today's episode is a mystery... box challenge. kel, elliot and jared? created a brief each, (font, phrase, palette, asset) we spin a wheel to see which one's we must use to design a poster.

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this is episode 54 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/clarendon-urw

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CHAPTERS:
CHAPTERS:
00:00 Adult Braces 2026
01:03 Elliot Wisdom Teeth Update
02:37 Do The Intro?
08:08 Mystery Box Selection
11:16 How To Follow Along & Announcement
15:14 Design Time!
01:04:01 A Wild Producer Appears
01:06:49 Ten Minutes Left
01:16:32 Designing is Done & The Blind Reveal
01:23:14 "Only My Wicked Mind"
01:27:20 #kelliotsaidso Showcase
01:29:17 Song of the Week
01:31:14 Font of the Week
01:32:36 Grocery Store Awards Community Choice
01:36:21 We're So On Top of Things (Outro & End of Episode)

it's kelliot branding day! if you love the new look, we talk all about the choices and decisions about why we went this direction, as well as the challenges of having hosts that live on opposite sides of the world. we also talk thumbnail design (a real profession that we respect) and some stuff that was inDaNews.

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this is episode 53 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/buena-park-jf

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 An Embarrassing Admittance
01:42 Elliot and Clubhouse
08:56 What Day Was This Filmed? (Intro)
13:35 Our Original Branding
21:02 Our New Branding
29:21 Our Art Direction
40:33 Our Brand Kit
47:19 Thumbnail Design & Evolution
01:00:56 inDaNews!
01:08:36 #kelliotsaidso Showcase
01:10:32 Song of the Week
01:14:12 Font of the Week
01:15:55 Elliot of the Week (Huh?)
01:16:23 Outro & End of Episode

kel and elliot ask the tough questions this week! which Photoshop tool is the best. yes we just roasted Adobe last week, ok... please enjoy the silly bracket.

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this is episode 52 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/futura-pt

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Covid Era Creativity
00:58 Thoughts on Adobe (Pre-AdobeMAX Conversation)
08:11 Photoshop Has Some Good Tools (Intro)
12:52 Move & Select Bracket
34:34 Move & Select Finals
36:34 Paint Bracket
48:58 Paint Finals
53:28 Brief Intermission
54:20 Drawing & Type Bracket
01:06:06 Shapes Wildcard & Elliot Breaks Kel's Brain
01:17:25 Elliots Photoshop Crashes
01:20:54 Wildcard Finals
01:21:22 Drawing & Type Semi-Finals
01:25:07 Drawing & Type Finals
01:28:37 Raster Wildcard
01:40:44 Retouching Bracket
01:51:52 Retouching Finals
01:52:18 Ultimate Final
02:01:02 Song of the Week

watch kelliot spiral as we recount the mids and LOWS of AdobeMAX 2025.
didn't have time to watch the 6hrs of Keynotes and Sneaks? probably for the best.

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this is episode 51 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/battleslab

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CHAPTERS:
00:18 #AdobeShartners
04:53 $2,995 USD
06:13 Adobe is in the Call?
11:27 Adobe, the complicated ex
17:18 Reputation Issues
18:16 The Intro (It's a long one folks)
50:40 Opening Keynote (3 Flipping Hours)
57:45 Ai Agents are not Community
01:03:54 Be okay with Bad
01:15:50 A SNEAKS Conspiracy Theory
01:26:17 Some SNEAKS we liked
01:35:51 The Adobe Survey
01:42:22 NFTs, Ai Usage, & The Jeremy Controversy?
01:54:36 People Fighting Against Ai
02:00:41 Affinity is back! and Free!?
02:02:36 Song of the Week
02:03:25 Font of the Week
02:05:00 #kelliotsaidso Showcase
02:07:17 Outro & End of Episode

kelliot gets into the halloween spirit and is then forced into a literal design nightmare... corporate branding!

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this is episode 50 of kelliot! designers who care. with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/ballinger-mono

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CHAPTERS:

01:06 The Cheshire Cat

02:08 Cured Intor

09:20 Addressing the Costumes

11:41 THE CLIENT

20:23 THE BRIEF3

4:49 The Logo Phase

51:26 The Font and Package Phase

53:12 Client Revision 1

01:10:43 The Ad & Mockup Phase

01:12:19 Client Revision 2 (Kel Dies)

01:27:48 Final Phase and Delivery

01:28:08 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT01:34:21 Elliot's Presentation

01:43:30 Kel's Presentation

01:44:51 Payment Terms and The Client's Exit

01:46:35 Debriefing the Nightmare

01:48:04 Song of the Week

01:48:43 Font of the Week

01:51:13 #kelliotsaidso Showcase

01:52:46 Outro & End of Episode

6 categories, 12 submissions, kel and elliot hand out design awards for things they found at fancy local boutique grocery stores

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this is episode 49 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

the kelliot font of the week:
https://fonts.adobe.com/fonts/atf-wedding-gothic-wide#details-section+wedding-gothic-atf-wide-thin

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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Scheduling Conflict
00:22 Don't live near furniture stores
06:23 Intro (toothpaste, wisdom teeth, and braces)
18:25 Episode Explained
20:23 Worst Design, Best Product Category
29:26 Polls Live on Patreon
30:08 Round 1 Results
30:55 Best Design, Worst Product
35:39 Round 2 Results
36:17 Best Use of Red & Green in Design
42:49 Round 3 Results
44:05 Best Intentional Good Design
50:26 Round 4 Results
51:55 Best Unintentionally Good Design
58:33 Round 5 Results
59:37 Most Whimsical Product
01:06:43 Round 6 Results
1:09:19 Song of the Week
1:11:03 Font of the Week
1:12:19 #kelliotsaidso Showcase
1:13:54 Outro & End of Episode

kel and elliot share terrible album design briefs for albums that already exist and nothing crazy happened the day before we shot this episode.

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this is episode 48 of kelliot! designers who care.
with @KelLauren and @elliotisacoolguyTV

the kelliot song of the week:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

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CHAPTERS:
0:00 Huh?
0:27 3 People = "Team"
2:33 Intro
2:50 Flawless Description of Today's Episode
8:37 Elliot Briefs Kel
12:41 Kel Designs (30mins)
44:47 Original Revealed to Kel
49:39 Kel Briefs Elliot
58:01 Elliot Designs (30mins)
1:29:05 Original Revealed to Elliot
1:37:41 #kelliotsaidso Showcase
1:40:39 Song of the Week
1:42:08 Font of the Week
1:43:37 Outro & End of Episode

welcome to a new era of kelliot. we have so much to share with you all. please enjoy... dear kelliotheads...

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this is episode 47 of kelliot! designers who care.

the kelliot song of the week:

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1b

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CHAPTERS:

0:00 Kelliot missing

3:15 Kelliot back?

8:43 Where have we been?

15:38 What we're doing

17:14 Elliot's Presentation

48:44 Kel's Presentation

1:19:48 IN DA NEWS!

1:39:21 Kel's Show and Tell

1:53:10 #kelliotsaidso Showcase

1:55:58 The Kelliot Song and Font of The Week

we filmed this at midnight a mere 4 hours before elliot left portland. please enjoy the evolution of our in-person friendship.head on over to our Patreon for our bonus podcast "UNMEDIKELLIOT": https://www.patreon.com/kelliot this is episode 46 of kelliot! designers who care. with  @KelLauren  and  @welliot  the kelliot song of the week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1bnew eps weekly 9am Mondays PST... we've got it under control mate...!give us a 5 star rating on spotify if you'd like! you can watch it there too! https://open.spotify.com/show/5VvMRGHmogc50BFGhtrZmQfollow us on insta for more content https://www.instagram.com/kelliotpod

please enjoy kel and elliot trying various products from "Trader Joe's" which is a real store even though it does not exist in australia. do not judge elliot for not being able to handle jerk seasoninghead on over to our Patreon for our bonus podcast "UNMEDIKELLIOT": https://www.patreon.com/kelliot this is episode 45 of kelliot! designers who care.

the kelliot song of the week: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/67v3FKFpGpEB9zWdOf4Nrv?si=95af5b662bbf4c1bnew eps weekly 9am Mondays PST... we've got it under control mate...!give us a 5 star rating on spotify if you'd like! you can watch it there too! https://open.spotify.com/show/5VvMRGHmogc50BFGhtrZmQfollow us on insta for more content https://www.instagram.com/kelliotpod