Students of Design

Lauren Hom – Culinary School, Time as an Ingredient, and Slowly Burning Out – Ep50

Lauren is a lettering artist, muralist, food stylist, and trained chef based in New York City. Throughout her career, she's worked with clients including Airbnb, Target,

Colby Nichols – Becoming a Professional Dork, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons – Ep49

Colby is a designer, illustrator, dungeon master for hire, and Art Director of Print Innovation for Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast. So, besides my partner M

Tyler Pate – The Creative Pain, Nickelodeon, and Corporate Design Misconceptions – Ep48

Tyler is a creative leader, art director, and illustrator born "in the sticks" of South Carolina and now based in Los Angeles. You might be familiar with his personal bra

Blake Spiegel – Crop Conference, Tattoos, and Visual Rhyming – Ep47

Blake is a designer and art director in Minneapolis with over 10 years of experience working at the intersection of brand strategy and identity. He's the most heavily tat

Dora Drimalas – Curiosity in All Things, Object Quality, and Working for Nike – Ep46

Dora is the Co-Founder and Executive Creative Director of Hybrid Design in San Francisco, and the Co-Founder of Super7. Over the past 25 years, her studio has worked with

Martina Flor – The Lettering Design Roadmap, Building Your Email List, and Typostammtisch – Ep45

Martina Flor is an award-winning lettering artist, author, and educator living in Berlin. She also hosts the Open Studio podcast with over 200 episodes, and she's spoken

Deja Jackson Howard – Making It on Your Own, a Fork in the Road, and the Numbers Don’t Lie – Ep44

Deja is the Founder and Creative Director of Dejamakes Creative Studio in Chicago. Her focus is on the brand and web design, and she primarily works with small business o

Tad Carpenter – The Two Pizza Rule, Complacency Breeds Death, and SUNday Suns – Ep43

Tad is an illustrator, designer, author, and self-proclaimed BBQ snob from Kansas City. He co-runs a design and branding studio with his wife Jessica called Carpenter Col

Ram Reyes – 365 Posters, Self-Sabotage, and I Can Has Cheezburger? – Ep42

Ram, aka Oversettext, is a graphic designer and content creator in Fresno, California. Shoutout: Lucena. He's probably best known for his 365 project; he designed one pos

Jen Wagner – Creative Market, Self-Worth, and Font Licensing – Ep41

Jen is a Nashville-based independent type designer and resource creator for creative business owners. You might be familiar with some of her best-selling typefaces, like

James Edmondson – Counterspace Equals Letterspace, Toasters, and Vectorizing Type – Ep40

James is an author, type designer, and the founder of OHno Type Company, a digital type foundry based in San Jose, California. You might license some of his wildly imagin

Maya Ealey – Working In-House, Anti-Racist Vocab, and the Journey to Authenticity – Ep39

Maya is an author and multi-hyphenate creative leader based in the San Fransico Bay Area, specializing in art direction, brand design, and illustration. Today, she's a Br

Olga Muzician – Stand With Ukraine, Food Lettering, and Murals – Ep38

Olga is a Ukrainian-born and New Jersey-based muralist and lettering artist. Thanks to her godfather, she began painting at the age of six and has been an artist ever sin

Kory Miller – Interacting With Clients, Streamlining Your Business, and “Fixing” Logos – Ep37

Kory is the Creative Director and Founder of Park St Studio, a design studio based in Phoenix, Arizona. His wife, Kasey, is also his business partner, and she played a si

Nathan Walker – Basketball Illustrations, New York City, and a 4-Hour Design Competition – Ep36

Nathan is a seasoned Illustrator, Artist, and Designer living in Austin, TX, and surprisingly, we never crossed paths while I was living in Austin. But I bet we were in t

Adam Vicarel – Near-Death Experiences, Chasing the Fog, and The Real Housewives of Dallas – Ep35

Adam is the Principal and Creative Director of Vicarel Studios, an artful branding and graphic design studio in Denver, Colorado. He loves avocados, even though he was wi

Brooks Engel – Setting Goals, Apparel Design, and Comparing Yourself to Others – Ep34

Brooks is a SoCal-born and Colorado-raised Independent Designer and Illustrator based in Denver. For the past 10(ish) years, he's been the driving force behind Nowhere La

Andrew Ordway – Skipping Design School, Investing in Yourself, and Learning To Say No – Ep33

Andrew is an Independent Designer in Colorado Springs who runs a studio called Impossibly Awesome Design Co. He specializes in logo and brand identity design, packaging,

Marisa Sanchez-Dunning – Embracing Chaos, Reclaiming Cinco de Mayo, and Forming an Advisory Board – Ep32

Marisa is a Chicana woman and the Creative Director behind If Only Creative, a Bay Area creative studio she founded in 2022. Her studio offers brand identity and packagin

Nicholas Miner – People Over Projects, Work Ethic, and Screwing Up Your Taxes – Ep31

Nicholas—Nick—is a Graphic Designer and founder of Miner Design Co., located near Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He specializes in identity design, illustration, and packaging d