See Through Design

In this episode of See Through Design we interview Lizzie Benton from Liberty Mind. As a company culture coach, Lizzie works with founders of start-ups and small businesses to help build purpose-driven company cultures that enable everyone to thrive at work. We discuss what company culture is, how it affects moral in the workplace and the ripple effect it has on a companies customers, good examples of company culture and more! Follow Lizzie and Liberty Mind @libertyminduk www.libertymind.co.uk

In this episode of See Through Design we interview Ian Paget aka Logo Geek. We discuss all things Logo Geek, including his podcast, community and forthcoming book. We also delve into his logo design process, thoughts on inspiration vs copying, logos gone wrong, what to include in your portfolio, being honest and even toys, yo-yos and much more!

In this episode of See Through Design we interview retired graphic designer Colin Jackson aka Liam's Dad! Being born in 1944 we discuss how Colin got into design, his education, design before the digital world, the transition from handmade to designing with computers, his process, design and career advice for younger designers and much more!

See Through Design is one year old!!!! In this episode of See Through Design we discuss January/New Year blues, the expectations we put on ourselves for the new year ahead and how we can use self awareness and mindfulness techniques to help with this in both personal and design work life. It's not all doom and gloom though we do celebrate the fact that we've been doing the podcast for a year and talk about what we've learnt along the way and reminisce over previous episodes and guests.

In this episode of See Through Design we interview logo and type designer Adam Greasley. Being a self taught designer with no formal education we discuss how Adam got into design, how he taught himself, got into the industry, how he's progressed into becoming a self employed designer specialising in logos and type design and a whole lot more. Check out Adam's website here - https://oakfold.co.uk Buy Adam's fonts here - https://creativemarket.com/wearecolt https://www.myfonts.com/foundry/wearecolt

In this episode of See Through Design we have a discussion about being 'Out of Action' as a Freelancer. We discuss how Caz became out of action after having a cycling accident, what he has learnt from the experience and how you can put some things in place so that if you're are unable to work for your clients because of such an incident you'll be in the best position possible.

In this episode of See Through Design we interview type designer and founder of Nootype Foundry, Nico Inosanto. We discuss how he got started as a type designer, how to go about creating a font, hints and tips for people looking to start type design, type design software, font licenses, starting a foundry, designing a font for Bugatti, creating glyphs in foreign alphabets and more. Check out Nootype's website - www.nootype.com

In this episode of See Through Design we interview logo designer James Martin aka @made.by.james. We discuss the importance of being yourself, having patience with your design career, social media, design influencers, mentors, design education, his forthcoming book, logo course, design community and much more! Preorder 'The Made By James Book - Your Honest Guide To Creativity And Logo Design - https://www.quartoknows.com/books/9780760371497/Made-by-James.html Follow James - @made.by.james Check out his website - https://madebyjames.co https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/made-by-james-being-yourself-and-having-patience-with-your-design-career

In this episode of See Through Design we come to the end of our 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' series with Wrath. We discuss what makes us angry as designers and business owners, whether it be working with clients, colleagues or our own egos getting in the way. We explore how we can overcome the temptation to let anger take us over using mindfulness and other techniques. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/seven-deadly-sins-of-design-wrath

In this episode of See Through Design we continue our series of 'The Seven Deadly Sins of design' with Lust. We discuss what many designers lust after and the effects of lusting over certain things within design and the design industry can have, whether it be the tools we use, other designers and agencies portfolios, clients, style, education, jobs and more. https://see-through-design.simplecast.com/episodes/seven-deadly-sins-of-design-lust