AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp not only brought in the five 5 ‘main stage’ speakers (and a couple dozen Twin City speakers for breakout sessions), but also flew in the brutally honest design consultant that is Emily Cohen from New York (has she really not been[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Emily Cohen: The Reflex Blue Show #150 appeared first on 36 Point.

AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp is the largest regional design conference for a reason – not only do they bring in 5 ‘main stage’ speakers, but there are a couple dozen breakout sessions held throughout the weekend as well. One of these happened[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post John Pickerill: The Reflex Blue Show #149 appeared first on 36 Point.

You may have followed some of my 2015 trip to AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp on Neenah Paper’s blog, or even caught the podcast recap, but I made sure to record some interviews with five of the speakers while there as well. First up? Type and lettering specialist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post James Edmondson: The Reflex Blue Show #148 appeared first on 36 Point.

AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp weather-wise, was so much better than my freezing experience from last year. For an event held October 2-4, 2015 in Northern Minnesota, temperature is a risk, but thankfully they throw a hoodie into the swag bag just in[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp 2015: The Reflex Blue Show Conference Special appeared first on 36 Point.

It seems like only yesterday that we sent Ben Lueders off to cover some new fangled conference called the HOW Interactive Design Conference in San Francisco. I guess it’s been almost four years – and it’s now a conference held in three different cities.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Emily Brick: The Reflex Blue Show #147 appeared first on 36 Point.

The final of our six interviews recorded at the 2015 HOW Design Live in Chicago is with Ken Lo of BLOW. We talk about packaging design, logo design, and being a designer in Hong Kong among other things. Enjoy. The Reflex Blue Show The post Ken Lo: The Reflex Blue Show #146 appeared first on 36 Point.

The fifth of our six interviews recorded at the 2015 HOW Design Live in Chicago is with Jessica Helfand of Design Observer. We talk about Design Observer, The Observatory (her podcast with Michael Beirut), Winterhouse, magazine design, and her upcoming book. Enjoy. The Reflex[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Jessica Helfand: The Reflex Blue Show #145 appeared first on 36 Point.

The fourth of our six interviews recorded at the 2015 HOW Design Live in Chicago is with Justin Ahrens and Wills Francis of Rule29. We talk about Wheels 4 Water, Culture vs. Creative, and podcasting. Enjoy. The Reflex Blue Show The post Justin Ahrens & Wills Francis: The Reflex Blue Show #144 appeared first on 36 Point.

The third of our six interviews recorded at the 2015 HOW Design Live in Chicago is with Matteo Bologna. We talk about his company (Mucca Design), his eventually upcoming Foundry (MuccaTypo), one of his loves (Type Design), being President (The Type Directors Club), and being[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Matteo Bologna: The Reflex Blue Show #143 appeared first on 36 Point.

The second of our six interviews recorded at HOW Design Live is with who I consider the winner of this year’s best presentation title – Megan Mead. We spend the entire episode talking about – “How Not 2 Suck at Presenting.” Enjoy. The Reflex Blue Show The post Megan Mead: The Reflex Blue Show #142 appeared first on 36 Point.