Did I Do That?

To close out 2022 and usher in 2023, we’re calling in The Fixer! “Logotype surgeon” and type designer Dan Rhatigan (Director of Type Products at Type Network) sits down with Sean to talk about failing successfully, gifts from fast food heaven, and not quite getting to act with Gwyneth Paltrow in a high school musical.

You can find Dan’s work all over the internet—his blog is at ultrasparky.org, and he can be found @ultrasparky on Twitter and @bijoutype on Instagram. Speaking of the latter, his foundry Bijou Type (bijoutype.com) should be up an d running soon with an update of Dan’s beautiful graduate school typeface project you can add to your own type collection. His fantastic Pink Mince zine series can be found and purchased at pinkmince.com and @pinkmince on Twitter.

This episode was recorded Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.

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Are you ready for "HOW!?" 15 of today's hottest superstars (who happened to be guests on season one of Did I Do That?) in one collection (of audio clips from their respective episodes of Did I Do That? lightly reedited and compiled into a single MP3 file). Move into a new dimension with some of the season's biggest guests—I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you need, as long as you listen!

Chart-toppers from Nishat Akhtar, Adam Garcia, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Jason Sturgill, and more. "HOW" delivers nothing but the biggest hits you crave, but to get them, press the button on your screen to play! There's never been a season of this podcast presented as a collection like this before, UNTIL NOW.

Featuring:

• 0:00 Nishat Akhtar
• 0:31 Introduction
• 5:41 Ethan Allen Smith
• 7:23 Alanna Risse
• 9:06 Pete Bella
• 14:26 Briar Levit
• 21:05 Adam Garcia
• 21:55 Taryn Cowart
• 25:48 Kate Bingaman-Burt
• 27:17 Jason Sturgill
• 34:00 Jackie Brown
• 39:17 Nic Adenau
• 42:25 Kyle Letendre
• 43:59 Lizy Gershenzon
• 47:49 Jordan Rosenblum
• 51:09 Closing
• 56:45 Brendan Mulligan

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We’re marking Did I Do That?’s one year anniversary—and our 24th hour of conversations with designers—with a very special guest indeed! Aaron Draplin (of Draplin Design Co., Field Notes, and many more things) joins Sean to talk retail conversations, the platforms coming to replace Twitter, and courting controversy on the slopes.

Where you can find Aaron's work:

• You can find Aaron and the Draplin Design Co. on Instagram and Twitter @draplin. There, you can find some of the work Aaron mentioned, including his recent Tenacious D poster.
• You can find his website, along with his merch store, at draplin.com.
• You can find the book Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything available for purchase online at ddcbook.com or at most major bookstores, including our beloved Powell’s Books if you should happen to want to buy in Portland. It’s very affordable and one heck of a gorgeous volume.
• Draplin’s many gorgeous Field Notes brand notebooks and sketchbooks can be found all over the world in tons of major retailers, but you can also get them at fieldnotesbrand.com—they make a great stocking stuffer!

This episode was recorded at the offices of Draplin Design Co. in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

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Fire up your word processor and dial into TeleBears because we’re back in Portland! Kate Carter (founder and creative director of Saint Friend) joins Sean to talk about the heated rivalries between niche dog enthusiast magazines, the parts of the phone that art directors DON’T want you to see, and how to visit a mausoleum on hard mode.

You can find Kate’s work with Saint Friend on the studio’s website, saintfriend.co, or on Instagram @saint_friend. Kate, Nick, and the whole team at Saint Friend do some of the best, most joyful branding work out there, and that team brimming with some of PSUGD’s best and brightest alums to boot. Check them out!

This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 5, 2022 on the campus of Portland State University.

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Those tossed salads and scrambled eggs must be calling again, because Did I Do That? is in Seattle for the AIGA Design Conference! Lee-Sean Huang (Creative Director of Foossa and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA) joins Sean to talk dialup conspiracies, leveraging the combined might of the Center for Academic Precocity and the Cronkite School of Journalism to make a reality show, and what business people think about.

You can find more about Lee-Sean at his website, leesean.net, or follow him nearly anywhere social by searching for the handle @leesean. You can find the Lee-Sean's podcasting work with the at anchor.fm/aigadesign, or by searching for "AIGA Design Podcasts" wherever you prefer your pod-based experiences are found. You can learn more about Foossa’s work in service design, futurecasting, and more at foossa.com.

This episode was recorded at the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

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Is Did I Do That? back on the road at Bend Design? Yer darn tootin’! Laurie Rosenwald (author of How to Make Mistakes on Purpose) joins Sean to talk about the excitement of small town parking structures, the world’s top travel destination for both lost baggage and lost Canadians, and the sabot: the wooden shoe for all occasions!

You can find Laurie’s work, workshops, and links to buy her books at her website, rosenworld.com.

This episode was recorded in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, October 13, 2022. You can find out more about the yearly Bend Design Week conference at scalehouse.org/benddesign.

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Today’s your lucky day! Portland design legend Josh Berger of Plazm joins Sean to talk Jello’s good advice, elevation-related nicknames, and why you should always keep your receipt when you buy a “gently used” Xerox machine from the State of Oregon.

You can find Josh’s work online at joshuaberger.com, or on Twitter at @joshua_berger. You can find a recording of Josh’s talk, “How I Broke My Brain **and Changed My Mind,” on his website or on the Hand-Eye Supply YouTube channel.

Check out plazm.com to see the work from across Plazm’s wide-ranging portfolio, and you can even pick up some back issues of the magazine there. If you want to see some of the pieces described in this episode, or just want to dive into some of the design and editorial context around the magazine, visit magazine.plazm.com or check out @p_l_a_z_m on Instagram.

Special thanks to Marti Clemmons and the team at Portland State University Library’s Special Collections and University Archives their support in the production of this episode. You can find most of the pieces Josh described in their collection, along with tons of other cool, rare works from Portland’s art and design scenes.

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Friday, September 30, 2022.

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Andy Pressman (independent creative director and future author of “Why Taxicabs Are Upside Down and On Fire”) joins Sean to talk problematic salsa cities, the joys of in-person work, and Pee-Wee Herman’s Magical Zoom Machine.

You can find Andy on Twitter (@andypressman) or check out his reverse job posting at andypressman.notion.site!

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

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Batten down the hatches, mateys! Vida Jurcic (Founder of Hangar 18 and instructor at the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University) joins Sean to talk about her brushes with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the dangers of Dinosaur Park, and what models do in their spare time.

You can find Vida’s studio, Hangar 18 Design Continuum, at h18.com, and Vida herself on LinkedIn at LinkedIn! Vida also teaches at Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design—their student work is tremendous, and you can see it (and more of Vida’s writing) at ideaschoolofdesign.com.

This episode was recorded adjacent to the offices of Hangar 18 in Gastown, Vancouver, BC on August 15, 2022. Special thanks to the guy who came in to make and eat his lunch without saying anything while we were recording: may we all bring that level of confident indifference to the stuff that stands in the way of our happiness into the future. You do you, friend!

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Jiminy Jillikers! Illustrator Hiller Goodspeed joins Sean to talk about the Spirit Halloween Cinematic Universe, the most luxurious travel accommodations you can afford on an academic salary, and clown car commuters.

You can find Hiller on Instagram (@hillergoodspeed), Twitter (also @hillergoodspeed), or Tumblr (https://hillergoodspeed.tumblr.com)!

You can find Hiller’s latest book Pond Life at Perfectly Acceptable Press (https://perfectly-acceptable.com/item/pond-life/)! It’s tons of fun and a really beautiful book inside and out!

This episode was recorded at AM Studios in Vancouver, BC on August 12, 2022.

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