Obsessed Show

Obsessed Show episodes:

• 04.24.2023

  Torrey Dawley - Solopreneur

  SOLOPRENEUR OG Today on Obsessed Show I’m chatting in person with one of my best friends of all time, Torrey Dawley. This is my second in-person interview in a row, as well as another amazing creative professional from Indianapolis. Torrey...

  
• 03.20.2023

  Samuel E Vázquez, Part II

  Today on Obsessed Show we have a long-overdue part II episode with my friend, Sam Vázquez. You may remember Sam from Episode 15 of the show. Seven years later, we’re catching up with Sam about his work in graphic design,...

  
• 02.27.2023

  Brett Andersen - Focus Lighting

  Today on Obsessed Show, I’m excited to chat with the Principal Designer of Focus Lighting, Brett Andersen. Focus Lighting is an award-winning professional architectural lighting design firm located in New York City. The Focus Lighting team’s creative process is informed...

  
• 12.26.2022

  173 - Bill Mandara, AIA

  Today on Obsessed Show, I’m excited to chat with the CEO and Co-owner of Mancini Duffy, Bill Mandara, Jr, AIA. If that firm sounds familiar, it’s probably because we interviewed the other co-owner and “anti-architect” Christian Giordano & Jessica Mann...

  
• 09.26.2022

  172 - Carlos Musquez Part II

  CARLOS MUSQUEZ, EXECUTIVE CREATIVE DIRECTOR, CATALYST MARKETING AGENCY Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with  Carlos Musquez, Executive Creative Director at Catalyst Marketing Agency bringing his brand of creative excellence to the B2B branding space, something that is near and...

  
• 05.23.2022

  171 - Could Design Prevent the End of the World?

  On January 13th, 2018 at 8:08 am, an alert was issued to the 1.4 million citizens of Hawai'i, ‍BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL. Today on Obsessed Show, I’m excited to chat...

  
• 02.21.2022

  170 - What the HECK is a SNASK? Obsessed Show

  Fredrik Öst & Erik Kockum Today on Obsessed Show, I’m excited to chat with the founders of creative agency, SNASK, Fredrik Öst & Erik Kockum. "Freddie" was adopted from South Korea and raised in Northern Sweden after being found outside...

  
• 01.10.2022

  169 - The Anti-Architect on reinventing a 100-Year-Old Firm

  Today on Obsessed Show, I’m excited to chat with the president and co-owner of NYC tech-first architecture and design firm Mancini Duffy, Christian Giordano and co-owner and design principal, Jessica Mann-Amato. Christian has dubbed himself and his podcast "The Anti-Architect"...

  
• 11.22.2021

  168 - Hosting HGTV and Designing for #Vanlife

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with interior designer, writer, and TV personality, Kimberley Seldon. Based in Los Angeles and Toronto, she founded Kimberley Seldon Design Group in 1991. Kimberley is also the Founder of Business of Design - an...

  
• 11.08.2021

  167 - Blu Dot

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with the founders of modern home furnishings and design brand, Blu Dot: John Christakos & Maurice Blanks. Based in Minneapolis, Blu Dot has 12 locations across the US (with new stores in Miami, San...

  
• 10.25.2021

  166 - A/J JACKSON - SAINT MOTEL & AVIEW EYEWEAR

  Today on Obsessed Show, we’re continuing an unexpected trend of interviewing another lead singer. Today I’m chatting with A/J Jackson; songwriter, director, and perhaps best known as the lead singer of the international platinum-selling rock band Saint Motel… they’ve played...

  
• 10.04.2021

  165 - They Might Be Giants - John Flansburgh

  Today on Obsessed Show I’m honored to be chatting with John Flansburgh, ½ of the dynamic duo that is They Might Be Giants. As you can only imagine my response when I received the email… “Hey, this is John F....

  
• 09.14.2021

  164 - Vikkal Parikh

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with industrial designer, Vikkal Parikh. Influenced by his unique background in architecture, Vikkal has spearheaded breathtaking, mixed media narratives for some of the world's top-tier brands. These include the likes of Facebook, Adidas, HBO,...

  
• 08.30.2021

  163 - Back With the Bullhearted Joseph Szala

  We’re back with Vigor Branding principal, host of the Forktales podcast, and author of the new book, The Bullhearted Brand, Joseph Szala. If you’re a long-time listener, you may recall Joseph from all the way back in season one. Today...

  
• 08.09.2021

  162 - Building a Greeting Card Brand with Kate Smith

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with greeting card designer and founder of the Kate Smith Company… you guessed it, Kate Smith. According to her website, Kate and her husband Ryan launched their first company, From Frank, together in 2012....

  
• 06.28.2021

  161 - Wireframe with Khoi Vinh

  Today on Obsessed Show, we’ve got a special treat. This episode is supported by Wireframe, a podcast all about creativity and design. I checked out an episode of Wireframe, and today I get to share this episode with you in its...

  
• 06.08.2021

  160 - From Off the Deep End of Oakley, to Disrupting Design with Discommon

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with industrial designer, Neil Ferrier. Neil Ferrier (who previously worked in advanced product development at Oakley) is a mechanical engineer by degree and the owner of industrial design firm DISCOMMON, which specializes in left...

  
• 05.03.2021

  159 - Designing Clever Artifacts with the Founders of Artifox

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with the founders of Artifox, Dan and Sarah Mirth. You may know Artifox from their Instagram drool-worthy workspace furniture and clever artifacts, perfect for a world where so many of us are struggling to...

  
• 03.29.2021

  158 - The Future of Themed Entertainment Design

  Theron Skees—Designer’s Creative Studio Nate Naversen—Themedattraction.com Jason Surrell—Author Josh Polk Lecturer, Department of Computer Information & Graphics Technology Chris Rogers, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Information & Graphics Technology

  
• 02.22.2021

  157 - Is Mobile the Future of Design?

  No, not that Snowden… also, we’ve had a ton of snowfall at Obsessed Show HQ this week… coincidentally, not that “snowed-in” either. #dadjoke Eric Snowden is driving the future of mobile creativity by leading a global team of designers to...

  
• 02.08.2021

  156 - A Handsome Take on Humans

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with co-founder of Handsome, John Roescher. John Roescher is a former military vet who started the company because of a passion for the potential of the internet to explore new ideas and make connections...

  
• 01.25.2021

  155 - Letterpress Designer James Lewis Tucker

  Today on Obsessed Show we've got our first ever (I mean, I think it's the first-ever... once you're past 150 episodes, you have the right to forget stuff) - so I THINK it's the first-ever letterpress designer and printer, and...

  
• 01.11.2021

  154 - Zoom Design Education & Life After NYC

  Prescott Perez-Fox is an art director, brand strategist, speaker, podcaster, and teacher, recently transplanted to Phoenix, AZ. Now a Lecturer at Arizona State University, he brings his knowledge, passion, and a few hard-fought lessons to the next generation of multidisciplinary...

  
• 12.28.2020

  153 - Branding America's Future with Landor

  Valerie Aurilio, General Manager, and Phyllis Murphy, Executive Creative Director Today on Obsessed Show it's a two for one sale... I'm chatting with Valerie Aurilio, General Manager at Landor & Fitch, and Phyllis Murphy, Executive Creative Director, at Landor &...

  
• 12.14.2020

  152-Live Action + Animation = ATK PLN

  Throughout his career, Gomez has regularly shifted between live-action, animation and graphic design, cross-pollinating between the mediums to inform his design aesthetic with outside influences. While it may be common practice in the design space to stick to one lane...

  
• 11.30.2020

  151—The Future of Brand Experience

  Howard has a unique design point of view. Over the past 25 years, he has served scores of Fortune 500 companies, including Pfizer, CVS/Caremark, Hewlett Packard, Motorola, and SAP, by leveraging the concept of simplicity to activate customers and employees....

  
• 11.16.2020

  150—Ascending to new levels of typography

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Illustrator & Package Designer, Abraham Lule. Born and raised in Mexico, Abraham Lule describes his body of illustration, typography and packaging work as design with a human touch. His spectrum of skills is...

  
• 10.19.2020

  149 - Healthcare branding & agency life abroad with Ben Solomon

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Ben Solomon, Creative Director of Conran Design Group U.S. Ben brings over a decade of brand-building experience to the Conran team. From full identity development, socialization, and activation, Ben has helped brands develop their...

  
• 10.05.2020

  148 - A SOUR perspective on design

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Pinar Guvenc Managing Partner of SOUR studio, which stands for Social + Urban. She and her company have helped companies like Twitter, Google, P&G;, Lego, Mercedes-Benz, the UN and many others solve problems...

  
• 09.21.2020

  147 - The simple trick for better design projects

  Show I'm chatting with Jonathan Courtney, the CEO & Founder of one of the most well-known innovation agencies in the world, AJ&Smart;, and author of the Workshopper Playbook. He and his company have helped companies like Twitter, Google, P&G;, Lego,...

  
• 09.07.2020

  146 - Should I sell my design agency?

  Today on Obsessed Show we have a bit of a part two, with just one of the co-hosts of the Biz Buds podcast, Michael Janda Mike Janda on the line, who is not only the co-host of the Biz Buds...

  
• 08.24.2020

  145 - How should designers market themselves?

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with the co-hosts of the Biz Buds podcast, Tom Ross and Mike Janda For those of you long time listeners, Tom Ross may sound familiar, because he's amongst the small number of guests who...

  
• 08.10.2020

  144 - Digital Transformation—from Helvetica to Now.

  Today on Obsessed Show, we're chatting with Brett Zucker. ::::: This episode is brought to you by Yellow Images. ::::: Brett Zucker, CMO of Monotype shares how brands can best champion creativity to navigate and succeed during and coming out...

  
• 08.03.2020

  Special Episode: Wireframe, Season 3 Trailer

  Today's episode is brought to you by the new season of Wireframe, from Adobe XD. Be sure to subscribe to Wireframe here: https://link.chtbl.com/wireframe?sid=podcast.obsessedshow 

  
• 07.27.2020

  143 - Philosopher Disguised as a Creative Director

  Today on Obsessed Show we’re chatting with Carlos Musquez. ::::: This episode is brought to you by Yellow Images. ::::: Carlos Musquez, Executive Creative Director of ELA, is the creative lead for the agency. His deep agency roots at Omnicom...

  
• 07.13.2020

  142. Meet the CEO, investor, & creative director without a degree

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Daniel Scrivner, CEO at Flow. Investor at Blackletter. Creative Director at Made by Scrivner. Daniel was previously the Head of Design at Digit and Square. He's worked for some of the most respected...

  
• 06.29.2020

  141. Digital Products & Experiences with a Human Touch

  Join the Obsessed Show Community here: https://apple.co/3d3rr5x Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with Steffen Christiansen, creative director at design and experience agency, Jam3. Steffen was born and raised in Denmark and is currently based in Toronto. He specializes in Digital...

  
• 06.15.2020

  140 - The Designer's Role in Constitutional Rights: Jessie McGuire

  Today on Obsessed Show I’m chatting with Jessie McGuire. Jessie McGuire is the Managing Director at brand design studio ThoughtMatter, leading a team of artists, writers and strategists to create daring designs and identities for everything from art museums, communities...

  
• 06.01.2020

  139 - Sci-Fi vs. Architecture: Eric Thoelke

  Eric Thoelke, President, TOKY Eric Thoelke (pronounced “toky”) brings more than 30 years of real-world experience in brand strategy and design of complex projects. Eric is responsible for leading a team of designers and brand strategists who create new...

  
• 05.18.2020

  138 - From Interbrand to solo practice: the unfolding of Ed Illig

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with principal consultant at Illig, Ed Illig.   Ed is a Marketing & Brand Design Strategist + Outsourced Fractional Marketing Lead | Problem solver, revenue driver, creative leader, experience creator, strategist, marketer, integrator, designer,...

  
• 05.04.2020

  137 - Sara Seal

  Today on Obsessed Show I'm chatting with co-founder and creative partner of Oh Hello Design Co., Sara Seal. Sara has over a decade of experience creating and cultivating both boutique and large-scale brands. She’s passionate about making strong, authentic voices...

  
• 04.20.2020

  136 - John Humphreys

  Designer & tinkerer-in-chief at Humphreys Studio John rebuilt the South African camping chair using argentine leather and pecan, featured in GQ and sold at Neiman Marcus. John also does custom projects and helped in the building of intelligentsia...

  
• 04.06.2020

  135 - Anna Brozek

  Anna Brozek was recently named CEO of Big Cartel, the leading independent platform that's helped enable more than 1 million artists and makers sell over $3 billion of their work directly to consumers via easy to open online shops. Since its...

  
• 03.23.2020

  134 - John Benzick

  On today’s episode, I chat with John Benzick, who has provided innovation expertise to Procter & Gamble, McDonald's, Best Buy, The Hershey Company, Arm & Hammer, LensCrafters, Chase Manhattan Bank, Kimberly Clark, S.C. Johnson, Water Pik, Philip Morris International, Outback...

  
• 03.02.2020

  133 - Heidi Luerra

  Heidi Luerra is the Founder & CEO of RAW Artists, the world’s largest independent arts organization. Over the past decade, Heidi has grown RAW to a worldwide operation in over 80 cities with almost 200k artists in the RAW community. ...

  
• 02.24.2020

  132 - David Bates

  David is a high-functioning eccentric who thinks in stories, speaks in aphorisms and wields a passion for storytelling that’s unorthodox approaching idiosyncratic. Hired at Google as a 22-year old, David held an objectively unjustifiable amount of power. He built a...

  
• 02.10.2020

  131 - Patrick Llewellyn, CEO 99designs

  99designs may be a controversial guest to some listeners, but we connected with their CEO, Patrick Llewellyn, all the way from Australia to talk about their latest research report, Design Without Borders.  You can learn more about the report here:...

  
• 02.03.2020

  130 - Abby Downing

  Today on Obsessed Show we're finally airing a conversation for last fall with Abby Downing, Partner & Creative Director at The Superfan Company. The Superfan Company works with top entertainers, musicians, and brands to create programs and products to engage...

  
• 12.09.2019

  129 - Aaron Duffy

  Aaron's specialty is communications and visual experimentation — he brings a shot of humanity to otherwise cold tech experiences, and helps folks get to know and love tech a little more. Aaron's work has been featured at the Saatchi&Saatchi; New...

  
• 10.14.2019

  128 - Aaron Nace

  Although he went to school to be an industrial designer, Aaron fell in love with photography, and later founded PHLEARN, an online photoshop, lightroom, and photography platform to bring free, creative education to anyone around the world.    SO...