Podcasts about House Industries

Today, I'll be having a conversation with Ken Barber Ken is a lettering artist, type designer, author, and educator. For 30 years, he's made distinctive logos for global brands and created dozens of fonts. He blames his obsession with letterforms on Don Martin comics, Santa Cruz skateboard graphics, and speed metal logos. Ken's work has been featured in a few fancy museums, including the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation. He's an instructor at The Cooper Union in New York City, and teaches online lettering workshops with his wife, Lynn, to students around the globe. Currently, he's the type director and studio letterer at House Industries. Ken has written several books on design, including his award-winning Lettering Manual published in 2020. Oh, this conversation with Ken was full of takeaways. Ken shared wise insights learned throughout his career of over 30 years making and teaching lettering, things like having mentors, putting your foot in the door as a lettering artist, developing your own voice, and navigating the ups and downs of a career. Ken spoke openly about the things that he did to become a master in his craft and go from amateur to pro, and the good news is that these are all actionable steps that you can follow to do that as well. As a personal note, I have been wanting to interview Ken since day one, because I know how much value and insights he has to share. Now, after almost 100 podcasts under my belt, I dared to have him on the show and conduct the interview, which I dearly share with you today. Sign up for my Free Lettering Masterclass ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/masterclass Sign up for my Lettering Tips newsletter ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/letteringtips Follow me on instagram ➡️ https://www.instagram.com/martinaflor/ See full show notes ➡️ https://www.martinaflor.com/podcast

Ken Barber, of House Industries, joins The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his journey into lettering. We also talk about what it’s like working with JJ Abrams and Jimmy Kimmel. Oh yeah, and that time in Omaha where I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Ken Barber: The Reflex Blue Show #216 appeared first on 36 Point.

My guest this week is the artist Jeremy Dean AKA  Dean’s Nuts.Jeremy and I discuss how growing up with punk music and skateboarding influences his work, designing merch for musicians from the Dead & Company to the Rolling Stones and Elton John, and how he went from bootlegging t-shirts to becoming the undeniable GOAT of merch.Together we discover the wonders of Black Flag!NOTES(01:05) House Industries(1:47) Tyler School of Art and Architecture(12:58) Kiss (band)(15:58) London Calling (album)(16:43) Thrasher (magazine)(17:07) Let Them Eat Jellybeans! (album)(21:53) Bad Brains (band)(27:43) Stussey(31:21) Jade Tree (record label)(33:00) Kid Dynamite (band)(34:10) Jets to Brazil (band)(35:00) Saves The Day (band)(40:45) Urban Outfitters(45:42) Rolling Stones (band)(46:02) Shepard Fairey(1:00:38) Dead & Company (band)(1:09:00) Blamo! Shirts(1:13:39) Jamie Reed(1:13:57) Elton John(1:14:37) Colette (closed store)(1:15:10) Ecko Unltd.(1:15:19) Victoria’s Secret(1:15:38) Anthropologie*This episode is sponsored by P. Johnson **Want even more Blamo? Join the BlamFam on Patreon and get access to additional interviews, a community slack, special events, and more!

Today's guest is Ken Barber. He is a type designer, letterer, author, and instructor with House Industries out of Wilmington DE. During this episode we talk about: -his first adventures in design and creative while drawing huge trains as a kid. -MAD Magazine and other early design influences to him. -the most challenging time in his career that he experienced when a co-founder of House Industries passed away and how things changed because of that. -the new book "Lettering Manual" by Ken and House Industries. -the magazine project he was a part of in the late 90's and how they quickly discovered that publishing a magazine is way more difficult than they had expected. Ken is so much fun to talk to and the guy is MEGA talented. Just check out his IG and you will see what I'm saying! @typelettering

Today's guest is Ken Barber. He is a type designer, letterer, author, and instructor with House Industries out of Wilmington DE. During this episode we talk about: -his first adventures in design and creative while drawing huge trains as a kid. -MAD Magazine and other early design influences to him. -the most challenging time in his career that he experienced when a co-founder of House Industries passed away and how things changed because of that. -the new book "Lettering Manual" by Ken and House Industries. -the magazine project he was a part of in the late 90's and how they quickly discovered that publishing a magazine is way more difficult than they had expected. Ken is so much fun to talk to and the guy is MEGA talented. Just check out his IG and you will see what I'm saying! @typelettering

In this episode, Meg discusses Sears’ new rebrand, House Industries’ new hand-lettering manual, and the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new movie. Plus, Meg chats with Fanny Luor and Sean Suchara about designing for social good.[00:10] Introducing the Episode with Meg Lewis[01:39] Creative Bloq: Sears’ New Rebrand[03:48] House Industries: New Lettering Manual Announcement[06:09] The French Dispatch trailer [09:46] Discussing design tooling and how it can help or hurt designersLinks mentioned in today’s episode:“But What Can I Do?” PlaygroundThanks to the sponsors of this episode:Oxygen:  Sign up for an Oxygen account, deposit $200 into your account, and use it 5 times in 60 days, and you’ll get $25 on us. Oxygen Banking Services provided by The Bancorp Bank, Member FDIC.Leave some feedback:What do you think about our new format? Please let us know in the comments below!Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us:Meg LewisDribbble profileTwitter: @darngoooodInstagram: @darngoooodWebsiteDribbbleDribbble profileTwitter: @dribbbleInstagram: @dribbbleWebsite Interested in sponsoring this rad podcast?Email overtime@gmail.com

In this episode, Meg discusses Sears’ new rebrand, House Industries’ new hand-lettering manual, and the trailer for Wes Anderson’s new movie. Plus, Meg chats with Fanny Luor and Sean Suchara about designing for social good.[00:10] Introducing the Episode with Meg Lewis[01:39] Creative Bloq: Sears’ New Rebrand[03:48] House Industries: New Lettering Manual Announcement[06:09] The French Dispatch trailer [09:46] Discussing design tooling and how it can help or hurt designersLinks mentioned in today’s episode:“But What Can I Do?” PlaygroundThanks to the sponsors of this episode:Oxygen:  Sign up for an Oxygen account, deposit $200 into your account, and use it 5 times in 60 days, and you’ll get $25 on us. Oxygen Banking Services provided by The Bancorp Bank, Member FDIC.Leave some feedback:What do you think about our new format? Please let us know in the comments below!Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us:Meg LewisDribbble profileTwitter: @darngoooodInstagram: @darngoooodWebsiteDribbbleDribbble profileTwitter: @dribbbleInstagram: @dribbbleWebsite Interested in sponsoring this rad podcast?Email overtime@gmail.com

It's a thought-leadership master class on content from Mark Borden, a seasoned creative force and founder of EgoSpeed who applies journalistic and creative strategy to narrative alignment, editorial guidance, video production and creative direction. His clients include: Dolby Laboratories, Droga5, House Industries, The New York Times, Pandora,Peloton, Spotify, Toyota and William Morris Endeavor.

Josh Jensen, founder of Jensen Handcrafted, creates high quality, hand made goods.  Check out his Instagram to see examples of his openers, can glasses and other products.  We discuss what inspires Josh and how he processes new ideas.  Josh leads by example and lets his work and impact on his community speak for itself.  We mention the Terrain Container that just launched this past weekend at Bazaar. The container will also be out during Hoopfest weekend in Spokane so be sure to check it out! Check out the Amalgam Podcast Blog on our website or the Apple News App Follow @amalgampodcast on Instagram and subscribe to the show: iTunes Google Play Stitcher YouTube Spotify Support the show on Patreon

"The main job of a typeface is obviously to convey some information; but the second part of that is that it has to convey information with a specific tone or a voice." Tal Lemming, the designer of the sports industry's favorite typeface, joins the podcast to talk typography, designing fonts and type's role in sports design. Having got his start as a graphic designer in the agency scene in Baton Rouge after gradating from LSU, Tal eventually moved to Delaware to become a print designer at renown type foundry, House Industries, where he designed print collateral by day and refined his type design skills at night. He shares a few stories from his House Industries tenure; including working long hours, receiving blunt art direction from a House Industries co-founder and creative director, as well as the tough job of making things for graphic designers. Oftentimes which result marked up work being mailed back or vitriolic comments and unsolicited feedback. Needless to say, resiliency is something Tal has built up throughout his career. We discuss how designers' need to build thick skin and remain resilient in this day of keyboard critique, especially sports designers. Tal touches on how typefaces convey different meanings and how brands may use the same typeface; however, the pairing of images and color can make them feel very different. Lastly, Tal gives some of his thoughts on the infamous United typeface and how it led to a project with the US Soccer as he discusses 90 Minutes, the custom typeface he built for the US Soccer Federation. Mentions Include: Type Supply website Type Supply Twitter Type Supply Instagram House Industries Ken Barber, letterer Andy Cruz, Co-Founder, House Industries University of Kentucky rebrand with Nike GIG FedEx logo by Landor Gretel branding for Viceland 2014 US Soccer World Cup Identity using United United typeface Stone Ward, US Soccer's agency of record US Soccer's 90 Minutes My next guest is Marissa McClain, brand specialist and senior designer for the Boston Red Sox creative services group. Sign up for the weekly email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. You can also show your support for the podcast by joining the community and keeping it sponsor-free. Did you enjoy this episode? Then please rate and/or write a review of the show on iTunes. Also, be sure to follow show host, @TAdamMartin and @MakersofSport on twitter and Dribbble.

Host Dave Robertson first welcomes Andy Cruz, the Co-Founder of the type factory and design studio House Industries, which has been a standard bearer for American graphic design for 25 years. House's work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and will be the subject of a major exhibition at the Henry Ford Museum in the summer of 2017. In the second half of the show Dave talks to Adam Lashinsky, Executive Editor for Fortune Magazine and a best-selling author, about his new book "Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination."

Our guest this week is Rich Roat. After picking up a degree in communication from the University of Delaware, Rich held a number of odd jobs such as communications associate for United Way of Delaware and service bureau/prepress house manager. He met Andy Cruz in 1991 and allowed his new friend to talk him into a series of ill-advised but fortunate career moves that led to the formation of Brand Design Co., Inc., and, subsequently House Industries. Rich initially tried to tame the chaos of Andy’s constantly shifting aesthetic sensibilities and obsessive attention to detail; thankfully, he has been largely unsuccessful. Rich is a co-author of House Industries: The Process is the Inspiration (Watson Guptill/Penguin Random House, 2017) with Andy Cruz and Ken Barber.

Michelle wants to know some stuff about type and who Brandi looks to for inspiration for type, or letters, or typography, or.. ..lettering? It's a fun time you guys. :50 Welcome!!! Michelle’s week was super productive. She went to a wedding AND listened to an entire season of a podcast. NPR’s Invisibilia…AND binged the latest season of OITNB. Dang. 3:07 Michelle’s song for the week: Selena Gomez, Bad Liar 6:20 Brandi’s week was very similar to Michelle’s. Wedding times, 4th of July, and then it was time to straight veg. She camped out on the couch and watched a new show… Handmaids Tale, iZombie and Fear The Walking Dead. 7:00 Handmaids Tale has so many great uses of coloring, Grays and reds!

Ken Barber is a letterer, type designer and type director at design studio and type foundry House Industries. Ken’s work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and has been honored by the New York Type Directors Club. In this episode, we speak with Ken about “The Process Is The Inspiration”, a new monograph about the work of House Industries. This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.

What's the difference between a Font and a Typeface? What fonts can I use for a printed project, web, video? Listen to this podcast for a lesson in typology. Email Campaign: Send a letter in favor of RD to: info@printmag.com Keys to the Game: Lock guides in Photoshop Mac: Command + Option + ; PC: Control + Alt + ; Rookie Mistake Tip: Do yourself a favor and pretend those Bold, Italic and Underline buttons are not there in your favorite layout app. Using these and then sending off to the printer can cause problems. Links from todays show: US TV going Digital House Industries Adobe Type Library Linotype Library In the Bullpen: OurStage Todays show featured music by: The Offspring

4 guys of House Industries trying to put the audience to sleep with 30 yes-or-no-questions. House Industries :: House, the book :: File Download (5:38 min / 5.2 MB)

House Industries, forget the foundry, go for the band. The real story. House Industries :: House, the book :: File Download (3:46 min / 3.5 MB)