In class we got into a discussion regarding the direction of social media. I started telling them about Black Planet and MySpace and their blank stares prompted me to table the discussion for this podcast episode.

For this episode I chop it up with my friend and mentor Brian Stone about UI projects we've worked on together and his new book "Stories, Quips, and Quotes: A Designer's Guide to Teaching and Learning"

Which brands are you devoted to? What brands do you advocate for? Do you follow any brands blindly? Do you support a cult brand? This episode touches on how certain brands take on cult-like identities and how this can effect consumer movements and decisions.

This episode goes all over the place, living up to the Tangent moniker as I explore brands and what consumers truly value. Is it the label? Is it the quality? Is it the blue bubble? Is it the cool? and how do cool things lose their cool?

This Tangent came about when I was trying to encourage students to portray more confidence when talking about their work. Sometimes you just have to pop out and talk your 🤬 😤

TANGENTS:

04:25 Being a designer and an athlete

23:05 Freestyling as a brain exercise

Video games are a go-to topic for me when I need to grab the attention of my students. It's one of the few commonalities we share so bringing up the topic almost always sparks a response and attention. For this Tangent I go outside of the games and lightly examine the controllers that make these games go.

En route to my main topic (UI & videogame controllers) I touched on a Tangent regarding Andre 3000's "Listening to the Sun" visual accompaniment to his Flute Album and how it may inspire creatives to create without boundaries.

Follow up episode where I continue to discuss Grand Theft Auto Online, specifically the upcoming GTA VI game, and how crypto and AI could provide us a clearer view of the future. I also geek out as I find common ground between the original TMNT arcade game and the conceptually amazing (and scary) new game Bodycam.

Dawn and I take a trip down memory lane as we talk about the first business the both of us founded right out of college, how it impacted the city of Columbus, Ohio, and more importantly, how it forged our divergent professional and entrepreneurial paths. 

Featured:

Brandan's Online Portfolio

http://www.brandancraft.com

(Interaction Design/The UrbanStarr)

Ruffle: Flash Emulator

https://ruffle.rs

Dawn's Web Resource

https://dawndickson.me

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Straight from class to the cast, Brandan Craft, a visual communication design professor continues his thoughts, instruction, stories, and TANGENTS regarding topics relating to art, design, and tech.

All music, design, and editing done by Brandan Craft. 

(listen w/ a good speaker system or headphones to feel the bass in the song 😀)

Class: Summer Break!

TANGENTS:

16:53 Learn software on your own

17:40 How Tangents work on this show :)

22:59 Design for a niche

31:00 Find partners that do what you don't do

33:15 Invest in design early

1:04:35 Learn by doing 

After touching on Kendrick Lamar's "Pop Out" 🤦🏽‍♂️ I talk about Grand Theft Auto V Online, particularly GTA RP, and how it may be the closest thing we have to Ready Player One right now.