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222: Mindfully Creative with Radim Malinic

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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...

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221: Breaking the (Printing) Mold with Alec Vivier-Reynaud

Diana Varma

Dec 132 min read

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. ...

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215: Collecting & Collaging with Eric Bargenda

Diana Varma

Oct 302 min read

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...

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Episode 213: Cultivating Collective Effervescence with Jeff Newberry of Mirvish’s The Lion King in Toronto

Diana Varma

Oct 163 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

Oct 92 min read

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...

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211: Secret Ingredients with Johnny Cupcakes

Diana Varma

Oct 32 min read

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...

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210: Play, Passion Projects and Butts with Sophie Elinor Brown

Diana Varma

Sep 232 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

Sep 91 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

Jun 106 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

May 238 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

May 222 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

May 213 min read

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...

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Diana Varma

May 202 min read

197: Experiences = Life = Stories

On May 17, 2020, in a post to his Humans of New York Instagram community, founder, Brandon Stanton had this to share about storytelling...

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Diana Varma

May 164 min read

196: Technology & Storytelling

Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic in so many fields and disciplines, particularly those that involve creative thinking and creative...

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Diana Varma

May 152 min read

195: Themes, Motifs, Narratives

Invitation by Shel Silverstein If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hop-er, a pray-er, a magic bean...

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194: The Integration of Storytelling Into Creative Practice

Diana Varma

May 144 min read

194: The Integration of Storytelling Into Creative Practice

Stories are powerful. Full stop. Stories help us connect our ideas to the world in succinct and memorable ways. Stories help us convey...

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Diana Varma

May 138 min read

193: Meet the Artists & Designers

What is a story? Who tells stories? Why do we tell stories? When are stories best told? Where are stories told? How are stories told?...

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192: Coming Soon: The Art & Design of Storytelling

Diana Varma

May 101 min read

192: Coming Soon: The Art & Design of Storytelling

Once upon a time there were 9 creatives in 8 episodes answering 7 questions who were spread out over 6 geographic locations resulting in...

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190:Experimentation, Iteration & Democratization in Font Creation with with Franz Hoffman of Fontself

Diana Varma

Apr 303 min read

190:Experimentation, Iteration & Democratization in Font Creation with with Franz Hoffman of Fontself

One of my favourite things is connecting with someone around a shared passion, whether in-person or virtually, whether locally or...

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188: Talk Paper and Exacto Knife with Sarah Nguyen

Diana Varma

Apr 112 min read

188: Talk Paper and Exacto Knife with Sarah Nguyen

Something interesting and exciting happened during my last conversation in episode 187 with writer, Phong Nguyen... This is our...

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