Podcasts about National Design Awards

Antonio Alcalá opened Studio A in 1988 after graduating from the Yale School Art with an MFA in graphic design. Since then, his studio has won awards of excellence in design from local, national and international design institutions. His clients include the National Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. Alcalá is responsible for the design of US postage stamps as an art director for the United States Postal Service, and in 2011, Alcalá was nominated for two National Design Awards from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. His work is represented in the AIGA Design Archives, the National Postal Museum, and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection of Graphic Design. In this episode we speak with Antonio about his role as an Art Director for the United States Postal Service.

We are on episode #009 of Custom Made, and today we are talking Jordan Bell, typeface designer at Hoefler & Co. in New York City. We are discussing how a small change can make a big difference to your brand’s user experience by exploring the world of typeface design. The logo or a mark of a brand is really important and tends to get the spotlight. But a brand’s typeface is possibly the most interactive element of a brand - whenever we open up an app, read an article, or navigate a UI we are generally looking at a lot of text. And so why not have that element we are interacting so much with be unique and relatable to that brand. Also, with the globalization of technology, the growth of internet access allowing new audiences to discover your brand, and the diversity of devices or ways in which a user can engage with a brand - the necessity of creating and updating your brand’s style is critical. Here at Dialexa when we are working with a client who has developed various applications over many years, or has grown through acquisition, they tend not to have a consistent branding and so we are brought in to help them integrate, modernize, or replace these platforms and develop a new more consistent user interface. This new look and feel is typically built out from a design system. A Design System is more than a style guide or ui pattern library. It’s a product that consists of various components, including its typeface, for your designers and developers that enables them to design and build better experiences at scale. Though originally trained as a graphic designer in New Mexico and his home state of Texas, Jordan became interested in type design and how it performs in various contexts. To pursue this interest, he left the mountains of Santa Fe to attend Reading University in England where he earned his MA in Typeface Design program in 2014. While at Reading, Jordan researched and studied the history of American sans serifs, handwriting and its influence on the personality of our designs, and Scotch roman typefaces and their impact on American type design. Since joining Hoefler & Co. he has worked on many projects including Archer, Operator, and Inkwell. Famous for creating long-lived typefaces marked by high performance and high style, Hoefler & Co. creates the fonts that help shape the world’s foremost institutions, publications, causes, and brands. With a library of more than 1,000 typefaces designed for print, web, office and mobile environments, fonts by Hoefler & Co are everywhere: you’ll find them on Twitter and at Tiffany & Co., on HBO and Netflix, on every can of Coca-Cola, and on every iPhone ever made. Hoefler & Co. is the only type foundry ever to be honored by the National Design Awards at the White House and Hoefler & Co. typefaces are in the permanent collections of both the Smithsonian Institution and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Jordan provides a number of great resources during this episode, and has sent me some additional ones afterwards, these have all been included in this weeks show notes that can be found at Dialexa.com. Be sure to tweet at me (https://twitter.com/dougplatts) and let me know what you think of the show. Follow Dialexa on: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dialexa/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dialexa/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dialexa Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/custom-made-dialexa iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/custom-made/id1332213517?mt=2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/dialexa Medium: https://medium.com/back-to-the-napkin Podcast: https://by.dialexa.com/topic/custom-made YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/Dialexa Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for our latest content and top weekly reads here: https://by.dialexa.com/newsletter-signup

This week's interview is with none other than the venerable Craig Wilkins. Craig is one of the country's leading scholars on African-Americans in architecture, and he's an academic, activist, and author. He can now add one more "A" to his long list of titles -- award winner! I spoke with Craig fresh off his National Design Awards win, and we talked about a number of things -- his love for Detroit, what made him get involved in architecture, where he sees design education in the future, why design organizations struggle with diversity, and more. It's a far-reaching conversation that I think you'll enjoy regardless of your design discipline. Enough from me though...press play and enjoy the interview! Craig Wilkins' Website Craig Wilkins on Twitter Craig Wilkins on Instagram Craig Wilkins at the University of Michigan's College of Architecture Help support Revision Path by becoming a monthly patron on Patreon! Pledges start at $1 per month, and you’ll receive special patron-only updates, early access to future episodes, and a lot more! Join today! Come join the Revision Path community on Slack! http://revisionpath.com/slack Check out the Revision Path store and buy a t-shirt or hoodie to help support the show! http://revisionpath.com/store We're on Apple Podcasts and Stitcher as well! Visit http://revisionpath.com/iTunes or http://revisionpath.com/stitcher, subscribe, and leave us a 5-star rating and a review! Thanks so much to all of you who have already rated and reviewed us! Revision Path is brought to you by Facebook Design, MailChimp, Hover, and SiteGround. Save 10% off your first purchase at Hover by visiting hover.com/revisionpath! Get 60% off all hosting plans at SiteGround by visiting siteground.com/revisionpath! Follow Revision Path on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram!

Sharon Day is the Owner and Head Designer at Express Yourself Gifts and Baskets, and the only Certified Gift Designer in Massachusetts. The winner of two National Design Awards in 2015, Sharon is in her 21st year designing corporate and personal gifts and baskets. Custom designs are her specialty and she creates everything from small client touch gifts to elaborate designs fit for a Queen. Motivational Quote Business InspirationFrom Opera Singer to Gift Basket Designer [2:48] The $30,000 order that started it all [3:39] Candle Flickering MomentsThe effect of 9/11 on her business [10:38] A pivot in the business plan based on current events [11:53] Business Building InsightSharon’s take on her competitors [6:54] Pop By Gift Club [15:49] Multiple income streams are a key to survival [19:14] How Sharon gets her business today [21:34] How to see monetary value in networking events [24:52] The power of simplifying your life for business [32:20] Success TraitSharon says that her mind works in pictures. In her creative career this ability to envision immediately the solution to a client’s request has led to her ability to WOW! her customers and become a valued part of their marketing strategy. [27:06] Productivity/Lifestyle Tool Expensify (https://www.expensify.com/) – Capture receipts, track time or mileage and creating expense reports quick and easy Invoice Simple (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/invoice-simple-invoice-your/id694831622?mt=8://) – Quickly and accurately create, email, and/or print professional looking estimates, invoices, and receipts with embedded photos at the office and in the field. Valuable Book Simplify (http://amzn.to/1qGnv2r) by Joshua Becker Contact Links Website (http://www.expressyourselfgiftsandbaskets.com) Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ExpressYourselfGifts/) Twitter (https://twitter.com/shayenterprises) LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shayenterprises) Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/expressyourselfgiftsandbaskets) If you found value in this podcast, make sure to subscribe and leave a review in (http://www.giftbizunwrapped.com/GooglePodcasts) . That helps us spread the word to more makers just like you. Thanks! Sue

Cameron Sinclair currently works for the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.Previously Sinclair co-founded and ran Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization which builds architecture and design solutions to humanitarian crises. During his 14 year tenure the organization worked in forty eight countries and raised over $50M for humanitarian initiatives. Projects ranged from schools, health clinics, affordable housing and long term sustainable reconstruction after natural and man-made disasters. Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity co-founder Kate Stohr compiled the bestselling books Design Like You Give A Damn 1 and 2. As a teacher and visiting professor is heavily involved in bringing socially relevant design into academia and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster. Sinclair was a recipient of the TED prize and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. In 2008 Sinclair and Stohr were named as recipients of the National Design Awards and the following year jointly awarded the Bicentenary Medal by the Royal Society of Arts for increasing people’s resourcefulness. In 2011 Sinclair was made a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and took an advisory role at USAID. This year he and Stohr received the Currystone Vision Award and the Building Peace award.

Cameron Sinclair currently works for the Jolie-Pitt Foundation.Previously Sinclair co-founded and ran Architecture for Humanity, a charitable organization which builds architecture and design solutions to humanitarian crises. During his 14 year tenure the organization worked in forty eight countries and raised over $50M for humanitarian initiatives. Projects ranged from schools, health clinics, affordable housing and long term sustainable reconstruction after natural and man-made disasters. Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity co-founder Kate Stohr compiled the bestselling books Design Like You Give A Damn 1 and 2. As a teacher and visiting professor is heavily involved in bringing socially relevant design into academia and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Westminster. Sinclair was a recipient of the TED prize and a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum. In 2008 Sinclair and Stohr were named as recipients of the National Design Awards and the following year jointly awarded the Bicentenary Medal by the Royal Society of Arts for increasing people’s resourcefulness. In 2011 Sinclair was made a Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council and took an advisory role at USAID. This year he and Stohr received the Currystone Vision Award and the Building Peace award.

Justine Murray visits the home of Hohi Ngapera Te Moana Keri Kaa in Rangitukia, Te Tairawhiti. Keri talks about her childhood, her whanau and the book Taka Ki Ro Wai. The book won the Māori Language award at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards, it is also a finalist at The National Design Awards. Creative Director Martin D Page provides an insight into the books illustrations which is proving a hit amongst the whanau in Te Tairawhiti.

Justine Murray visits the home of Hohi Ngapera Te Moana Keri Kaa in Rangitukia, Te Tairawhiti. Keri talks about her childhood, her whanau and the book Taka Ki Ro Wai. The book won the Māori Language award at the 2014 New Zealand Post Book Awards, it is also a finalist at The National Design Awards. Creative Director Martin D Page provides an insight into the books illustrations which is proving a hit amongst the whanau in Te Tairawhiti.

2014 promises to be a historic year for the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum here in New York City. Their wildly successful National Design Award program, which has quickly become the most coveted honor for American designers, is celebrating its 15th anniversary. 2014 also marks the re-opening of the museum’s East 90th Street location. The former home of Andrew Carnegie is undergoing a dramatic 16,000 square foot expansion that is both modernizing and preserving the character of the 110 year old mansion. To give us an inside look at their year of celebration and change is the Director of the Cooper-Hewitt, Caroline Baumann. We talk about the National Design Awards, the expansion, as well as the museum’s evolving role, and what it’s like to run the only museum dedicated to historic and contemporary design in the US.