Archive for the year 2010

DC69 CUSP CONFERENCE

December 30th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats. No Comments.


This week DesignChat is live from the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago for the 2010 Cusp Conference! Join us as we recap the days events and speak to a number of this years amazing presenters.

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DC68 CUSP GIVEAWAY

December 17th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.


As an official media sponsor of the 2010 Cusp Conference, we were honored to give out 2 tickets to the conference at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago! Check out this episode to learn a little bit more about the Cusp Conference presenters and see who dropped in on DesignChat.

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DC67 ARMIN VIT

December 1st, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. 2 Comments.

Armin Vit, co-founder of UnderConsideration joins us from Texas. He tells us what it is like working with his wife and how they balance work with family. He shares his thoughts on the current state of design and talks a little about why blogs and forums are such great stages for conversation.

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DC66 QUITE STRONG

November 28th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats. No Comments.


The ladies of the newly formed design collaborative, Quite Strong, join us from their studio in Chicago. All five designers share the mic to talk about why they decided to join together and the goals that they have as a group.

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DC65 ERIN LOECHNER

November 27th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats. 1 Comment.


Erin Loechner joins us from Indiana to talk about her blog, Design for Mankind, and her latest project with HGTV. Erin tells us how she finds inspiration for her posts and how she has been able to gain viewership. She also gives advice on networking and the importance of reaching out.

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DC64 SMBOLIC

November 22nd, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats. No Comments.


Dave Mason and Kevin Krueger join us live from their shop and DesignChat’s home base, smbolic, formerly known as SamataMason. They surprise us with their very recent name changing and how the Cusp Conference came to be. Kevin and Dave take us on a tour of their office and make up stories about how they once saved a litter of kittens from a burning building.

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BUD RODECKER + JOHN POBOJEWSKI OF 3ST

November 10th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats, Upcoming Guests. 1 Comment.


Bud Rodecker and John Pobojewski of the Chicago design group 3st will join us tonight, Wednesday Nov 10th, at 8pmCST to give us the inside scoop on what’s going on inside their candy-coated walls. Click HERE to go to the chat.

Senior designer John Pobojewski creates meaningful visual and aural communication by creating connections, focusing on elegance, and aiming to express the human touch. At Thirst, he has served clients including Lyric Opera of Chicago, Illinois Institute of Technology, Herman Miller, Wright Auctions, and Janet Echelman among others.

Bud Rodecker studied Graphic Design at the University of Minnesota Duluth where he learned the true meaning of cold. It was there he took on the role of president of the Student Design Organization (SDO) from 2005 to 2007. Following graduation in May 2007, Bud came to Chicago for an internship at Thirst. At the end of the summer, he was invited to stay on as a full-time designer.

Here are some of their very tasty visual treats:

Bleepin’ Golden Tee

IIT Fall 2009 Lecture Series Poster

Riverse

RicharDaily

Gather Give Grow

The Enemy is Apathy

Dust

Thirst’s Top Five Love Songs – Marvin Gaye

Thirst’s Top Five Love Songs – Prince

2010/11 LOEB Fellowship Recipients

2010 SEEK DESIGN CONFERENCE

November 4th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Announcement, Design News, Events. No Comments.

SEEK is a one-day design conference that has been organized by the students of Northern Illinois University for ten years. The event is run by the Visual Communication program at NIU. In the past, SEEK has played host to widely recognized designers including Paula Scher, Kyle Cooper, Chip Kidd, Joshua Davis and in the past year, Jakob Trollbäck and Massimo Vignelli.

This conference provides an excellent opportunity for students to learn and interact with professionals from the field in which they plan to enter. This year, to make SEEK even more engaging, interview-style presentations will be added to keynote and breakout presentations. There will also be workshop presentations as an added opportunity for the students who attend SEEK.

This year, SEEK invites Pentagram’s new partner, Eddie Opara as the featured keynote speaker. Also presenting are designers: Sara Aye of IA Collaborative; Nils Bunde and Dian Sourelis of Brainforest; Kevin McConkey of Grip Design; Justin Ahrens of Rule 29; Matt Toler of Lynch2; Mitch Rice of Three Communication Design; Lance Rutter of Legendre+Rutter; John Harris of a5; Camm Rowland of Digital Kitchen.

DC63 ERIK SPIEKERMANN

October 17th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats, Typography. 7 Comments.


We were lucky enough to catch Erik Spiekermann, German typographer and designer, while he was on a trip to San Francisco. He talks about his role in the digital type revolution with FontShop and shares his opinions on a number of issues facing designers including specialization, perfectionism and procrastination.

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DC62 STEVE HARTMAN

October 9th, 2010 by James Gray. Published under Chats. No Comments.

Steve Hartman

Steve Hartman, creative director at Falk Harrison, joins us from St. Louis. He tells us about his involvement with the STA Archive10 show, his round robin career path and his influences in design.

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