Our guest is Patrick Smith, designer and founder of C2 Creative Studio. For over two decades, Smith has been working as a designer and calling Chicago his home. Today, in addition to working with clients and running his own studio, he is a contributing committee member of the Chicago Graphic Design Club, where he helps drive our mission and programming.

In this episode, Smith speaks with host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Christian Solorzano⁠⁠⁠ about his introduction to graphic design, his first creative projects, drawing band logos and album covers as a teenager, the evolution of Chicago's design industry over the last two decades, leadership, and much more.

Music by the band ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Eighties Slang⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.