The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast

By Donovan Beery

What's The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast about?

Focusing on design, and the hosts' love of pop culture, The Reflex Blue Show gives you a look into the topics of graphic design by two people working in the industry. The Reflex Blue Show with Donovan Beery is hosted by 36Point.com

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The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast episodes:

04.14.2024
Katrina Torrijos: The Reflex Blue Show #257
Katrina Torrijos, an Adobe Express Evangelist, was in Omaha a couple of weeks ago for Adobe Create Now. We recorded this episode in a green room / nuclear bunker / hidden lounge below The Durham Museum just hours before Katrina[…]↓...
03.21.2024
Tad Carpenter: The Reflex Blue Show #256
I met up with Tad Carpenter in the green room at The Funny Bone Omaha of all places. That’s right, AAF Nebraska’s annual Meet the Pros upped their game on the location and went full-on comedy club! Tad was just[…]↓...
03.03.2024
Kit Hinrichs: The Reflex Blue Show #255
Kit Hinrichs! Any time I see design I consider good, and then see Kit’s work…well he’s just at a different level than everyone else. And in case you think he’s not, check out his new book, NARRATIVE DESIGN: A Fifty[…]↓...
02.19.2024
Clement Mok: The Reflex Blue Show #254
Clement Mok, who was just awarded a Cooper Hewitt 2023 National Design Award for Digital Design, stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his path into the design field, and finding his way to Apple to work on[…]↓...
02.04.2024
Mike Schnaidt: The Reflex Blue Show #253
Mike Schnaidt stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his new book – Creative Endurance: 56 Rules for Overcoming Obstacles and Achieving Your Goals. A practical sort of self-help guide for graphic designers. We also talk about his[…]↓...
10.10.2023
Katie Risch McAdams: The Reflex Blue Show #252
Katie Risch McAdams, the Chief Marketing Officer at Basis Technologies, was the lunchtime keynote speaker at this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, just after the taco bar had been put away and[…]↓...
10.02.2023
Ross Asdourian: The Reflex Blue Show #251
Ross Asdourian was the closing keynote speaker at this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, right next to where the taco bar was now being taken down, Ross and I discuss the importance of[…]↓...
09.25.2023
Whitney Warne: The Reflex Blue Show #250
Whitney Warne was the opening keynote of this year’s OnBrand Conference in Omaha, Nebraska. Recorded from the event on July 13, right next to where the taco bar was being set-up, Whitney and I discuss her coaching and consulting business,[…]↓...
09.08.2023
Justin Dauer: The Reflex Blue Show #249
Justin Dauer, who is no stranger to The Reflex Blue Show, and author of Cultivating a Creative Culture and it’s second edition, Creative Culture: Human-Centered Interaction, Design, & Inspiration, joins me to discuss his new book, in fulfillment: the designer’s journey.[…]↓...
08.24.2023
Jada Britto: The Reflex Blue Show #248
As the last of this year’s HOW Design Live podcast interviews, Jada Britto joins me to discuss her talk on, ‘Reigniting Hope: Breaking Out of the Checkbox Mentality.’ I had met Jada the day before at the conference, and immediately[…]↓...
08.17.2023
Emily Mills: The Reflex Blue Show #247
Emily Mills was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about transition as a creative professional. And as the founder of Sketch Academy, she was also spending quite a bit of time sketch noting the event itself[…]↓...
08.11.2023
Carl Gerhards: The Reflex Blue Show #246
Carl Gerhards was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville to talk about the rebrand, I mean, ‘the next generation of the Pepsi logo‘. It’s rare to have such a large company make a shift in their identity in[…]↓...
08.04.2023
Shayna Kulik: The Reflex Blue Show #245
Shayna Kulik was at the HOW Design Live conference in Nashville this year to talk about how art and culture affect pattern and color. Just a look around any room immediately makes me realize how many patterns I see during[…]↓...
07.19.2023
Ben Greengrass & Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #244
Ben Greengrass and Jessie McGuire of ThoughtMatter seemed to be everywhere at this year’s HOW Design Live conference in Nashville. They gave a talk titled, “Creative Bravery: The Importance of Friendship, Humanity and Embracing Vulnerability to Break Creative Boundaries”; ran a[…]↓...
07.14.2023
Alice Waterman & Rebecca Williams: The Reflex Blue Show #243
One of the Highlights of last years’ (2022) HOW Design Live event in Boston, for me anyway, was the chance to sit in the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile, and to speak with one of the Hotdoggers. But, as part of what[…]↓...
07.05.2023
Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #242
Bill Gardner once again gave his Logo Trend Report live at HOW Design Live in Nashville (his 21st! logo trend report). The energy he brings on stage is unmatched. Because of my recording schedule this year, I walked into his[…]↓...
06.29.2023
Jenn Lederer: The Reflex Blue Show #241
Jenn Lederer (Comedian/Keynote Speaker), was at HOW Design Live in Nashville giving a talk/workshop titled “Perfect Pitch – HOW To Talk About What You Do”. We talk about her path into comedy, being a keynote speaker, how to talk about[…]↓...
06.16.2023
HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, Keith Smith
Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, and Keith Smith discuss the final day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. There is always that weird time about a week out from HOW Design Live where you feel[…]↓...
06.15.2023
HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, Stefan Sagmeister
Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, and Stefan Sagmeister discuss the second day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. I last spoke to Stefan Sagmeister in Boston about Environment Design, so I had to[…]↓...
06.14.2023
HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, Calvin Ng
Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, and Calvin Ng discuss the first day of 2023’s HOW Design Live in Nashville, Tennessee. This HOW had an energy I missed. It[…]↓...
04.03.2023
Desmond LaVelle & Jennifer Martindale: The Reflex Blue Show #240
Desmond LaVelle and Jennifer Martindale were the keynote speaker of AAF Nebraska‘s Meet the pros this year. Well, unlike most years where each keynote speaks over one of the two lunches, they simply did a back-to-back, or as they called it,[…]↓...
02.24.2023
Petre Spassov: The Reflex Blue Show #239
I first met Petre Spassov at the 2011 AIGA Conference in Phoenix, and since then have been fortunate enough to receive a few of his promotional pieces for PS Design. As he has created some of the best self-promotional design[…]↓...
02.17.2023
Christopher Cox: The Reflex Blue Show #238
Christopher Cox stopped by (well, virtually anyway) The Reflex Blue Show to talk about the weather and snow accumulation in Fort Collins and Omaha (this makes us officially old?). We then speak about his previous work under Change the Thought,[…]↓...
02.05.2023
Jen Landis: The Reflex Blue Show #237
We last spoke with Jen Landis back in 2019, at the OnBrand Conference, where she was speaking, along with other things, about her Pin Curl Girls. Since then, she has continued to promote creativity and positivity to girls age 8-13 with[…]↓...
08.24.2022
George Garrastegui, Jr.: The Reflex Blue Show #236
George Garrastegui, Jr. was in Omaha to drop the mic at the end of the 2022 On Brand Conference. Once again, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once again hosting the SOLD[…]↓...
08.05.2022
Keni Thacker: The Reflex Blue Show #235
Keni Thacker was in Omaha to kick off the On Brand Conference just blocks from my office a couple of weeks ago. First off, big thanks goes out to AAF Nebraska, AIGA Nebraska, AMA Omaha, and PRSA Nebraska for once[…]↓...
07.22.2022
Danielle Hughes: The Reflex Blue Show #234
My final podcast from HOW Design Live in Boston this year was with Danielle Hughes. She discusses her talk on “Personality Brand” (instead of what people usually use, which is their personal brand). We also discuss differentiating yourself through how you go[…]↓...
07.15.2022
Fonz Morris: The Reflex Blue Show #233
Fonz Morris, a ‘deadass SMART effing product designer,’ stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. We talk about his journey to becoming a Lead Product Designer at Netflix; giving back through launching a mentorship program that[…]↓...
07.08.2022
Zipeng Zhu: The Reflex Blue Show #232
Zipeng Zhu stopped by to chat during the HOW Design Live in Boston this year. He was spending the previous days changing a lot of the talk he would give, still called “Rainbow”, which he describes as using as a metaphor about the[…]↓...
07.01.2022
Stefan Mumaw and Nate Voss: The Reflex Blue Show #231
So much happened during HOW Design Live in Boston this year, that I barely left the convention center at all. On the middle day though, I did make my way the three blocks to Johnny Cupcakes, and then across the street to[…]↓...
06.24.2022
Robyn Kanner: The Reflex Blue Show #230
Robyn Kanner met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston to talk about her talk on the last ‘6 Novembers’. We also talk about her love of New Wave film, her work as the Senior Creative Advisor at Biden for President, her[…]↓...
06.17.2022
Gary Kopervas: The Reflex Blue Show #229
Gary Kopervas (Syndicated Cartoonist, and SVP Creative Strategy at Finch Brands), met with me at HOW Design Live in Boston. We discuss his ‘Doodle or Die’ workshop focusing on getting the ideas out of the the back of your brain, and onto paper[…]↓...
06.10.2022
Rania Svoronou: The Reflex Blue Show #228
Rania Svoronou (Executive Design Director at IBM), was at HOW Design Live in Boston, and sat down to talk about how to be a resilient leader. We also discuss why and how designers are, by nature, very resilient – and how we[…]↓...
06.01.2022
HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, Kelly Wang
Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, and Kelly Wang discuss the last day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. What a great event, and one that feels way too short. That being said, HOW once again packed in more sessions than[…]↓...
05.31.2022
HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, Nicole Slaw
Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, and Nicole Slaw discuss the second day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. Every conference has many things you remember, but always that one thing that you remember first. Sometimes[…]↓...
05.30.2022
HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, Terri Trespicio
Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, and Terri Trespicio discuss the first day of 2022’s HOW Design Live in Boston. It was great to be back among so many creatives at the HOW Conference. The event, as usual, went[…]↓...
05.03.2022
Justin Kemerling: The Reflex Blue Show #227
Justin Kemerling stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his new book, In the Middle of Everything. Written 10 years after opening Justin Kemerling Design Co., the book does a great job of capturing a design career in, well,[…]↓...
04.14.2022
Karen Torok: The Reflex Blue Show #226
Karen Torok gave the closing day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a student event that I wish all markets had something similar to. AAF Nebraska does an amazing job on this event (disclosure: I served on the committee this[…]↓...
03.18.2022
Nikki Villagomez: The Reflex Blue Show #225
Nikki Villagomez stopped through Omaha, Nebraska to give the opening day keynote at AAF Nebraska’s Meet the Pros—a fantastic student event that’s been going on for quite a while (like, well over 60 years now). She does a great talk[…]↓...
03.08.2022
Michael Arndt: The Reflex Blue Show #224
Great design books are still being made, it just feels like you have to look a bit harder to find them. Snails & Monkey Tails : A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols, by Michael Arndt is one of them.[…]↓...
01.29.2022
Amanda Walla: The Reflex Blue Show #223
Omaha designer and illustrator Amanda Walla stopped by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about what got her into lettering, and the 100 day challenge she did. Well, we do talk about this at first, but the real reason she[…]↓...
08.30.2021
Tim Lapetino: The Reflex Blue Show #222
Tim Lapetino, stops by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss his upcoming book, Pac-Man: Birth of an Icon. And also, what a huge cultural phenomenon Pac-Man was / is. We also discuss how his interest in journalism and design has[…]↓...
08.16.2021
Archie Boston: The Reflex Blue Show #221
Archie Boston stopped by The Reflex Blue Show to discuss what it was that brought him into a career in Graphic Design and Advertising in the 1960s. We also discuss his book, Fly In The Buttermilk: Memoirs of an African American[…]↓...
08.01.2021
Susan Augenbraun and Paul Mendoza: The Reflex Blue Show #220
Susan Augenbraun (Events Manager at the national office of AIGA) and Paul Mendoza (who leads a digital design team at UCLA) stop by to talk about the 2nd (does this make it annual?) AIGA Portfolio Festival. Of course, no portfolio[…]↓...
07.05.2021
Christina Falzano: The Reflex Blue Show #219
Christina Falzano, Managing Director of Conran Design Group stops by The Reflex Blue Show to talk about getting into branding, changes over the years in phone bills, how people interact with brands now, working in branding for the pharmaceutical and health spaces,[…]↓...
04.05.2021
Prescott Perez-Fox: The Reflex Blue Show #218
I feel like I’ve known Prescott Perez-Fox for close to 20 years, but I think it’s all been online with the exception of a lunch we had like a decade ago at a conference. Even this podcast was remote, but[…]↓...
03.14.2021
Michael Schwab: The Reflex Blue Show #217
Michael Schwab! This week we welcome illustrator/designer / artist Michael Schwab to The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his process, the tools he uses, his influences, and more. Ben Lueders, who co-hosted for most of seasons 5 and 6[…]↓...
03.07.2021
Ken Barber: The Reflex Blue Show #216
Ken Barber, of House Industries, joins The Reflex Blue Show to talk about his journey into lettering. We also talk about what it’s like working with JJ Abrams and Jimmy Kimmel. Oh yeah, and that time in Omaha where I[…]↓...
02.28.2021
Valerie Aurilio: The Reflex Blue Show #215
Valerie Aurilio, General Manager of Landor & Fitch, has been working on a project with a soon-to-be 250 year history – America. We discuss working with the America 250 Foundation to brand the country’s semiquin. I can only imagine what goes[…]↓...
02.21.2021
Owen Davey: The Reflex Blue Show #214
Owen Davey visits The Reflex Blue Show (remotely, via the UK) and we discuss starting a career as an illustrator, the changes in the field over the years, and doing illustrations for social media. We also spend a bit of[…]↓...

What's The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast about?

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The Reflex Blue Show : A Graphic Design Podcast episodes:

Katrina Torrijos: The Reflex Blue Show #257

Tad Carpenter: The Reflex Blue Show #256

Kit Hinrichs: The Reflex Blue Show #255

Clement Mok: The Reflex Blue Show #254

Mike Schnaidt: The Reflex Blue Show #253

Katie Risch McAdams: The Reflex Blue Show #252

Ross Asdourian: The Reflex Blue Show #251

Whitney Warne: The Reflex Blue Show #250

Justin Dauer: The Reflex Blue Show #249

Jada Britto: The Reflex Blue Show #248

Emily Mills: The Reflex Blue Show #247

Carl Gerhards: The Reflex Blue Show #246

Shayna Kulik: The Reflex Blue Show #245

Ben Greengrass & Jessie McGuire: The Reflex Blue Show #244

Alice Waterman & Rebecca Williams: The Reflex Blue Show #243

Bill Gardner: The Reflex Blue Show #242

Jenn Lederer: The Reflex Blue Show #241

HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Steve Gibbs, Shayna Kulik, Karen Larson, Jamie Saunders, Keith Smith

HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Stephen Gates, Emily Mills, Jessica Neblett, Jenny Reed, Stefan Sagmeister

HOW Design Live 2023, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, David C. Baker, Michael Bierut, Bill Gardner, Darcy Hinrichs, Gary Kopervas, Emily Mills, Stefan Mumaw, Calvin Ng

Desmond LaVelle & Jennifer Martindale: The Reflex Blue Show #240

Petre Spassov: The Reflex Blue Show #239

Christopher Cox: The Reflex Blue Show #238

Jen Landis: The Reflex Blue Show #237

George Garrastegui, Jr.: The Reflex Blue Show #236

Keni Thacker: The Reflex Blue Show #235

Danielle Hughes: The Reflex Blue Show #234

Fonz Morris: The Reflex Blue Show #233

Zipeng Zhu: The Reflex Blue Show #232

Stefan Mumaw and Nate Voss: The Reflex Blue Show #231

Robyn Kanner: The Reflex Blue Show #230

Gary Kopervas: The Reflex Blue Show #229

Rania Svoronou: The Reflex Blue Show #228

HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 3 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Jeff Bloom, Michele Pistone, Kelly Wang

HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 2 of 3 : Justin Ahrens, Ti Chang, Stephen Gates, Jamie Saunders, Ahbleza Sellars, Nicole Slaw

HOW Design Live 2022, Conference Recap 1 of 3 : Bill Gardner, Andrew Gibbs, Patty Lennon, Michael Roderick, Terri Trespicio

Justin Kemerling: The Reflex Blue Show #227

Karen Torok: The Reflex Blue Show #226

Nikki Villagomez: The Reflex Blue Show #225

Michael Arndt: The Reflex Blue Show #224

Amanda Walla: The Reflex Blue Show #223

Tim Lapetino: The Reflex Blue Show #222

Archie Boston: The Reflex Blue Show #221

Susan Augenbraun and Paul Mendoza: The Reflex Blue Show #220

Christina Falzano: The Reflex Blue Show #219

Prescott Perez-Fox: The Reflex Blue Show #218

Michael Schwab: The Reflex Blue Show #217

Ken Barber: The Reflex Blue Show #216

Valerie Aurilio: The Reflex Blue Show #215

Owen Davey: The Reflex Blue Show #214