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This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with IBM Design Principle, Oen Hammonds. We chat about how IBM uses design thinking to create more empathy within products and divisions, working outside of the digital realm on side projects as a way to reset your brain, his role with in AIGA Austin and what he’s learned as chapter president, and more.

You can find out more about Oen on Twitter @visualnotepad and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Oen Hammonds:

• www.visualnotepad.org
• Instagram
• Dribbble

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with designer Carlos Estrada. We chat about his interesting path to becoming a designer, how he branched out on his own after years in the publishing world, his role with AIGA’s Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, and more.

You can find out more about Carlos on Twitter @estradaworks and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Carlos Estrada:

• Instagram
• Behance

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with illustrator Laura Bee, of Ghostly Ferns. We chat about going it on her own as a freelancer right out of the gate after university, how Ghostly Ferns got started and how they operate as independent contractors, how she battled depression and what she did to start taking care of herself, and more.

You can find out more about Laura on her website lovelyascanbee.com and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Laura Bee:

• ghostlyferns.com
• Instagram
• Twitter
• Dribbble

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Joseph Salza, host of the Grits & Grids Podcast and owner & Creative Director of Vigor Branding, an at Atlanta based firm specializing in restaurant and beverage branding. We chat about starting Vigor right after college and building the business into a 10 person agency—until the recession hit, and he had to go out and find a 9-5 job working for someone else, how his leadership style changes after rebuilding Vigor, how Grits & Grids got started and a blog and evolved into the podcast, what foods he loves and hates, and more.

You can find out more about Joseph on Twitter @vigor and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Joseph Salza:

• vigorbranding.com
• gritsandgrids.com
• Instagram - Vigor
• Instagram - Grits & Grids
• Facebook - Vigor
• Facebook - Grits & Grids
• Pinterest

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Mekale Jackson, Creative Director for St. Johns University Athletics. We chat about how as an English Lit major he got into Graphic Design by making flyers for his Fraternity, creating a brand with the Red Storm that focuses on the grittiness and culture of New York City, how keeping a disciplined schedule helps him avoid overworking himself and burnout, what he’s learned through mentoring students and interns, and more.

You can find out more about Mekale on Twitter @MekaleJackson and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode, use code CREATE15CS to get 15% off your next order over $25.

Find out more about Mekale Jackson:

• www.mekalejackson.com
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Tumblr

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Designer, Melinda Livsey. We chat about how an internship at Oakley turned into a full time job and what she learned in her time as an in-house designer, when she made the turn from viewing herself as a freelance designer and started considering herself a small business owner, how she got hooked up with Chris Do and The Futur and what she’s learned under his coaching, I end up getting some coaching from Melinda for Frostiki, the design business my wife Tina and I run, and we find out Melinda’s three year plan.

You can find out more about Melinda on Twitter @melindalivsey_ and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Melinda Livsey:

• www.marksandmaker.com
• Instagram - Melinda Livsey
• Instagram - Makers and Marks
• Behance
• Facebook
• www.pre-lance.com
• Melinda on The Futur

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Author and Designer, Beth Stafford and Illustrator and Designer, Jeremy Slagle about their upcoming children’s book, “Chin up, Chinchilla.” We get a bit of Beth and Jeremy’s backgrounds, talk about how Beth came up with the idea for the book, how Jeremy got involved with the illustrations, creating emotion in the characters expressions, and discuss the Kickstarter Campaign for "Chin Up, Chinchilla."

You can find out more about Chin Up Chinchilla at HappyCargoBooks.com and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with Beth and Jeremy. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Chin Up, Chinchilla:

• HappyCargoBooks.com
• Kickstarter campaign
• Instagram

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with UX designer, Chris Thomas. We chat about how he went from dropping out of HVAC school to playing Harmonica in touring bands to his career in UX Design, How working as a designer at churches taught him how to think about UX design through the customers eyes, the importance of design leadership and being intentional in your designs, and more.

You can find out more about Chris on Twitter @beardedcbass and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Chris Thomas:

• squaremethod.co
• Dribbble
• Instagram

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with designer, educator, and author of “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design,” Douglas Davis. Douglas and I chat about how a kid with no plans to go to college ended up with two masters degrees and as chair of his department at New York City College of Technology, struggling with addiction for years and how having a front row seat to seeing the planes hit the World Trade Center on 9/11 helped cement his sobriety, learning from your failures and how overcoming the fear of failing can help you progress in your work and life, and more.

You can find out more about Douglas on Twitter @DouglasQDavis and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Douglas Davis:

• www.douglasdavis.com
• Facebook
• LinkedIn
• Creative Strategy and The Business of Design
• Dragon Slaying

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with designer and author of “Brand Intervention,” David Brier. David and I chat about studying under Ed Benguiat and working for Herb Lubalin and the level of crafter he learned from them, how he defines brand and how he simplifies the concept of brand, helping clients take ownership of and tell their stories, and more.

You can find out more about David on Twitter @davidbrier and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about David Brier:

• www.risingabovethenoise.com
• Instagram
• Facebook
• What Is Branding

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking illustrator Amber Vittoria. Amber and I chat about focusing her illustrations to celebrate the diversity of the female form, why she chooses to create art and illustrations that speak to issues women face, exploring new illustration styles, experimenting with painting, and more.

You can find out more about Amber on Twitter @amber_vittoria and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Amber Vittoria:

• www.ambervittoria.com
• Instagram
• Facebook

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking designer and educator Mitch Goldstein. We chat about being dialed into architecture early on in undergrad before being asked to take an extended break from college, how getting into RISD changed his life and lead him to where he is now, how teaching has helped him continue learning & expand his private practice, how the over use of design as problem solving is a self aggrandizing dialogue, and more.

You can find out more about Mitch on Twitter @MGoldst and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Mitch Goldstein:

• mitchgoldstein.com
• Instagram

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking Chief Design Officer for Creative Market, Gerren Lamson. We chat about how Creative Market build community, how the market for digital assets is evolving, how Creative Market Pro works for both shops and consumers, and why they decided to enter this market, and more.

You can find out more about Gerren on Twitter @gerrenlamson and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with him. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Gerren Lamson:

• creativemarket.com
• www.gerrenlamson.com
• Dribbble
• Medium

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with designer, hand lettering artist, and author Cristina Vanko. Cristina and I chat about hiding that she was majoring in art from her mom until her senior year of college, collaborating on 100 day projects with a copywriter friend to help push each other further, how her book “Adultish” came to be and what she learned while writing it, and more.

You can find out more about Cristina on Twitter @CristinaVanko and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Cristina Vanko:

• cristinavanko.com
• Instagram
• Adultish Book
• 100 Days of Adulting

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with artist and design educator, Aggie Toppins. Aggie and I talk about using design as a contribution to society rather than just serving a clients needs, how she made the shift in her design philosophy to have a set of convictions that helped her discover who she was a designer, traveling to expand her design language and what communication looks like in other cultures, and more.

You can find out more about Aggie on Twitter @aggietoppins and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Aggie Toppins:

• aggietoppins.com
• Instagram

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with artist and design educator, Alma Hoffmann. Alma and I chat about growing up in Puerto Rico, struggling with self-doubt throughout college and graduate school, dealing with racism and bigotry because of her accent, and more.

You can find out more about Alma on Twitter @almahoffmann and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Alma Hoffmann:

• almahoffmann.net
• Instagram
• Linktree

We’re heading back to the most recent Creative South. I sat down with a ton of talented designers and illustrators during the conference and talked about all kinds of stuff. This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with Josh Ariza and Jamal Collins. Sit back and relax, strap into your way back machine, and enjoy the show.

You can find out more about Josh on Twitter @Joshua_Ariza and Jamal is @jayworking, plus be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with them. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

This week on the Creative South Podcast, I’m talking with UI/UX Designer and animator Ayana Campbell Smith. Ayana and I chat about how she was destined for her career with a mom who is a designer and a dad who’s a developer, her methods of building design systems to help increase her productivity, starting a YouTube channel to teach design and UI/UX animation after Epicurrence Winter Work Week, and more.

You can find out more about Ayana on Twitter @_ayanacampbell and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Ayana Campbell Smith:

• ayanacampbell.com
• YouTube
• Dribbble

This week on the Creative South Podcast I’m talking with designer and illustrator Brittany Barnhart. Brittany and I talk about how attending Weapons of Mass Creation while in college helped solidify her desire to be a designer, the importance of remaining curious and learning new things, dealing with a nightmare client and the lessons she learned, and more,

You can find out more about Brittany on Twitter @justcuriousco and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Brittany Barnhart:

• justcurious.co
• Instagram
• Dribbble
• Behance
• Facebook

This week on the Creative South Podcast I’m talking with artist, designer, and Creative South Alumnus Lydia Kuekes. Lydia and I chat about sticking with graphic design after being rejected twice from her college program, why she went back for her masters degree after five years of working professionally, how we can use our talents as designers for good and to promote change, how she got into block printing and what it’s done to make her work better.

You can find out more about Lydia on Twitter @lydiakuekes and be sure to check out the links in the show notes for more ways to keep up with her. You can keep up with the podcast on Twitter and Facebook @CreativeSoPod, and follow Creative South on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @CreativeSouthGA or over at CreativeSouth.com, and I’m @jfrostholm on Dribbble, Twitter, and Instagram.

Thank you to JakPrints for sponsoring this episode.

Find out more about Lydia Kuekes:

• lydiakuekes.com
• Instagram
• Dribbble
• LinkedIn