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DC72 THREADLESS

January 16th, 2011 by . Published under Chats. No Comments.


The Threadless crew joins us from their brand new office in Chicago. Topics of discussion include crowdsourcing, community and the unique experience that Threadless creates.

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DC71 THE POST FAMILY

January 10th, 2011 by . Published under Chats. No Comments.


Members of the Chicago design collaborative, The Post Family, join us from their studio in Chicago. They tell us about their involvement in the documentary, Typeface, and share the ups and downs and ins and outs of working in a collaborative environment.

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DC70 JESSICA HISCHE

January 4th, 2011 by . Published under Chats. No Comments.


The insanely talented Jessica Hische joins us from New York for DesignChat. We talk type, illustration and all things design. Jessica tells us a bit about her career path, client relationships and sheds a bit of light on her design philosophies that have helped her become so successful.

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DC69 CUSP CONFERENCE

December 30th, 2010 by . 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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DC66 QUITE STRONG

November 28th, 2010 by . 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 . 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 . 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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2010 SEEK DESIGN CONFERENCE

November 4th, 2010 by . 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 . 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 . 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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