In this episode, we spoke with Nick Bannikoff, Design Manager of Brand Culture.

Starting as an industrial designer, Nick moved into environmental design and saw the transition from that slightly confusing name into how it is now known, as experiential design. Yep, nothing to do with sustainable green environment work with Greenpeace.

As an experiential designer (the first we’ve had on the show), Nick is involved in the end-users experience of space and how they transition from place to place. This was a perfect chance for us (who have no idea about this stuff) to dig in and find more about what Nick does day to day and how these types of design decisions affect our engagement with space.

Nick is also Co-Chair (along with Carlo Giannasca of Frost) of the Australian chapter of SEGD (The Society for Experiential Graphic Design), a not-for-profit professional association dedicated to increasing awareness of experiential design to the public and other design professionals. The chapter is only a few months old so we took the time to explore why Australia needs a professional body like this and what they plan to do in the near future.

BrandCulture - brandculture.com.au

SEGD - segd.org

Carlo Giannasca - linkedin.com/in/carlo-giannasca-797b648

SEGD Sydney chapter - segd.org/chapters/sydney

The Design Kids - thedesignkids.org/interviews/brandculture/

MediaBank Pam - pamwayfinding.com

In this episode, we spoke with Chris Laws, Managing Director of Born & Raised.

Born & Raised, an agency that sits comfortably within branding, design and campaign driven projects. Enduring brand strategy and design craft underpins commercially-driven brands, campaigns, content and experiences.

We spoke with Chris about his journey from backing himself through Award School and learning the graphic design ropes at Shillington College all while working full-time cutting his industry teeth. We spoke about the fabled Moon days where Chris was General manager working with many familiar names to ADR. Chris shared some tips on pitching, thoughts on education, running teams and working with good people.

Born and Raised

born-raised.com.au

instagram.com/bornandraisedagency

facebook.com/bornandraisedagency

Stuart O’Brien

linkedin.com/in/stuart-o-brien-06197526

houstongroup.com.au/about-us

Brad Stevens

behance.net/bradstevens

KVB

karlvonbusse.com

Martin College

martin.edu.au

EP52 Nick Rudenno on Subscribing to Life

Nick is now Senior Designer at Interbrand Sydney after four years of running Nowhere Famous with business partner and best pal Mig Sicari. Nowhere famous is known for their tactile and craft based approach from a book about delivering content online for google to physical anamorphic projections.

We spoke about not sleeping when you have a kid, how Nick went through his design career backwards to writing, naming your studio based on a Simpsons reference, taking the time to think about the problem and how sometimes to get to the good idea you need to over deliver.

nickrudenno.com

nowherefamous.com

Anamorphic Projection

behance.net/gallery/19881923/Project-Five-Volume-5

Interbrand Sydney

standapart.com.au

Design is Kinky

http://designiskinky.net/

123klan

123klan.com

Empty Magazine

emptymag.com

Smith Journal

smithjournal.com.au

Paul Garbett Talk

vimeo.com/199596967

In this episode, we spoke with Illustrator, Letterer, Artist and Designer Gemma O’Brien.

Gemma is one of the most well known illustrators in Australia right now. Over the past five years or so, she has been constantly in demand for her murals, illustrations, artwork and speaking gigs here in Australia and also around the world. Her work takes on a variety of forms, from calligraphic brushwork, illustration and digital type.

We spoke about the value of temporary works due to their fleeting nature, the challenge of keeping up with what the industry is craving, living in an experience driven age when it comes to cultural value, the inevitable commercialisation of authenticity and much more.

Find Gemma

instagram.com/mrseaves101

jackywinter.com/artists/gemma-obrien

Andy Goldsworthy

visualmelt.com/Andy-Goldsworthy

Tracey Emin’s Bedroom

saatchigallery.com/artists/artpages/tracey_emin_my_bed.htm

Seb Lester the Calligrapher

instagram.com/seblester

David Jones

davidjones.com.au/Campaigns/Youth/Artists/gemma-obrien

Jacky Winter Group

jackywinter.com/artists/gemma-obrien

Levine/Leavitt

levineleavitt.com/artists/gemma-obrien

Who gives a crap

au.whogivesacrap.org/pages/christmas

Gemma speaking at Adobe Max 2016

video.tv.adobe.com/v/16654

Episode 50 with Frankie Ratford on The Road Less Traveled

In this episode, we catch up with our very first guest and good friend, Frankie Ratford from The Design Kids.

We interviewed Frankie in our very first ADR episode and since then, Frankie has been on a mammoth two-year trip, covering New Zealand, the United States and Canada, connecting designers, building TDK cities and spreading the Aussie design love.

When we sat down with her she had two days left before she headed back to her seaside shack in Tasmania for a much needed break. It was the perfect time to gather her thoughts about what she had achieved in that time and hear the crazy stories of what life on the road can be.

 

thedesignkids.org

instagram.com/thedesignkids

instagram.com/frankieratford

Hitchhiking signs

Search #tdkthumbsup on instagram

Brand New Conference

tinyurl.com/huk3whg

Will Bryant

willbryant.com

instagram.com/willbryantplz

Kate Bingaman Burt

katebingamanburt.com

instagram.com/katebingburt

AIGA Conference


aiga.org/2016conference

In this episode, we spoke to designer, author, illustrator, artist, experimenter Timothy Goodman from New York.

Recorded during the second day of the Adobe MAX conference in San Diego we took some time away from activities to sit with Tim and talk through his recent projects and his thoughts on design as a practice, not a profession.

Tim is well known for his collaborations with Jessica Walsh on the cult 40 days of dating and the more recent 12 kinds of kindness in which they explored projects to increase their understanding of empathy. Tim’s second book, The Sharpie Workshop explores his love of the permanent markers and how they have influenced his work and writing.

Unfortunately, Flyn had to run for a flight but our good friend Frankie Ratford (from The Design Kids) was able to fill in.

tgoodman.com

instagram.com/timothygoodman

Lynsey Addario

lynseyaddario.com

Janet Echelman

echelman.com

Quentin Tarantino

tinyurl.com/jfpthm8

Collins

wearecollins.com

40 days of dating

fortydaysofdating.com

12 kinds of kindness

12kindsofkindness.com

Sharpie Workshop

tinyurl.com/gvnyxn9

The Design Kids

thedesignkids.org

EP48 with Dan Stiles on Letting Things Unfold

 

In this episode, we spoke to designer and illustrator Dan Styles from Portland, Oregon.

 

This was recorded during the Adobe MAX conference where we were surrounded by some international superstars, so we broke some of own rules and made Dan our first non-ANZ guest. We also took the opportunity to give a quick run down of what we were seeing on the first day of the conference and how we were feeling about it.

 

Dan is best known for his music posters which have been recently collected into a book entitled ‘One thing leads to another’ which perfectly sums up his creative process and approach to life. We also speak about Portland and it’s creative community, the need to keep connected, children’s books and how terror keeps us going.

 

danstiles.com

instagram.com/danstiles

 

Dan’s book

danstiles.com/mainshop/anpggqyeioi3dnszrmxfi0tuttwkiq

Dan Stiles Adobe MAX talk

tinyurl.com/zs4axn8

 

Rocket Magazine

historyoftherocket.wordpress.com

 

Art Chantry

spd.org/2015/03/interview-art-chantry.php

 

Coop

theartofcoop.com

 

Frank Kozik

frankkozik.net

 

Put on your shoes

danstiles.com/mainshop/put-on-your-shoes

Draplin

draplin.com

In this episode, we spoke with James K Lowe a Fashion Photographer from New Zealand.

James is the first New Zealand creative to come on the show. We met James while visiting San Diego for the Adobe MAX Conference and found the time to sneak away for a chat. James is often referred to as a technical photographer and his work speaks for itself.

We spoke about photographers that James gets inspiration from outside of the fashion world, building sets, giving up control vs delegating on projects, inventing sign language to communicate with models on a shoot, the dark side of social media and being on the other side of the camera.

jamesklowe.com

instagram.com/jamesklowe

artnet.com/artists/philip-lorca-dicorcia

derekhenderson.net

davidwhitestudio.com

echelman.com

instagram.com/dailydougie

In this episode, we spoke with Chris Panzetta, Managing Director and co-founder of S1T2.

S1T2 today stands for Story 1st Technology 2nd which is an apt name for a company that tinkers with new technology to tell stories. S1T2 operates from Surry Hills in Sydney and we focused on the Virtual Reality and emerging technology side of the business.

We spoke about experiential technology and how people feel when they physically interact with physical installations and objects. We covered real time design and development, embedded systems, post rationalisation and reverse engineering projects and how it can be different to a typical brief and deliver process.

s1t2.com.au

twitter.com/S1T2

Sydney Swans Wrist Band

tinyurl.com/hsjmd4k

Kept VR Game Teaser

keptgame.com

In this episode, we spoke with Andy Hoyne Principal of Hoyne.

Hoyne is a design agency in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane specialising in corporate/retail branding and property marketing agency.

We spoke about writing and making books, bringing 3D developers in the house, peacemaking, risk, passion, perseverance and grit. We also talk about his new Sydney space, designing and marketing for property and having your name on the door.

hoyne.com.au

au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-hoyne-1a5a02

static.ipaustralia.com.au/store3/7/39/739705.1.high.jpg

The place economy https://www.instagram.com/p/BLuGBbZgi0R/

habitat.org.au