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245: Digital Tools for Magazine Creation with Alexandra Golubeva of Readymag
We continue our 3 part mini-series featuring 3 designers who bring different kinds of magazines to life. Next up we have Alexandra...
Diana Varma
4 days ago2 min read
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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
6 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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235: Looking Past the Brush with Koy Suntichotinun
Welcome back! This is the fifth and final episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and...
Diana Varma
Mar 212 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
8 views

233: A Legacy in Lettering with Jessica Hische
Welcome back - I’m so glad you’re here. This is the third episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of...
Diana Varma
Mar 132 min read
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232: Lettering, Signs and Graphic Design with Chris Rouleau
Welcome back! This is the second episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros...
Diana Varma
Mar 112 min read
8 views

231: Illustration and Brand Collaboration with Fiorella Granda
This is the first episode in a 5-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros from across North...
Diana Varma
Mar 62 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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228: Branding Trends and Trending Brands with Amelia Nash
I had the great pleasure of talking about branding trends and trending brands with the one and only Amelia Nash . Amelia is a...
Diana Varma
Feb 252 min read
16 views

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

225: Little Canada, Big Team Effort
Do you ever wonder what your life would be like at a 1:87 ratio of your current scale? I would stand 0.75” tall and my voice would...
Diana Varma
Feb 132 min read
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224: The Signs That Define Toronto with Kurt Kraler
Welcome back after our winter break! Over the coming months, I have an exciting line up of people I’m speaking to about creativity,...
Diana Varma
Feb 102 min read
29 views

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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218: Live From DesignThinkers Toronto with Carl Shura!
This episode was recorded a couple of weeks ago, Live from DesignThinkers Toronto 2024, Canada’s largest graphic design conference. This...
Diana Varma
Nov 25, 20243 min read
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217: Designing in the Beauty Industry featuring Ali DuHart of Benefit Cosmetics
Who doesn’t love delightful, interesting and clever, packaging, especially when it contains beautiful cosmetic goodies? In today’s...
Diana Varma
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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216: Barns, Gumbo and Scriptoriums with Type Designer, Matthijs Herzberg
In this episode, I sit down with an incredible type designer to talk about his process, his letters and ultimately, barns, gumbo and...
Diana Varma
Nov 8, 20241 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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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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