In this episode of Design Bytes, we host a discussion with award-winning industrial designer and educator Matt Johnson about approaching creativity, handling clients, and bringing ideas to reality within a budget. Hosted by Megan Cary and Paige Garland.

About our guest:Matt Johnson graduated from Pratt Institute with a Master of Industrial Design and has more than twenty years of industry experience working with clients including Target, Cynthia Rowley, Estee Lauder, General Motors, Unilever, and Pfizer. He is a former faculty and Program Coordinator of Industrial Design at the Michael Graves College of Architecture & Design, Kean University in Union, NJ. He’s currently based in Fairhope, Alabama where he co-owns, ALJ Interiors with his wife, interior designer Annie Johnson.

Resources:http://www.mobile.aiga.org

Books

The Field Guide to Human-Centered Design – By IDEO.org

Sketching by Koos Eissen

Podcasts

Master’s of Scale by Reid Hoffman – Falling off a cliff and building a plane on the way down.

How I Built This with Guy Raz

Business Wars from Wondery

Twenty Thousand Hertz – Dallas Taylor

Other

Love Hulten – Swedish, traditional craftsmanship with modern tech.

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