The Boston Designcast

The Boston Designcast

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The Boston Designcast episodes

  • Communication, with Brain Arts

    In this episode we speak with a Boston arts organization called Brain Arts. Learn all about Brain arts, The Boston Compass, and The Dorchester Art Project as we speak with Boston's defenders of the arts. 

    35 min
  • Get Down to Business with Matthew Stumm

    Matthew Stumm, owner of Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing sits down with us to talk design careers, being creative with your business strategy, healthcare, and the Wu-Tang Clan. 

    Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing: starkravingboston.com

    https://www.instagram.com/stark_raving_boston/
    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
    Become a Member: aiga.org/join

    36 min
  • Design for Hire: Tactics for Building a Diverse Team with Julianna Akuamoah

    Learn from SVP of Human Resources, Julianna Akuamoah, about how to hire and support great diverse talent.

    Julianna Akuamoah is the SVP of Human Resources at Arnold Worldwide where she develops strategy related to recruitment, talent management, retention, workplace culture, and more. With over 10 years of human resource experience within the marketing and advertising fields, she provides industry-specific thought leadership on Diversity & Inclusion. Her work has been covered by Adweek, Campaign, and The Ad Club. Julianna holds a degree in Neuroscience with a focus in Psychobiology from Wellesley College.

    Arnold Worldwide: https://www.instagram.com/arnold_worldwide/

    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org

    Become a Member: aiga.org/join

    41 min
  • Design for Hire: Tactics for Building a Diverse Team with Julianna Akuamoah

    Learn from SVP of Human Resources, Julianna Akuamoah, about how to hire and support great diverse talent. 

    Julianna Akuamoah is the SVP of Human Resources at Arnold Worldwide where she develops strategy related to recruitment, talent management, retention, workplace culture, and more. With over 10 years of human resource experience within the marketing and advertising fields, she provides industry-specific thought leadership on Diversity & Inclusion. Her work has been covered by Adweek, Campaign, and The Ad Club. Julianna holds a degree in Neuroscience with a focus in Psychobiology from Wellesley College.

    Arnold Worldwide: https://www.instagram.com/arnold_worldwide/

    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org

    Become a Member: aiga.org/join


    59 min
  • Designing for the Democratic Process featuring The Creative Cabinet

    The Creative Cabinet is a place where people with creative talent can lend their time and expertise to help progressive, grassroots candidates craft well designed and well communicated campaigns. At creativecabinet.org they match creative practitioners looking to get civically engaged with everyday citizens that share their values and have taken the bold step of running for office. 

    Michael Walsh is an art director and graphic designer with experience working for a variety of major brands like JetBlue, General Motors, Dunkin' Donuts and Bank of America. He is Co-founder and Creative Director of The Creative Cabinet.  

    Spencer Johnson is technology consultant with experience working for early stage enterprise software companies, the Department of Veteran Affairs, and Uber. He is Co-founder and Director of Operations of The Creative Cabinet. 

    Run for Something: https://runforsomething.net/

    More about Creative Cabinet: https://creativecabinet.org/ 

    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org

    Become a Member: aiga.org/join

    41 min
  • The Future of Design Education with Heather Shaw

    It’s not a secret that technology is moving so fast it’s hard to keep up, especially design education. In the last few decades the way we think about design has dramatically changed so how are students keeping up? In this episode we talk to Heather Shaw, associate professor at Lesley university and graphic designer about design education, where it's been and where it's headed.


    More about Heather: lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/heather-shaw

    Lesley University's Instagram: www.instagram.com/lesleyuniversity/


    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org

    Become a Member: aiga.org/join

    36 min
  • Design Reflections with Mark James
    Mark James is the Founder of Envision Design and teaches design at Lesley University. In this episode, he talks about his design process and philosophy and how they influence each other both in practice and in teaching.
    Envision: http://www.instagram.com/envision_work
    More about Mark: https://lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/mark-james
    AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
    Become a Member: aiga.org/join
    29 min

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Boston, and Massachusetts in general, is a design force. Innovation and design is just as much part of our history as tea in the harbor. At AIGA Boston we want to share the cool things that people are…