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Graphic Design Is Fun.

Graphic Design Is Fun.

By Dan Alan

Conversations with people who love graphic design. Dan Alan is a graphic designer living in Toronto, Canada.
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Graphic Design Is Fun.Nov 24, 2022

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Dr. Melisa Morales — Designing Graphics for Science

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Melisa Morales is a graphic designer and founder of Science Graphic Design. She is a biologist and palaeontologist from Mexico currently based in the UK.

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Science Graphic Design website

⁠Science Graphic Design Instagram

Science Graphic Design Twitter

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Ko-fi

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May 27, 202330:10
Dorota Pankowska — Art Director, Product Designer, and the Most Creative Person I Know

Dorota Pankowska — Art Director, Product Designer, and the Most Creative Person I Know

Dorota Pankowska is a Toronto-based art director and founder of Wask, an online store where she sells quirky and conceptual products.

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Dori’s Website

Dori’s Blog

⁠Wask Website

Dori’s Instagram

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⁠VSauce Video⁠

Pro Bono Promo

Something Block

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May 05, 202338:53
Mitch Goldstein — Design Education, Creative Process, Art vs. Design, Inspiration, Curiosity, and Writing His First Book
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Cymone Wilder — Custom Lettering, Balancing Full-Time Work With Freelance, Finding Her Style, and Charging What You’re Worth

Cymone Wilder — Custom Lettering, Balancing Full-Time Work With Freelance, Finding Her Style, and Charging What You’re Worth

Cymone Wilder is a designer and lettering artist based in Nashville, Tennessee

Connect with Cymone
Cymone’s Instagram
Simon and Moose website

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Jessica Hische
Erik Marinovich
Co-Loop

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Mar 11, 202324:13
Ben Courtice — Why You Should Make Shitty Art, Learning to Draw, and Using Social Media Without Losing Your Soul

Ben Courtice — Why You Should Make Shitty Art, Learning to Draw, and Using Social Media Without Losing Your Soul

Ben Courtice is Toronto-based illustrator, graphic designer, and founder of creative studio and online store Boring Friends.

Connect with Ben

Boring Friends Instagram
Boring Friends Website

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Feb 24, 202348:20
Phoebe Todd-Parrish — Printmaking & Letterpress

Phoebe Todd-Parrish — Printmaking & Letterpress

Phoebe Todd-Parrish is the founder of Flycatcher Press, a printmaking and letterpress studio in Toronto, Canada.

Connect with Phoebe

Flycatcher Press Instagram
Flycatcher Press Website
Field Notes Letterpress Mini-Doc

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Jan 27, 202336:07
Timothy Leong — Learning One New Skill A Year + Starting a Side Business as a Graphic Designer

Timothy Leong — Learning One New Skill A Year + Starting a Side Business as a Graphic Designer

Timothy Leong is a Toronto-based graphic designer at Mill Street Brewery and founder of small-batch chili oil company, Da Jiujiu.

Connect with Timothy

DA JIUJIU website
DA JIUJIU Instagram
BlogTO article

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Jan 06, 202322:07
Emunah Winer — Visual and Verbal Identity, Embracing Creative Constraints, and Developing your Skills as a Designer

Emunah Winer — Visual and Verbal Identity, Embracing Creative Constraints, and Developing your Skills as a Designer

Emunah Winer is an Israel-based creative director and co-founder of the branding agency, Nihilo.

Connect with Emunah

Nihilo website
Nihilo Instagram
Emunah's Instagram

Show Notes

Nihilo Process Deck
Ira Glass Quote
OLAMI Case Study
Day Job
AUFI

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Dec 09, 202234:34
Oliver Schöndorfer — How to Choose and Pair Typefaces

Oliver Schöndorfer — How to Choose and Pair Typefaces

Oliver Schöndorfer is a user interface designer and educator from Baden, Austria.

Connect with Oliver

PimpMyType website
PimpMyType YouTube channel
Oliver's Instagram
Oliver's Twitter

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Nov 24, 202240:48
Diana Varma — A Career In Teaching Graphic Design, Podcasting, Embracing Failure, and Graphic Design Associations
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Sean Wolcott — Learning from Massimo Vignelli, Design Discourse, Fetishizing Modernism, Working at Microsoft, Starting a Studio, and Making Music
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Hayden Burgess — Business, Sales, and Mindset for Graphic Designers and Creative Business Owners

Hayden Burgess — Business, Sales, and Mindset for Graphic Designers and Creative Business Owners

Hayden Burgess is a designer, illustrator and business coach based in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand.

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Pitchr. website
Hayden's Instagram

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Sep 29, 202241:29
Aaron Draplin — Designing Logos for Obama, Getting Paid in Burritos, Working on a Train in Alaska, and Why Canada is Better at Graphic Design

Aaron Draplin — Designing Logos for Obama, Getting Paid in Burritos, Working on a Train in Alaska, and Why Canada is Better at Graphic Design

Aaron James Draplin is a graphic designer, entrepreneur, and author based in Portland, Oregon.

Watch clips of this episode on YouTube

Connect with Aaron

Draplin Design Co. Website
DDC Merch Store
Aaron's Book
Aaron's Skillshare Courses
Aaron's Instagram
Field Notes

If you enjoy the podcast, you can support the show by following on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leaving a 5-star review.

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Thanks for listening!

Sep 22, 202244:34
Scott Fuller — The Studio Temporary, Discovering Design, Getting Evicted, Work-Life Balance, Atlanta Designers, and Favourite Design Books
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Danica Mitchell — Starting a Studio, Studying Industrial Design, RISD, Moving to Japan, and Pros and Cons of Specializing as a Designer
Aug 31, 202229:22
Joseph Hillenbrand — Modernism, Learning Graphic Design, Working in Different Styles, and Balancing Work and School
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Shane Harris — Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Art Director
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Sergio Toporek — Are designers creating more problems than they solve?
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