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Send us Fan Mail Happy summer everyone! This marks the final episode of Talk Paper Scissors before I head on my summer/social media sabbatical until September. Today’s

Iconic Publishing Brands in Digital Spaces with Nicola Ryan of Condé Nast

Send us Fan Mail We’re having conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world, who are sharing wh

Building Trust Across Print and Digital with Ojus Jain of Esses Magazine (Formula 1)

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Launching a New Magazine with Krupa Patel of TURMERIC Magazine

Send us Fan Mail Welcome Magazine Makers! We’re having conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the

Designing Reading Experiences for Children with Caroline Versteeg of Owl Kids

Send us Fan Mail It’s magazine time!  Welcome to conversations with magazine-makers— big and small, new and seasoned, independent and commercial—from all over the world

The Library Loiterers — Vol. III: The Zine Scene with Izy Iannetta at Toronto Zine Library

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers. Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their ch

How to Be a Design Student (and How to Teach Them) with Mitch Goldstein

Send us Fan Mail Design students and design educators — this episode is for YOU! We have Mitch Goldstein, educator and author of How to Be a Design Student (and How to T

“Copy, Podcast joy”: NASA’s Artemis II Digital Strategy with Thalia Patrinos

Send us Fan Mail Today’s conversation is out of this world with Thalia Patrinos who works at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. She is the Artemis Digital Lead within

The Library Loiterers - Vol. II: Compositions, Classification, and Card Catalogs with Carl Shura at Toronto Reference Library

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers. Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their ch

Emerging Typeface Designers: Juliette Bifolchi & Jasmin Gulati

Send us Fan Mail Meet emerging typeface designers, Juliette Bifolchi and Jasmin Gulati! Juliette designed a typeface called Road Block and Jasmin designed a typeface cal

Evolving Gotham: Sara Soskolne of Monotype on Expanding One of the World’s Most Recognizable Typefaces

Send us Fan Mail Today’s conversation is with Sara Soskolne, Executive Creative Director at Monotype, sharing her 20-year history of working on one of the world’s most r

Fine Specimens with Elliot Jay Stocks of Adobe Fonts

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is Elliot Jay Stocks, designer and author, known in typographic circles for his work as the co-creator of Google Fonts Knowledge, founder

Personal and Peoples Histories Held in Letterforms with Tré Seals of Vocal Type

Send us Fan Mail This is the third episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! 

First Things First 2020 with Marc O’Brien and Benjamin Gaydos

Send us Fan Mail This is the second episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! 

Designing Systems of Type (Mistakes and All!) with James Edmondson of OH no Type Co.

Send us Fan Mail This is the first episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America! 

The Library Loiterers - Vol. I: Following the Fear with Tim Miller at Robarts Library

Send us Fan Mail Welcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers. Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their ch

Sabotaging Self-Sabotage with Lauren Hortie of Oasis Skateboard Factory

Send us Fan Mail It’s a high school experience like no other — Welcome to Oasis Skateboard Factory in Toronto, Canada where students make, design, and sell custom boards

The Magic of Metaphor with Psychotherapist and Author Kate Robson

Send us Fan Mail Today’s guest is registered psychotherapist and author, Kate Robson, exploring her new book, Something to Hold Onto: Simple Images, Metaphors, and Pract

Clarendon: An Incomplete History of Type

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before.

San Francisco: An Incomplete History of Type

Send us Fan Mail From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before.