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244: Serving Up Magazines with Nicola Hamilton
Magazine love is in the air! This 3 part mini-series features 3 designers who bring different kinds of magazines to life. First up we...
Diana Varma
7 days ago3 min read
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242: Design as Creative Midwifery with Rupsha Mutsuddi
Welcome back! This is a 3-part mini series about new ways of thinking about education, assessments, grading and ungrading with 3...
Diana Varma
Apr 73 min read
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241: Success Through Failure with Dom Prevost
Yes, I do love printing and design, typography and branding, books and publishing. I feel grateful that I get to chat with so many...
Diana Varma
Apr 13 min read
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234: Baselines and Basslines with Jamie Chang of Manic Type
Welcome back! This is the fourth episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros...
Diana Varma
Mar 182 min read
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230: Behind the scenes with Mufasa (Oren Williamson on Creativity, Collaboration and Comedy)
Wow, wow, wow I have an exciting conversation for you today! A few months back, I found out that one of my high school drama pals was in...
Diana Varma
Mar 32 min read
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229: Creating as a Designer AND AN Artist with Zach Litoff
Have you ever found yourself straddling the world of art and the world of design, not sure if you should commit fully to one or the...
Diana Varma
Feb 272 min read
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227: Portfolio Advice You Need to Hear with Robert Smith
Let’s talk portfolios! I’m often asked about portfolio creation, so joining us today to help us navigate building and maintaining a...
Diana Varma
Feb 213 min read
58 views


226: Career Breaks and World Travel with Eden Kim
Today is a great day! You’ll meet one of my best friends, Eden Kim (or you might already know her… I’m convinced that she’s the most...
Diana Varma
Feb 192 min read
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222: Mindfully Creative with Radim Malinic
Welcome to the next stop on our international tour with guests from across the pond. This time, we’re headed to the UK to speak with...
Diana Varma
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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221: Breaking the (Printing) Mold with Alec Vivier-Reynaud
The next (and final 3 episodes of the year) are all recorded with guests from across the pond: France, the UK and Austria, respectively. ...
Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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215: Collecting & Collaging with Eric Bargenda
If you were anything like me as a teen, cutting and pasting and collaging my walls with 90’s boy bands, colourful products of the day and...
Diana Varma
Oct 30, 20242 min read
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Episode 213: Cultivating Collective Effervescence with Jeff Newberry of Mirvish’s The Lion King in Toronto
“Collective effervescence is the feeling of energy and harmony when people are engaged in a shared purpose. It is a joie de vivre that...
Diana Varma
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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212: Type Talk with Peter Ha
It’s Peter! Peter Ha is a designer, artist and educator. He is a co-founder of Equal Parts Studio, a Toronto-based contemporary graphic...
Diana Varma
Oct 9, 20242 min read
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211: Secret Ingredients with Johnny Cupcakes
What do Pumpkin spice, coffins and leprechauns have in common? Johnny Cupcakes, of course! And I have the man himself with me today. Why...
Diana Varma
Oct 3, 20242 min read
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210: Play, Passion Projects and Butts with Sophie Elinor Brown
Welcome to a fun deep dive into typography, play, passion projects and butts, with self-proclaimed Type Dork, Sophie Elinor Brown! Sophie...
Diana Varma
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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209: Tinker with Allison Mackenzie
Welcome September! I’m thrilled to be starting off this season of creativity, collaboration and making by speaking with fellow...
Diana Varma
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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202: Ungrade Upgrade with Ryan Kough
Experimenting with different types of grading structures has been a hugely important part of my teaching for the last six years. Since...
Diana Varma
Jun 10, 20246 min read
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200: The End II
Here we are, dear listeners, at episode 200, entitled ’The End II’. I felt it really important to extend past episode 199 in this series...
Diana Varma
May 23, 20248 min read
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199: The End
In their incredible book, Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living, authors Elisabeth...
Diana Varma
May 22, 20242 min read
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198: Defining Creative Success
Success is an interesting concept. I’ve found that so much of what we think of as success relates to easy-to-identify, external...
Diana Varma
May 21, 20243 min read
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