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Diana Varma
Nov 22, 20232 min read
163: Podcasting in Printmaking with Hello, Print Friend's Miranda Metcalf
Let's continue our journey, speaking with movers and shakers in the printing, typography and design spaces who make space for others...
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Diana Varma
Nov 20, 20233 min read
162: Print Isn’t Dead with People of Print’s Marcroy Smith
I recently had the pleasure of joining 2100 other creatives at Canada’s largest design conference, DesignThinkers Toronto 2023. In a...
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Diana Varma
Nov 7, 20236 min read
161: Inspiration 2.0 Featuring MDM 13.0
Inspiration is a mysterious, elusive and perhaps even divine interconnectedness between everyone and everything. Communication, both...
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Diana Varma
Oct 26, 20232 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Oct 3, 20231 min read
156: Untapped Typographic Potential with Oliver of Pimp My Type
Oliver of Pimp My Type is back and he’s here to talk untapped typographic potential! In this conversation, Oliver explains what...
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Diana Varma
Sep 21, 20232 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Jun 22, 20232 min read
154: An Inclusive Vision for Magazine Publishing with Justine Abigail Yu of Living Hyphen
Welcome back to the sixth and final episode in this magazine series. Here you’ll meet Justine Abigail Yu, Founder of Living Hyphen...
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Diana Varma
Jun 19, 20232 min read
151: Digital Publishing Possibilities with Audrey Vandenbroeck of Issuu
Welcome back to the third episode in this magazine series. Here you’ll meet Audrey Vandenbroeck, Vice President of Customer Success at...
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Diana Varma
Jun 16, 20232 min read
150: Macro Trends in Magazine Publishing with James Hewes of FIPP
Welcome back to the second episode in this 6-part magazine series. Here you’ll meet James Hewes, CEO of FIPP, a global magazine industry...
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Diana Varma
Jun 15, 20232 min read
149: Micro Trends in Magazine Publishing with Nicola Hamilton of Issues
It’s that time of year again: magazines, magazines, magazines! I’m thrilled to bring you 6 new episodes recorded over two semesters with...
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Diana Varma
Jun 13, 20233 min read
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......
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Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
May 17, 20232 min read
145: Brand New: Identity Design for Medieval Torture Devices with Parcel
This is the final episode in the Brand New series where you’ll hear from Richard Nalli-Petta of Parcel in Toronto chat about his work for...
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Diana Varma
May 15, 20232 min read
144: Brand New: Design for Social Good with Loop
Welcome to the second episode in our Brand New series all about brand identity design. Today’s episode features the passionate and...
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Diana Varma
May 10, 20232 min read
143: Brand New: Meg!
I am thrilled to introduce our guest in today’s episode: It’s Meg! Meg Lewis is a designer, illustrator, artist and all-around creative....
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Diana Varma
Apr 28, 20232 min read
142: Aurelie Maron, Lettering Artist
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to chat with talented lettering artist and...
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Diana Varma
Apr 19, 20231 min read
141: Jorge Gomez of The Money Studio
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to sit down with two talented voices in type, the...
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Diana Varma
Apr 5, 20232 min read
139: Heart-Centredness in the Classroom and Beyond with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois
In our final episode of this series, Nat and I have the immense pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois to learn from her...
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Diana Varma
Mar 28, 20232 min read
138: The Future of Design Education with Dr. Ana Rita Morais
We’re back at it! My creative confidant, Nat Lumby, and I recently sat down with a design education leader, Dr. Ana Rita Morais. Ana Rita...
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Diana Varma
Feb 15, 20234 min read
137: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Gail-Ann Wilson Mitchell
Equity, diversity and inclusion. Human-centred education in the midst of a technological tidal wave. Student well-being in the classroom...
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