AADA - Raw, direct and live chats about design and creativity

AADA - Raw, direct and live chats about design and creativity

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  • 168 - Making A Design Portfolio
    I talk about making a design portfolio, and the one that I'm currently working on.
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    What is the point of a portfolio as a designer?
    Should we make one before we need one?
    I believe we should make a catalogue of our design work, and keep it up to date.
    This is something I've always struggled with in the past, but I think I've finally worked out a way to do it.
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    15 min
  • 167 - Doing Some Thing
    I'm back today after being ill. That's mainly what I talk about today.
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    I've been ill for a few days, so I've had to take a few days off. 
    Today's episode is mostly about that, but I also discuss a little bit about doing things. 
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    11 min
  • 166 - Competitors Are NOT Your Enemy
    The idea that your competitors are your enemy is just ridiculous.
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    This idea has been bugging me for a while and I've been figuring out a way to weave it into a podcast. 
    The idea that all your competitors are your enemies is just stupid, and at worst self limiting or damaging. 
    I express some thoughts on this today. 
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    9 min
  • 165 - The 10 Commandments of Graphic Design - Part 2
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    I consider some of the most important things to think about as a designer.
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    These points have been taken from Irving Younger’s fantastic YouTube video about the 10 commandments of cross-examination. 
    I took them, and fashioned them for design, because amazingly a lot of them cross over.Yesterday:
    Be brief. Be straightforward. Use as little design as possible like Dieter Rams said. 
    Use plain words. Don’t try to get too clever.
    Use only leading questions. Know what you want to communicate and communicate it. 
    Be prepared. Be prepared. 
    Listen. Listen. Today:
    Do not quarrel. Sometimes quarrel. Don’t be a Yes Designer.
    The best ideas are hidden behind the average ones. 
    Never stop learning.
    Don’t rely on inspiration. It makes you a weaker designer.
    Work hard and be nice to people.
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    14 min
  • 164 - The 10 Commandments of Graphic Design - Part 1
    I consider some of the most important things to think about as a designer.
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    These points have been taken from Irving Younger’s fantastic YouTube video about the 10 commandments of cross-examination. 
    I took them, and fashioned them for design, because amazingly a lot of them cross over.
    Be brief. Be straightforward. Use as little design as possible like Dieter Rams said. 
    Use plain words. Don’t try to get too clever.
    Use only leading questions. Know what you want to communicate and communicate it. 
    Be prepared. Be prepared. 
    Listen. Listen. 
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    10 min
  • 163 - Content Is More Important Than Presentation
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    Content is more important than presentation. Full stop.
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    It pains me to make this episode, as a man who spends his life making things look nice
    But it’s true: the content is WAAAY more important than what it looks like.
    That’s not to say good content can’t be enhanced with amazing design, because it can.
    In an ideal world, good content sits side by side with good design
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    6 min
  • 162 - Doing Things You're Rubbish At
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    Why is it so important that you do stuff you're rubbish at?
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    When we first turn up on this earth, we’re rubbish at everything.
    When we get older, we get good at some stuff.
    When we get a little bit older, we get good at quite a few things, and we get used to that feeling.
    We get to a point where we don’t really like feeling inadequate at something anymore, and that’s really bad.
    We actually forget what it feels like to learn something new. To be humble. To get those synapses firing again.
    Today I talk about a couple of things I’m doing that I’m bad at, like podcasting and BJJ.
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    10 min
  • 161 - Why I'm hopeless at making design for myself
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    Like other designers, I'm hopeless at making design for myself. I explore why in this episode.
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    Today I spoke about why I'm rubbish at designing stuff for myself.
    This isn't unique, loads of designers suffer from it.
    I suggested some tips that might help you to get over the hump (20 minute rule/treat it like a client job)
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    10 min
  • 160 - Making What You Want To Make
    Tonight I talk about the power of making things that you want to make.
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    Tonight should have been quiz night, but I didn't go to the pub quiz. I stayed at home and played Zelda instead.
    I'm covering some old ground with these new podcasts, because I think I have loads more to say about some of the topics
    I covered this topic a bit in episode 131, and I think 80
    It's all about side projects, and doing stuff you enjoy as well as stuff you need to do to get paid
    You can't survive without both of them
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    11 min
  • 159 - How Lifting Weights Makes You A Better Designer
    Lifting weights builds a mental resilience that's really useful to a designer.
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    I'm watching Betting on Zero so I had to tear myself away from that to do this podcast
    Also, I watched an ace YouTube video yesterday Irving Youngers 10 commandments of cross examination that's inspired a future podcast for me
    Today I'm talking about lifting weights
    Lifting weights is all about persistence
    And it's about persisting past what everybody else is willing to persist past
    To make your muscles stronger, you need to effectively damage your muscle fibres
    You only do that by putting them under increasingly more stress
    And by persisting longer than anybody else
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    12 min

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