Dissection: Recent Episodes
JK Design
A podcast about the unique creative process of designers. Each episode, we'll speak with a world renown graphic designer, and dissect one singular project of theirs. We'll hear about how the project started, learn about the artists creative process, and hear fascinating behind-the-scenes stories of struggles and how the project came together. Dissection is produced and presented by JK Design, a design studio in NYC.
Anne Jordan designs book covers and other graphic objects. She works in collaboration with her husband Mitch Goldstein to explore the intersection of typography and materials. They are based in Rochester, New York, USA.
Anne earned her BFA in Graphic Design from Rhode Island School of Design, and her MFA in Design/Visual Communications from Virginia Commonwealth University, School of the Arts. She has taught graphic design at Maryland Institute College of Art and Virginia Commonwealth University.
In this episode we speak with Anne about the cover design of 'The Woman Who Read Too Much'
Hinterland is a New-York based multidisciplinary design studio that creates branding for print, digital and physical environments, as well as publication design for books and magazines. In this episode we speak with Scott Buschkuhl about the SVA 2016 Senior Library book.
Andy Chen and Waqas Jawaid are partners at Isometric, a visual identity and graphic design consultancy that specializes in print, digital, and exhibition design. Based in New York City, they collaborate with cultural institutions, businesses, and nonprofits to reinvent the way they present themselves visually and strategically. Isometric also works with a variety of organizations that represent marginalized and underserved populations, including civilians in zones of conflict, subjects of human trafficking, and more. They believe in design that transcends existing expectations by challenging cliches and stereotypes in visual culture. In this episode, we speak with Andy and Waqas about the branding and environmental design they did for the Princeton University Fields Center.
In this roundtable discussion, Jason and Chris discuss the pro's and con's of open source branding and crowd sourced branding. Examples discussed include Mozilla, Firefox, Gap, and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Keira Alexandra started her career at the seminal design studio M&Co., founded by Tibor Kalman, followed by creative director positions at MTV and Sundance TV. She has taught in the graphic design graduate program at Yale since 1999 and frequently lectures about design. Kiffer Keegan began as a cinematographer and motion designer. Before becoming a partner at Work-Order, he worked as senior designer at Comedy Central and as lead designer and animator for over a dozen major luxury and media accounts, from Acura to HBO. In this episode we’ll speak with Kiera and Kiffer about the rebranding of The Huffington Post that their studio did last year.
Studio Moross is a multi-tasking studio that creates, art directs, designs, and films some of the biggest brands on the planet. Working with the most cutting-edge designers, the Studio Moross approach is unparalleled: creating instantly recognizable and totally unforgettable art direction, print, packaging, moving image and branding to make the world look fresher, better and more alive. As yet they’ve created iconic work for the likes of MTV, Disclosure, Sam Smith, Ray-Ban, Dreamland, Vice, Young Turks and One Direction among many, many others. In this episode, we speak with Kate Moross and illustrator/designer Guy about the Park Life 2017 campaign.
In this week's roundtable discussion, Jason and Chris discuss the IHOP / IHOB branding campaign; Ogilvy's brand refresh, and changes in the B2B marketing industry, with a focus on employer branding.
Antonio Alcalá opened Studio A in 1988 after graduating from the Yale School Art with an MFA in graphic design. Since then, his studio has won awards of excellence in design from local, national and international design institutions. His clients include the National Gallery of Art, the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Smithsonian Institution. Alcalá is responsible for the design of US postage stamps as an art director for the United States Postal Service, and in 2011, Alcalá was nominated for two National Design Awards from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum. His work is represented in the AIGA Design Archives, the National Postal Museum, and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection of Graphic Design. In this episode we speak with Antonio about his role as an Art Director for the United States Postal Service.
Bobby C. Martin Jr. is a founding partner of Original Champions of Design in New York City, where he guides OCD's culture and sets the relentless standard of design and vision for the company. Since founding the branding and design agency, with Jennifer Kinon in 2010, he has partnered with a wide range of clients such as the Girl Scouts of the USA, MTV, the New York Times, the National Basketball Association and the Studio Museum in Harlem to ensure their growth and creative goals.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Lance Wyman is a graphic designer specializing in systems for cities, events, institutions and transit systems. Over the past 5 decades he has helped to define the field of environmental graphics. He teaches corporate and wayfinding design at Parsons where he has been a visiting lecturer since 1973. In this episode, we speak with Lance about the branding, typography, and industrial design he has done for the City of Mexico, which started with the Summer Olympics in 1968.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Amy Lee Walton is a multidisciplinary designer that walks the line between creative and coder. She is a practicing designer, cartographer, and speaker; who likes to write narrative and code. She currently works at Mapbox, where she designs maps, curates and queries open source data, and builds systems for outreach and engagement, teaching others the secrets of excellent cartography.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Teddy Blanks is a co-founder of the Brooklyn-based graphic design studio CHIPS, where he creates book covers, movie posters, and title sequences for film and TV. In this episode we discuss the title design and prop design for Listen Up Philp, Queen of the Earth, Golden Exits, and Everything Sucks!
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Veronika Burian and José Scaglione met and developed a respectful kinship while completing their Master’s degrees in type design at University of Reading, UK. Established in 2006, TypeTogether is an independent, cosmopolitan type foundry that creates text typography for intensive digital and print editorial use. In this episode we discuss their latest release, Protipo, a wide-ranging and impactful sans that’s ideal in all informative situations: apps, infographics, UI, wayfinding, transport, posters, display, and more.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Anton Repponen and Irene Pereyra are friends, collaborators, designers, perfectionists and travel junkies. As former manhattan agency directors, they cut loose from the large agencies they worked at to get back to being hands-on designers based out of Brooklyn. In this episode we speak with them about the branding and digital work they did for NYC-based artist Shantell Martin.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2018.typographics.com. To receive a $50 discount for individual tickets for professionals, students and educators, use the coupon code DISSECTION_50 at checkout.
Simon Walker is a freelance designer and custom-typographer working in Austin, Texas. Some of his clients, past and present, include Nickelodeon, Vanity Fair, Pepsi, ESPN, Nike and Target. In this episode, we speak with Simon about his new type foundry, Beasts of England.
Kelsey Dake lives in the desert and draws pictures. She has drawn for The New York Times, Nike, Variety, BBDO, McSweeney's, HarperCollins, and is an Art Directors Club Young Guns winner. In this episode, we spoke with Kelsey about the illustration and animation she did for the Nike FlyEase sneakers.
Nicholas Felton is a designer, entrepreneur and artist whose work focuses on translating quotidian data into meaningful objects and experiences. He is the author of numerous personal annual reports that condense the events of a year into a tapestry of maps, graphs and statistics. He has been profiled by The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times and his work is a part of the permanent collection at MoMA. In this episode, we speak with Nicholas about Photoviz, and book he helped to create about visualizing information through photography.
Allan Yu is a freelance product designer living and working in New York City. Allan has worked with Google and The New York Times, among others. In this episode we hear from Allan about why he started Mars Maiers, a side project in which he creates a new poster every day.
Invisible Creature was born from the minds and hands of Don and Ryan Clark with a desire to focus on print design, illustration and their own products including posters, books and toys. They've received 4 Grammy nominations for music packaging and have worked with clients such as Target, NASA, LEGO, Nike, Wired Magazine, The New York Times, and so many more. In this episode we speak with Don Clark about the mural the he illustrated for Cinerama in Seattle, WA.
Mikey Burton is a part time designer and a part time illustrator—which adds up to a full time Designy Illustrator. He’s been working professionally for over 13 years now, but claims to be ‘still figuring it out.’ He’s done a lot of work in that time for clients such as Converse, ESPN, Target, The New York Times, Time Magazine, and Esquire, among others. In this episode we speak with Mikey about the design and illustration he did for the labels and packaging of Southeast Brewing's Golden Axe Cider and line of Kaiju Beers.
Amy & Jen Hood are the co-founders of Hoodzpah, a unique ,boutique branding agency in Newport Beach, CA having worked with brands like Target, Facebook, Vox and more. In this episode, we speak with Amy & Jen about Odds And Sods, their brand of Unnecessary Necessaries.
Born the son of a lawyer and a music teacher in West TN, Jeff is a product of creativity and logic. Jeff joined the ad world as an account executive after earning a degree in business from the University of Tennessee. After five years of brand management and strategy experience, he headed to NYC where he graduated from Parson’s School of Design and worked with smaller design-focused practices. Drawing from these experiences, Jeff returned to Nashville and opened the doors of Perky Bros in 2009. In this episode, we speak with Jeff about the branding, illustration, and package design his studio did for Forgotten Boardwalk Brewing Company.
Erik Spiekermann is an award-winning designer, typographer and entrepreneur. He has been named Royal Designer for Industry by the Royal British Society of Arts and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award of the German Design Council. In this episode, we speak with Erik about his creation of the typeface FF Real.
Michael Bierut worked for ten years at Vignelli Associates, ultimately as vice president of graphic design. He then joined Pentagram in 1990 as a partner in the firm’s New York office. Bierut’s projects at Pentagram have included identity and branding for Verizon, MIT Media Lab, and the New York Jets; environmental graphics and signage for The New York Times, the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Robin Hood Foundation, and the Walt Disney Company, and so many more projects in every discipline of design. He has won hundreds of design awards, work is represented in the permanent collections of the MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and in 1989, Bierut was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale. If that all wasn’t enough, Bierut is a Senior Critic in Graphic Design at the Yale School of Art. In this episode, we speak with Michael about the branding and identity work he did for Playwrights Horizons, an independent theater in New York City.
On our one-year anniversary, Jason and Chris take the time to look back and recount how and why Dissection came to be. Hear the story of the original idea for the show which got rejected, and how inspiration from other podcasts lead to the format which would become Dissection.
Silas Munro earned his BFA from RISD and an MFA from CalArts. His design studio, Poly-Mode, primarily works with cultural institutions and community-based organizations including MoMA, the Walker Art Center, and the Wynwood nerighborhood in Miami, Florida. A seasoned and dedicated educator, Silas is currently an assistant professor at Otis College of Art & Design in Los Angeles and a founding faculty member of the Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Graphic Design. In this episode, we speak with Silas about the work he did for the catalogue and identity for Mark Bradford’s presentation as part of the U.S. Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at 2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.
Ken Barber is a letterer, type designer and type director at design studio and type foundry House Industries. Ken’s work is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum and has been honored by the New York Type Directors Club. In this episode, we speak with Ken about “The Process Is The Inspiration”, a new monograph about the work of House Industries.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.
Martin Venezky is a graphic designer and educator based in San Francisco, California. Martin’s work blurs the boundaries between fine art, photography, collage, and commercial design. His studio Appetite Engineers ( http://www.appetiteengineers.com/ ) has created work for Adobe, Facebook, The New York Times, and Wired, as well as filmmaker Wes Anderson. A monograph of his work, It Is Beautiful...Then Gone, was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2007. In 2015 Venezky was inducted into the esteemed Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI). In this episode we discuss Martin's installation "Drops from a Faucet into a Pool" that he did at the Adobe HQ in San Francisco.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.
Hilary Greenbaum is the Director of Graphic Design for the Whitney Museum of American Art. Since 2012, she has managed the development of the museum’s identity across multiple platforms including advertising, exhibition graphics, signage, digital media, product packaging, and a wide variety of printed ephemera. In this episode we speak with Hilary about the sub-identity system she and her team created for the 2017 Whitney Biennial.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.
Jonathan Key is an art director, designer and writer. He currently freelances serving as a contributing art director to The Tenth Magazine a Black, queer arts and culture magazine; while focusing on branding and design projects for arts and cultural institutions. He is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design where he received a Bachelors of Fine Art in Graphic Design. In this episode we speak with Jon about the type design and art direction he did for the book Black Girl Magic.
This episode is sponsored by The Typographics Festival. To learn more, and purchase tickets, visit them at http://2017.typographics.com/ and enter promo code DISSECTION_50 when you checkout to save $50 off of your admission.
Sasha Tochilovsky and Cara Di Edwardo are the founders of the Typographics Festival, which is gearing up for it's third year as a festival celebrating and exploring every facet of typography. In this episode we speak with them about how the conference got started, and how to organize a two week festival in New York City with zero prior experience.
With an MFA in Graphic & Interactive Design from Tyler School of Art, Scotty Reifsnyder brings centuries of experience to his clients under the pan-dimensional guidance of his alter ego Lord Rutherford B. Crumphouse III, his long lost mentor. Scotty’s work has brought fame and good fortune to such clients as Chronicle Books, Disney/Pixar, GQ, Time Magazine, The New York Times, and Wired. In this episode we speak with Scotty about the elaborate self-promo piece he created called “Hotel Detective”
Owen Davey is an award-winning Illustrator, living & working in Leicester, UK. He is a primary Illustrator for TwoDots, a wildly popular iOS game, as well as the illustrator of iPad App of the Year 2015 game, The Robot Factory. His work has been published in every continent except Antarctica, including picture books in UK, America, Australia, Germany, France, The Netherlands, Portugal, China, Sweden, Russia & South Korea. In this episode we speak with Owen about ‘Smart About Sharks’, an illustrated book about the many variety of sharks and interesting facts about them.
Mike McQuade is focused on creating smart, provocative, and conceptual work for editorial illustrations, covers, brands and various print and online visual communications. Through constant exploration of typography, imagery and illustration, his work transcends style. In this episode we speak with Mike about some of the illustration work he has done for The New York Times.
Dan Kent is a Philadelphia-based graphic designer currently working as Art Director at Urban Outfitters. In this episode, we speak with Dan about the rebranding of the Urban Outfitters men's retail line of apparel and accessories.
Mary Kate McDevitt is a letterer and illustrator living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Mary Kate graduated from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia with a degree in Graphic Design and Illustration in 2007. In this episode we talk with Mary Kate about a series of posters she created featuring life lessons from various genres of movies.
After spending a few years in Nashville working in the music industry, Benji Peck opened the doors of Peck & Company. Since then, Benji and his team have been crafting thoughtful brands and identities for their clients. In this episode we speak with Benji about the branding and logo design he created for The 404 Hotel & Kitchen, a boutique hideout for travelers looking for a tailored stay in town or a unique dining experience.
“Posters force you to create…to push two of the essential elements of branding, which are voice and image. It forces you to figure out what the voice of the brand is.”
Clara Mulligan started in the graphic design field at the early age of six as Owner and CEO of "T-shirt World," a puffy paint T-shirt business. Years later, she received her MFA in Graphic Design from RISD, graduating with honors. She’s done work for Dickies, Seattles Best Coffee, and the Seattle Space Needle.
In this episode we talk with Clara about the branding and design work she did for Kigo Kitchen, a Pan-Asian, quick-fire lunch and dinner joint.
Nancy Skolos and Thomas Wedell work to diminish the boundaries between graphic design and photography—creating collaged three-dimensional images influenced by modern painting, technology and architecture. In this episode we speak with them about the poster they created for the Lyceum Fellowship, and architectural competition for students.
Matt Stevens is a designer, illustrator, speaker and creative tinkerer from North Carolina. His focus is brand identity programs and illustration. He aims to always do thoughtful and unforgettable work for amazing brands and make the whole process a pleasure.
In this episode we speak with Matt about The Rookie Handbook, a book he designed and created with players from the Carolina Panthers.
Jessica Svendsen is a designer working in identity, editorial design, and illustration. She is currently based in New York City and works at the New York Times Magazine. Previously, Jessica worked as a designer at Apple and at Pentagram in New York for partner Michael Bierut. Jessica teaches design as adjunct faculty at Parsons The New School and the Pratt Institute. She received a MFA in Graphic Design from the Yale School of Art and a BA in English Literature from Yale University.
In this episode we speak with Jessica about the rebranding she did for the Charlie Rose television show, website, and collateral.
Over 25 years, Tobias Frere-Jones has established himself as one of the world’s leading typeface designers, creating some of the most widely used typefaces, including Interstate, Poynter Oldstyle, Whitney, Gotham, Surveyor, and Tungsten.
In this episode we speak with Tobias about Retina, the 2nd font released from his studio Frere-Jones Type.
Rafael Esquer runs Alfalfa Studio, his own design studio which he established in 2004. Clients have included The New York Times Magazine, Kate Spade New York, Nike, Björk, AIGA, The Philip Johnson Glass House, The Houston Rockets, Target, and IBM. Some of his work is contained in the Library of Congress poster collection, the Museum of Fine Art in Montreal, the Poster Museum in Poland and the Olympic Museum in Switzerland.
In this episode we speak with Rafael about the badge he designed for the New York City Football Club.
Martine Bertrand is a multidisciplinary artist who has worked for over twenty five years as a theatrical costume designer. Her career is one of international acclaim and her designs have graced the stages of some of the most prestigious opera houses around the world. In 2016, Martine marked another milestone in her career when she conceived and designed the graphic language used by the aliens for Denis Villeneuve’s motion picture Arrival starring Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner.
Marian Bantjes is a designer, typographer, writer and illustrator working internationally from her base on a small island off the west coast of Canada, near Vancouver. She is a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI), and regularly speaks about her work and thoughts at conferences and events worldwide.
In this episode we spoke with Marian about the Coexistence poster she designed for AGI.
Matt Lehman is equal parts graphic designer, illustrator, and art director. He began his career in 2001 at Anderson Design Group in Nashville. It was there that he once laid out packaging for a cassette. In 2007, he joined CMT / MTV Networks focusing on show identities and the network rebrand in 2009. In 2010 he formed Matt Lehman Studio working for brands such as ESPN, Delta, PepsiCo, The Atlantic, Esquire, Nickelodeon and NASA to name a few.
In this episode we speak with Matt about his redesign of the colophon for The Atlantic magazine.
At the end of 2008, after working in agencies and studios between Barcelona, Düsseldorf and Munich, Marta Cerdà Alimbau won the ADC Young Guns and decided to found her own studio. Since then, she’s worked on global projects which call for Art Direction, Design, Illustration and Custom Typography for Arts, Culture and Advertising Clients. You can currently find her between Amsterdam and Barcelona.
In this episode we speak with Marta about the imaginary alphabet she designed for the OFFF Unmasked book.
Emily is a multi-disciplinary designer and partner at Pentagram in New York City whose work encompasses brand identity, motion graphics, publications, packaging, advertising and websites for clients including NBC, Herman Miller, Conde Nast, HBO, The Whitney Museum of American Art, MTV, and many more. Her design is notable for its intelligence, political commitment and sense of humor.
In this episode we talk with Emily about the brand identity for the non-profit organization Film Independent.
For over 10 years, Jason Kernevich and Dustin Summers have been working together as The Heads of State. They’ve created award winning posters, book covers, branding, and illustration for a diverse and impressive list of clients. They lecture frequently about their work and process and teach graphic design and illustration at Tyler School of Art where they both studied.
In this episode we talk with Dusty and Art Director Woody Harrington about the booklets they designed for New Balance for the Boston and Brooklyn Marathons.
Coe Leta Stafford is a Senior Design Director at IDEO and instructor at IDEO U where she specializes in Design Research, insights and innovation. Since joining IDEO in 2006, she’s been leading teams to solve problems more creatively in industries such as Microsoft, eBay, Target, Bank of America, Sesame Street, Electronic Arts, non-profit foundations, and government and healthcare groups. Her work has won several international awards been featured in the New York Times and Wired.
Kat Chanover is a creative producer and designer who has worked in hi-tech, consumer products, and film. She loves bringing ideas to life and making sure that IDEO U’s video content is always polished, inspiring, and playful.
In this episode, we’ll speak with Coe Leta and Kat about IDEO U, an online school where anyone can unlock their creative potential through design thinking and collaboration.
Stefan G. Bucher is the man behind 344lovesyou.com and dailymonster.com, which has spawned a book and the popular “Monster Maker” iOS app. He is the author of five other books, including the best-selling "344 Questions—The Creative Person’s Do-It-Yourself Guide to Insight, Survival, and Artistic Fulfillment." He has created designs and illustrations for David Hockney, Judd Apatow, and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He is an ADC Young Gun and has won a D&AD Yellow Pencil for book design, among many others. In this episode we speak with Stefan about the entrance of the Blue Man Theater which he designed for the Monte Carlo Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Bethany Heck is a designer and the Creative Lead for Microsoft Power BI and the creator of The Eephus League brand of baseball scorebooks. She strives to create powerful visual experiences with strong typographic elements regardless of medium, and her work spans traditional printing techniques to responsive web design and mobile application work. She’s worked with the likes of IBM, EA Sports, ESPN, Bridgestone Tires and more, and her work has appeared in New York Magazine, the New Yorker, Wired, Smashing Magazine, Uppercase Magazine and several other international publications and art exhibitions.
In this episode we speak with Bethany about The Eephus League, a passion project that utilizes the rich visual history of baseball and keeps the art of scorekeeping alive in the process.
Director of the Cranbrook Art Museum, Andrew Blauvelt is a designer, curator, and writer who focuses on the cultural and social contexts of design. He has curated several major design exhibitions for the Cooper Hewitt, the Walker Art Center, and other institutions. Blauvelt received his M.F.A. in design from Cranbrook Academy of Art and has been a practicing graphic designer for 30 years. Over his career, he has received nearly 100 awards for design, including the National Design Award. Blauvelt has served on the national board of directors of AIGA and is also an elected member of the global design association, Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI).
In this episode we’ll speak with Andrew about the concept of Adaptation as part of our mini-series in partnership with AIGA.
Suzanne McKenzie is founder and CEO of Able Made, an active lifestyle brand that inspires healthy living and combines bold design with responsible manufacturing and community outreach. An award-winning creative director and designer, she is passionate about using design and collaboration to better the world. Prior to launching Able Made, McKenzie spent 17 years in the advertising and design consultancy worlds, and worked on projects for MoMA, Tom Ford, the Olympic Games, AIGA, and more.
In this episode we’ll speak with Suzanne about the concept of Adaptation as part of our mini-series in partnership with AIGA.
Matt George is a country boy from Greenville, Texas currently serving as creative director at Tractorbeam. He enjoys calligraphy, Copenhagen, and collar stays. He earned his stripes at VSA Partners in Chicago, working with Fortune 500 companies before returning to his Texas roots in Dallas. During the past decade, he has cultivated and mentored young talent from across the country, often finding his designers poached by companies such as Nike, Google, and Amazon. He isn’t that mad about it.
This episode is part of a series in partnership with AIGA, as we Dissect the idea of Adaptation, leading up to the AIGA Design Conference on October 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV. To register now, visit designconference.aiga.org
Equal parts nerd and rebel, Matthew Wizinsky translates his discontent with the status quo through acts of design, research, education, and collaborative productions. He runs an independent practice, Studio Junglecat, a hub of investigative activities that include projects in communications, exhibitions, public interactions, social activism, and media experimentation. Wizinsky is also a full-time faculty member at University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning in the School of Design. He lectures and teaches studios on typography, interaction design, exhibition design, and more.
This episode is part of a series in partnership with AIGA, as we Dissect the idea of Adaptation, leading up to the AIGA Design Conference on October 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV. To register now, visit designconference.aiga.org
Born in Monterrey, Sebastián Padilla is one of the founding partners of Anagrama, an international branding, architecture, and software-development firm with offices in Monterrey and Mexico City. Padilla is in charge of the art and creative direction of every project, from branding, to web and architecture.
This episode is part of a series in partnership with AIGA, as we Dissect the idea of Adaptation, leading up to the AIGA Design Conference on October 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV. To register now, visit designconference.aiga.org
Jason Mayden is a Designer-In-Residence at Accel Partners, as well as a Media Designer and Lecturer at Stanford University’s d.School. Earlier in his career, Mayden spent 13 years at Nike, culminating in the role as Sr. Global Design Director for the Jordan Brand.
This is the first episode of a 6-part series in partnership with AIGA as we Dissect the idea of Adaptation, leading up to the AIGA Design Conference on October 17-19 in Las Vegas, NV. To learn more, visit http://designconference.aiga.org
Mike Smith is the design half of Smith & Diction, a copy-driven branding studio based in Philadelphia, PA. He grew up skateboarding in the swamps of South Jersey and now he makes a living drawing circles and birds, apparently. He spends most of his time developing logo systems and riding his bike.
In this episode we speak with Mike about the branding he did for Charlie Was A Sinner, a vegan bar in Philadelphia
Michelle Dougherty has directed projects ranging from graphic design to commercial directing, including advertising, television and film title sequences, feature film marketing, and experiential design. She is an award-winning director who approaches all of her jobs with a designer’s sensibility and keen eye to detail. Whether she’s directing an international shoot with large numbers of talent or shooting a documentary about saving the whales, Michelle’s cinematic vision always translates into beautiful film or whimsically designed animation. Michelle’s projects have garnered awards as well as being featured at the Walker Art Center, Hammer Museum, and Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
In this episode we speak with Michelle about the title sequence she directed for Netflix’s hit series, 'Stranger Things'.
Luke Hayman’s wide-ranging expertise encompasses the design of magazines, books, identities and exhibitions. He has served as the creative director of Travel + Leisure magazine, design director of New York magazine, and since 2006 has been a partner at Pentagram in New York. Hayman has served as the vice president of the Society of Publication and in 2011 was elected to the Alliance Graphique Internationale. He has lectured at design conferences in many countries.
In this episode we spoke with Luke about the recent rebranding he did for mastercard.
Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman were both drawn to music, film and design at an early age, but didn’t combine their talents until 2005 when the duo founded a design studio with the goal of fusing these creative avenues. The pair has found a niche in linking a personal and unique aesthetic to the world’s most talented and iconic musical artists, brands, and businesses including The Black Keys, Eric Clapton, The National, Jack White, Audi, Disney, Warner Brothers, DC Comics, Adobe, HBO, and MTV.
In this episode we spoke with Nathan about the Vinyl Box Set that he and Dan designed for the Back To The Future Trilogy soundtrack.
Located in the mighty Pacific Northwest, Aaron Draplin, founder and owner of Draplin Design Co. , has proudly rolled up his sleeves on a number of projects related to the Print, Identity and Illustration. He created the Field Notes line of notebooks, and has done branding and design work for Coal Headwear, Union Binding Co., Esquire, Nike, Old 97s, Wired, Dinosaur Jr, Target, the Obama Administration, any many, many more clients.
In this episode we spoke with Aaron about the design and creation of his first book which was just released by Abrams Books titled “Pretty Much Everything”
Gemma O’Brien is an Australian artist specialising in lettering, illustration and typography. After completing a Bachelor of Design at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney, Gemma worked as an art director at Animal Logic, Fuel VFX, and Toby & Pete before deciding to fly solo as a commercial illustrator in 2012. Her typographic work takes on a variety of forms, from calligraphic brushwork, illustration and digital type, to large scale hand-painted murals. She splits her time between advertising commissions, gallery shows, speaking engagements, and hosting hand-lettering workshops around the world. Her clients include Playboy Magazine, Nike, Volcom Stone, Kirin, Heineken, QANTAS, and Diet Coke. A number of her projects have received the Award of Typographic Excellence from the New York Type Directors Club, and in 2015 she was recognised as an ADC Young Gun.
Today we’ll be speaking with her about her recent installation titled MrsEaves 101: The handprinted typography of Gemma O’Brien, which was held at the Laguna College of Art & Design in Laguna Beach, California.
In an effort to release a new episode of Dissection every week, we're introducing an additional format in which Chris, Jason and some of the other creatives from JK Design will be speaking about a newly released brand identity, campaign, or project. In this first roundtable episode we'll be giving our thoughts on tronc, the new name and visual identity for the formerly named Tribune Publishing. Make sure to check out next week's episode when we speak to world renowned illustrator Gemma O'brien about her recent exhibition at the Laguna College of Art & Design.
Kyle Tezak is the first graphic designer in a long, family line of morticians. He's worked on some brands you've heard of and plenty you haven't. After working at a big ad agency and a few small design firms, he decided to become a full-time freelancer in pursuit of fun projects and shorter hours...at least that's the plan.
Noah Lambert is an independent product designer and a self-described "old car nut”. He gets excited about old stuff and simple stuff and really excited about stuff that’s both old and simple. He’s focused on the next big idea and confident it will arrive any day now.
In this episode we’ll be speaking about the visual identity, advertising and wayfinding design work that Kyle created for the Mezzo 200, a 200-mile reliability trial for classic cars.
Jordan is a Grammy Nominated Art Director and designer with over 15 years of experience working in the technology, apparel, and entertainment industries, and he's worked extensively in both in-house and agency environments. Since 2013 he's been freelancing and running his own studio, Studio Workhorse, based in Seattle, WA.
In this episode we'll discuss "No New Kinda Story", a feature length documentary and accompanying 200+ page coffee table book that Jordan designed to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Tooth & Nail Records.
Jeff Sheldon is the founder and designer of Ugmonk, a brand focused on creating high quality, well-designed products. What started as a small side project to create and sell simple t-shirts has grown into a full-blown lifestyle brand which he now runs full time. Ugmonk has shipped thousands of products to over 65 countries around the world and has been featured on Uncrate, SwissMiss, Computer Arts, HOW Magazine and more. When he's not designing, you can find Jeff hanging out with his wife and Boston terrier in Downingtown, PA.
In this episode we'll discuss the 7th Anniversary set Jeff created for Ugmonk.
New York native Jon Contino is widely known for his uniquely distinct style. Handy with pen and paper, he's scribbled and sketched for companies like Nike, 20th Century Fox, Ford, American Eagle, and Jack Daniels. Over the last two decades, his work has appeared on magazine covers, shirts, album jackets, and national ad campaigns. In addition to running his studio, Jon is founder and creative director of Contino Brand menswear, cofounder and creative director of CXXVI Clothing Company, and brand manager for Past Lives. He lives in New York with his wife, Erin, and their daughter, Fiona.
In this episode we'll discuss Jon's work for his own clothing brand, CXXVI Clothing.
Welcome to Dissection. In this inaugural episode, meet Chris Holewski, the host of the show. Chris is father, husband, and Art Director at JK Design, a design and advertising agency with offices in NYC and NJ. An avid fan of podcasts, Chris has finally found just the right outlet for his combined love of design and podcasts. Listen to hear a brief introduction to why we have developed this show, and what each episode has in store.