When I first heard that world-renown “Drawsigner” and long-time RBS friend, Von Glitschka was starting to charge 5 dollars for custom logos – I did a double-take. “How could this be?” Then I saw what he called this new design product: “5ive Minute Logo“. Brilliant. Donovan and I could instantly see what Von was doing: […]

Every year AAF Omaha hosts Meet the Pros – an awesome two-day conference that brings top-notch professionals from all around the region and country, to inspire the next generation of designers and advertisers. One of this year’s pros was Stefan Mumaw – prolific author and frequent guest on The Reflex Blue Show. We invited Stefan […]

Well – here it is, folks: the annual “Superb-Owl” Spectactular show. Every year 36 point grabs a group of design friends together, and guest host Tom Nemitz leads the discussion on the TOP Super Bowl commercials. This year’s ensemble cast included Donovan Beery, Ben Lueders, Steve Gordon, Ashley McFeely and Tom Nemitz. Here’s the semi-finalists […]

I was instantly drawn into Eric Madsen‘s Design Camp presentation by his deep sense of story and self-awareness. At first it was hard to see how his talk had anything to do with design – as it started simply with memories and photographs from his childhood years in Texas. But as his story progressed, I […]

I have to admit, before talking to Matthew Doty (Lifetime Fitness) and Fred Beecher (The Nerdery) – I may not have actually known what “UX” meant. (I may have even mistakenly believed that “UX” was what you call those harmful rays the sun gives off.) Either way – to my surprise, User eXperience design is a […]

When you listen to Ron and Brent of YYES design – you immediately forget that the world of graphic design can often be a stressful and competitive place. As they explain in this interview, Brent and Ron named their unique firm YYES (pronounced “YYYYES!!!”) because of their positive, playful approach to graphic design. Listening to […]

For many design conference attendees, the conference highlight is often the exhibit hall. Hundreds of eager designers flood a large room looking for opportunities to discover sweet design-related products – and fill a giant bag with sweet design–related trinkets that probably won’t fit in their suitcases. At Design Camp 2012 held by AIGA Minnesota, there […]

My first night at AIGA Minnesota’s Design Camp – found me at a table right across from the extraordinary designer, Paula Scher. I was at a special pre-conference dinner for the speakers, sponsors and media for the event. Seated next to me were  Kim Shannon and Jamie Saunders – Neenah Paper reps that had brought […]

Our 7th interview podcast from HOW Live (recorded in Boston), brings us Hatch Design. Talking with Joel Templin and Katie Jain is a true pleasure. I mean, Ben and I were impressed enough with their incredible design work – but they do so much more. We speak about the idea behind Hatch, being an incubator of ideas, and […]

Leaving the AIGA Nebraska board near the end of 2008 was something that was a bit difficult. After 7 years of volunteering though, I knew it was time to move on. I’m happy to see the chapter continue to do a lot of great things, and this week they did one I was very impressed […]