Our 3rd interview podcast from HOW Live (recorded in Boston), brings us two speakers in one show! Luke Mysse of Crossgrain, got rave reviews by the people we spoke with last year at the Creative Freelancer Conference, and was at the top of our list to speak to because of it. We talk with Luke about how the […]

Editing these podcasts from HOW Live almost makes me think we’re back in Boston. And that would be a good thing, as the event always goes by way too quickly. This week, Ben Lueders and I talk to riCardo Crespo about his current work at 20th Century Fox and his previous work at Mattell. For those who are […]

HOW Live in Boston may have been over for the past month, but we’re just getting started here on The Reflex Blue Show, with the first of seven podcasts we recorded while there. One of the great things about these conferences is the chance to meet some really talented and amazing individuals in person. I first […]

When we heard that design blogger Dave Seliger (from Core 77) was planning to stop by Omaha as a part of his “Route 77” road trip, we knew that we needed to have him on the podcast. Sure enough, Dave agreed to an afternoon interview in between visiting other Omaha-based designers and giving a talk for […]

Last year while at HOW Live in Chicago, we were fortunate enough to record a podcast with James Victore (The Reflex Blue Show #77). Victore was still on a sort of book tour (one with so much ink, it may just now be dry, but a gorgeous book it is), and also just announcing an event […]

And so it begins! Yesterday, Donovan and I landed in Boston for the enormously popular HOW Design Live conference- and spent the day meeting folks, picking up our prestigious media badges, and getting to know the city of Boston. We also recorded a little “Day 0” podcast with a couple awesome designers named Jason: Jason […]

As day one of the HOW Design Live conference drew to a close last night, Donovan and I set up shop in the back of the main ballroom and grabbed some of the speakers and attendees about the day’s events. Here’s who we chatted up: Luke Mysse- Speaker www.lukemysse.com Jon Nielsen- Attendee www.gogoair.com Steve Gordon- […]

Instead of our traditional impromptu attendee interviews for our second day recap- we brought together an amazing collection of HOW Design Live friends- for one long, unedited, unscripted conversation. The results were… well, check them out for yourself! Justin Ahrens www.rule29.com Luke Mysse www.lukemysse.com Steve Gordon www.rdqlus.com Matt Porter www.neenahpaperblog.com  Von Glitschka www.vonglitschka.com   -Ben […]

As Donovan and I packed up our recording gear to interview HOW Design Live attendees for our day 3 recap- we suddenly realized a commotion right outside of our recording room. Sure enough, a fancy speaker reception was coming together! So, instead of finding our way back to the ballroom- we set up a makeshift […]

On the last night of the HOW Design Live conference in Boston- Donovan and I grabbed our podcasting gear and headed for the portfolio review hall. We were hoping to grab a couple attendees for the recap before reviewing some killer portfolios. What happened was much better… We immediately recognized illustrator Kelsey Grafton from our […]