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This week, we’ll be talking to Emily Elhoffer of MADE STL, which is a local Makerspace.

MADE is the place where St. Louis Makers, Artists, Designers, and Entrepreneurs create and collaborate. They have over 50+ pieces of state-of-the-art machinery, and they even offer training so you can learn how to use it! Check out their instagram at @made_in_stl, as well as their website madestl.com.

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This week, we’ll be talking to Nathan Sprehe, who’s currently the president and executive creative director at Almanac here in St. Louis. If you don’t know about Almanac already, they’re a local design firm that started in 2009 with the goal of working with purpose-driven clients that are looking to make a difference in our world. 

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As always, thank you to: Our guest, Alessio Summerfield of Forever and Astronaut for the equipment, and Critical for the awesome music. 

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In Episode 05, we’re talking with Abbas Ali of Project Downtown St. Louis about their winter coat drive, in which they handed out 200 specially made winter coats to the homeless community. 

Project Downtown St. Louis is an organization that strives to provide essential services to homeless and impoverished segments of the St. Louis Community. 

Want to learn more about their coats? Visit pdstl.org for more information. 

Want to know what other great local companies helped make this winter drive successful? Check out Fuego and Attic, OmTurtleYoga & Spa, and Abbas’s own company, ABBAS LABBAS (abbaslabbas.com). 

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As always, thank you to: Our guest, Alessio Summerfield of Forever and Astronaut for the equipment, and Critical for the awesome music. 

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In episode 04, we're talking with Carlos Zamora about his experience as a Cuban designer living in St. Louis, and about Blink Expo. 

Carlos Zamora is a designer who grew up in Havana, Cuba. He's moved around to a couple different places, and eventually landed here in St. Louis, where he's been since 2006. He's known both here and abroad for his illustration and design work, and has been published in New York Observer, The Boston Globe, Ad Age, American Lawyer, The Wall Street Journal, Alive, and St. Louis Magazine. You can find his poster designs all over St. Louis, as well. 

BLINK Havana St. Louis Poster Xpo is a poster exhibit featuring a curated selection of both classic and contemporary Cuban poster design. The show celebrates the legacy of Cuban poster art by bringing together Cuban poster designers, along with local poster designers from host cities.

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In Episode 03, we're talking to Priscilla Block of St. Louis ArtWorks. 

St. Louis ArtWorks (SLAW) is a year-round job training program using art to teach essential life and job skills to underserved youth, ages 14-19. Programming takes place after school and on weekends during the fall and spring, and five hours a day, five days a week for six weeks during the summer. Youth apprentice with professional artists to develop art, life, and communication skills. All apprentice works of art are either commissioned by local companies and organizations, or sold at public sales.

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In EP02, we're doing things a little differently. We'll be discussing a brand new initiative being launched through AIGA St. Louis called Unite by Design. As an organization, we aim to unite designers and encourage our members and nonmembers alike to empower each other, and themselves. 

We'll talk about ways that we've started to think about how to implement Unite by Design, and why we think it's important. 

Got comments about what you think AIGA St. Louis should be? Want to learn more about Unite by Design, or have any suggestions for us? Drop us a line on any of our AIGA St. Louis social media channels! 

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We're so excited to launch this podcast about the Saint Louis Design community, and what design for good efforts are happening on a local level. 

On this very first episode, we'll be interviewing 5 designers who are 0-5 years into their career. They'll talk about how they made their Get Out the Vote poster, what it's like being a new designer, and what inspires/motivates them. 

We'll also discuss the AIGA National EMERGE initiative, as well as the AIGA National Get Out the Vote initiative, and STL Design Week (Oct 22-26). 

We've never done this before, and we're eager to learn and improve. Let us know your thoughts by reaching out to us on AIGA STL's social media outlets. 

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