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In this bonus episode, Katy Cowan and Rob Draper swap the big career questions for something a lot more daft – a quickfire ramble through nostalgia, confessions and very questionable claims to greatness. Rob shares his most controversial creative opinion (talking about it isn't d ...  Show more

Lettering artist, designer and University of Worcester fellow Rob Draper joins Katy Cowan to close out the season with a warm, philosophical conversation about starting over and the art of creating something from nothing. Rob opens up about the redundancy that upended his life at ...  Show more

Design critics Jessica Helfand and Emily Heyward, founder of Red Antler, discuss what's at stake when everything looks the same -- and what designers can do about it.Read the PDF transcript of this episode. 

This episode originally aired on May 20, 2021. How do design and music influence one another? In this episode, Sam learns more about music’s impact on design and the shared mindsets of the creative process. He chats with R. Michael Hendrix, Partner and Global Director of Design a ...  Show more

JUST Tune in with Jacob Cass & Matt Davies as we discuss branding with incredible thought leaders such as Marty Neumeier, Chris Do, Michael Johnson and more. We discuss brand positioning, brand personality, experience design, design thinking, business strategy, innovation, ...

This episode originally aired on October 14, 2021. How does type affect the brand identity? In this week’s episode, we learn about the power of typography to transform the voice of a brand. Sam is joined by Blake Goodwin, the Founder and President of Proportion Design, a Boston-b ...  Show more