosing yourself in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Tegan Harcourt: The Reflex Blue Show #268
Tegan Harcourt, Director at maslansky+partners, was at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado to give her talk, “Stop Vacuum Strategies: How to Ask The Right Questions and Give Your Audience A Seat At The Table”. We sit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Carissa Carter & Scott Doorley: The Reflex Blue Show #267
Carissa Carter and Scott Doorley of the Stanford d.school were at the 2024 HOW Design Live Conference in Denver, Colorado to talk about their new book – Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future. As the most recent[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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The Bill & Von Show: The Reflex Blue Show #266
When you see Bill Gardner and Von Glitschka, you know it’s a HOW Design Live to remember! Recorded during the second day of the 2024 event in Denver, we sat down to talk about the pressing matters of the day[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Pum Lefebure: The Reflex Blue Show #265
Pum Lefebure meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about her talk on designing for impact and action, knowing your super power, learning AI prompts, and more.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Brandi Parker: The Reflex Blue Show #264
Brandi Parker, Founder and Brand-Level Sustainability Consultant of Parker Brands, meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about Brandi and Fe Amarante‘s conference opening talk on the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Rachel Mae Zeolla: The Reflex Blue Show #263
Rachel Mae Zeolla, Creative Director at NBCUniversal, meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado. We talk about her being eaten by a shark on The Last Sharknado: It’s About[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Alex Center: The Reflex Blue Show #262
Alex Center meets up with The Reflex Blue Show while at the 2024 HOW Design Live conference in Denver, Colorado (I should mention that his company Center did the branding for this year’s event as well). We talk about his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2024, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Aaron Draplin, Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Rick Griffith
Aaron Draplin stops by, I mean, more like I crashed his merch booth in the lobby to talk to him about closing down the 2024 HOW Design Live in Denver. And wow, that merch table has grown over the years[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2024, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Amy Conover, Darcy Hinrichs, Anne Hughes, Erin Pille, Keith Smith, Jason Wedekind
Amy Conover, HOW Design’s Brand and Content Director; show attendees, and fellow Omaha area designers Anne Hughes and Erin Pille; HOW Ambassadors Keith Smith and Darcy Hinrichs; and Jason Wedekind of Genghis Kern discuss the first two days of another[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2024, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Debbie Millman
Debbie Millman joined me backstage just as the 2024 HOW Design Live was starting up. We talk about The Shop at Matter, her upcoming book, “Love Letter to a Garden“, breaking the elevator at the San Francisco Sterling Brands office[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Liz Hunt: The Reflex Blue Show #261
Liz Hunt, CEO of DayCloud Studios, sits down with me in the DayCloud penthouse suite located in The Blackstone District of Omaha, Nebraska to talk about the advice she gives to those starting up their own creative business. We also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Tessa Porter: The Reflex Blue Show #260
Tessa Porter, a candy scientist and founder of Sprinkk, was the closing keynote speaker at the 2024 OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 25, we spoke just before her closing the event and handing out[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Kathleen Riessen: The Reflex Blue Show #259
Kathleen Riessen, the business manager at Applied Art & Technology in Des Moines, was the opening keynote speaker at the 2024 OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 25, we spoke just after her opening the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Todd Coats & Elliot Strunk: The Reflex Blue Show #258
Todd Coats & Elliot Strunk, the hosts of Two Designers Walk Into a Bar (a podcast about iconic design and popular culture), well, walk into The Reflex Blue Show. We talk about their influences in the design field, pop culture, listening[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Katrina Torrijos: The Reflex Blue Show #257
Katrina Torrijos, an Adobe Express Evangelist, was in Omaha a couple of weeks ago for Adobe Create Now. We recorded this episode in a green room / nuclear bunker / hidden lounge below The Durham Museum just hours before Katrina[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Tad Carpenter: The Reflex Blue Show #256
I met up with Tad Carpenter in the green room at The Funny Bone Omaha of all places. That’s right, AAF Nebraska’s annual Meet the Pros upped their game on the location and went full-on comedy club! Tad was just[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Kit Hinrichs: The Reflex Blue Show #255
Kit Hinrichs! Any time I see design I consider good, and then see Kit’s work…well he’s just at a different level than everyone else. And in case you think he’s not, check out his new book, NARRATIVE DESIGN: A Fifty[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Clement Mok: The Reflex Blue Show #254
Clement Mok, who was just awarded a Cooper Hewitt 2023 National Design Award for Digital Design, stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his path into the design field, and finding his way to Apple to work on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Mike Schnaidt: The Reflex Blue Show #253
Mike Schnaidt stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his new book – Creative Endurance: 56 Rules for Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Your Goals. A practical sort of self-help guide for graphic designers. We also talk about his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Katie Risch McAdams: The Reflex Blue Show #252
Katie Risch McAdams, the Chief Marketing Officer at Basis Technologies, was the lunchtime keynote speaker at this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, just after the taco bar had been put away and[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Ross Asdourian: The Reflex Blue Show #251
Ross Asdourian was the closing keynote speaker at this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, right next to where the taco bar was now being taken down, Ross and I discuss the importance of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Whitney Warne: The Reflex Blue Show #250
Whitney Warne was the opening keynote of this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, right next to where the taco bar was being set-up, Whitney and I discuss her coaching and consulting business,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Justin Dauer: The Reflex Blue Show #249
Justin Dauer, who is no stranger to The Reflex Blue Show, and author of Cultivating a Creative Culture and it’s second edition, Creative Culture: Human-Centered Interaction, Design, & Inspiration, joins me to discuss his new book, in fulfillment:
the designer’s journey.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Jada Britto: The Reflex Blue Show #248
As the last of this year’s HOW Design Live podcast interviews, Jada Britto joins me to discuss her talk on, ‘Reigniting Hope: Breaking Out of the Checkbox Mentality.’ I had met Jada the day before at the conference, and immediately[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Emily Mills: The Reflex Blue Show #247
Emily Mills was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about transition as a creative professional. And as the founder of Sketch Academy, she was also spending quite a bit of time sketch noting the event itself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Carl Gerhards: The Reflex Blue Show #246
Carl Gerhards was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about the rebrand, I mean, ‘the next generation of the Pepsi logo‘. It’s rare to have such a large company make a shift in their identity in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Shayna Kulik: The Reflex Blue Show #245
Shayna Kulik was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville this year to talk about how art and culture affect pattern and color. Just a look around any room immediately makes me realize how many patterns I see during[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Ben Greengrass & Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #244
Ben Greengrass and Jessie McGuire of ThoughtMatter seemed to be everywhere at this year’s HOW Design Live conference in Nashville. They gave a talk titled, “Creative Bravery: The Importance of Friendship, Humanity and Embracing Vulnerability to Break Creative Boundaries”; ran a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Alice Waterman & Rebecca Williams: The Reflex Blue Show #243
One of the Highlights of last years’ (2022) HOW Design Live event in Boston, for me anyway, was the chance to sit in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, and to speak with one of the Hotdoggers. But, as part of what[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #242
Bill Gardner once again gave his Logo Trend Report live at HOW Design Live in Nashville (his 21st! logo trend report). The energy he brings on stage is unmatched. Because of my recording schedule this year, I walked into his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Jenn Lederer: The Reflex Blue Show #241
Jenn Lederer (Comedian/Keynote Speaker), was at HOW Design Live in Nashville giving a talk/workshop titled “Perfect Pitch – HOW To Talk About What You Do”. We talk about her path into comedy, being a keynote speaker, how to talk about[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, Keith Smith
Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, and Keith Smith discuss the final day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. There is always that weird time about a week out from HOW Design Live where you feel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, Stefan Sagmeister
Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, and Stefan Sagmeister discuss the second day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. I last spoke to Stefan Sagmeister in Boston about Environment Design, so I had to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, Calvin Ng
Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, and Calvin Ng discuss the first day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. This HOW had an energy I missed. It[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Desmond LaVelle & Jennifer Martindale: The Reflex Blue Show #240
Desmond LaVelle and Jennifer Martindale were the keynote speaker of AAF Nebraska‘s Meet the pros this year. Well, unlike most years where each keynote speaks over one of the two lunches, they simply did a back-to-back, or as they called it,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Petre Spassov: The Reflex Blue Show #239
I first met Petre Spassov at the 2011 AIGA Conference in Phoenix, and since then have been fortunate enough to receive a few of his promotional pieces for PS Design. As he has created some of the best self-promotional design[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Christopher Cox: The Reflex Blue Show #238
Christopher Cox stopped by (well, virtually anyway) The Reflex Blue Show to talk about the weather and snow accumulation in Fort Collins and Omaha (this makes us officially old?). We then speak about his previous work under Change the Thought,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Jen Landis: The Reflex Blue Show #237
We last spoke with Jen Landis back in 2019, at the OnBrand Conference, where she was speaking, along with other things, about her Pin Curl Girls. Since then, she has continued to promote creativity and positivity to girls age 8-13 with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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George Garrastegui, Jr.: The Reflex Blue Show #236
George Garrastegui, Jr. was in Omaha to drop the mic at the end of the 2022 On Brand Conference. Once again, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once again hosting the SOLD[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Keni Thacker: The Reflex Blue Show #235
Keni Thacker was in Omaha to kick off the On Brand Conference just blocks from my office a couple of weeks ago. First off, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Danielle Hughes: The Reflex Blue Show #234
My final podcast from HOW Design Live in Boston this year was with Danielle Hughes. She discusses her talk on “Personality Brand” (instead of what people usually use, which is their personal brand). We also discuss differentiating yourself through how you go[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Fonz Morris: The Reflex Blue Show #233
Fonz Morris, a ‘deadass SMART effing product designer,’ stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. We talk about his journey to becoming a Lead Product Designer at Netflix; giving back through launching a mentorship program that[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Zipeng Zhu: The Reflex Blue Show #232
Zipeng Zhu stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. He was spending the previous days changing a lot of the talk he would give, still called “Rainbow”, which he describes as using as a metaphor about the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Stefan Mumaw and Nate Voss: The Reflex Blue Show #231
So much happened during HOW Design Live in Boston this year, that I barely left the convention center at all. On the middle day though, I did make my way the three blocks to Johnny Cupcakes, and then across the street to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Robyn Kanner: The Reflex Blue Show #230
Robyn Kanner met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston to talk about her talk on the last ‘6 Novembers’. We also talk about her love of New Wave film, her work as the Senior Creative Advisor at Biden for President, her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Gary Kopervas: The Reflex Blue Show #229
Gary Kopervas (Syndicated Cartoonist, and SVP Creative Strategy at Finch Brands), met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston. We discuss his ‘Doodle or Die’ workshop focusing on getting the ideas out of the the back of your brain, and onto paper[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Rania Svoronou: The Reflex Blue Show #228
Rania Svoronou (Executive Design Director at IBM), was at HOW Design Live in Boston, and sat down to talk about how to be a resilient leader. We also discuss why and how designers are, by nature, very resilient – and how we[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, Kelly Wang
Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, and Kelly Wang discuss the last day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. What a great event, and one that feels way too short. That being said, HOW once again packed in more sessions than[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, Nicole Slaw
Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, and Nicole Slaw discuss the second day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Every conference has many things you remember, but always that one thing that you remember first. Sometimes[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, Terri Trespicio
Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, and Terri Trespicio discuss the first day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. It was great to be back among so many creatives at the HOW Conference. The event, as usual, went[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Justin Kemerling: The Reflex Blue Show #227
Justin Kemerling stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his new book, In the Middle of Everything. Written 10 years after opening Justin Kemerling Design Co., the book does a great job of capturing a design career in, well,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Karen Torok: The Reflex Blue Show #226
Karen Torok gave the closing day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a student event that I wish all markets had something similar to. AAF Nebraska does an amazing job on this event (disclosure: I served on the committee this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Nikki Villagomez: The Reflex Blue Show #225
Nikki Villagomez stopped through Omaha, Nebraska to give the opening day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a fantastic student event that’s been going on for quite a while (like, well over 60 years now). She does a great talk[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Michael Arndt: The Reflex Blue Show #224
Great design books are still being made, it just feels like you have to look a bit harder to find them. Snails & Monkey Tails : A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols, by Michael Arndt is one of them.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Amanda Walla: The Reflex Blue Show #223
Omaha designer and illustrator Amanda Walla stopped by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about what got her into lettering, and the 100 day challenge she did. Well, we do talk about this at first, but the real reason she[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Tim Lapetino: The Reflex Blue Show #222
Tim Lapetino, stops by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss his upcoming book, Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon. And also, what a huge cultural phenomenon Pac-Man was / is. We also discuss how his interest in journalism and design has[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Archie Boston: The Reflex Blue Show #221
Archie Boston stopped by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss what it was that brought him into a career in Graphic Design and Advertising in the 1960s. We also discuss his book, Fly In The Buttermilk: Memoirs of an African American[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Susan Augenbraun and Paul Mendoza: The Reflex Blue Show #220
Susan Augenbraun (Events Manager at the national office of AIGA) and Paul Mendoza (who leads a digital design team at UCLA) stop by to talk about the 2nd (does this make it annual?) AIGA Portfolio Festival. Of course, no portfolio[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Christina Falzano: The Reflex Blue Show #219
Christina Falzano, Managing Director of Conran Design Group stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about getting into branding, changes over the years in phone bills, how people interact with brands now, working in branding for the pharmaceutical and health spaces,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Prescott Perez-Fox: The Reflex Blue Show #218
I feel like I’ve known Prescott Perez-Fox for close to 20 years, but I think it’s all been online with the exception of a lunch we had like a decade ago at a conference. Even this podcast was remote, but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Michael Schwab: The Reflex Blue Show #217
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Ken Barber: The Reflex Blue Show #216
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Valerie Aurilio: The Reflex Blue Show #215
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Owen Davey: The Reflex Blue Show #214
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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Lauren Hom: The Reflex Blue Show #213
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[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry...
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