In our final show before our recaps from the HOW Design Conference in Boston start up, we bring in a great group of guests : Steve Gordon, Ashley McFeely, and Joe Sparano. We speak mostly about teaching design in this fun episode.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Steve Gordon, Ashley McFeely, Joe Sparano: The Reflex Blue Show #127 appeared first on 36 Point.

At the HOW Design Conference in Denver (was that really 2010?), Nate and I somehow recorded 12 podcasts (5 daily recaps, and 7 interviews), with the last one coming around half an hour after the closing keynote by Kevin Carroll.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Kevin Carroll: The Reflex Blue Show #126 appeared first on 36 Point.

Justin Ahrens of Rule29 is always one of my favorite guests – partly because he’s always up to something new in the world of design. On this episode, we speak about him getting ready to present at How Design Live[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Justin Ahrens: The Reflex Blue Show #125 appeared first on 36 Point.

The ‘official first episode’ of season seven is with none other than Armin Vit of Under Consideration. First off, big thanks to the American Advertising Federation of Omaha, who brought Armin into town to keynote their great yearly student event[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Armin Vit: The Reflex Blue Show #124 appeared first on 36 Point.

It’s our yearly check out some ads during the football game, and lets talk about them. Once again, Tom Nemitz leads a discussion with myself, Steve Gordon, Chris Kelly, and Ashley McFeely. We hope you enjoy this kick-off to Season 7 of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Superb Owl Spectacular VI appeared first on 36 Point.

Season 6 of The Reflex Blue Show has been quite the adventure. We started out by sending Ben Lueders to AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp to capture a few interviews, then having Tom Nemitz help us recap the football game ads, before[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry... The post Steve Gordon and Cate White – The Season 6 Finale: The Reflex Blue Show #123 appeared first on 36 Point.

As one of the most quoted designers in Nebraska, Joe Sparano is looking forward to what’s next. After nine years at Oxide Design and teaching some college students (as well as middle schoolers) about design, he’s decided to take the steps to find his long-term goals in the field. So, we talk about looking at grad schools, […]

Whether you like it or not, politics is/can be big business, and big business knows they need design (or should know by now, right?). Maybe you do like it. So, we decide to spend this week speaking to two Omaha-area designers that have done a bit of work in the political arena recently. One look […]

In our final recap of the AIGA Head, Heart, Hand conference in Minneapolis, we start in the exhibit hall by speaking to Brian French and Jerry French of French Paper, and Jamie Saunders of Neenah Paper. Just outside of that area, we find Cate White finishing up her final project for Command X (thrilled to see someone […]

Well, the AIGA conference in Minneapolis lived up to the hype. In the first (of two) recaps I recorded while there. I speak with a stellar cast of attendees, speakers, national co=presidents, and more. That’s right, we bring in Justin Ahrens, Drew Davies, Stanley Hainsworth, Jim Moran, Tom Nemitz, and Emily Potts to get their thoughts on the first […]