Happy Friday! Meet Natalia C. Arias who is a Multidisciplinary Artist and Designer, currently based in Baltimore, Maryland, and born and raised in Miami, Florida. In our podcast episode, we discussed the struggle with productivity and being productive especially when working from home. We also discussed her 365 challenge and her process when it comes to creating passion projects. You can follow Natalie here on Instagram: @nataliacelinearias

@playbyceline

Happy Friday, Everyone! In this week's podcast, we discussed the struggle of coming up with new ideas, finding clients, and owning a studio. I interviewed Fidel Pena, an Elsavadorian designer based in Canada, a co-founder of Underline Studio in Toronto. You can follow Fidel on Instagram at @fidelunderline

Erwin is a designer and has worked on different aspects in the design field like brand design, UX UI design, and so much more. In our podcast, we discuss the struggle of finding a clear headspace and context switching when it comes to the work process. We also discussed the importance of supporting other communities that are people of color. Another thing we discussed is following your true passion. You can follow Erwin on Instagram here: @erwin_hines 

 James Daher is a motion designer at HBO and also a former professor of mine at SVA. In this episode, we discussed tips for getting into motion design, the struggles of finding a job, and supporting yourself as a designer.

You can follow James here: 

@jamesdaher 

website 

https://jamesdaher.com/#/

Happy Friday! In this week's podcast meet illustrator & UI/UX Designer Tania. She is based in Puerto Rico 🇵🇷and we discussed how illustration is just as important as traditional art, working with men in the tech industry, and finding opportunities for yourself as a creative Tania has her own collective and her own manga podcast where you can listen below. 

Collective @les_insu 

Manga podcast @delamangapodcast

Meet Designer, Artist, & Publisher Ben Denzer, Ben was also a professor of mine at Sva and In this week's episode, we talk about the struggle of separating the idea of making and analyzing. We also talked about the importance of experimenting with your work and trusting the design process. I also had an in-depth conversation about the projects that Ben has worked on as well. You can view Bens work on Instagram and on his website here: 

@bendenzer 

@ice_cream_books

@catalogpress

https://bendenzer.com/

Lazzo is a Graphic designer, Illustrator, Animator, Director we also discussed some of the recent projects that Lazzo has been working on.  On this week's podcast we discussed the process of working as a graphic designer, we also discussed the struggle of coming up with the first idea. 

You can follow Lazzos Instagram: @_oddville_