Best RGD Podcasts (2024)

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Bonus Episode: Hans Thiessen RGD 23:37

20d ago23:37

23:37

Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Design Partners. In this episode, I catch up with Hans Thiessen RGD. Hans leads the design team at Rethink—an agency that’s been named AdAge’s Creative Agenc…

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Jennifer Kinon 38:26

9h ago38:26

38:26

This week's guest is Jennifer Kinon. Jennifer founded Champions Design with Bobby C. Martin, Jr in 2010. Today, Jennifer leads business, design and strategy at Champions. For more than a decade, the firm has crafted meaningful brand strategy and visual identity systems for some of the world’s best brands. At every point in her career, Jennifer has …

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Michael Romaniuk 20:41

1h ago20:41

20:41

Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Design Partners. In this episode, I catch up with Michael Romaniuk. Today, Michael is an Associate Creative Director at Zulu Alpha Kilo. After leaving pre-me…

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Liza Enebeis 44:03

10h ago44:03

44:03

This week's guest is Liza Enebeis, Partner and Creative Director at Studio Dumbar/DEPT®. Studio Dumbar is an award winning international agency with Dutch heritage. They specialize in visual branding and motion and Liza is directly involved in all their main projects. Liza also co-founded and co-hosts Typeradio.org, a podcast on type and design, an…

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Michael Johnson 48:29

4h ago48:29

48:29

This week's guest is Michael Johnson. Michael set up Johnson Banks in 1992, after a decade learning design, branding and art direction across the globe. His company is known for how they define, then design, brands that make a difference. ‘Do great work for good people’ is their mantra. He’s produced an enviable portfolio of work and received count…

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Jessica Hische 42:56

1M ago42:56

42:56

This week's guest is Oakland-based designer, lettering artist and NYT best-selling author, Jessica Hische. If you're a child of the internet, you're probably already familiar with Jessica's work. She kicked off her career working at Headcase Design and later as a senior designer working under the great Louise Fili. In 2009, Jessica stepped out on h…

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Khoi Vinh 32:35

2M ago32:35

32:35

Khoi Vinh is a Senior Director of Design at Adobe. He’s been a leading figure in the design community for more than two decades. He has led design teams at large companies and startups across the industry. I first sat down with Khoi during our pandemic-era, Virtual DesignThinkers conference. We had a pretty in-depth conversation about the intersect…

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Bonus Episode: Tina Mackenzie RGD Emeritus 27:05

2M ago27:05

27:05

Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Design Partners. In this episode, I catch up with Tina Mackenzie RGD Emeritus. Tina is a very accomplished graphic design manager. In 2012, the award winning…

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Debbie Millman 43:23

2M ago43:23

43:23

This week’s guest has been named “one of the most creative people in business” by Fast Company, “one of the most influential designers working today” by GDUSA, and a “Woman of Influence” by Success magazine. It’s author, educator, curator and podcast pioneer, Debbie Millman. I first interviewed Debbie in 2020 as part of our pandemic-era, Virtual De…

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Karin Fong 41:48

2M ago41:48

41:48

Karin Fong is an Emmy award-winning director and designer. She’s a founding member of Imaginary Forces, where she works at the intersection of live-action, design, and animation. If you’ve watched shows like Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Little Fires Everywhere, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan, or feature films like Spider-Man: No Way Home or Slumberland…

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Bonus Episode: Dominic Ayre RGD 51:54

2M ago51:54

51:54

Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Design Partners. In this episode, I sit down with Dominic Ayre RGD. Dominic is the Creative Director at Hambly & Woolley, who worked on the conference identi…

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Steven Heller 40:32

2M ago40:32

40:32

This week’s guest is Steven Heller. Steven is the co-chair and co-founder of the School of Visual Arts MFA Design program. He was a senior art director at the New York Times for 33 years. He is the author or co-author of 200 books, mostly on design and pop culture, and has been contributing editor to PRINT, BASELINE, EYE and other design magazines.…

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Erin Sarofsky 46:57

3M ago46:57

46:57

This week’s guest is Erin Sarofsky. Erin is an internationally heralded creative, regularly chosen by brand and entertainment titans to lead their most artful storytelling projects. Erin launched Sarofsky Corp in 2009, in Chicago’s West Loop. The firm has forged long standing relationships in the advertising and entertainment industries, but they’r…

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Bonus Episode: Mikey Richardson RGD & Mike Kelar RGD 29:00

3M ago29:00

29:00

Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian design agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Design Partners. In this episode, I chat with Mike Kelar and Mikey Richardson. Their titles are both Co-Founder and Co-ECD at Jacknife. In 2008, the year the…

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Aaron Draplin 55:27

3M ago55:27

55:27

This week’s guest is a DesignThinkers favourite. Aaron Draplin lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He makes work, under the moniker Draplin Design Co., for rock bands, comedians, restaurants, festivals and leftie politicians. He also makes typefaces, for the recently launched DDC Fonts, and has a DDC merch line that’s produced over 350 products. I…

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Michael Bierut 57:25

3M ago57:25

57:25

This week's guest is Pentagram partner, Michael Bierut. Michael has been at Pentagram for more than 30 years. He's led projects for clients like The New York Times, MIT Media Lab, Mastercard, Princeton University, and the New York Jets. He's also the cofounder of the Design Observer and has authored countless books on graphic design. In this episod…

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Bonus Episode: Glenda Rissman 23:02

3M ago23:02

23:02

In this Bonus Episode of the DesignThinkers podcast, I sit down with Glenda Rissman and Darrell Corriveau of q30 design. Glenda co-founded q30 design with Peter Scott in 1991, Darrell joined as Creative Director Interactive, in 1993. Today Glenda is a regular civilian, having retired from the industry, while Darrell is still at q30 as their VP of D…

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Forest Young 37:25

3M ago37:25

37:25

This week's guest is Forest Young. Forest just announced his new position at Fundamentalco, where he leads the design discipline for new economy clients as part of a senior business acceleration team, with singular focus on value creation. Prior to that, Forest has been the Global Head of Brand at Rivian and the Chief Creative Officer at Wolff Olli…

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Ellen Lupton 40:46

4M ago40:46

40:46

This week’s guest is Ellen Lupton. Ellen is a designer, writer, and educator. She’s written and contributed to at least thirty books including Thinking With Type and Extra Bold: A Feminist, Inclusive, Anti-Racist, Nonbinary Field Guide for Graphic Designers. She teaches in the Graphic Design MFA program at Maryland Institute College of Art in Balti…

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Bonus Episode: John Furneaux RGD 26:27

4M ago26:27

26:27

In this Bonus Episode of the DesignThinkers podcast, we hear from John Furneaux RGD. John is Managing Director, Toronto at PS&Co Brand Studio. He’s led his own firm, B3 Strategy and held executive positions at a handful of leading brand consultancies. I’m talking to John about his time at Karacters, who were our DesignThinkers Brand Partner in 2006…

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Sagi Haviv 51:38

4M ago51:38

51:38

This week’s guest is the one and only Sagi Haviv. Sagi is a partner and designer at Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv—a firm responsible for some of the most famous logos of all time. Their clients include Chase Bank, NBC, State Farm, OBS, NYU, Animal Planet and the US Open to name a few. Sagi also teaches Visual Identity Design at the School of Visual …

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Annie Atkins 47:05

4M ago47:05

47:05

This week's episode features Annie Atkins, a leading voice in the world of graphic props and design for film. Based in Dublin, Ireland, Annie has designed graphic pieces for multiple Oscar-nominated films: including the animated feature The Boxtrolls, Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies and West Side Story, and Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, French Dispatch,…

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Bonus Episode: Vanessa Eckstein RGD 26:28

4M ago26:28

26:28

Welcome to our first bonus episode of the DesignThinkers podcast! Each year, RGD asks a different Canadian agency or studio to tackle the conference identity. In these shorter episodes, I’ll be speaking with some of those folks—our past DesignThinkers Brand Partners. In this episode, I have pleasure of chatting with Vanessa Eckstein, founder of blo…

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Lauren Hom 50:06

4M ago50:06

50:06

This week, I sit down with designer, lettering artist, and muralist Lauren Hom. Lauren is best known for turning her passion projects into thriving design businesses. Over the past decade, Lauren has created work for clients like Vans, Target, Google, and Adobe. I’m catching Lauren at the tail end of her most recent side quest: a year-long adventur…

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Paula Scher 54:36

5M ago54:36

54:36

In this episode, we sit down with the Paula Scher. Paula is one of the most acclaimed graphic designers in the world. Since 1991, she has been a partner at Pentagram New York, where her work for the Public Theatre, the Museum of Modern Art, Shake Shack and the High Line has become landmarks of modern branding. We talk about her early career, life a…

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Introducing the DesignThinkers Podcast from The Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD), coming April 29th 0:53

5M ago0:53

0:53

Welcome to the DesignThinkers Podcast! Join host and RGD President, Nicola Hamilton as she digs into the archives of the DesignThinkers conference, reconnecting with past speakers about their talks and ideas that have shaped Canada's largest graphic design conference. Follow us on Instagram @rgdcanada or visit us online at rgd.ca. Purchase tickets …

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 35

10y ago

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Episode 35: So for some reason our intro/outro wasn’t working but you didn’t come here for the Water and After Dinner check. No! You cam for the god damn Steak, Lobster and Potatoes!! The fellas sit down to talk about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as well as Robin Williams and Mike Brown. Lastly, Terry got his ass handed to him in Fifa… Enjoy everyo…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 33

10y ago

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We have a Two-fer for you guys… The first, the fellas sit down and talk about taking L’s thanks to someone in the group. What are the worst L’s we took and what have been the worst Mutombo Blocks?… We know what I’m talking about. Also… I have very little memory of the other podcast but it’s us. So Win Win! https://rgdpodcast.files.wordpress.com/201…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 32

10y ago

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Episode 32: The guys sit down to first talk about a video of a DUI stop , (link posted), and what they felt about it. They also come together to talk about their experiences with these situations and what they have done. Also NFL Top 10!! The Top 100 just wrapped up and now they give their own Top 10!! http://youtu.be/w-WMn_zHCVo https://rgdpodcast…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 31

10y ago

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Episode 31: The guys sit down to talk about the weekend we had, and the state of Juel – the shmedium shirt herbal pusher… did he survive? We also talk about Transformers and all of the funny ass shit that happened in that movie. Caution, spoilers. We throw in random ass convos too… You know the deal! Please like and share… Add us to your play lists…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 30

10y ago

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Episode 30: After taking a week off the fellas sit down to play some video games… EA’s UFC… and talk about the future of the NBA and the state of the World Cup. Also some random back handed statements are made… as usual. But the icing on the cake is the intro and outro… Sliced Bread is Back!! https://rgdpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/episode-3…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 29

10+ y ago

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The fellas sit down to talk about the Best Action Scenes in movies they have ever seen. They also go on to talk about Man Code and hand shakes, spoiler… that mushy ragu is for them sissy boys. Black Dynamite is talked about for a while you jive turkeys. The guys round up the cast with an E3 recap, all your favorite game and system news. https://rgd…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 28

10+ y ago

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Episode 28: The Guys sit down to talk about the greatness that was getting AOL software, Workouts and Gyms, and Paki being the Ugliest dude in the world. We go on a nice little topic that everyone should be able to relate to, approaching the opposite sex. But our session was cut up into two parts… So enjoy Part 1, Part 2 will be posted next Wednesd…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 27

10+ y ago

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Episode 27: Well for some reason the audio wasn’t working with out website. But with a bit of tinkering here is the latest episode a few days late. I had the short write up about the show, but left it at my (RJ) desk at home. Soooooo Surprise!! Enjoy episode 27, like, share and hit us up!! https://rgdpodcast.files.wordpress.com/2014/06/episode-27-e…

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Real Guy Discussions – Episode 26

10+ y ago

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Episode 26: The guys sit down and talk about friendship… word to Mortal Kombat. The podcast is a day late due to the celebration of a big birthday!! The fellas start off by discussing random theme parks and roller coasters. There is nothing like a good roller coaster… unless you puke on everyone. And then it’s only funny to everyone else except the…

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