Podcast appearances and mentions of colin rigsby

Colin Rigsby is a tattoo artist and musician that you may know better as 'Vesperteen'! After taking live photos of Vesperteen years ago, then almost taking portraits of him but couldn't align schedules, and then finally meeting in person at a recent concert surrounded by mutuals, I finally got to sit down and get to know the man behind Vesperteeen. We dive into what got him into pursuing music as a career, the evolution and change from being in a band to going out as a solo artist, what "making it" looks like to him, and his experience of signing with a label and experiences within the industry in general. We also branch off into chats about burnout, playing the social media game as a musician in the modern day, feeling pushed to make art rather than it coming natural, dealing with creative blocks, and we even take a dive into some sci-fi talk about what the future of humans could look like, what VR is like, where it all evolves from here and a lot more!  FOLLOW and find all that Colin does HERE LISTEN to Vesperteen HERE ------------------ THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY: Ingram Audio Co. - @ingramaudioco Spend less time mixing and more time creating! Ingram Audio's goal is to create unique, user-friendly plugins for musicians and creatives of any skill level. Visit ingramaudio.co for more info and purchase options!  Maker's Social   - @makers.social Maker's Social is a DIY Project Bar located right in Franklinton! To book a reservation, go to makerscolumbus.com enter “WYDH” in the notes of your checkout for $10 off! PromoWest Productions For all upcoming show & event info visit their site above & to purchase tickets directly visit AXS.com OPE! Cold Brew - @opecoldbrew  It's DANG GOOD cold brew. Subscribe for weekly or bi-weekly Friday deliveries or grab a 4 pack at opecoldbrew.com 

Design Speaks Podcast Season 2 Chapter 1 How to Identify Your Brand Voice About Melissa Your Why Your USP Your People Your goals Your Loves Your Voice On This Episode! ( Hint - it's brand voice! ) Are you struggling to find your specific niche within your creative field? Do you need some guidance on where to start searching for the answer? Listen in as Brandi Sea—Design Strategist—teaches about determining your individual “brand voice”, and how to tailor your marketing and target audience around it. How to find your brand voice: Find your “why” What are your values? Determine your personal goals before your business goals Find your unique selling point Obtain feedback and actually listen to it Videos of Our Episodes Coming Soon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uOETcuFjbE Inspiring Song "Crayola Doesn't Make a Color for Your Eyes" by  Kristin Andreassen Listen on spotify You Can Quote Us Share some of our favorite snippets from this week's episode. "Sometimes we’re searching for the exact perfect thing, and it does’t always exist. Sometimes you just have to choose something." BrandiSea tweet "There is no perfect solution for how we describe ourselves to others. It’s a mix of things: the colors we like, the fonts we use, the voice we talk in—all of these things come together to make something really cool." BrandiSea tweet "Whether you’re a business owner or not, knowing your life’s “why” is really valuable." Julie Haider tweet Join Our Community As a supporter through our Patreon you'll have access to extended episodes as well as fun and interesting bonus content like early access to new products, workshops, and more! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT: You can also share an episode with a friend and send us a note of encouragement! And if you get value out of this show if you would please RATE and REVIEW our podcast on iTunes! support us Hi, I'm BrandiSea I am an experienced design strategist and creative coach, with close to 20 years of professional design experience ranging from art and creative direction, to publishing design, teaching as adjunct professor, speaking, and leading workshops. My work has been recognized with awards but my favorite claim to fame is that I help designers like you take control of your creativity and learn a process that makes it possible to be creative "on demand" and use your own inspiration in your work. Schedule a call today! Twitter Linkedin-in Instagram Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook.  Audio Editing by Anne at The Podcast Babes Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative TRANSCRIPTION  of Chapter 1 of Season 2 Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.

Melinda Livsey on Her Journey from Designer to Strategist (Bonus) Join us for this special bonus episode featuring fellow Design Strategist Melinda Livsey for an epic conversation about the journey from designer to strategist.  On this week’s episode: Melinda Livsey is the founder and creative director of Marks & Maker. Melinda is a brand identity specialist who in her journey to design strategist has now propelled her to help other designers get paid to think.  She is the co-host of an ongoing series, The Process, with Chris Do  You can find Melinda online at Marks and Maker    Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us?SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND orVisit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcastFind Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, FacebookFind Julie @juliehaider Find Dakota @realdakotacook  Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook.Audio Editing by Anne at The Podcast Babes Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu CreativeCopyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 141  - Bonus Interview with Jessica Helfand

Jessica Helfand talks poetry, writing, and self-reliance - 141 Brandi had the opportunity to chat with Jessica Helfand on her daily essay project for Design Observer called, "The Self-Reliance Project." You're in for a treat with one of our design heroes! On this week’s episode:Jessica Helfand, a founding editor of Design Observer, is an award-winning graphic designer and writer. A former contributing editor and columnist for Print, Eye and Communications Arts magazine, she is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale and a recent laureate of the Art Director’s Hall of Fame. Jessica received both her BA and MFA from Yale University where she has taught since 1994. In 2013, she won the AIGA medal.I'm so excited to have her as a guest on the podcast for this bonus episode!(from The Self-Reliance Project web page)"The Self-Reliance Project is a daily essay about what it means to be a maker during a crisis—to think through making, to know yourself better through the process of producing something—and how this kind of return to self-knowledge might just be the entire point."Featured MusicBest I Can by American Authors & Seeb  Resources & Other Things We Talked About• The Self-Reliance Project on Design Observer• Jessica's Newest Book, Face: A Visual Odyssey• Link to All Jessica's Books• The Self-Reliance essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson• The Observatory Podcast• The Design of Business | The Business of Design Podcast• The Affair television show Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us?SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND orVisit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcastFind Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, FacebookFind Julie @juliehaider Find Dakota @realdakotacook  Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu CreativeCopyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 141  - Bonus Interview with Jessica Helfand

139 - Kelsi Sharp on Using Non-Digital Tools in Your Creative Practice Are you used to creating with your computer or camera, but have always been interested in taking a more ‘hands on’ approach to creativity? In this episode, listen as fellow designer,Kelsi Sharp of Sharp Design Co. gives some advice on how to step away from digital mediums and find inspiration by crafting with your hands.     On this week’s episode:"Breaking that habit, which is like super lazy of just going to [Pinterest], and just putting down the devices, flipping open like a national geographic magazine and stuff like that."  -Kelsi Sharp, Sharp Design Co.Find creative inspiration by working with your hands:Push your boundariesUse new mediums with new projectsMake sure your process originates in the physical world  Featured MusicWonder by Jamie Drake-- This Week's Uncommon InspirationTornado weatherThe Rothko-esque look of the sky and sand in White Sands, New Mexico   Resources & Other Things We Talked About "As creators, as creatives, we have the unique ability to. Not only have wonder in the world around us and appreciate it, but to practice having a mindset of wonder and being able to use that wonder to create." -Brandi Sea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us?SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND orVisit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcastFind Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, FacebookFind Julie @juliehaider Find Dakota @realdakotacook  Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu CreativeCopyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 139  - Chapter 11: Kelsi Sharp on Using Non-Digital Tools in Your Creative Practice

138 - Staying Focused & Resisting the Sirens of Distraction This week we're going to be talking about staying focused in the midst the siren songs of distraction that call out to us. Featured Music The Medicine by Jeremy Renner  On this week’s episode: "I was thinking, you know, I could say that a muse is our inspiration, our strategy, or our goals.  Muses need to be something that we can look to that keep us on track and keep us inspired. Whereas distractions are the sirens that lead us away."  -BrandiSea Some strategies to resist distractions: Do the hard things first Track your time Set your goals the day before Be intentional with your goals This Week's Uncommon Inspiration Perspective (you'll have to listen to understand this one) "Like the intention is probably the thing that differentiates the two of them [sirens and muses], between really looking for inspiration and just stumbling on it because you were scrolling for two hours." -Julie "And if you're not in the right mindset, and if you haven't set yourself up for, like you said, "what am I actually supposed to be doing right now?" The siren is just going to be like, "look at me. I'm actually inspiration over here, but I'm not going to give you anything to do with it. I'm just something pretty to look at and do nothing with". And that's what we always talk about here, is making sure that your inspiration is actually actionable. And  that's the true test of whether you're following your muse, or whether you're following a siren." -BrandiSea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 138  - Chapter 10 - Staying Focused and Resisting the Siren Song of Distraction [00:00:00] BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea, my co-host is Julie Hyder. This week we're going to be talking about staying focused in the midst of our distractions. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. [00:00:30] So Julie, I have a question for you. [00:00:32] Julie: [00:00:32] Yes. [00:00:32] BrandiSea: [00:00:32] On a scale of from super focused to, Oh look, squirrel. Where would you say he rank? [00:00:43] Julie: [00:00:43] Uh, it depends on the day and [00:00:45] possibly also the [00:00:47] hour and the minute. Um, yeah. I don't know. It also, I feel like if I'm really excited about something, then I'm like super focused on it and I'm like, yeah, I'm going to get this done. [00:00:59] Um, but if [00:01:00] I'm just looking for excuses to not be doing what I'm doing, then yeah, the tiniest thing will definitely get me distracted. [00:01:10] BrandiSea: [00:01:10] Do you find, do you find that you are more prone to distractions during like a certain time of day?

137- Strengths, Weaknesses, and The Power of Being Vulnerability in Community (Chapter 9) Are you a creative who has gone into business for yourself? Do you struggle to find the sense of community that comes with having a regular job? Tune in this week to listen to Brandi and Julie discuss the resources they’ve found to connect with their creative peers, as well as the benefits that come from interacting with your fellow creatives. Featured Music Walls by Mat Kearney & ROZES    On this week’s episode: "I think sometimes we forget that [collaboration is] even an option until we are a part of community, because it's like, well, 'I work alone'."  -BrandiSea "We all have weaknesses, and when we can get together and share them, then there becomes this common language of being able to relate and fill those together." -BrandiSea Benefits to having a creative community: —Talk through your ideas with people who understand —Practice your sales “pitch” with people who can give constructive feedback —Get advice in areas that may not be your expertise —Find ways to be mutually beneficial —Use opportunities to learn something new This Week's Uncommon Inspiration "Funny Face"- with Audrey Hepburn Resources & Other Things We Talked About Funny Face Tuesdays Together AIGA Coffee & Creatives New Mexico "When you are sharing your experience and your knowledge with somebody else, you just get this good feeling because hopefully you're being helpful to them and you're not just hoarding that information." -Julie Haider Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 137  - Chapter 9: The Power of Being Vulnerable in Community BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea my cohost  is Julie Haider.

136 - Influencers vs. Creators, and the Importance of Sharing Your Process This week Brandi interviews Sean Wes, a fellow creative, as he recounts his journey to teaching “the business side of art”. From sharing your “process”, to gathering inspiration (sound familiar?), Sean discusses how to achieve your goals and gain that creative and financial freedom we all so desperately crave as creatives. Featured Music Dear God by Phantogram    On this week’s episode: "So the first part is just recognizing that you don't get to decide what about your story about your journey and your life is interesting."  -SeanWes Sean's Tips:  Always be looking for and storing sources of inspiration Don’t wait for motivation Word mapping or creating lists Don’t skip working through the bad ideas Sleep on it Write down your process This Week's Uncommon Inspiration The Bean" in Chicago & Community Resources & Other Things We Talked About Find Sean at SeanWes.com “It's not like you can skip around or move around that the bad ideas and go straight to the good one. You have to go through the bad ideas to discover the good one.” -SeanWes " I think that a lot of people kind of discount the fact that getting through the things that might not seem good is how you get to the thing that will be good." -BrandiSea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 136  - Chapter 8:  The Importance of Sharing Your Process with SeanWes

135 - The Recipe to Overcoming Stubborn Creative Block Making connections between your work and the things that inspired you is key to a successful design. Learn to overcome that stubborn creative block between inspiration and creation. Brandi walks you through how to use her word map, what the purpose of the word map is, and how you can use it to your advantage. Featured Music No Time To Die by Billie EIlish  On this week’s episode: "So, I incorporate this literary method that forces you to not think so linearly about your ideas or so surface and obvious, but to really be okay with exploring these weird side roads and detours that you might not have done."  -BrandiSea Three points to find motivation: The Word Map Starts with basic concept Look for your color words Look for visual elements   This Week's Uncommon Inspiration The word Apophenia - the tendency to mistakenly perceive connections and meaning between unrelated things. The word Pareidolia - a type of apophenia, which is a more generalized term for seeing patterns in random data.     Resources & Other Things We Talked About The World is Not Enough by Garbage Other episodes that detail how to do the word map • Episode 84 "The Process: Part 2a - Using Word Maps" • Episode 86 "The Process: Part 2b - Word Maps Continued" Power Thesaurus  & Power Thesaurus App "It's literally our job to make connections and guide people through our ideas. And the only way where we're going to really be able to do that is to understand where those connections came from." -Brandi Sea Add Your Heading Text Here Some word map process photos from Brandi's Alice in Wonderland Book Cover Project Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 135  - Chapter 7: Overcoming the Stubborn Creative Block Between Your Inspiration & Actual Creation BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea my cohost is Julie Haider. This week we'll be talking about word maps and how you can find concepts that will guide your designs. Stay tuned for that coming up. Well. Hello, Julie. Julie: [00:00:31] Hello. BrandiSea: [00:00:32] I guess I should say hi, Julie. Got to keep this high thing going. Julie: [00:00:36] I'm not picky. BrandiSea: [00:00:38] Well, I am. I like--I like consistency. I'm a creature of habit. Julie: [00:00:42] Okay, never tell me hello ever again. BrandiSea: [00:00:44] Never again. Only hi to Julie Haider. Um, so this week I've kind of been thinking a lot about overcoming, uh-- Right now, when we're recording, the Covid-19 outbreak is basically--I dunno, I'm guessing it's at its peak. It can't say that for sure.

134 - The Secret to Getting Motivated Do you struggle to find the daily motivation you need to make your business a success? Do you have a hard time pinpointing what motivates you? Don’t miss this episode as Brandi and Julie discuss how to find motivation in the things you already do every day, and ingraining that into your process so choosing motivation becomes a habit.  On this week’s episode: "As graphic designers, we need to stop getting discouraged when we have to work for our ideas"  -BrandiSea Featured Music For Elise— Saint Motel  Three tips to find motivation: Know what motivates you Set routines Don’t wait; start the process and the motivation will follow Procrastination is a trap Intentional motivation takes practice This Week's Uncommon Inspiration Screensaver Image from Apple TV Some Things that Motivate Brandi Certain colors  Weather Playlists Clean workspace Lighting a candle Resources & Other Things We Talked About The Motivation Myth Post Best Self Co. Edison Deck "I'm very much into this idea of taking control of your creativity. Because for me, it's about choosing to be motivated, going out and finding your inspiration.“ -Brandi Sea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 134  - Chapter 6: Choosing Motivation BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea my cohost is Julie Haider. Today, we're going to be talking about motivation and how you can actually choose to be motivated. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. So Julie, do you consider yourself a very motivated person? I would say I feel like I'm pretty motivated. Julie: [00:00:38] Yeah. I dunno if I would say very motived, but I do think I am a fairly motivated person. BrandiSea: [00:00:44] You're, like, medium. Julie: [00:00:46] Yeah. Depends on the day, the week, the month. BrandiSea: [00:00:49] You're like venti--venti, motivated. Is that, like, the medium size at Starbucks? Julie: [00:00:54] Yeah. No. venti is the big one, right? BrandiSea: [00:00:57] Grande? Julie: [00:00:58] Correct. Yes. Tall, grande, venti. BrandiSea: [00:01:01] Yes, sure. Okay. You're, whatever the medium one is. That's still pretty good. Yeah, so I think that--that motivation can be chosen, not just felt, so we're going to talk about that today. Julie: [00:01:15] Oh, you sound  motivated. BrandiSea: [00:01:17] Prepared. Is prepared the same as motivated? Julie: [00:01:22] Hmm. I think they have some tie-ins for sure. BrandiSea: [00:01:24] Okay. Well, we'll talk about that a little bit. I'm just going to tell you about my inspiration this week. Actually, it's been my inspiration for some months,

133 - Creating for Love & For Money with Mark Brickey of Adventures in Design Don’t miss this awesome episode as Brandi interviews Mark Brickey, creator of Adventures in Design Podcast. You’ll get to hear his take on creative flow, how to make space for being inspired, and how to take the things we love and make marketable content for consumers who share the same interests. Featured Music This Must Be the Place by Sure Sure "This Week's Inspiration...  Hiking:  the difference between hiking and exploring and how that relates to designing when it comes to having a plan. "I was thinking about design and how so many designers are explorers and hikers. It's--it's very much like, "I'm just going to kind of get on the computer and I have this client, but I--I sort of have, like, I know where it needs to be. Like, I know I need to find an end. I don't really know what that looks like. I don't know what I might find along the way. You know, I'm creative and I'm an artist and I'm just going to like go with whatever"--and you will need rescuing. You're going to get lost because you don't have a goal. You don't have a plan." -BrandiSea On this week’s episode: Mark Brickey’s advice - Be open to inspiration everywhere. If you can’t find it then you’re not truly open to it. “Inspiration is all around me and, like many things, the more you open your heart and the mind to it, the more that you catch.” -Mark Brickey - If you look for negativity, that’s all you’ll find.  - Realize that money is not what decides your value.  - Money is great and necessary, but it doesn’t buy you success, it buys you the freedom to be able to do what you want to do. “Because you're creative; your passion is above profitability. That's both a blessing and a curse; but you have to keep in mind that money's greatest value isn't the things that you buy or the peace of mind that comes with it. Money's greatest value is it buys you freedom.” -Mark Brickey - If you’re not doing what you love and putting it out there, no one will ever pay you to do it.  “The idea is, do what you love and the people that also love that will be drawn to you and your style.” -Mark Brickey Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 133  - Chapter 5: Guest Mark Brickey BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea my cohost  is Julie Haider. Today we're going to be talking about creative flow and making what you love for the people who love it. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. So Julie, how much do you love Disneyland? Okay, don't hate me. Design Speaks Ep 57: [00:00:35] Oh, no. Um, I've never been to Disneyland or Disney World. And I'm not really a big Disney fan. I'm so sorry.

132 - How to Use the Uncommon Inspiration You Find Last week we talked about where to find inspiration, this week we dive into the tools you can use to capture that inspiration. Whether it’s an image, a sound, or a smell; listen in to hear how Brandi and Julie document the things they find and how to keep them organized for easy referencing when you need them later on. You’ll also gain some insight into the concept of the Enneagram, and how Brandi utilizes it when looking for her own inspiration every day. Featured Music No One Knows Us - Acoustic by BANNERS & Carly Paige    On this week’s episode: "I think if you can really grasp that mindset [of not caring what people think] while you’re traveling, and cultivate it there where no one does know you, and you bring that creative confidence back home with you where people do know you, it’s a really good exercise to keep yourself always changing and always growing. Because the more creative confidence we have, the better work we’ll make."  -BrandiSea How to document inspiration: Physically change your perspective Always have documentation tools hand—smartphones, sketchbook, polaroid camera, whatever works for you Take notes! Keep yourself organized This Week's Uncommon Inspiration The Enneagram Jeremy Cowart's "Enneagraph" Project Resources & Other Things We Talked About “The Sacred Enneagram” by Chris Heuertz Ice caves at Grants, NM "The point is to just make sure you’re capturing your inspiration because it’s not going to be any good if you’re just aware of it. You still have to grab it, hold onto it, and put it in your pocket." -Brandi Sea Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Have a question, comment, or episode subject request? Send an email to brandi@brandisea.com Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Design Speaks Episode 133  - Chapter 4: Inspiration Part 2 BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea my cohost  is Julie Haider. Today we'll be talking about part two on the strategy behind capturing and using your uncommon inspiration. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. Hi. Hey, Hey, Hey, have you seen Moana? Julie: [00:00:35] No. BrandiSea: [00:00:35] Oh, you're not going to get this joke then. It's just going to go nowhere, but maybe people out there. Well, so there's this chicken. There's a chicken named, Heihei. Julie: [00:00:45] Ah. BrandiSea: [00:00:45] And I saw--I was looking--I was researching Disney shirts for our trip to Disney world, and this shirt that I saw had the picture of the chicken named Heihei. And it said, Hei girl Hei. I don't know. Nevermind. It was lost on you. Julie: [00:01:00] Sorry. BrandiSea: [00:01:00] Sigh. So, this week I wanted to share my inspiration. Um, it's actually been inspiring me for a few weeks. I think I posted it a little while ago, like,

131 - Practical Ways to Find Uncommon Inspiration, Anywhere In this weeks episode, you’ll learn about Brandi’s best practices for finding inspiration, tips on how to find yours, and how to be intentional about finding it in your day-to-day routine. As a bonus, you’ll get to hear a bit about Julie’s new and exciting project! “So… just constantly being in a mindset of being ready to find inspiration everywhere [is the key].  It's not, like, let inspiration find you everywhere …”  -Brandi Sea Featured Music What a Wonderful World by Reuben and the Dark, AG This week's Inspiration: Alexander Girard kid's board book On this week’s episode: How to find Uncommon Inspiration: 1. Have a general mindset of being aware 2. Be aware of something (specific) you’re working on 3. Get out of your comfort zone Resources & Other Things We Talked About Dr. Dolittle Movie Trailer Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! EFind us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook You can email Brandi  brandi@brandisea.com.     Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Episode 131 Transcrption BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks, the podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea, my cohost is Julie Haider. Today we'll be talking about part one of two on the strategy behind finding uncommon inspiration. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. Hi, Julie. Julie: [00:00:30] Hello. BrandiSea: [00:00:31] I think I'm just--it's just going to, like, roll off my tongue every time to go " hi" cause I just finished saying, Haider. Julie: [00:00:38] Yeah. BrandiSea: [00:00:38] It's my new mnemonic device to make sure that I say things correctly. Julie: [00:00:41] That's fine. We make lots of jokes about hiding and-- BrandiSea: [00:00:45] Do you? Julie: [00:00:45] Yeah, it happens all the time. BrandiSea: [00:00:47] We, as in, you and your husband? Julie: [00:00:49] Yeah. BrandiSea: [00:00:49] I'm like, who's we? You and your friend in your pocket? So, this week I was super inspired. I surprised my husband with a--what was supposed to be a hiking trip to Durango, Colorado. It was too snowy to actually go hiking. So, we did what we always do, and we walked around and looked at places. And there was a sign that said "bookshop open" upstairs. And it was, like, sort of sketchy to go up there. And I was like, are we going to die on the way? And he was like, you sure you want to keep going? And I was like, yes, I do. There are--there are treasures to be had in this bookstore. I know it. The thing that was super inspiring to me this week--I found this book, it's an Alexander Girard color book. It's a board book. It's like a kid's board book. If you don't know who Alexander Girard is, I'm not gonna give you a lesson today, but you should look him up. He was an amazing designer from-- he's like got a mid-century, very colorful style. A lot of the house industries stuff is inspired by him.

130 - Leatrice Eiseman on Observing Color in the World "If designers would understand the power that color has in their work, I think that it would really elevate what they do." BrandiSea Tweet Tune in this week to hear Brandi’s chat with Leatrice Eiseman, a renowned color specialist. You’ll get to hear some insight into how she chose this years color of the year, and some of the work she does with the Pantone Color Institute, of which she is the Executive Director. Follow along as she recounts where she finds inspiration—her answers might surprise you. On this week’s episode: Featured Music Les Champs Elysees by Pomplamoose, and John Schroeder Resources & Other Links leatriceeiseman.com Pantone Color of The Year: Classic Blue Quotes from this Episode You know, the first indicator, the most important is, kind of, the zeitgeist of how people are thinking and feeling, and what can a color answer to satisfy that feeling. -Leatrice Eiseman It has to be a color that is symbolic of the zeitgeist or particular social movement or feeling. -Leatrice Eiseman But, you see, the whole point is, our intention is to get the people to start a conversation about color. Get them talking about color. Whether it's positive or negative. -Leatrice Eiseman Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook You can email Brandi  brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. Episode 130, Season 1, Chapter 2 - Leatrice Eiseman: Transcription BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks. The podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea, my cohost is Julie Haider. Today we'll be talking about how observing color in the world around you can keep you inspired. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. Hi, Julie. Julie: [00:00:30] Hey, Brandi. BrandiSea: [00:00:31] So Julie, how do you generally choose colors when you're working on things? Be honest now. Be honest. Julie: [00:00:42] Um, I don't know. I definitely, I'll be honest, I don't want to put as much thought into it as you do. Um, I don't know. Sometimes it's just, I feel like I gravitate towards certain colors naturally, um, and certain ones I'm like, yeah, I don't really like that. But, um, at the same time, certain projects kind of require that you go in a certain direction color wise. So it's kind of a mixture of things. BrandiSea: [00:01:05] Okay. Okay.  So you're going to feel totally called out by the end of today's episode, but, um, so I had the opportunity to talk to Leatrice Eiseman. I'm officially allowed to call her Lee. Which is, like amazing. She said that, like, conversationally she's allowed to be, she likes people to call her Lee. So I was like, Oh, yay. I've talked to you twice. We're friends now. Um, she is the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. Uh, which basically means. That she helps choose color of the year. Like she, um, she does research and all sorts of things to, uh,

129 - Yes, You Can Find Inspiration In the Process Do you struggle to find material to inspire your design work? Do you rely on google and other people’s photos to ignite your creativity? In this episode, Brandi and Julie discuss the ways they find their own uncommon inspiration every day. Using Brandi’s proven method—The Process— you will be given the methodology for using the inspiration you find to your advantage to create consistent and unique design concepts. Featured Music Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop by Landon Pigg Resources & Other Links Process Diagram PDF Download by BrandiSea Galleria Accademia in Florence photo and Piece by Brandi  "Funnel Cake" in Brandi's front yard   On this week’s episode: “If you were to implement this process that I have developed, from start to finish, I can put money on the fact that this would actually change your life as a designer.” -Brandi Sea The Design Speaks Trifecta: Uncommon Inspiration Sensible Strategies Motivation “There's lots of beauty around [here] and I think that it's just a matter of framing your mindset to see those different things.” -Brandi Sea The Process:  Design Brief The Word Map Research Sleeping Sketching Narrowing your options Executing the design Presenting it to your client *Integrate your inspiration that you've found into each step along the way “So, my goal is to figure out why is [something I found] inspiring? What can I do with it? Where is this going to take me, and how can I replicate this process of continually being inspired.” -Brandi Sea Want to support us? SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND or Visit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcast Find Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook Find Julie @juliehaider  Find Dakota @realdakotacook You can email Brandi  brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You To The ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his song “Shatter in The Night” as our theme music on every episode of Design Speaks. Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Podcast Cover Art Illustration by Pippa Keel - @pippa.jk of Zhu Creative Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©BrandiSea 2020. All Rights reserved. TRANSCRIPTION BrandiSea: [00:00:00] Welcome to Design Speaks. The podcast that helps you discover uncommon inspiration so you can make more meaningful work. I'm Brandi Sea, my co-host is Julie Haider, and today we'll be talking about finding inspiration and the process. Stay tuned for that coming up later in the show. Julie: [00:00:28] Hey guys. BrandiSea: [00:00:29] My knew cohost. You still have that new car smell? Julie: [00:00:31] Yeah. I hope I don't have a smell. BrandiSea: [00:00:36] A new host smell? I don't know... I don't know what that would be. That's weird. Okay, let's move on. So this is the Design Speaks podcast. On this podcast, you guys can expect to hear from me how to engage and discover uncommon everyday inspiration systems. And strategies that work for creating design work that's gonna stand out and empowering you with the tools and motivation to actually help you implement those strategies. So the trifecta of this podcast is going to be that uncommon inspiration, sensible strategies, and the motivation to do those things. So, ah, that was a lot, Julie. Julie: [00:01:11] Yes, but it's going to be so great. BrandiSea: [00:01:13] I'm still getting used to this. Like, actually having a super, like, hyper-focus.

Brandi shares her goal for season one is to help listeners find uncommon, everyday inspiration, and to teach them how to turn that inspiration into their own unique, creative work. Listeners are also introduced to the newest members of the team: Julie Haider—Co-host, and Dakota Cook—Show Notes Producer. Julie takes the time to introduce herself and give listeners a bit of her backstory and how she came to be where she is today. Get ready for an all new design speaks starting next Monday, March 9th.    Welcome to Design Speaks. The podcast that helps you find uncommon inspiration so you can make better work. If you want to understand how to practice a lifestyle of creativity that inspires your work to be uniquely you then this is the podcast you've been waiting for.  Hi! I’m Brandi Sea.I‘ve been a Design Strategist for over 18 years and I am here to guide you through uncommon inspiration and empower you with strategies so you can make your best, creative work. We’re starting a new season of Design speaks with a whole new format. Whether you’ve been listening from the beginning or just jumping in for the first time, Season one is a great place to accelerate your creative journey. We will be talking a lot about the process of seeing your own everyday inspiration so you can create consistently unique work. Along the way we will have some incredible guests and in-depth conversations. Want to support us?SHARE THIS PODCAST WITH A FRIEND orVisit Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Find us on all forms of social media @designspeakspodcastFind Brandi @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, FacebookFind Julie @juliehaider Find Dakota @realdakotacookYou can email Brandi  brandi@brandisea.com.  Thank You ToThe ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.Producers Kenneth Kniffin and Dakota Cook. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest TRANSCRIPTIONBrandi: Welcome to Design Speaks. The podcast that helps you find uncommon inspiration so you can make better work. I talk a lot about “the process”. And I say it that way because, for me, it is not just a process or, like, some processes. It is actually, like, for me, like, the in the way that it’s, like, the thing.Hi, I’m Brandi Sea. I've been a design strategist for over eighteen years and I'm here to guide you through uncommon inspiration and empower you with strategies so you can make your best creative work. So, when I'm out in the world and I'm looking at things, I'm constantly collecting photos of stuff that's inspiring, or starting a new season of Design Speaks with a whole new format. Whether you've been listening from the beginning or just jumping in for the first time, season one is a great place to accelerate your creative journey. Nobody else sees the world like you do. Like, you and I could have the exact same client, with the exact same problem, with the exact same everything, but the fact that I do inspiration that I do, and you get inspiration the way you do is going to result in a completely different work. Even if we follow this exact process. We will be talking about the process of seeing your own, everyday inspiration so you can create consistently unique work. Boundaries make you more creative. In that box I have the freedom to push against the walls and color outside the lines a little bit. But you can't color outside of lines if you don't know where the lines are. Along the way,

Longtime friend of the podcast, Hugh Weber is with us this week. He's the newly appointed managing director of Design Observer and has recently taken the helm of The Great Discontent. We will be talking about his new ventures as well as what it means to be discontent as a creative. -- Show Notes Coming Soon -- Want to support Design Speaks? Get to Patreon! I would be eternally grateful! I can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©brandise 2018. Company Name

In our last episode recorded in 2019 special guest Vanessa Dewey (formerly of Mattel and Adobe) joins us for a little chat about connections, what it means to be creative, and of course, coffee.   Want to support us? Go to our Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©brandise 2018. Company Name

Creatives use a lot of buzz words "these days", especially on social media. This week regular guest and friend, Dominic Sedillo joins us to talk about some words creatives can tend to overuse. We discuss what those words really mean and how we can use them correctly to really communicate how we feel about things we deal with. -- Show Notes Coming Soon -- Want to support us?Visit the Design Speaks Patreon and help support our podcast! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.    Thank YouTo the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. To my husband for editing these episodes. And ALL OF YOU for listening! Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©brandise 2018. Company Name

This week’s episode is going to be a little bit different. I decided to do one solo episode to share my thoughts on the directions I hope this podcast will take. -- Show Notes Coming Soon -- Want to support us? Go to our Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©brandisea 2019.

Our beautiful and talented co-host Michelle, is saying goodbye to Design Speaks Podcast this week. We take a look back at some of the most influential people we have had the opportunity to interview as well as some of the people who have had an impact on our creative journey. -- Show Notes Coming Soon -- Want to support Design Speaks? Go to our Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. Thank You to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Copyright ©brandise 2018. Company Name

Michelle and Brandi have a pretty big announcement. There's going to be some disruption and discomfort and definitely some growth for this podcast, so stay tuned! Brandi’s Week:Brandi was having some intense flare up pain from her surgeries and things that happened last year. That however didn’t hold her back and she finished her Alice book cover this week. You can go check that out on her instagram it you haven’t seen it already. And be on the lookout for a future episode covering her process and inspiration for that book cover. Brandi also has finished some client work for a musician which was a huge step for her. She used a different technique of painting over pictures and using her own handwriting. All together it came out amazing! Michelle’s Week:Michelle and her coworkers are finally getting their new offices! Yay! Michelle has also been doing great with her Body Pump workouts and she is beginning to see results. Now Michell’s goal is to get Brandi to go with her. Michelle also incorporates the enneagram into her workouts and she uses her essential oils after working out. All of her podcast obsessions are coming together. She’s also been listening to a lot of podcasts recently but she did listen to the new Kanye album and she is a fan.Takeaways from this episode:Hard things are hard but worth itYou get the work that you show to the worldChange doesn’t mean something can’t still be awesomeYou can’t make your best work if you are comfortable all the timeBrandi’s song: Dreamgirl by LA WREN Want to support us? Go to our Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.    Thank Youto the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest Speaker 1: 00:01 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically whatever we feel is relevant.Brandi Sea: 00:17 Hey, I'm Brandi Sea.Michelle: 00:18 And I'm Michelle.Brandi Sea: 00:19 And you're listening to episode 122 of Design Speaks.Michelle: 00:23 On today's episode we will be talking about the un-fun thing of discomfort and growth. How it's like, not fun, but you know, whatever.Brandi Sea: 00:33 I mean there are benefits.Michelle: 00:33 There are benefits.Brandi Sea: 00:35 There is growth that can come from discomfort and that's what we're going to be talking about.Michelle: 00:39 Yes. And that kind of goes straight into my week.Brandi Sea: 00:44 Okay. So why don't you go first. Um, so this week at work, lots of work, lots and lots and lots of work. Um, which is great job security. Thank you so much. Um, but also the fun thing is that we are getting our new offices on Monday.Brandi Sea: 01:03 I visited with Kenny yesterday.Michelle: 01:05 They look good don't they?Brandi Sea: 01:05 Yeah. I was like, Kenny, you don't have a window. And he was like, well Jeff wanted a window more than I did and I don't mind artificial light and he does. So I was like, you're so kind sweetie.Michelle: 01:15 Yeah I didn't, I don't have a window either.Brandi Sea: 01:17 Taking a bullet.Michelle: 01:18 Yeah.Brandi Sea: 01:18 I would have been like, sorry I need a window.

This week, Michelle and Brandi are finally back for a full episode. Brandi gives us some insight into her two-week trip to Europe. She talks food, inspiration, and the most photogenic spots she visited.Brandi’s Week:Brandi had to hit the ground running when she got home, but sadly as you may have heard from last week’s episode, she did get sick. And Brandi had an amazing trip in Europe which we will get into in a bit.  Michelle’s Week:Michelle’s week or weeks have been a blur of regular parenting duties and also a lot of Wingstop. Also during this time was Halloween and Michelle spent a lot of time crafting/making things for that. She had to decorate her trunk for a Trunk or Treat and had about 2 days to do it. She also had to make her daughter a mermaid costume. Which both came out amazing! Oh, And Michelle has been rewatching The Office slowly because of the new podcast Office Ladies. Add it to your podcast list for sure.Takeaways from this episode:Brandi saw good design everywhere. Even at the little mom and pop restaurants. Brandi and her husband unintentionally/accidentally started finding the spots where you could get the best view of the city which ended up being a really fun experience. You can see so much more.Don’t take for granted where you live. Don’t forget to take pictures and make notes of inspiration you find during your travels.See things in context. See art where it was meant to be seen. It gives a better understanding. Context is everything even in design.What do all these places have in common? Color, nature, architecture, and water.Brandi’s Song: Rebel Girl by Angels and AirwavesMichelle’s Song: Weezer Medley by Rivers Cuomo and Chilly Gonzales https://www.patreon.com/designspeaksIf you would like to help support this fun show that we do! We can’t do it without you! Want to support us? Go to our Patreon and help support our podcast! We would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU.  You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Also, if you get any value out of this show if you would please rate and review our podcast on iTunes!Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.    Thank Youto the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Share on email Email Share on facebook Facebook Share on twitter Twitter Share on linkedin LinkedIn Share on pinterest Pinterest TRANSCRIPTIONBrandi Sea: 00:00:00 Hey, I'm Brandi Sea.Michelle: 00:00:21 And I'm Michelle.Brandi Sea: 00:00:22 And you're listening to episode 120 of Design Speaks.Michelle: 00:00:27 On this episode we are going to be talking about Brandy's amazing trip over seas, at least overseas for us. To Europe.Brandi Sea: 00:00:36 Overseas. Over a sea.Michelle: 00:00:36 Over a sea. A sea. Over Brandy Sea.Brandi Sea: 00:00:44 Okay, we better stop now.Michelle: 00:00:47 Yeah, that's already gotten out of hand.Brandi Sea: 00:00:48 It's about to get real out of hand.Michelle: 00:00:51 So we'll get to that in a little bit. We got some fun things to talk about. I actually haven't heard much of your trip. I've heard a few like fun little stories that I would not mind you sharing again with me just cause they're so funny. But.Brandi Sea: 00:01:06 I know I would say that I was like, no Michelle, we can't talk cause we're saving it for the podcast, but I've just been jet lagged and sick the past like two and a half weeks.Michelle: 00:01:16 Yeah, I mean you guys went hard and then came back to, it's that, it's the season, so whatever. You know.Brandi Sea: 00:01:25 The season.Michelle: 00:01:25 The season to get sick and be like, Oh yes,

This week's podcast is content from an original blog post I wrote. A little pick-me-up for this week until Michelle and I are back next week! Takeaways from this episode: Read everything! This will diversify your inspiration and help you add more to your work. Use physical tools. Sketch on paper. It can give you more and better ideas than just using a computer all the time. Learn to say no to things. By saying yes to too many things you may need to say no to some of your quality. Diversify your creative inspiration. Continuously refresh your mind with new and interesting things and places. Keep your idea well filled! Have a personal passion project. Something that makes you happy. Something you do for you. Find beauty. Beauty requires a response. Beauty can give you a desire to create. Write things down. It will help you focus. You can also write down what is distracting you and that can help take it off your mind for a time. Surround yourself with honest and encouraging people. People who will give you good constructive criticism and encourage you in specific ways.   Do something new. New is exciting and excitement creates stimulation in our minds. Newness can be really motivating. Create an awesome workspace. This can help you get in the right mindset. It can help your productivity.  Know your own process. This creates stability when you work. When you don’t question yourself you aren’t questioning yourself. Don’t do spec work. Spec work being work you are expected to do for free. Don’t let yourself be taken advantage of. A happy designer is a valued designer.  http://www.brandisea.com/2913-2/ To read the full blog post  https://www.patreon.com/designspeaks If you would like to help support this fun show that we do! We can’t do it without you!     Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.   TRANSCRIPTION Brandi Sea: 00:06 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. I am back from Europe. I've been home for two weeks now, but, um, the first week with basically me recovering from jet lag and it appears that this week I have contracted some sort of a airplane bug. I think my husband got it first and now I have it. So um Michelle and I didn't record this week, but I still wanted to get on here and talk to you a little bit. Um, so Michelle and I will be back next week with your regularly scheduled banter. Um, so this week I decided to bring you some content from a blog post. I wrote a while back called 12 habits of a happy designer. Brandi Sea: 00:47 So a lot of times as designers it's really hard work. Um, I try to really be encouraging, uh, of that hard work of creativity here on this podcast. So I thought this might be a good pick me up for, um, for a little filler week for us. So, um, how can we be more content designers? Um, there's at least a hundred things I can think of that are things that we can do to be happier and more content with what we do. But I decided to kind of break down the list into 12 habits. Brandi Sea: 01:24 Um, so the first one that I, I talk about a lot is read, read stuff, read everything you can read magazines, read obviously books, read newspapers, read blogs. Um, when I say read,

    ENCORE: "Discomfort. Growth. Meaning & Stuff." [originally aired, Episode 013] - Episode 118 This week is a special encore of our thirteenth episode, "Discomfort. Growth. Meaning & Stuff." Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.      

    ENCORE: "Designers, Collaboration, Selfishness, & Ego" [originally aired, Episode 009] - Episode 117 This week is a special encore of our third episode ever, "On Processing Someone Else's Vision". Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.      

    ENCORE: "Processing Someone Else's Vision" [originally aired, Episode 003] - Episode 116 This week is a special encore of our third episode ever, "On Processing Someone Else's Vision". Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.        

On today's episode, we're sharing three really amazing interviews from the AIGA National Leadership Retreat that Brandi attended last month in Atlanta! Ashleigh Axios, Forest Young, and Sarah Brooks talk the future of design and our role as designers. Michelle’s week: Michelle has been up to a lot or organization. Every Saturday for the last month or so she has been going to the Grower's Market that we have In the Albuquerque area. She uses the time to also get groceries and also have some fun with her family. And instead of watching tv at night, Michelle has been crawling into bed are rereading Harry Potter. And besides, that Michelle has been crazy busy at work like always. They are in the process of remodeling their office to she had to move to a different office space. She also impulsively bought a tattoo stick and poke kit! She has already given her husband a tattoo. Stay tuned because the design speaks team may all get matching tattoos. And lastly, Michelle has started doing Body Pump and she is loving it even though she can't walk up Brandi's stairs.  Brandi’s week: Brandi finally finished Stranger Things and she is happy with season 3. She has also signed a couple of contracts for some design work which is exciting, and she is working on preparing for her vow renewal which is in a couple of weeks. And besides that, she got to go to this AIGA conference where she recorded the interviews you will hear in this episode. This was Brandi's first year getting to attend as the president of the New Mexico chapter.   Takeaways from this episode: It’s important to think about how things change over time. As a designer, you not only need specialization but also understanding of the whole. You’re really not as creative as you could be if you just use a mouse. Design is like a conversation using a plethora of visual tools. A community should have consistency. A designer can help shape the future.  There is a responsibility that comes along with design.  Designers have to do research to do good work. Michelle’s song: To the Ground by Death Cab for Cutie The episode with Karen Himba: http://www.brandisea.com/podcasts/ep107/ https://www.patreon.com/designspeaks If you would like to help support this fun show that we do! We can’t do it without you!           Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU. You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks Want to support us? Go to Patreonand help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. Intro: 00:00:00 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by graphic design geek and a regular human being AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi Sea: 00:00:18 Hey, I'm Brandi Sea, design strategist. Michelle: 00:00:21 And I'm Michelle the regular human being in the room. Brandi Sea: 00:00:25 Implying I'm not regular and it's okay. Michelle: 00:00:28 That's okay. You can be weird. You've lived in that for your whole life. Brandi Sea: 00:00:32 And you're listening to episode 114 of Design Speaks. Michelle: 00:00:36 On today's episode. We have a very special little something for you actually. Kind of big something. Brandi Sea: 00:00:42 Yeah. Michelle: 00:00:42 Um,

On today's episode, we're going to be talking about embracing the journey rather than just waiting for outcome or chasing down every new idea that crosses your path.Brandi’s week:Brandi has been going crazy getting prepared for Design Summit which has already happened. Brandi did a color workshop which was originally going to be an hour talk but became a 2-hour talk and workshop. (which went great by the way!) Brandi also created most of the collateral for the event which was very exciting. Besides all this, Brandi also wants to write a book (or multiple books) so she signed up for the Margaret Atwood's creative writing masterclass. And Brandi is also very close to having her Alice book cover done so be on the lookout for that.Michelle’s week:Michelle has had a good week, mainly she has been bingeing Orange Is the New Black. And her dog has been shedding like crazy so there has also been lots and lots of vacuuming happening as well.Takeaways from this episode:If you are only focused on the idea you can lose sight of the in-between stuff and what you can learn there.Embrace the middle. It is important to finish and follow through with ideas, but they shouldn’t be the primary focus.It’s not all about the next idea.The learning happens while you are figuring things out.Being endlessly curious will help you are your work evolve and grow for the better.Brandi’s song: My Way by Mike Mains, Yacht MoneyMichelle’s song: Just a Ride by Jemhttps://www.patreon.com/designspeaksIf you would like to help support this fun show that we do! We can’t do it without you!   Please rate and review our podcast on iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would be eternally grateful! We can't do this without YOU. You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going.Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks Want to support us?Go to Patreonand help support our podcast!Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.  TRANSCRIPTIONBrandi Sea: 00:00 Collateral is like all the auxiliary materials for the event. For the conference.Michelle: 00:05 That's a weird word. Collateral.Brandi Sea: 00:07 Yeah.Michelle: 00:08 It just sounds weird. Collateral. It sounds like something that's like a bone in your neck or something. Oh, I damaged my collateral. In my car accident.Intro: 00:19 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, or basically, whatever we feel is relevant.Brandi Sea: 00:36 Hey, I'm Brandi Sea.Michelle: 00:37 And I'm Michelle.Brandi Sea: 00:37 And you're listening to episode 113 of Design Speaks.Michelle: 00:41 On today's episode we're going to be talking about embracing the journey of your project rather than just waiting for the last bit, which is the outcome.Brandi Sea: 00:52 Sounds good to me.Michelle: 00:53 Let's do it.Brandi Sea: 00:54 Also I keep, I keep like having to slouch cause I'm wearing my new Blundstones and I felt like two inches on me, which is a great problem to have, but I'm like my microphones all the way down here.Michelle: 01:04 It's so low. Wait, how did this happen?Brandi Sea: 01:07 Why did I grow? This the best?Michelle: 01:08 Oh I want to grow. I need two more inches. I want to hit 5'5.Brandi Sea: 01:12 Yeah. Same.Michelle: 01:12 But I'm, I'm done.Brandi Sea: 01:14 I'm like five, three and like a little bit.Michelle: 01:16 Yeah, me too. 5'3 and three quarters.Brandi Sea: 01:17 Like I'm 5'4.Michelle: 01:19 Yeah. I mean.

This week we are sharing a couple of popular episodes since Brandi is out of town! Episode 41 is when to give up on an idea and 49 is the value of actually judging books by their covers. Takeaways from this episode: Your design must tie together three things: 1-the problem it is solving, 2-the audience it needs to reach, 3-and the concept based on the problem. If something isn’t working, ask yourself, why? Why is this not working?  Scrapping ideas/designs happens less when you keep yourself focused on your process and what you set out to do When you start to ask yourself why (design math) you are able to find specific parts of the design that are not and are working. Answering the 3 questions of design will help it not seem so overwhelming. “Does this match the concept? Does this appeal to the audience, and does it answer or solve the problem?” Sometimes you don’t even need to scrap the whole idea completely. You may just need to change some things so that it answers the three questions. It's okay to judge a book by it's cover! If you want to get better at critiquing others work you can look at a book cover and try and guess what you think the book is about, then turn it over and see if you're right. You can also try it for fun too Sometimes book covers are intentionally designed to deceive you. So if a cover doesn’t make sense, it could be done for a reason and you should try and figure out why.  But remember, good design on a book cover is key. (obviously, good design is key all the time) On a book cover though, most people won't buy a book that is not recommended to them if the design isn't good. You can also see trends in book covers. Trends in color or typeface.  The cover of the book is like the trailer of a movie. And it’s a skill to draw people in toward the book you want them to read. If you want to get into something specific in design, ex. Book covers, you need to study and make sure you include all the necessary elements in a book cover. There are so many interesting things you can do with a book cover because there are so many interpretations you can get from a book.        Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks   Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.             TRANSCRIPTION: Intro: 00:01 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat them out, music, pop culture, cool places or basically whatever we feel is relevant. Michelle: 00:19 Hey, my name is Michelle and you're listening to episode 111 of Design Speaks on today's episode of Design Speaks. We are throwing it back to not one but two oldie but goodie episodes. Episode 41 happened because a listener decided to message in and ask when to know if we should scrap an idea or if we should ever scrap an idea at all. And episode 49 happened because of Brandi's love for books. Recently we talked about judging a book by its covers, so I thought, what the heck? Why not bring back the actual episode about whether or not we should judge an actual book by its actual cover? Remember, if you have any questions, we would love to talk about them and you can message us on Instagr...

This episode we do a quick run-down of the things we loved and found most interesting about this book "The Secret Lives of Color" by Kassia St. Clair. Michelle’s week: Michelle took a stay-cation this week which was really nice and much needed. Though she is still a mom and that's a full-time job on its own. It is the last week of summer before her daughter starts kindergarten, so this week was a chance for Michelle to spend time with her daughter before school starts. However, it still is very challenging. Michelle let her daughter watch TV while she took a nap, and sadly her daughter found the scissors and chose that to be the time of a haircut for herself.  Joelle’s week:  Joelle has been running and training to run a 10k in October, so that has been taking up a lot of time. Still in the beginning stages of the training, but she’s getting there. Besides that, it’s just been outside work with the little baby plants. Brandi’s week: Brandi took her kids to Santa Fe to visit her parents and she was able to play tourist in her home town. They took the train and made a fun day of it. She went to Sky Coffee who, Jason Munn, did their design work, and they had amazing coffee! Takeaways from this episode: If you want to hear more about this book, the podcast 99% Invisible, has an episode where Roman Mars interviews Kassia St. Clair. It is episode 340 -The Secret Lives of Color. The meanings that we get from colors and even the names of colors are there for a reason We advise having something to take notes, or just have a willingness to write in this book. “You kind of have to be in a good space to be able to sit down cause it's like you're reading science, you're reading geology, you're reading history and you're reading like psychology, like every two pages for every single color.” -Brandi Sea A fun mention is colormen, "Those who produced and trained in colors". Similar to Leatris Eisman who we have an interview with. Episode 021 of Design Speaks Fun fact, Baker-Miller pink was the color that they painted a lot of prisons and insane asylums because it is such a calming color. They stopped using it because it affected everyone including workers. Why does red increase a person's heart rate but light red calm them down?  The majority of the quotes in this book come from artists. You will quickly learn that you are not alone in your love of color. Blue is most likely the most popular favorite color because it is always there. It is the most trusted; the most constant of colors.  Joelle’s song: See Through by The Band Camino  Brandi’s song: Game of Survival by Ruelle   THIS QUARTER, we finished reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. We had a ton of things to say about this super fun book!   Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeakswe would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks Want to support us? Go to Patreonand help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram,Twitter,Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.         TRANSCRIPTION: Brandi Sea: 00:00:01 I don't know how this happened. Two of my best friends in high school, we're both gingers. I'm like, Michelle: 00:00:06 It's 'cause they're fiery and they can deal with you. Joelle: 00:00:08 Yeah. Brandi Sea: 00:00:11 They're feisty! They can deal with me. Only gingers can deal with you, Brandi. I understand.

This week we are going to talk about the fine line between being inspired by someone else's work and stealing other creatives' ideas. It's going to be an intense conversation, buckle up! Michelle’s week: Michelle’s week/weeks have been exhausting and busy. She’s been using the app Headspace and even that is hard because it reminds her that her body hurts. She just finished a huge project for work out in Angel Fire, New Mexico, and ended up working 30ish hours. Bright side she was able to take comp time which was super helpful. With that comp time she took her daughter to the swimming pool, sadly got rained out but they did get an actual real rain check which she used later in the week.   Brandi’s week: Brandi also helped with the project that Michelle had for work. She hasn’t gotten to work behind the scenes on a shoot in a very long time so that was really fun for her. She also got to speak to a design group, Coffee and Creatives. Every quarter they have some workshop things and they asked Brandi to speak this time. She spoke on creating ads for social media and she really enjoyed it. Her title for her talk was, “More than just a pretty typeface”. She also partially homeschools her children and this was the year to go through and reorganize her school room. It was a massive overhaul and her mom and sister both came to help her with it. And she also found out that she doesn’t need to buy any new school supplies this year which is very exciting. Then Kenny, Brandi’s husband, turned the part of the attic above the kids bedrooms into a fun attic play area for them. Though that meant there was debris from that all over their rooms which meant cleaning, which turned into cleaning and organizing both of her kid’s rooms. Not super exciting but accomplishing for sure.  Takeaways from this episode: Work from sketches. It’s so important and it’s basically evidence proving how you got your idea.  Design and art are your intellectual property.  If something looks exactly the same, it’s stealing. If the look is the same, but the colors are different, it’s stealing. It’s easy to steal and not realize you’re doing it. This is why you need to have multiple references in the same style while you are working so it keeps it differently mixed by you. It is okay and can be good to copy when you are learning your techniques, but once you know how to do it, make it your own. When in doubt, don’t, or ask. Always give credit.  It’s a fine line between inspiration and stealing. If you make something that is too similar to something else, keep it to yourself and chalk it up to experience.   Brandi’s song: "Heartbreak Magic" by Riah             Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.         TRANSCRIPTION: Speaker 1: 00:02 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We are here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places,

This week we are interviewing the lovely, insightful, kind, and unbelievable design strategist, Karin Hibma-Cronan. Get your notebook ready, you're in for a treat! INTERVIEW with Karin Hibma-Cronan on Design Strategy & Clarity - Episode 107   Takeaways: "Design thinking and the creative process are potent strategic ingredients in any worthwhile endeavor." The best clarifying question you can ask is, “what’s your objective?”  Also ask yourself, “who cares?” Meaning, who is your audience. And remember that you also need to care.  "Getting people to feel open and honest about expressing their feelings opens up another whole channel of connection and creativity." Be in the moment. Like when you are spending time with a child and you can engage with them in the moment. Words are so important! They are the basis of our understanding of what the actual problem is that we're trying to solve and what the opportunities are to solve it. Create a safe place for your clients. When they feel safe you can ask questions like, “who cares?” and “Who do you think you are?” And they won’t feel like you are degrading them. Designers often forget that they need to continue to learn.  Never underestimate the power of the imagination and the power of play. And remember that you don’t play alone, you play with other people. Talk to the key decision-makers right from the beginning.  Questions we ask everyone: What are you listening to, reading, or watching that is blowing your mind?  -She recently has gotten into podcasts and she is a great appreciator of Design Speaks! Can you describe yourself in 3 words? -Happy, loving, and warm What’s the first thing you do in the morning? -Writing first thing in the morning. Usually about what happened throughout the previous day. Processing those things with a clear rested mind. And her younger son has been encouraging her to do morning paintings which makes her nervous but she is going to try it. How do you want to be remembered? -Trusting the gut is inspiring. "My husband used to say that I could make CEO's cry. And I thought I didn't know what he meant when he said, care about them. You, you want to know what they think, what they feel. And so many times they've been so busy running their businesses that nobody's really asked them about what they care about or what they do." [clear-line] This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com. THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.         TRANSCRIPTION  Brandi Sea: 00:01 Hey, I'm Brandi Sea Michelle: 00:03 And I'm Michelle. On today's episode, we are going to be interviewing the wonderful Karen Hibma Cronan.  Brandi Sea: 00:09 So, um, I first met Karen. Um, I, I was wanting to go to the AIGA leadership conference in Dallas a couple of years ago. And, um, because AIGA New Mexico is such a small board and it was even smaller at the time, we just didn't have the finances, um, to send more than just me. And I wanted to figure out a way to kind of reduce costs. So I got onto the AIGA message boards for AIGA national and was just like, hey, is there anyone who needs a roommate? And, um, two people responded and one of them was Karen Hibma. And, um, I don't remember why the other person didn't work out, but, um, Karen was just so sweet, like over messaging and was like, yeah, I would love to room with you. And, um,

This week Joelle joins Brandi to host the podcast! She wants to know what Brandi's least favorite and most favorite things about design are. Joelle’s week: For those that don't know, Joelle works at a cactus and succulent nursery that is local to the New Mexico area. This is her favorite time of year because all of the cacti are blooming and you get to see the different flowers that each of the cactuses have. You can see those flowers on her Instagram via @mrsjoelle_kaniff. She also joined a family Father's Day camping trip which she hadn't been camping in at least 10 years. And lastly, she got bangs which surprising she is loving. At 18 she thought she'd never do it again, but apparently not.   Brandi’s week: Talking about the camping trip we learn that smores are Brandi's downfall and sadly we didn't have any on our camping trip which is a bummer, but maybe a good thing since Brandi did end up getting a cold on the trip. Over the camping trip, Brandi read one of her Veronica Mars books which was really exciting. She loved it. Brandi is a Marshmallow (a huge fan of Veronica Mars) for those who don't know. She is very excited about the new seasons of Veronica Mars coming to Hulu at the end of July. Brandi has also been hard at work with her website update and she has made some great progress on that. And lastly Brandi has been watching World of Dance with her family and she's actually really been loving it. She really loved one specific routine that used color to change and reflect the emotion. Takeaways from this episode: Sometimes, you can get caught up in one part of the design because it may not match completely with what you have in your brain.  There are so many different things you can do for hierarchy in the design. "Z" "N" "W". Don't get stuck on one just because it's easy. It's okay to want to do things differently. It’s easy to get caught up in one step of the process. Be careful and set time limits. Sometimes you just need to have some empathy. Clients are going to do things that won’t make sense to you when you “pass off your baby” (give them the final design). It’s okay, things happen. Sometimes people are stupid but you don’t need to say it out loud.  Assume positive intent. Some clients just may not understand. Try and have some helpful advice for them.  Songs: Joelle’s song: Same by Josie Dunne Brandi’s song: Hunnybee by Unknown Mortal Orchestra         Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Joelle: 00:00 Yeah, I do not. I hate being sick Brandi Sea: 00:02 Not sponsored. Yeah. Joelle: 00:03 If they wanna sponsor us Brandi Sea: 00:05 No, I don't want to be sponsored by Zicam. What does that say about me? Joelle: 00:08 It's true, a design podcast sponsored by Zicam. Brandi Sea: 00:08 That'd be weird. If this was like a health podcast. That would make more sense. Joelle: 00:13 Oh gosh, so funny

                    This week we're sharing an interview Brandi did on another podcast with one of her design college alumni. They chat about how Brandi got her business going, choosing motivation, and process (of course). Takeaways from today's episode:  Motivation is a choice. It is a mindset we must choose. Take advantage of the spare minutes. Find things that are keeping you from being productive and start setting boundaries with those things.  Creativity is still work. Sometimes you may not feel creative, but push through and choose to be creative. When designing, it shouldn’t be about feelings it should be the objective choosing of things. Especially when it comes to something as important as brands. Things you collect can inform your creativity. They help you become passionate about something and that helps your design work. Give your client a few options, but keep the number down to a few, 3 is a good number. It will save you many frustrations and you will avoid the “mystery cake” design. Authenticity in branding is key.         Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Intro: 00:03 Welcome to design speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being, AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places and basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi Sea: 00:37 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea and you're listening to episode one oh three of design speaks. This week it's just me again here because I was sick all week after returning from our two week road trip and Michelle and I weren't able to get together to record so her and I will be chatting more next week about all the craziness of my road trip and all the fun places we went and all the amazing and inspiring things that I saw. So, um, hope you're excited for that. For today, I am going to be sharing an interview that I did on another friend's podcast. His name is Shannendoah Gallagher and he's from sociallinus.com. That's his design business. And he asked me if I would be one of his first interviews. Um, he's gearing up to launch his own podcast. So I recorded with him last summer and while his podcast is not ready to launch, he said very graciously that I could share this one early. Um, and so I wanted to do that. So today's episode is with Shannendoah Gallagher from sociallinus.com. We talk about my process, how I think, um, creativity and choosing motivation, all the things that you guys hear me talking about here, but kind of from a little bit of a different angle as I am the one being interviewed. So I hope you enjoy it and we can't wait to share more with you guys next week. Shannendoah: 02:04 Welcome to the Social Linus podcast. This is Shannendoah Gallagher. I am sitting down, stay with Brandi Sea Heft-Kniffin Brandi Sea: 02:14 Kniffin Shannendoah: 02:14 I'm sorry. Of brandisea.

                    This week is a special encore of our second episode ever, "Six Degrees of Graphic Design". I hope you enjoy listening to a throwback episode! Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Speaker 1: 00:03 Welcome to design speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being, AKA a non-designer. One has questions, the other likely has answers. We want to talk about everything from what keeps us creative to your cousin who thinks they're a designer just because they own Photoshop. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi: 00:37 Hey guys, welcome. I'm Brandi Michelle: 00:40 And I am Michelle. Brandi: 00:42 You're listening to episode two Michelle: 00:44 Dose Brandi: 00:45 Of design speaks Michelle: 00:46 For those of you who are bilingual dose Brandi: 00:48 Oh design dose Michelle: 00:50 Design dose Brandi: 00:51 A dose of design Michelle: 00:55 What? Let's change the name now! Design speaks. We'll stick with it. Brandi: 00:57 We will give you your daily dose of design. That sounds really sketchy. Oh Well. Michelle: 01:01 No, it doesn't sound sketchy. Brandi: 01:03 Like I'm spoonfeeding you some nasty medicine. Michelle: 01:05 It's like Sunday, Sunday, Sunday. Hey, welcome. Thanks for joining us. We're excited that you are here and with us and hanging out with us. Brandi: 01:14 So if you don't know anything about who we are and why we feel like we have a right to sit in these chairs and talk to you about design, um Michelle: 01:22 I don't Brandi: 01:23 Well, one of us feels like I have a right. The other one Michelle: 01:26 I'm learning Brandi: 01:26 Makes me feel like I have a right Michelle: 01:28 Yeah, you do. Brandi: 01:30 Um, I encourage you to go back and listen to episode one because we kind of talk at length about why we're here and what our goals are and what we have in store for you. Michelle: 01:38 We have some fun things to talk about today. Brandi: 01:40 Yeah. So today we're going to talk about how graphic design is actually influenced by other areas of design. Michelle: 01:47 Oooo, what does that mean? But what does it mean? Brandi: 01:49 That sounds confusing? Yeah. So, um, I'm sure that all of you know that there are other, other kinds of designs. So there's not only graphic design, which is probably the most elusive of design to define, which is why we're here. But there's also an automobile design. There's fashion design, there's interior design, stage design. Um, set and costume design and like there's, there's so many different areas of design that honestly like it's like a big web but they're all related. It's like seven degrees of Kevin Bacon, but it's designed. Michelle: 02:24 Is it seven or six, it might be seven. Is it six degrees?

                    This week we have lots of special guests to celebrate our 100th episode! Thanks for being on this amazing journey with us, we couldn't do it without you!!! Takeaways from this episode: The Enneagram is a great tool that can be used in all areas of life.  Podcasts take a lot of time, they can basically be a full-time job in addition to other things you may be doing. But if you have a passion for it, it is really worth it. Don’t be afraid to ask! Bucket list things happen when you ask. The client is not necessarily the audience. The audience is the person on the other end who you are actually designing for Episodes referenced: Episodes 68 and Episode 69: Interview with Chris Heuertz Episode 94: Interview with Emily Cretella Episode 77: Interview with Liz Fosslien Episode 21: Interview with Leatrice Eiseman  Episode 37: Are there really clients from hell? (To hear when Dominic hijacked the Design Speaks playlist) Episode 7: Never Trust Your First Idea (or Question Everything which is the name given to it by Hugh Weber) Episode 42: Why collecting things is important (AKA don’t trust a designer who doesn’t collect) Episode 63: How to Define Your Audience  Episode 48: Interview with Hugh Weber   References to other things: 99% Invisible Podcast Episode 281 La Sagrada Familia Empire Records, one of Brandi’s favorite movies     Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Intro: 00:01 Happy 100th episode Design Speaks. Kenny: 00:05 Happy 100th episode Design Speaks. Emily: 00:07 Hi, I'm Emily Cretella and want to say happy birthday, Design Speaks Intro: 00:11 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and I basically, whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi: 00:31 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea Michelle: 00:33 And I'm Michelle Joelle: 00:34 And I'm Joelle Brandi: 00:35 And you're listening to episode. Together: 00:36 100!!!!!!!!!!!!! Brandi: 00:41 Of Design Speaks! We're so excited. I really knew we would make it here but it seemed so far away. Michelle: 00:47 Um, so on this episode we're going to be talking to a few of our favorite people and if you're not on this episode, it doesn't mean you're not one of our favorite people. Brandi: 00:54 It just means we were poor planners and felt like it wouldn't be fair to you to call you super last minute. Michelle: 01:00 It's actually really true. But right now we have the wonderful one and only Joelle in studio. Hi, how are you? Joelle: 01:09 I'm good. Michelle: 01:10 Good. I'm glad to hear that. Brandi: 01:11 So Joelle was a fan. First, she was just Michelle: 01:14 She's like friends. Brandi: 01:15 No, first she was a friend, then she was a fan, then she was family.

                  This week Michelle wants to know about "Why?". Why is it so important, when, where, and WHY do you ask why when you are designing. We also chat about Fred Armisen, Donald Miller, and Shakespeare, buckle up, lol. Music This Week: Michelle’s song: "Graduate" by Third Eye Blind Brandi’s song: "Lisztomania" by Phoenix   Michelle’s Week: Michelle started her week by getting to see Fred Armisen live on stage. For those of us who do not know who that is he is a creator of many things. He was a member of SNL for a few seasons and a cast member of Portlandia. So that really blessed her week. Then she got to go to a baseball game with family which was fun even though she is not a huge sports fan. And finally, Michelle's daughter graduated from PreK! So exciting but Michelle had a bit of an emotional day. Brandi’s Week: Brandi is still working on her website. Very necessary work since it keeps breaking. Right now she's really working on what the goal of her website will be. To help figure that out she has been going through a lot of Donald Miller's videos. Also, Brandi wants to start to bring something new to her week, where she brings some new things that are happening in the design world. This week Brandi has heard from Folger Shakespeare Library Podcast that they are bringing VR Shakespeare performances. You can check out that podcast if you want to learn more about it. And Brandi also brought up the Design Observer podcast where they talked about Facebook taking away the blue bar making the APP look so much cleaner. Go and listen to that podcast as well to hear a really cool theory about why Facebook could be making all these changes.  Takeaways about why: Questioning your decisions checks your motives. Asking why allows you to have a backbone to understanding what you're doing. Once you understand it you can then more easily explain it to others. Asking why is going to be in every part of the process when you are design problem-solving. Asking why is beneficial to you. When you are answering why the answer needs to have a non-feelings answer. It needs to have a logical answer. Ask why based on your problem.  Ask why until you can’t ask yourself why anymore.  The deeper you can go with asking why gives more depth to your design. Continue down the rabbit hole of why. Asking why doesn’t leave the equation, regardless of how experienced you are.   Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Michelle: 00:01 No. Brandi: 00:02 Oh, you were thinking gills. Oh, well it sounds fishy. She's trying to do a pun and I don't understand. I'm just gonna move on... Michelle: 00:07 Well, there it is... Intro: 00:11 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. We here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places,

                    This week we chat about the difference between creating work that is good, or just good enough, and the three kinds of designers: lazy, complacent, and proactive and figuring out what kind you are. Show Notes Coming Soon! Music: Brandi’s song: "Something Good Can Work" by Two Door Cinema Club This week we chat about the difference between creating work that is good, or just good enough, and the three kinds of designers: lazy, complacent, and proactive and figuring out what kind you are.  Brandi’s week: First off there was Easter. And Brandi has also done her last project before she takes over as president for AIGA, which is Hire-Ed. This is a chance to help students and young professionals get their portfolios reviewed by professionals. She's also still working on the 100-days project and she's been doing a lot of digital painting. Which Michelle and I (Joelle) really like despite Brandi thinking it's lame. And that leads us into Avengers End Game so be prepared for spoilers in this episode.  Michelle’s week: Easter is over so lots of recovery from that, Michelle also when to see Avengers End Game, and she also got the opportunity to go to a museum we have here in Santa Fe NM called Meow Wolf. It's a very abstract kind of creepy undertone art museum. Basically, it's how Michelle wants to decorate her house but sadly it's not acceptable. Takeaways from this episode: You can do so much more if you just put a little bit more time into what you are doing There will be projects that you can’t put as much creative juice into, but that doesn’t mean those projects can be “crud-y” Don’t just say something is good enough when it’s just not good. Good enough should mean, does it work and does it work well? Remember that your attitude plays into a lot of this idea Not all designers are lazy, some may just be complacent Your job as a designer is to solve problems so if you don’t care about solving problems you don’t care about your job There are 3 types of designer. Lazy, complacent, or proactive. Figure out which one you are so you can be better It’s okay to have more to learn   If you want to read Brandi’s blog post about today’s topic it is blog post# 44, "Stop Making Excuses". This quarters book is The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St Clair and you are welcome to read along with us.  Please rate and review our podcast in iTunes and if you want to support our show please go to Patreon.com/designspeaks we would love it! You can give as much as you want. Every little bit goes to helping us keep this podcast going. Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks     This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Michelle: 00:01 And I was like, why didn't they just give us one stairway? And he was like, right. I was like, I want a different experience on going downstairs every single time I'm here. But I was like, Brandi would probably like the fact. Brandi Sea: 00:13 I was like, that's amazing! I want to come down all the different ways. Michelle: 00:16 And I was like, I don't have time for this. And so I was like, that's probably something that Brandi would really enjoy is that fact th...

                  This week we are talking to Sam Maclay and Zak Rutledge of 3 Advertising in Albuquerque about the brand strategy behind the incredible work they did for pro soccer team, the New Mexico United. Stay tuned for some insight and a peek behind the scenes of a state-wide campaign!   INTERVIEW: Sam Maclay & Zak Rutledge of 3 Advertising - Episode 097 “If you notice on the left side of the shield, it's open. The ownership group, and Peter Trevisani, wanted a very inclusive feel to the team and the logo, and the whole concept of the team. It's really much more than just bringing a soccer team to the state. Going through our process with him that's what we really learned. It's like this is about bringing a whole state together and creating a source of pride and community and something we can all be behind.” -Sam Maclay “Speaker 5: (21:28) Yeah. I was wanting to create something real graphic and minimalist for this and yeah. And there's this kind of cropped and Zia that I hadn't really seen much. Then the diagonals really, I could see that it had legs in the campaign and also it kind of, those diagonals are used in other like pro soccer team in European style logos, which I thought was kind of good tie-in to the sport. ” -Zak Rutledge 3 Advertising New Mexico United     [clear-line]   This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.       TRANSCRIPTION    

                    This week Brandi and Michelle are taking a leaf out of Sean Wes’s book and recovering the topic of, how to hear your own voice when you are working for someone else. Brandi and Michelle encourage fellow creatives that it’s okay for you to have your own voice. It is your work and it’s okay to be in it. Michelle’s week: Michelle has had an interesting week thus far. She got to see Death Cab for Cutie live which made Brandi jealous. And Michelle is working hard at work on Easter stuff. Her daughter is on a soccer team so weekly they are at games. And she had a wild experience with her daughter the day of this recording because she and her husband were having coffee with some friends. Her daughter disappears for a minute, comes back, and when they asked where she went her response was, “I bought a burrito.” And sure enough, she had taken Kelly’s (Michelle’s husband) debit card, went to the register and bought a burrito! Brandi’s week: Brandi got a new pin this week from Two Girls Co. and it says "girls who design" and it is her new favorite pin. Brandi loves being a representative of girls being in a different sphere so that was really exciting to find. She's also working on the higher ed review portfolio for AIGA. This will be her last one as education director as she is transitioning into president very soon! And she was able to get in a good conversation with Hugh Weber this week! She has also been working with her daughter Jasmine because she is in a craft fair on Mother's Day. Jasmine has been making jewelry like crazy lately so this is an opportunity to sell and show off what she's been making. And something that has been inspiring Brandi this week is that she needs to just do things. She decided to do the 100 days challenge and she is doing something creative every day, and in order to do something creative every day, she's having to go back through inspiration folders on her phone to see what has inspired her in the past but hasn't used or posted yet.    Things to remember: Being creative is a vulnerable thing to do. Your voice matter. You are in your designs even if they are for someone else. You can’t take you out of your work. A style is different from a voice. A voice is what you have to say and a style is how you say it. You are hired for you. Your style and your voice are what make you different from all other designers Find your voice by making things. It will take time to find it, but by making things you find your voice; you find what makes you special In finding your voice, the things that you find yourself attracted to are probably part of your voice. And look for consistencies in what you do in your personal work and in the work you do for clients   Songs: Michelle’s song: What Sarah Said by Death Cab for Cutie Brandi’s song: If You Want Love by NF       This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast! Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.                       TRANSCRIPTION Brandi Sea: 00:00 45 minutes Michelle: 00:00 What should we call this episode? Episode 96 this is what we should call this episode Brandi Sea: 00:04 Listen to it. Speaker 2: 00:06 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music,

                  This week we had the opportunity to interview Emily Cretella on The Importance of Owning Your Mother Hustle. This was an amazing conversation with Emily about how she started her business Cursive Content and her side project Mother Hustle, and the importance of being a creative and a mom. We hope you enjoy this episode! INTERVIEW: Emily Cretella on The Importance of Owning Your Mother Hustle - Episode 094 Takeaways: Having flexible work that you have to do around everyday life things is not just a mom thing, it is an everyone thing.  Sometimes knowing all of the things you’re supposed to be doing and all of the strategies and tactics can put a damper on anything good that happens because you can feel like you’re not doing it justice. But what's so wrong with it being slow growing and the way it is now? And if you love it and you're enjoying doing it and you know, don't look at that stuff, you're doing a great job now. Investing in good design is always worth it. We shouldn’t be afraid to be authentic with those who follow us. No one really has it all figured out.  It's good to challenger yourself, sometimes even fun. Remember you can always modify where you want, ex. If you want to do a 100-day challenge you can still do it even if it's not 100 days in a row.  Being a mom does not have to take you away from your design work, it will look different and you will need to change your life around, but it most definitely does not have to take you away from it. Stuff we ask everyone: Something you are reading, watching, or listening to that you are loving? Shrill on Hulu and anxiously waiting for Game of Thrones to come back. And she just got back on Goodreads. Describe yourself in 3 words A feminist, curious, and perfectionist What do you do in the morning? All of the things and coffee When are you most productive? In the morning What do you geek out about? Reading, specifically historical fiction and mystery and right now a lot of books about writing What would your mom or dad say you do for a living? They would probably start off by saying I’m a writer, but if someone asked my mom she would say everything I just told you. What drives you crazy? When people post things that make starting and running a business look easy and all they show is the pretty surface level of running a business. And they make money off of it and capitalizes on the fear in people that everyone else has it all together. Basically smarminess.  How do you want to be remembered? As someone to acted; someone who stood for something was vocal about their convictions. And as someone who was a good mom.        “Investing in good design is obviously worth it.” -Emily Cretella  “Investing in good design helps bring your ideas to life as a strategist and writer.” -Emily Cretella Emily Cretella of Mother Hustle and Cursive Content  Emily references our Episode with Scott Belsky Reverie Lane did the design for Mother Hustle         This Quarter's Book: We are reading and reviewing books on the podcast every quarter! If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we've been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.       TRANSCRIPTION Brandi Sea: 00:01 Today we got to talk to the founder, um, author, writer, marketer Michelle: 00:08 Everything-er Brandi Sea: 00:09 Everything-er from mother hustle, her name is Emily Critella. And um,

                  This week we have a great interview with Canadian designer, illustrator, letterer, Darren Booth. He's here to talk to us about the process of developing his own style and what he did to get the jobs he really wants. Show Notes are On the Way!     “Part of it was catering to my own laziness.” -Darren Booth     Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.   TRANSCRIPTION Brandi Sea: 00:01 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. Michelle: 00:02 And I'm Michelle. Today we have a really cool episode for you. We have an interview with Darren Booth. Brandi Sea: 00:07 Darren is a Canadian illustrator and you are going to, um, I dunno, maybe it's like a drinking game. If you can drink coffee, a coffee, drinking game. Michelle: 00:18 Or water Brandi Sea: 00:19 Or, well that's no fun. Michelle: 00:19 Hydration is cool. Brandi Sea: 00:21 Like how, how many times you can pick out like his little Canadian isms. I didn't hear it at first, but he was like, oh, you will. Michelle: 00:27 And then it came out. Brandi Sea: 00:28 We did and it was pretty fun. Um, so he's a Canadian illustrator and lettering artists. Um, he does a lot of like package design, book covers. He's going to be getting into the world of children's books, which is really exciting. Michelle: 00:43 Yes. Brandi Sea: 00:43 Um, he calls his style painterly collage. Michelle: 00:47 Which is perfect. Brandi Sea: 00:48 Which is, I can visualize that pretty easily Michelle: 00:49 You gotta make it up. Brandi Sea: 00:50 Yeah. I mean freelancers, creatives, we just make up our own titles. We've talked about this. Michelle: 00:55 This is what I do. I made it up. Like it? Brandi Sea: 00:58 So he's had some pretty huge clients. He's worked with Google, CocaCola, AOL, Target, Mcdonald's, and even Disney. Michelle: 01:07 Yikes, that's awesome. Brandi Sea: 01:07 So I think that you guys are really going to enjoy this. He's super chill. Michelle: 01:12 Oh, he's had really high profile clients to Steve Martin, Willie Nelson. That's really awesome. Brandi Sea: 01:17 Yeah, so he's a, he's a great, he's a great guy to follow. Check him out on Instagram. I think. I'm pretty sure it's just @darrenbooth Michelle: 01:24 It is. Brandi Sea: 01:25 And a, you can see how he works and I hope you guys enjoy this conversation Intro dude: 01:33 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi Sea: 01:47 So we've both been been following you on Instagram and I've been following you for a few years. But for those listeners who possibly have not heard of who you are, what you do, can you just tell us a little bit about you? Darren Booth: 02:00 Sure. Um, my name's Darren Booth, I've been freelancing illustrating since 2001 now, which sounds like so long ago. Brandi Sea: 02:11 That's about when I got started too. It doesn't feel like it was like 15, 18 years ago. Darren Booth: 02:16 Yeah. And it doesn't feel like that long ago. Um, and sometimes it feels like a hundred years ago. Brandi Sea: 02:21 Technology wise. Darren Booth: 02:23 Yeah, it's kind of a weird time to get out because I think that's a time when I graduated, it was kind of at that cusp of technology where, you know, everybody was just starting to kind of get on the Internet, um, and get websites and um,

                  THE PROCESS: Part 4 (Sketching, Narrowing Options, & Executing Your Design) - Episode 090 It's week 5 of our series on Brandi's *patented* process. This week we continue our series on Brandi's design process. This is the fifth installment and Brandi goes over the sketching phase of the process, or narrowing your options and executing the design.  Process Series Part 4: Sketching, Narrowing Options, & Executing Design Brandi’s Definition/The order of this step: Sketch Narrow your options Execute the design or get on the computer Sketching: Is an actual tool Helps you to get all your ideas out, even if it seems dumb. Your first idea is not always your best idea Allows you to not be confined by software Saves you time in the long run Keeps you from deleting “bad” ideas. You can see how you got to your final design.  Make these as thumbnail sketches (one inch by two-inch rectangle or square). And either fill a set number of pages, or draw as many as you can in a set amount of time, or draw until you can't think of any more ideas. Helps you zero in on a direction  Do only as much detail as is necessary at this point   Narrow your options:  Find the themes from those sketches and mark the one that makes the most sense Circle what’s working, refer back to your concept    Execute Design: Go to the computer with no more than 3 or 4 rough but focused ideas Have all of the elements that you need to include  Now you find photos or whatever it may be that you found in your word map and your research to start building. You have boundaries to search for what you need  Before getting on the computer decide what thing is more important than another thing (hierarchy)     Quotes from this week's episode: “Blank things are very overwhelming” -Brandi Sea “Sketching ignites your creativity in a way that you just can’t get digitally” -Brandi Sea “The closer you stick to this process, the more fluid things fall into place.” -Michelle “You have more freedom and flexibility when you sketch.” -Brandi Sea “Doing the research on your typefaces and your colors is another thing that's gonna set you apart.” -Brandi Sea   This Month’s book: We are doing book reviews on the podcast every month! If you would like to read along, THIS MONTH, we've been reading, Called to Create, by Jordan Raynor. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks.             TRANSCRIPTION: Intro dude: 00:03 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being, Aka a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically, whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi: 00:19 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. Michelle: 00:21 And I'm Michelle. Brandi: 00:22 And you are listening to episode 88 of Design Speaks. Michelle: 00:25 Welcome to it. Today we're continuing our process series. Um, and we are going to be talking about Brandi: 00:32 Sketching, narrowing your options and executing the design. Michelle: 00:36 Yes. Brandi: 00:36 So this is like the make it happen. Michelle: 00:39 Make it happen. Brandi: 00:40 Captain. Michelle: 00:41 This is the, is this the executing bit of it? Brandi: 00:45 I mean, Michelle: 00:45 What'd you, would you call it it that? Brandi: 00:46 My definition of executing is when you're getting on the computer. So we are talking about sketching first,

                  It's week 3 of our series on Brandi's *patented* process. This week we continue our series on Brandi's design process. This is the fourth installment of this series where we cover research and collecting style references. We are going in order step by step so if you haven't listened to the other episodes in this series you will want to go listen to those first. Process Series Part 3: Research, Style References, & Brainstorming The Importance of Research: It helps you find inspiration in your work. Rather than taking an idea and using it, you can find a plethora of things that help you create something new. You can show how your designs are different. To find your style reference. What Brandi uses to Research:  Books (no more than 6, not including color books) Actual art and photography  Look through personal inspiration folder (Brandi has one on her phone) TV Shows and Movies Have a reference to the 3 basic shapes (circles, triangles, and squares). Those all have meaning and they can bring that meaning into your design. You will know which shape or shapes to use based on what you find in your word map.  The Internet “I make a point to almost use the internet as a last step.” -Brandi Sea Book suggestion: Symbols and Allegories in Art from the Getty Museum   Featured Music: Falling Water by Maggie Rogers          “A process gives you a reason for all your choices.” -Brandi Sea “Your research ultimately does take a bit of upkeep because you need to build it as time goes on.” -Michelle "I realize that book collecting is something that takes money and time and which is why it's developed over time into this library, this mini library that I have now. However, anyone can get a free library card." -Brandi Sea “The research phase is two-fold. It is one, to get ideas but two, to eliminate things you can't do that already exist.” -Brandi Sea  “You can be influenced by, but do it without ripping off.” -Brandi Sea “After you create your word map, it then becomes your reference point; your double check. Keep it nearby as you work so you don’t go off course.” - Brandi Sea “This is deeper research because you are using the word map to help you get to a deeper level.” “Sleep is not wasted time.” -Michelle “Research is to find your style references.” -Brandi Sea       This Month’s book: We are doing book reviews on the podcast every month! If you would like to read along, THIS MONTH, we've been reading, Called to Create, by Jordan Raynor. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. [clear-line][clear-line] TRANSCRIPTION: Brandi: 00:01 Have I ever told you that I almost like I almost never use Google? Michelle: 00:05 Yeah, you've told me that. But I don't get it. Like part of me is just like why though? It's right there. Like when people in a conversation have a question like, oh, I wonder how old George Clooney is right now? They're like, well we have this whatever resource called Google let me tell you. Intro dude: 00:19 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places, and basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi: 00:35 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. Michelle: 00:37 And I'm Michelle. Brandi: 00:38 And you're listening to episode 86 of Design Speaks. Michelle: 00:42 And today we're continuing our series on the p...

                  This week we interviewed James Victore for a special bonus episode! He talks about his new book, how weirdness is a gift and why he doesn't think about how he wants to be remembered. You're welcome. James' new book is called, "Feck Perfuction: Dangerous Ideas on the Business of Life" Some quotes from James on this episode: "I just kind of got bored of being on the losing end of compromise."   "I think to be a financially successful commercial designer, the best thing you need to do is, um, um, um, ah, shut up and not have an opinion."   "If you don't understand that you're weird and that it's not, it's not a flaw. It is a unique and powerful part of you. It's where your perspective and your attitude and your opinion come from."   "The point is we shouldn't judge our handwriting. Just do it. We shouldn't judge our work. We shouldn't judge ourselves because we're terrible judges of our own. We can judge other people all day. That's easy."   "If you make bad work, fine, keep making bad work until it's good work, don't judge it."   "I just think that, um, we get relegated to the kind of, um, the sidelines at where we are the um, the weird help. And when we stopped accepting that role and we choose to be in power, um, the world is, that will be a better place"   "You know, what you do is you make things for you, you make work to make you happy first and then, um, um, and then see how that, how that reflects off them."   "You don't need everybody. You need your audience. You're own weirdness is going to bring in your own audience"   "Writing is not hard is the sitting or sitting and doing nothing, staying there and doing it."   (on his book "Feck Perfuction") "The reason they are dangerous ideas is because they're dangerous to your perception of yourself there dangerous to your ego, they're dangerous to your status quo. They're dangerous to your security and comfort financially. Um, they're dangerous to what you think of as creative."   I think that this book is, it's everything that I need to kind of keep moving forward. And I think there are things in there that can help people tremendously.   Thank you James!           Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. [clear-line][clear-line] TRANSCRIPTION: [00:02] Hey guys, I'm BrandiSea [00:03] and I'm Michelle [00:04] and you're listening to a bonus episode. We never, we don't day. We never have we ever before have done a bonus episode. Never done it. [00:12] So you're welcome world. [00:14] Um, we have an interview for you today with the great James Victore. [00:20] You've heard about him before on Design Speaks um, Brandi went to one of his retreats a few years ago and he's been a part of Design Speaks at least through, um, through inspiration and just talking about since the beginning. [00:35] Yeah. Almost since the very beginning. Yeah. When I went to the retreat, we had only been doing this podcast for what, two months? [00:40] Yeah. [00:41] Yeah. So I'm, James Victore does a little intro of himself, but I will just try and deal a tiny smidge of my own. Um, James Victore is a creative, I would say encourager. He's, um, he wants us as creatives to push our limits, push our boundaries, challenge the way we think about how we work. And, um, he has a lot of really great insight. He's a blast to talk to and um, [01:11] I think you guys will enjoy this interview and at least be encouraged and motivated at to get out there and do that as well as read the words he ha...

                  It's week 3 of our series on Brandi's *patented* process. This is part 2 of the word map part of the process with more examples and more in-depth detail on how to make it work. Process Series Part 2b: Word Maps continued... No show notes this week, just listen and take your own notes this week, haha ;)   Featured Music Moderation by Florence and the Machine   This Month’s book: We are doing book reviews on the podcast every month! If you would like to read along, we've been reading, Called to Create, by Jordan Raynor. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. [clear-line][clear-line] TRANSCRIPTION: [00:03] Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places or basically whatever we feel is relevant. [00:22] (Beatles Birthday song starts playing) Oh my gosh. Sorry. We're wasting some time. [00:29] Oh, this is so funny. I'm so thankful! I had something to say after this part. (song continues playing) [01:03] So [01:04] Happy birthday! Today is actually your birthday. [01:09] Thank you. I love it. [01:10] Um, she didn't know I was going to. [01:15] Um, Kelly was driving me here and while I sat in the passenger's side and did my makeup, um, that's what we do. Yeah. Um, he was like, oh, I have the perfect song to play for you. And I was like, okay. Obviously he's going to play the Beatles happy birthday song. You know, each other. It's just the Beatles, "Michelle". And I said, out of all of the Beatle's Songs, this is the one you chose on my birthday?! And he was like, "well, that's your name!" I know I was like, but it's my birthday. This is my song in 365 days of the year. I mean, he never played it. So that's the first time I've heard that today. [01:52] Awe Michelle has like tears in her eyes. [01:54] Oh, I cry for every everything. [01:58] So I shouldn't feel super special [02:01] Yeah don't feel special. I'm just kidding thing. So yeah. So you should feel special that you're crying because I'm crying. It's stupid. [02:11] Well happy birthday. [02:12] Thank you. [02:12] Today's a big recording day for us. We're very trying to get ahead a little bit cause Joelle is going to be going to Israel, [02:19] Israel. [02:19] So we're trying to get so jealous and I we're trying to get ahead. Um, so Michelle is like working hardcore today for her birthday, so thank you. Thank you. So should we actually start now? [02:30] Let's start now. [02:31] Okay. Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. [02:33] And I'm Michelle. So we will be continuing the process series that we've been in with Brandi's specifically Brandi's process. I'm, today we're going to, it's a, it's part B continuation of the word map plus whatever else she's got for us. [02:49] Yeah. I mean it's, it's mostly word map. Yeah. I just, I want to be really like clear and I want to give like an example of something start to finish. I know I gave some sort of like random examples last time of stuff I had kind of started, right. But I'm not all the way through that process yet. So, um, I wanted to go through something that have, I have actually finished and also give some examples from the class, the design concepts class I used to teach at the college. [03:18] Plus I think it'll be really, really helpful because I loved last episode. Um, um, I thought that it was really easy for me to visualize and really easy for me to u...

                  This week we had the incredible opportunity to interview one of Brandi's creative heroes, Scott Belsky. He is the co-founder of Behance, Adobe's Chief Product Officer and Executive Vice President, Creative Cloud. He is here to talk about his new book, "The Messy Middle", the future for designers, and has so much wisdom. He was an incredible guest and we can't wait for you to hear this interview! Takeaways: Scott's new book is "The Messy Middle"  You NEED this book! Just because someone tells you that you should do something doesn’t mean that you should do that thing. Even if you feel you need to try something new. Creative meritocracy is a utopia that will never be fully attained, but the idea is to have systems that match the best ideas with the best opportunity. Ultimately when you match the best ideas with the best opportunity, that’s when the greatest things happen. Those who show initiative in what you’re doing may be better to have on your team rather than the ones with the most experience. The middle volatility, the messy middle is this endless, repetitive, mundane. Full of anonymity, ambiguity or uncertainty, and hopefully complemented by some hacks and tricks to keep you going when you aren’t receiving short term rewards. Alignment and process are two tools that solve the same problem. Have short term rewards. When you have a big long term goal in mind, short term rewards that lead you to that goal help keep you on the pursuit.   "We have to recognize in this volatility that we are not our best selves at either the lows or the highs… At every low, we make decisions out of fear… When things are going well we falsely attribute the thing that we did to the things that work." -Scott Belsky     “ I don't subscribe to the idea that like winner's never quit. You don't want to spend so much of your time pursuing something you don't believe in just because you initially committed to doing it.”     “Creativity is ultimately the most unique human trait we have.”     Questions We Ask Everyone: Describe yourself in three words Optimistic yet paranoid. What do you geek out about? New technology. What would your mom tell her friends that you do? Now my mother would simply say, he's doing too much. At the beginning of Behance, she probably would say, something for creative people. How do you want to be remembered? One of the things I want to be remembered is as a great dad and a great husband and I want to be remembered as someone who gave back more or then he got. A huge thank you to Scott Belsky for talking with us. We really enjoyed this opportunity! Scott Belsky: "No, thank you so much for having me and I'm a fan of what you guys are doing. Thank you for. Thank you for doing it for the design world and thanks for having me. This was awesome."   This Month’s book: We are doing book reviews on the podcast every month-ish! If you would like to read along, THIS MONTH, we've been reading, Called to Create, by Jordan Raynor. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. [clear-line][clear-line] TRANSCRIPTION: Brandi: 00:03 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. Michelle: 00:05 And I, Michelle. Brandi: 00:06 And you're listening to episode 85 of Design Speaks. Michelle: 00:10 Welcome to it. On this episode we have a very, very fun guest. Brandi: 00:15 I, I'm like, I'm a little bit speechless at the moment. I'm, I have been a fan of our guest for go and probably 10 years. Going on 10 years.

                  It's week 2 of our series on Brandi's *patented* process. We're covering the topic of word maps, mind maps, mind searches, what are they and how can you use them to guide your designs? Get out your notebooks and prepare for more insight into her secret sauce to making your best work. Process Series Part 2a: WORD MAPS!!!  Design is all about making connections, and that's what the word map does, using words in a visual way Word Maps in literatrure help you find themes and connections; they do the same for design. Themes are the same things as Concepts, and concepts are what drive our design directions Inside the Word Map is also Visual Cues to Visual Elements as well as Colors and Other related elements The word map splits into Concept Visual Elements Shapes, Colors, Typefaces Colors Research is a part of this depending on how much you know about your topic Here's a time lapse of my word map for "A Moveable Feast" by Ernest Hemingway http://www.brandisea.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/IMG_5891.mp4 Re: the concept: IF you don't have a guiding idea, you're going to be lost. You need some sort of callback point to why you're doing everything. Michelle: Have you ever seen somebody work without a solid concept in mind?Brandi: Yeah, all the time.Michelle: It's rough.       This Month’s book: We are doing book reviews on the podcast every month! If you would like to read along, THIS MONTH, we've been reading, Called to Create, by Jordan Raynor. Want to support us? Go to Patreon and help support our podcast!   Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any burning questions you want Brandi to answer on an episode at brandi@brandisea.com.   THANK YOU to the ultra-talented  Vesperteen (Colin Rigsby) for letting us use his (“Shatter in The Night”) track in every episode of Design Speaks. [clear-line][clear-line] TRANSCRIPTION: Intro dude: 00:01 Welcome to Design Speaks. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek and a regular human being. AKA a non-designer. We're here to chat about music, pop culture, cool places or basically whatever we feel is relevant. Brandi: 00:16 Hey guys, I'm Brandi Sea. Michelle: 00:17 And Michelle. Brandi: 00:18 And you're listening to episode 84 of Design Speaks. Michelle: 00:21 On today's episode. We are continuing our series on process. Brandi's process specifically and today we're going to be covering the topic of word maps. Mind maps, mind searches, what are they? Brandi: 00:35 Word maps. I used to call them mind maps. I started calling them ward maps because it makes more sense to how I do them. Michelle: 00:43 Because they're words. Brandi: 00:44 Yeah. Because they're words. Michelle: 00:45 Their map of words. Brandi: 00:45 Um, I have, I have this whole thing of, of using words first. So small recap on what we talked about last week. Steps one and two are the client meeting and the design brief. So where we're gonna start today is taking you taking those words from question 12, which was the adjectives that your client gives you to describe their, their product or their service. And so, um, I'm going to try really hard. This is a this is a really visual thing. Michelle: 01:16 Which is funny because it's words. Brandi: 01:17 Right? So this is both. So if you know anything about what a mind map is or like, um, like free writing and stuff like that, you basically start with one word or phrase or something at the center of a page and it's either circled or in a square and you basically just let your mind go and you make connections. So design is all about making connections. So we might even have to split this part into two because there's just too much. And this is the most important part of my process without this part...

Host Brandon Rike sits down with Colin Rigsby (House Of Heroes, Vesperteen) to discuss why we create, and how our creativity evolves over time. Colin opens up about where his new creative endeavor, Vesperteen, came from, and the "itch" that it scratches. Brandon and Colin discuss making a big creative vision, and understanding how that need changes with our lives. COLIN'S CREATIVE OUTLETS Vesperteen House Of Heroes Graphic Design CREDITS: Created by: Brandon Rike Produced by: Brandon Rike, Brian Skeel of Chris Graham Mastering Theme Music: The Hands Of Stone Title Song Remixed by: Jesse Cale Website + Facebook