See Through Design

In this episode of See Through Design we interview Lizzie Benton from Liberty Mind. As a company culture coach, Lizzie works with founders of start-ups and small businesses to help build purpose-driven company cultures that enable everyone to thrive at work. We discuss what company culture is, how it affects moral in the workplace and the ripple effect it has on a companies customers, good examples of company culture and more! Follow Lizzie and Liberty Mind @libertyminduk www.libertymind.co.uk

In this episode of See Through Design we interview Ian Paget aka Logo Geek. We discuss all things Logo Geek, including his podcast, community and forthcoming book. We also delve into his logo design process, thoughts on inspiration vs copying, logos gone wrong, what to include in your portfolio, being honest and even toys, yo-yos and much more!

In this episode of See Through Design we interview retired graphic designer Colin Jackson aka Liam's Dad! Being born in 1944 we discuss how Colin got into design, his education, design before the digital world, the transition from handmade to designing with computers, his process, design and career advice for younger designers and much more!

See Through Design is one year old!!!! In this episode of See Through Design we discuss January/New Year blues, the expectations we put on ourselves for the new year ahead and how we can use self awareness and mindfulness techniques to help with this in both personal and design work life. It's not all doom and gloom though we do celebrate the fact that we've been doing the podcast for a year and talk about what we've learnt along the way and reminisce over previous episodes and guests.

In this episode of See Through Design we interview logo and type designer Adam Greasley. Being a self taught designer with no formal education we discuss how Adam got into design, how he taught himself, got into the industry, how he's progressed into becoming a self employed designer specialising in logos and type design and a whole lot more. Check out Adam's website here - https://oakfold.co.uk Buy Adam's fonts here - https://creativemarket.com/wearecolt https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/wearecolt

In this episode of See Through Design we have a discussion about being 'Out of Action' as a Freelancer. We discuss how Caz became out of action after having a cycling accident, what he has learnt from the experience and how you can put some things in place so that if you're are unable to work for your clients because of such an incident you'll be in the best position possible.

In this episode of See Through Design we interview type designer and founder of Nootype Foundry, Nico Inosanto. We discuss how he got started as a type designer, how to go about creating a font, hints and tips for people looking to start type design, type design software, font licenses, starting a foundry, designing a font for Bugatti, creating glyphs in foreign alphabets and more. Check out Nootype's website - www.nootype.com

In this episode of See Through Design we interview logo designer James Martin aka @made.by.james. We discuss the importance of being yourself, having patience with your design career, social media, design influencers, mentors, design education, his forthcoming book, logo course, design community and much more! Preorder 'The Made By James Book - Your Honest Guide To Creativity And Logo Design - https://www.quartoknows.com/books/9780760371497/Made-by-James.html Follow James - @made.by.james Check out his website - https://madebyjames.co https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/made-by-james-being-yourself-and-having-patience-with-your-design-career

In this episode of See Through Design we come to the end of our 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' series with Wrath. We discuss what makes us angry as designers and business owners, whether it be working with clients, colleagues or our own egos getting in the way. We explore how we can overcome the temptation to let anger take us over using mindfulness and other techniques. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/seven-deadly-sins-of-design-wrath

In this episode of See Through Design we continue our series of 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' with Lust. We discuss what many designers lust after and the effects of lusting over certain things within design and the design industry can have, whether it be the tools we use, other designers and agencies portfolios, clients, style, education, jobs and more. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/seven-deadly-sins-of-design-lust

In this episode of See Through Design we continue our series of 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' with Sloth. We discuss what makes a lazy designer and ways in which we can become more productive through organisation, processes, workflow and even how being lazy on specific tasks and using certain tools and methods can make you more efficient and productive. We also look at the future of artificial intelligence within design and how it could affect our careers and role as a designer in the world. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/seven-deadly-sins-of-design-sloth

In this episode of See Through Design we Interview Paul Nicholson aka Number 3. Paul has worked with brands such as Manga, Ministry of Sound, Orbital, Aphex Twin and Skrillex to name but a few! We discuss his background, process, idea generation and lots more! https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/paul-nicholson-graphic-design-for-the-music-industry

In this episode of 'See through Design' we talk to Luke Tyler founder of Melobleep about the power of audio branding and his process for creating distinctive audio for brands. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/melobleep-audio-branding-with-luke-tyler

In this episode of See Through Design we talk to award-winning Dutch designer Dirk Pieter van Walsum about his career, process and developing a product to help companies find their purpose. We delve into his past work and talk about dutch design. References to unnamed fonts mentioned in the episode: AMBER logo uses F37 Bella font by Alex Haigh. The 90s fonts being used a lot - Oblong and Dogma from emigre.com. DP's Quora profile: https://www.quora.com/profile/Dirk-Pieter-Van-Walsum?fbclid=IwAR0JJ40b6--bpbCsMQW0c4a-cPKJJM14ErCCg7I1XQnRrQ9l5ieCAAN1upw https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/dirk-pieter-van-walsum-dutch-design-branding-and-other-design-processes

In this episode of See Through Design, We talk to the creator of the 'Swatchos' Andy Brown. Andy is a designer working on branding, print and digital design and on his website it says he works with people in business, people who work at schools, people with new ideas as well as charities, churches and design agencies. He is the creator of The Print Handbook and Swatchos and also an occasional writer and speaker and has written about design and print production for Computer Arts magazine and various design websites. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/andy-brown

In this episode of See Through Design we continue our series of 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' with Gluttony and ask the question is consuming so much content online detrimental to career progression, productivity and mindset? We also discuss the reason behind some design purchases and whether or not in fact some are made as a way of reassurance and if deep down inside we already know the answers to a lot of our own internal questions, but feel uncertainty, FOMO and peer pressure force us to buy courses, books etc because others have claimed it's life changing!

This episode of the See Through Design podcast is our third instalment from our mini series about the 'Seven Deadly Sins of Design'. This episode is all about GREED. We discuss how both clients and designers can be greedy when it comes to power, money and pricing design work, greed for social media followers and likes, greed within design pieces around the concept of 'less is more' and showing compassion to yourself and others.

In this Episode of See Through Design, we had the pleasure to chat to Natasha Gilson. Natasha is an entrepreneur, Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist, Freestyle Fitness Yoga Teacher, Reiki Master, and the Founder of Ditch the Diet!! Which is a revolutionary idea aimed at helping people reach their health and fitness goals!!! We spoke in depth about staying healthy as designers working at our desks, mindset and achieving goals. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/natasha-gilson-health-and-well-being-for-graphic-designers @cusumano.uk @liamjacksondesign

In this episode of See Through Design, we discuss the second deadly sin in our series 'Seven Deadly Sins of Design' PRIDE. We talk about how pride is sinful when there's too much of it in your mindset, but also how by not having enough pride in your work or being proud of your achievements can hold you back and keep you from reaching your business and design related goals.

In this episode of the See Through Design podcast we start a new mini series about the 'Seven Deadly Sins of Design'. This first episode of the series is all about ENVY, something we all struggle with as designers and creatives. We discuss our personal struggles with the topic and ways in which we can try to change mindset and cope with envy and jealousy as graphic designers.