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In one of our recent episodes, I had the pleasure of chatting with Chris Do, an Emmy award-winning designer, CEO, and chief strategist of Blind. Chris is also the founder of The Futur, an online educational platform that aims to teach one billion people how to make a living doing what they love. Today, I want to share with you some of the key insights from our conversation. Chris is a legendary figure in the world of branding and graphic design, with over 15 years of teaching experience at prestigious art and design colleges. During our chat, he emphasized the importance of building an emotional connection with customers. According to Chris, successful branding lies in understanding and catering to the unique values and interests of different clients. This approach can help businesses move away from the commoditization trap and towards value-based pricing. Speaking of value-based pricing, Chris advocates for a shift from pricing based on labor hours to pricing based on the value delivered to the client. He believes that different clients have different values and interests, and pricing should reflect that. For example, someone may value a logo differently based on their financial situation. We also discussed the role of branding in local businesses, the importance of efficient systems and exceptional customer service, and the significance of investing in research and development and marketing services. Chris's insights into branding and marketing strategies, particularly for creative professionals, were truly eye-opening. His expertise and experience make him a highly respected figure in the industry, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from him. I hope you find these insights as valuable as I did.
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The White Rabbit podcast turns the big five-oh. Congratulations to TWRP! Inspired by a comment he heard from Chris Do of TheFutur.com, Alper wonders how presentations would change if we stopped using the vocabulary of obligation to describe them (“I have to give a presentation tomorrow”), and instead used the vocabulary of opportunity (“I get to give a presentation tomorrow”).
BIO: Chris Do is a self-described loud introvert, recovering graphic designer, middle child, serial entrepreneur, Emmy award-winning director, educator, and founder of TheFutur.STORY: Chris's business was based on the West Coast, and they wanted to expand to the East Coast for a bigger market share. So they opened a small office hemorrhaging money and didn't generate substantial revenue.LEARNING: You can't export your core competency. Optimize your business before you scale. “Optimize your business before you scale. Because when you scale, you scale all the success and all the mistakes.”Chris Do Guest profileChris Do is a self-described loud introvert, recovering graphic designer, middle child, serial entrepreneur, Emmy award-winning director, educator, and founder of TheFutur.Chris has an audacious mission of teaching one billion people how to make a living doing what they love.Worst investment everChris's company was a West Coast LA-based motion design firm. They realized that for the business to get the market share they wanted, they needed to have an East Coast office. They rented a small office and renovated it. They hired an office manager, an executive producer, and a creative director to run it for them. No one from the West Coast office wanted to live on the East Coast. So they had to run two offices incurring double the expenses, but we're still not growing their revenue. Now they were shrinking profit.This happened over five years. The company was putting more money into the East Coast office year after year with no reliable revenue. Ultimately, they closed the office because it didn't work for them.Lessons learnedDon't put good money after bad.You need to export your core competency.Optimize your business before you scale.Do an accurate cost-benefit analysis and understand your risk.Andrew's takeawaysYou can't have someone else fight your battles; you've got to be on that front.Always consider all the possible risks when you're looking at expanding your business.Get monthly, accurate, and on-time financial statements.Actionable adviceBefore you expand your business, question your assumptions and analyze whether the effort is worth the risk.No.1 goal for the next 12 monthsChris's number one goal for the next 12 months is to launch his mastermind, a high-level group for people making between one to 5 million a year. [spp-transcript] Connect with Chris DoLinkedInTwitterInstagramWebsiteBookAndrew's booksHow to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock MarketMy Worst Investment Ever
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Anneli Hansson is a brand strategist, coach & speaker based out of Stockholm, Sweden. Many will know Anneli as the resident strategist over at TheFutur with Chris Do who we interviewed back on Episode 13. Anneli just launched an incredible 6-figure course over at The Futur called Brand Strategy Fundamentals. What people may not know, is that Anneli has a background in building sustainable brands (long before it was a trend) and has recently pivoted into helping creatives transform into strategic thinkers. With this background, it's no wonder we have invited Anneli here on to JUST Branding! In this episode we discuss “The Future of Brands” and all that entails. This is not to be missed!
Chris Do is a designer, speaker, educator and founder of The Futur. Chris has a audacious mission; to teach a billion people how to make a living doing what they love. We are so aligned with Chris on so many things and it was an honour to interview one of our heroes!
Jose Caballer is a designer, strategist & creative entrepreneur. He currently teaches organizations how to create a culture for rapid innovation - focused on alignment, experimentation & feedback. Jose previously worked at RazorFish during the dot com era, and ran a digital agency for 11 years, working with clients such as Jamie Oliver, Disney and Nike. Today he combines his 20 years of design and business experience to train thousands of professionals on webinars and in workshops worldwide. What some people may not know, is that Jose co-founded The Skool with Chris Do, which is now called TheFutur and this is where we came across Jose. Jose released CORE which is a Design Strategy Framework and consequently is one of the TheFutur’s most popular products. Today we’re going to discuss CORE, brand strategy & innovation and how these tools can be used to help businesses achieve their goals. Plus, we’ll get a sneak peek into Jose’s latest project, The System.
Chris Do is an Emmy award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform with the mission of teaching 1 billion people how to make a living doing what they love. We talk about overcoming imposter syndrome, what it takes to build an incredible brand, and the future of podcasting! To learn more about Chris, go to www.TheFutur.com
It's difficult to value the real cost of creativity. Often it is something that can't easily be quantified. However, that doesn't mean what you do doesn't have any type of monetary value. In this episode, I give my best advice when it comes to putting a price on your creative work, as well as the best way to find quality creatives. Join the conversation! Submit your thoughts and questions with #UnstuckPodcast. TheFutur, Pricing Design Work and Creativity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKXZ7t_RiOE Need help with branding? Follow this link. https://www.demiharper.com/links Download The Side Hustle Cheat Sheet: https://mailchi.mp/bc2f13a13627/r8yzy7flgd Follow me: Twitter: https://twitter.com/_demiharper Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_demiharper/
Chris Do is the CEO, Chief Strategist, and Executive Creative Director at Blind, an Emmy Award-winning brand strategy and design consultancy firm. He is also the Founder and CEO of The Futur, an online education platform that aims to help a billion people earn a living doing what they love. Chris has conducted workshops and talks on subjects including branding, business management, social media marketing, and more. He is also the host of The Futur podcast. In this episode… What is the secret to growing a massive following on social media? According to entrepreneur Chris Do, you have to plan, prepare, and put in the work. But that's not all; he adds that if you want someone to give you their time and attention on social media, you have to make it worth their while.In other words, you should avoid too many sales pitches, because users can smell inauthenticity a mile away. However, if you give generously, show up consistently, and put in the time and energy necessary to provide value to your followers, then your audience will find you.In this episode of The Rankings Podcast, host Chis Dreyer sits down with Chris Do, the Founder and CEO of The Futur, to talk about how he grew his massive social media following. Stay tuned as Chris digs deep into his tried and true social media strategies, his favorite marketing books, and his advice to personal injury attorneys looking to build a following.
Chris Do is an award-winning designer, director, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur. Each day, I look forward to Chris' insightful Instagram posts and educational content from TheFutur's YouTube channel for inspiration and best-practices for managing a creative career and as motivation to do my best work. So, yes, it was a real treat to chat with Chris. Bootcamp is 10.10.2020 in Los Angeles and we've got 6 spots left. Masterclass is available online right now for you to level up. Then we'll do a free consultation if you'd like. Everything is at Commercial Directing Film School. You can always DM me on the socials with questions. Thanks, Jordan This is 1 hour and 19 minutes of insights. Be sure and write me at jordan@commercialdirectingfilmschool.com and ask about chats we've already aired. I'll write back with links.
Before creating or designing anything for a client the first and most important step is to set the strategy. When offering a strategy session to a client what are the deliverables that the client can use after the discovery session that will impact their business for years to come?In this episode we walk through some of the deliverables you can offer the client once the strategy session is complete:RoadmapBrand AttributesBrand VoicePrioritizing GoalsCustomer ProfilesWant to sell strategy to your clients? Learn the CORE Discovery process
Brand Strategist Melinda Livsey shares her origin story of how she went from design order taker to brand expert. Now she gets paid upwards of $10,000 per strategy session for her thoughts alone, without doing any design work which requires pushing pixels.Melinda will help you get paid to think. Follow her:Twitter: @melindalivsey_Instagram: @melindalivseyhttps://www.marksandmaker.com/
Episode: "How to Feel Confident When Putting out Content with Chris Do"Welcome to Episode 008 of the Growth Hack Secrets podcast.In this episode, Chris Do and I discuss improving content creation process.So if you want to feel confident when putting out content, get more traffic, and get more subscribers so you can convert more sales , tune in now!In this episode, you'll discover:Episode Title: "How to Feel Confident When Putting out Content with Chris Do"Improving Content Creation ProcessMarketing your ContentFinding your VoiceAbout Chris DoChris Do is an expert in design and content creation whose accomplishments include:Emmy award winning director750,000 followers on InstagramCEO and Founder of The FuturMore InformationLearn more about how you can improve your results with content creation with @TheChrisDo on InstagramContent Creation Links & Mentions From This Episode:TheFutur@TheChrisDoThanks for Tuning In!Thanks so much for being with us this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Please leave a note in the comments section below!If you enjoyed this episode on improving content creation process, please share it with your friends by using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post.Don't forget to subscribe to the show on iTunes to get automatic episode updates for our "Growth Hack Secrets podcast!"And, finally, please take a minute to leave us an honest review and rating on iTunes. They really help us out when it comes to the ranking of the show and I make it a point to read every single one of the reviews we get.Please leave a review right now (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growth-hack-secrets/id1499857372)Thanks for listening!Follow Us:TwitterInstagramFacebook Group
Robin Copernicus's guest today is content creation expert Chris Do who will show you how to convert more sales. If you want to feel confident when putting out content, get more traffic, and get more subscribers then tune in now! Download this episode now to get started!
A chat with Chris Do, the Emmy award-winning designer, CEO and Chief Strategist of Blind and the founder of The Futur—an online education platform that teaches the business of design to creatives. He has taught Sequential design for over a decade at the Art Center College of Design. Additionally, he lectures all over the world, discussing Negotiations, Pricing & Budgeting, Leadership Mindset, Branding, Graphic & Motion Design, Social Media Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Business Management, and Client Relations. We were fortunate to meet Chris in an absolute act of fate. We discuss our fateful meeting and dive deep into the struggles which Chris has overcome in life, leading him to ultimately find his identity. We discuss his childhood and how he used his imagination to escape and make his own place to fit in. He shows true vulnerability and shares that he realized in life you need to be brave enough to risk sounding stupid. Although he cannot tell us everything, he sure shared some really valuable lessons he has learned on the way to where he is now. CAN'T TELL YOU EVERYTHING PODCAST: Web: https://canttellyoueverything.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/canttellyoueverything/?igshid=2ts9vho2sdhm Twitter: https://twitter.com/ctyepodcast ######################################################################## Podcast only: Anchor: https://anchor.fm/canttellyoueveything/episodes/Forced-Perspective-Change-ec8ioh ######################################################################## Find Chris Do here: Thefutur: https://thefutur.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thechrisdo/?hl=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefuturishere/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/theChrisDo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefuturishere?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor ######################################################################## KATHRYN DYER: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kathryn_dyer/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/kathryn_dyer_?lang=en KARL ZOLTAN: Website: https://karlzoltan.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karlzoltan/?hl=en Twitter: https://twitter.com/karlzoltan?lang=en ######################################################################## Music by Dyalla Swain: http://soundcloud.com/dyallas ########################################################################
Melinda Livesy is a graphic designer turned brand strategist. She is the co-host of TheFutur, the lead strategist at RadCat Design, and founder of Marks and Maker.In this episode we talk about the importance of intentionality, the difference between being and “order taker” and a strategist, getting “paid to think,” the impact of having a mentor… and of course how she got connected with Chris Do.Check out TheFutur here: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheSkoolRocksFollow Melinda on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/melindalivsey/Discover how you can get paid to think here: https://www.marksandmaker.com/__Don't forget if you are looking to get hired as a UX Designer... I'm working on the course just for you. Actually, I'm making the course I wish existed when I was first trying to get hired as a designer... and everything I've learned on the way. To be the first to know about the launch and get 50% off the entire course, enter your email to subscribe at: http://hiredux.com/-As always thank you for listening, and if you enjoy what you're hearing, please share with your friends and co-workers :)-Feel free to stalk the Experience Design podcast on Instagram at @xdpodcast-AND If you are feeling EXTRA inspired, I would love for you to check out my Patreon page here: https://patreon.com/xdpodcast#staycuriousSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xdpodcast)
Why does creativity matter? What does it mean to have a transcendental experience through design? What is the most important thing in your life?Some heavy questions. Good thing I had the honor of Chris Do behind the mic this week to riff on these deep topics. Chris Do is the CEO of Blind, the Founder of TheFutur, and, yes, has won a freakin' Emmy award.Chris is on a big, hairy, audacious goal: to impact the lives of 1 billion people. I can certainly say that he has impacted mine. #1BminusOneFollow Chris on Instagram: @thechrisdoCheck out TheFutur: https://thefutur.com/-Feel free to stalk the Experience Design podcast on Instagram at @xdpodcast-As always thank you for listening, and if you enjoy what you're hearing, please share with your friends and co-workers :)-AND If you are feeling EXTRA inspired, I would love for you to check out my Patreon page here: https://patreon.com/xdpodcast#staycuriousSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/xdpodcast)
There is an age-old debate on which is more important marketing or branding. Those which a marketing background tend to have a bias toward marketing versus designers who tend to have a bias toward branding. The truth is everything comes down to how you define marketing and how you define branding. These two are not in competition with one another but are compliments. There is no way you can implement marketing without branding, and a brand can only grow if it utilizes marketing in the right way. So what does this mean? Marketing is the tactics and strategy used to gain people's attention, while branding is about creating consistent experiences to build trust in your customer's/client's mind. Once you are clear on the definition of both marketing and branding than how each impacts your business becomes all the more clear. Donald Miller on branding - https://youtu.be/oxvlGfw85cM Chris Do, Melinda Livsey and Fabian Geyrhalter discuss branding on TheFutur: - https://youtu.be/yK7Rk7Oe588
"It's 100% about relationships. Probably the most important part of Mitchell Bat is the people I've met along the way that I consider true friends or trusted advisors." Jeremy Mitchell, agency creative director, web designer and most notably founder of Mitchell Bat Co., joined the podcast for episode 100 to discuss his passion project; a company that provides custom, hand-painted wooden bats to passionate & passive baseball fans, corporations and brands alike. Jeremy discusses how his college degree in sports management, playing in a band in college and a crush on a graphic design major (who eventually became his wife) eventually led him to pursue a post-grad career in design. A passionate baseball fan, Jeremy created a mockup of a hand-painted, striped bat one night and posted to his Instagram. The post got some likes and requests on where to purchase the bat, whom fans thought was a real physical product. Thus began the quest to start Mitchell Bat Co. We discuss the social mission of MBCo, how a conscious effort should be put into building a brand, and how passion projects lead to incredible opportunities and collaborations that one would not always expect or receive from a full-time paying job. Lastly, we discuss the value of relationships and how important they are to any career, let alone a side project. Mentions Include: Mitchell Bat Co. Twitter Mitchell Bat Co. Instagram Mithcell Bat Co. Website Salemtown Board Co. Todd Radom BLDGrefuge 199c gallery Mattingly Chartities MBCo collaboration with Louisville Slugger "Kern & Burn" book Episode 97: Chris Do, TheFutur Leatherhead Sports Billie Creek Bats USE CODE "MOS" AT CHECKOUT ON MITCHELLBATCO.COM AND GET 20% OF A BAT. My next guest is going to be French designer & illustrator, Caroline Blanchet. Caroline is the founder of Ptitecao, French design studio that focuses on creating visual design and digital illustrations for the sports industry. 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.
In this episode we explore user experience design in the blockchain industry with leading experts Jose Caballer and Chris Pallé. We discuss the current problems that users of blockchain applications face and solutions to help make blockchain more accessible to mainstream users. Chris and Jose share their unique perspectives about how to design products and organizations for the blockchain technology industry. Our conversation also explores the notion of a “Trust Architect” as a new type of designer for the distributed ledger technology space. GUESTS: Jose Caballer - Design Chef, ConsenSys Entrepreneur, UX designer, facilitator, amateur chef, meditation enthusiast. Jose studied graphic design at Art Center College of Design and was then schooled “on the streets” of the .com boom, at Razorfish one of the first Digital Agencies in the 90s. In 2001 he started his own pirate ship called The Groop, a digital agency he ran for 11 years. There he got his "Street MBA" and got to work with diverse creative clients such as Al Gore, Jamie Oliver, Thomas Keller, Alice Waters, corporate clients like Disney and Nike and over 40 startups including recently launched One Drop In 2012 he founded an education platform and channel on YouTube called The Skool, now TheFutur which grew into a movement to educate designers worldwide. Today he combines his 20 years of design and businesses experience with his passion for teaching to help develop teams at ConsenSys, a venture production studio and the leading technology firm in blockchain. Check out Jose's vlog post about the best qualities to have as a UX Designer: https://youtu.be/u1kKxTLmpXw Social Links: Linkedin My Instagram Youtube My Twitter Chris Pallé - Owner, Wisdom & Craft, Inc. Chris Pallé has over 20 years of strategic, creative, and analytical User Experience (UX) leadership experience for institutions ranging from small startups and boutique shops to Fortune 500 companies such as McGraw-Hill, EMC, CBS, The Economist and others. A recognized thought leader, Chris has lectured on UX best practices, Strategic Design, and Marketing to various audience levels for MediaBistro, General Assembly, NYU, Rutgers, Parsons the New School as well as numerous conferences and Meetups. More recently, Chris has endeavored in entrepreneurial ecosystem development through the creation of collaborative workspaces. Under his leadership in 2015, the first coworking space in Bell Works (Holmdel, NJ) was established and then developed into a thriving community that not only became sustainable, this project has been credited for linking the massive 2M square foot redevelopment project to the greater NJ Tech ecosystem that lead to the building being over 80% leased. Currently, Chris is expanding on his experience for the emerging fields of blockchain and data sciences and will be announcing a new project in the summer of 2018. Chris works in the NYC-metro area, but he lives in New Jersey with his wife and 3 beautiful daughters. Chris is passionate about his work and is available for consulting projects, positions on advisory boards, as well as teaching and mentoring. Join the Discussions: Blockchain UX Meetup in NYC Read: For Blockchain, we need a new Designer, the “Trust Architect”
Episode 14 of the Neon Moiré Show is with designer and educator Chris Do, of educational platform The Futur, and design studio Blind. Thomas Dahm talks with Chris about his motivation to start The Futur, his way of teaching, how Chris learns and building a strong community on Youtube This episode is in partnership with Digital Design Days https://ddd.it and OFFF Italia https://offfitalia.com --- Listen to more episodes on neonmoire.com/interviews If you have questions, we love to get your feedback on : Twitter https://twitter.com/neonmoire And of course, if you enjoyed this episode please let Chris Do know via Twitter at https://twitter.com/thechrisdo --- GUEST LINKS: TheFutur: https://www.thefutur.com Chris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thechrisdo TheFutur on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefuturishere TheFutur on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theFuturisHere Blind: https://blind.com/ - - - #NeonMonday Neon Moiré’s Newsletter: https://neonmoire.com/subscribe Like us on Facebook: https://facebook.com/neonmoire Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/neonmoire Follow us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/neonmoire - - - SHOW NOTES: Art Center http://www.artcenter.edu/ Otis college of Design https://www.otis.edu/ Modernism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernism Socratic method https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method Ikea effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IKEA_effect --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/neonmoireshow/message
Chris Do elaborates on why creative people should value their services more and charge accordingly without feeling guilty.
"Designer as maker is what is celebrated in school, not designer as entrepreneur; designer as business problem solver. To me, when you're in the mechanics, when you have your hands in the work, it's all production and I make no distinction between doing that versus becoming a brick layer." Creative therapy. That's how I refer to this episode as it takes us down a path MoS hasn't been on before. Chris Do, Emmy award winning creative director, entrepreneur and founder of TheFutur & Blind studio, joins the pod to share his views on many topics including higher education, entrepreneurship, money, self-worth, depression, and how designers can win the battle of business. We come in hot discussing the often divisive topic of higher education and wonder if a college degree is important any longer. Chris also discusses the value of time and we why should understand that value is in the eye of the beholder and oftentimes, we aren't the beholder of the work we create. Lastly, we discuss the modern state of design criticism and how if designers want to win in the war of business, we have to start thinking more about strategy and less about aesthetics. Mentions Include: Chris Do on Twitter TheFutur Blind TheFutur on YouTube ArtCenter College of Design Value of designer vs. art director debate "The E-Myth Revisited" "Real Artists Don't Starve" by Jeff Goins Blair Enns, Win Without Pitching Mathias Omotola of Cinema4d on TheFutur Steve Jobs' Stanford commencement Jim Rohn Chris Do's F-1 logo crit Evolving the Google Identity My next guest is Tim Tadder, an advertising photographer for sports, commercial, CGI portrait photography. He has worked with brands like Nike, Coca-Cola, Mercedes-Benz, NFL, adidas, Under Armour and more. You can checkout his work at his website. 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.
“The Internet is a great tool but you can only learn so much. Actually going to a place physically where you have someone that has [designed] at the highest level, you learn so much more…that experience is invaluable.” FYI: Sneakers are a passion of mine. It's no secret. This episode is quite nerdy on the sneaker talk. Xavier Jones, footwear designer at Reebok, joined the podcast to discuss the footwear design industry and his path to designing for athletes like Shaq and Allen Iverson. Xavier's story begins in the Michigan basketball mecca of Flint. He let's us in on his story and how SLAM Magazine, And One and Ballislife inspired and led him to pursue a dream of designing sneakers for a living. We chat about some of our favorite kicks, discuss the evolution of the Jordan Brand, reminisce about the prime of the And One Mixtape and discuss how sport influences mainstream culture and hence sneaker culture. Xavier and I also discuss the unfortunate topic of violence which often happens at rare sneaker releases and how scarcity mindset and poverty effect the violent aspect of these events. Xavier also chats about some of the design processes as a sneaker designer; including what software designers use, why attending Pensole is vital, the collaboration dynamics of teams working on footwear products & more. Mentions Include: Xavier Jones on Instagram Pensole Footwear Design Academy D'Wayne Edwards, Pensole Footwear Design Academy Jason Mayden, Co-Founder, SuperHeroic Jordan XXI commmercial by W+K Wieden + Kennedy Bob's Classic Kicks Kith NYC Ronnie Fieg, founder of Kith And One Mixtapes Alex Bogusky, Crispin Porter + Bogusky Hot Sauce, And 1 Lace Up: The Ultimate Sneaker Challenge Suzette Henry, Pensole Reebok Classic Rbk Aliens Project the Reebok S. Carter My next guest is Chris Do, founder and CEO of Blind Studio, a brand strategy and motion design firm and TheFutur, an online business education platform for designers. 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.
Chris Do is the Founder and CEO of Blind, a motion design firm. The studio has worked on projects for Xbox, Riot Games, A&E, Spike TV, ESPN, Google, Honda, Audi; as well as music videos for Coldplay, Justin Timberlake and Raveonettes. Since its founding in 1995, Blind has evolved into a brand design consultancy firm. Prior to founding Blind, Chris received his BFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. He has taught at the California Institute of the Arts, SIGGRAPH, Otis College of Design, CalState Northridge and several other places. Chris has also founded TheFutur, an educational platform where creative professionals learn business principles. In this Episode, Chris talks about finding his purpose and founding a successful company; as well as the importance for artists to acquire business and marketing skills, to build their community and brand. For more show notes, visit www.allanmckay.com/125/.