DC_45 Whitney Hess
March 17th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
User interface blogger and designer Whitney Hess and I have a great time drinking beers and chatting about her adventures. She tells us that the best UX job in the world right now is designing for the iPad, and why she thinks it should be waterproof. Direct Download DesignChat : DC_45 Whitney Hess
DC_44 Rick Valicenti
March 10th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
Rick Valicenti discusses with DesignChat his move away from being the vendor to becoming the consultant, closing a startup to pursue his future in design. Creating Thrist. He explains his most integral asset in doing so was to push design and to give back repeatedly to the design community. Direct Download DesignChat : DC_44 Rick [...]
DC_43 Steven Heller
February 28th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Chats. No Comments.
In Ep. 43 DesignChat talks with editor, author, and art director Steven Heller about his work as the co-chair for Designer as Author program at the School of Visual Arts. Steven also discusses how his early work for underground papers and the anti-establishment helped shape his creative voice, and how this translates to visual communication [...]
NEENAH PAPER
February 17th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Announcement. 2 Comments.
The coolest paper company on the planet, Neenah Paper and DesignChat have just become friends! Neenah Paper likes us so much that they’re now posting our shows to their blog to share with the design community. We’re very excited to keep this trend going and open up the conversation to the larger design audience. Say hi to them on Twitter!…
STA TALK
February 16th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
On Friday, February 26th I will be speaking at an event hosted by STA – The Society of Typographic Arts in downtown Chicago. Come join us at Critical Mass to hear about the show’s beginnings and the potential it brings to both the Chicago design community and the designers world-wide. I’ll be showing some of my favorite clips from the show and talking about what its like to broadcast live with design legends….
MANAGING A CRISIS
February 12th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
Wednesday was one of the stranger days in my life. In the span of 24 hours I experienced an earthquake, was disrupted by a flat tire, and had a hacker try to take over a live video broadcast. I can’t remember another day when so many hurdles appeared in my path. My week’s activities have been shifted to focus on all the events of that day because of the possible ramifications of all of them going badly. Although, I was able to navigate through all of these experiences with minimal repercussions and still feel like I made the best of each situation. Using a few simple rules I made sure my house and family were safe, got my car back on the road, and made the best of a situation soured by a bad apple…..
POST TRAUMATIC MILTON DISORDER
January 20th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
Wow. I just video-chatted with THE Milton Glaser… I will repeat… I just video-chatted with THE Milton Glaser. I’m a little shocked right now for a couple of reasons. First, he told me this was his first ever video chat. It may sound a bit lame, but I think there’s sort of a responsibility that comes with that. But I guess there’s a responsibility any time you can get Milton Glaser on record. I was honored and a bit surprised that he accepted my invitation to appear on the show. Although his presence in our forum creates the interaction that I had always hoped for DesignChat. The idea ANYONE can have first-hand access to the greats. Three people from the chat room got to ask question of Milton tonight. This could have NEVER happened 5 years ago…
2010 FOR DC
January 5th, 2010 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
I’ve spent my afternoon perusing the internets for all the flying cars that we’re supposed to have in 2010. The Ryan from 1988 fully expected them to be floating past his head by now. I’ve come to the conclusion that I’ll have to wait a wee bit longer until I can flip my glasses at someone and say, “Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!”
In the mean time, we can still get together once a week with someone of profound…
MUST READ
November 30th, 2009 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
I just finished this book last night – a must read for all those who call themselves creatives: http://bit.ly/4swCrm Posted via email from HUPAJOOB CENTRAL
HOLIDAY EPISODE
November 25th, 2009 by Ryan McGovern. Published under Uncategorized. No Comments.
Thinking ahead, we recorded TWO live episodes last week: Aaron Dignan AND Mirko Ilic. So the bad news is there is NO live DesignChat tonight, the good news is we are releasing Mirko’s show in it’s place. You can download it from iTunes or watch it on Mevio. We’re back broadcasting live on Wednesday, December [...]