In our 11th episode we chat about gaps we've experienced in young designer's skills. Too often we find that young designers are lacking basic skills, making it difficult or impossible to add them to the design team. The young designer is not always to blame, education institutions not aiming their program at the actual needs of commercial design is. So we ask, what are THEY teaching these kids?Share your stories with us @designmonkeypod on Instagram and YouTube
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Design Depression
Design depression. What is it? How does it happen? How do we deal with it?Share your stories with us @designmonkeypod on Instagram and YouTube
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Real Talk: Alli Rico, Social Media Editor
In this Real Talk episode we chat with Alli Rico, Social Media Editor at KCTS 9 Seattle. Alli tells us how she got into creative work, she shares her burnout story, and challenges Robert about teasing Canva users.Share your stories with us @designmonkeypod on Instagram and YouTube
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Pressure Tribbles!
In this episode we take a slight detour and beam the red shirts down to the planet of pressure tribbles. Our design work has been off the charts of late and we take some time to vent about it. Set your phasers to stun and pray your shirt is gold or blue.Share your stories with us @designmonkeypod on Instagram and YouTube
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Real Talk: Judy Olsen, Creative Director
Another entry in our Real Talk series, we talk with one of our favorite designers, Judy Olsen. Judy is an award-winning designer with over 20+ years of experience in branding, package and print design. Eleven of those years were spent in Chicago working for brands like Dean Foods, Kraft, Quaker, Jim Beam Brands and G. Heileman Brewing.Judy profiles her career as a professional designer, along the way she touches on her experiences with misogyny and agisim. One episode is not enough to capture all Judy has to say, we plan to have her back very soon.Share your stories with us @designmonkeypod on Instagram and YouTube
Welcome to Design, Monkey! Talk therapy for graphic designers, by graphic designers.We dive into the real experiences of working designers and the impact it has on their mental health. We know that as designers, we are constantly pushing ourselves to meet deadlines, striving for perfection, and trying to stand out in a highly competitive industry. But all of this can come at a cost to our mental wellbeing. In this pod, we’ll talk about the struggles that we as designers face, from feeling like we’re not good enough to dealing with the stress of juggling multiple projects at once.
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