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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...
Diana Varma
May 20, 20242 min read
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196: Technology & Storytelling
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic in so many fields and disciplines, particularly those that involve creative thinking and creative...
Diana Varma
May 16, 20244 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
May 15, 20242 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
May 14, 20244 min read
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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?...
Diana Varma
May 13, 20248 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
May 10, 20241 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Apr 30, 20243 min read
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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...
Diana Varma
Apr 11, 20242 min read
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187: Exceptionally Experimental, Eclectic and Expressive Exercises with Phong Nguyen
What if you removed a letter from your keyboard? How might that impact your work? Maybe you could remove a tilda key (the squiggle beside...
Diana Varma
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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183: My Favourite Practice for Living a Connected Creative Life
It comes as no surprise that interviews can be intimidating. Full stop. Yes, AND I believe that there are ways to use interviewing to our...
Diana Varma
Mar 26, 20245 min read
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173: Work and Play and Play and Work with Ryan Kough
I’m thrilled to introduce my guest today, Ryan Kough, who believes in design as a community-building tool creating partnerships between...
Diana Varma
Feb 14, 20242 min read
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172: Stories on Stories on Stories with Raymond Biesinger
Today I share a story about stories within stories pertaining to the illustration and written work of my guest, Raymond Biesinger....
Diana Varma
Feb 1, 20242 min read
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171: Constructing Invert with Anna Khorash
In this final episode of 2024, I sit down with type designer, Anna Khorash. Anna is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands, where she...
Diana Varma
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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168: Micro + Macro Calendars with Phoebe Todd-Parrish and Ana Rita Morais
We are 23 days away from 2024 and with me today are two fantastic Toronto-based makers with calendars for us to enjoy all 366 days of the...
Diana Varma
Dec 8, 20233 min read
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161: Inspiration 2.0 Featuring MDM 13.0
Inspiration is a mysterious, elusive and perhaps even divine interconnectedness between everyone and everything. Communication, both...
Diana Varma
Nov 7, 20236 min read
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160: Celebrated Book Design with Coralie Bickford-Smith
I have a special episode for you today! In this conversation, you’ll hear from the iconic illustrator, storyteller, designer and Book...
Diana Varma
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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155: Showing Up & Growing Up as a Commercial Illustrator with Mr. Tom Froese
I met Tom at DesignThinkers Vancouver in May of this year where he was facilitating an illustration workshop. After the day’s events, he...
Diana Varma
Sep 21, 20232 min read
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148: Art Meets Science for Better Tomorrows with Camilo Saenz and Kristin Lewis
Let's do a quick association test. What pairs best with the following? Salt and... pepper! Peanut butter and... jam! Macaroni and......
Diana Varma
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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147: Live From Podcamp 2023: Break All the Rules
It was a really neat experience getting to speak at PodCamp 2023. I respect this small-in-size, large-in-stature, annual meeting of the...
Diana Varma
Jun 6, 20233 min read
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146: Emerging Typeface Designers Nicole Galindo & Cameron Mady
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...
Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read
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