008 - Corporate Identity and Calligraphy Master Matt Vergotis
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Creatives Radio by LogoInspirations
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Hello everyone and welcome to episode 8 of Creatives Radio, thank you so much for choosing to spend your time listening to these interviews, it really helps with growing this podcast and the community.
In this episode I’m talking to Matt Vergotis, It’s a special interview to me because when I was getting into the world of design and discovering that I loved being creative, I’d go to Matt’s website verg.com.au and find inspiration and improve my taste in design.
It was the way he had crafted the brand identities and presented them in such an elegant manner. Matt is a fellow Australian living in the Gold Coast, he loves surfing, creating wave drawings and recently decided that he needs to play more of his guitar.
Apart from those activities, Matt is also responsible for some really professional brand identities and typography, with 20 years experience in the design field, he shows no signs of stopping.
In this episode we also talk about how Matt got into creating corporate identities, how he found clients when the GFC hit in 2008, his exploration in calligraphy styled identities, font creation and also how he gets to work with Spotify. Connect with Matt here https://www.instagram.com/mattvergotis
Matt's Fonts https://www.verg.com.au/shop/
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