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Kirk Visola and Andy Kurtts take a fun look and analysis at branding and design. The fun nuances, textures, colors, and disruption that branding and all that goes with it may take on. Their insight is fun and honest with the hopes of educating those who tune in. And, being small business owners, they face many of the trials and obstacles that others face and speak towards that as well. No matter what, it's always a good time when these two get together and you might learn a little something new about that pretty little design or branding that you just saw.
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Rick Fitzgerald has spent decades making the kind of packaging people actually keep. Rick grew up in the woods outside Charlottesville, Virginia, building his own little worlds out of whatever he could find. After VCU he fell into packaging by chance, at a global packaging company in Newport News. His three-person in-house team was concepting special editions for just about every major studio, label and brand you can think of. He ran that creative group for 15 years, then ran creative for ano...
Michael Wilson of Copper Gate Design Company is back on the show, and this one's a masterclass in the business side of running a design studio. Kirk and Andy get Michael talking about why he puts his pricing right out in the open on his site, how to actually get comfortable charging what you're worth, and why the client who talks you down on price is almost always the one who brings 80% of the headaches. Michael also opens up about his own hop water brand, Hazard's Hop Water, and the humbling...
Kirk and Andy sit down with marketing and brand strategist Joshua David for a conversation that starts with a joke about his very long bio and quickly goes somewhere much more honest. Josh traces his path from working hotel front desks (including a stint in London that convinced him he was in the wrong industry) to community management, influencer marketing in New York, and eventually running social for Ebony, where he grew the platform from 200,000 to nearly a million organic followers befor...
"A sparkly rainbow that defies category." That's how this week's guest describes themselves, and honestly, it fits. For the first time, Kirk and Andy sit down with someone who isn't a designer or a founder: Mika Okimura, an educator and learning professional with over a decade of experience building inclusive, student-centered classrooms across the Bay Area, from UC Berkeley to Merritt College to San Francisco State, plus years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Mika opens up about growing up quee...
Many times when we have folks on the show there is an immediate and fun conversation that happens before we even do the introductions. Well, this was one time where we caught our guest in all their marvelous candor, and join in. Well, Kirk joined in with the "back in my day" conversation about moving up the ranks in regards to stewardship of design roles. Kirk and Madison sit in their rocking chairs sipping tea and complaining while Andy cautiously interjects and adds a much fresh...
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