Late Nights With Trav And Los

Los and Trav leave messages for each other over the holidays.

Trav chats with guest host John Eze about ways that we can use our creativity to give more of ourselves. About Jeremy's work > jeremycowart.com

How to meet someone new (and make them like you) Smile Be inquisitive, ask thoughtful questions body language, mirroring Be open to peoples POV What are your Goals when meeting someone new?

If you want to be seen as relevant, you have to start now to collect the evidence that tells the story of the things you do, the value that you bring. You need Objective Evidence 1. Track Impact Track metrics that will allow you to show the impact you bring. (The changes you made increased click-through by X%, increasing revenue by Y.) Cross team impact. /you built a tool or library that streamlined others work, increasing their efficiencies./ 2. Document difficulty Before starting a long-term task, write a design doc or project plan discussing different possible approaches, and get feedback on it. Docs written after the fact are obvious to spot, rather than real evidence of difficulty. Capture the inherent difficulties in diagrams and tables for quick review. Make sure the docs have your name on them! Ensure your bugs and changelists clearly show the difficulties and design trade-offs. 3. Exhibit leadership Interact with and help guide other teams. Give internal or external talks. Meet with outside vend

In episode 100, Los is your host and talks about staying relevant as a designer. Also, he makes it a little special too :) Music by Polo & Pan : https://soundcloud.com/polo-pan

Los is back as the host for the episode and he recounts a recent experience with professional complacency.

We are back with Shea. We talk about how his associates are helping him to grow into his new position. We talk about the journey of self discovery; what and how someone should go about improving themselves.

Entrepreneur, designer, young gun – Shea Lewis joins us at the table to talk about growing up, finding yourself and learning from others.

In our second episode with Helen Tran, we discover and expand on her journey to becoming a professional creative. Some links: www.helentran.com https://twitter.com/tranhelen intro music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/shes-right-here outro music: https://soundcloud.com/autografmusic/team design conference: www.epicurrence.com epicurrence video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNHzaOzDrHs&feature=youtu.be

In this episode, Trav and Los venture to Moab, UT for a design conference called Epicurrence. We meet the wonderful Helen Tran and instantly knew we had to invite her onto the podcast. Some links: www.helentran.com https://twitter.com/tranhelen episode music: https://soundcloud.com/fresh_edm/wild-wild-west-by-filibusta design conference: www.epicurrence.com

We had an awesome opportunity to share the recording of this episode with a live audience along with a guest, the talented designer Jamie Leach. AIGA hosted a meet up and we had a great time, met some fantastic people. This is the second of a two part recording. The title of this 2 part series is “Designing your authentic self” this second episode focuses on finding your unique voice in your craft.

We had an awesome opportunity to share the recording of this episode with a live audience along with a guest, the talented designer Jamie Leach. AIGA hosted a meet up and we had a great time, met some fantastic people. This is a two part recording, next week we’ll hear the second part. The title of this 2 part series is “Designing your authentic self” this first episode is covers the idea of self-awareness, what it is, why we need it, and how to discover an appreciation for everyones little brand of crazy. It’s a good conversation, hope you like it. Next week we talk about using that awareness to find an authentic voice in your craft.

Daniel Young talks with us about the meditation class he teaches, and the benefits of mindfulness.

Daniel Young stops by the show and tells his story. We learn about constantly reinventing yourself, being brave, and avoiding that feeling of getting stuck in life. Join us for the live show next week: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/aiga-meetup-live-podcast-designing-your-authentic-self-tickets-28347372755

Episode Music: https://soundcloud.com/yourrapbeatstv/kaveli-beats-my-name-is-epic-eminem-type-choir-rap-beat-hip-hop-instrumental-2016 https://soundcloud.com/nick-panlook/nickelodeon-till-the-end-sample ###How to become a better Visual Designer. First, what is a Visual Designer? A designer, who understands design principles and critically applies them to solve complex problems visually: balancing craft and execution. So, how do you become a better Visual Designer, if you have a grasp of the basics. You must design, with intentionality. That means that when you are designing, your designs are based on solid design principles, research, and attention to detail. How does one do that? You get good at asking yourself a set of questions while you design. What is my type hierarchy? What patterns am I using? How do these patterns compare to existing or established patterns? What are the margins and padding rules? Are my icons clear? How consistent are my design choices? Does everything on the design need to be there

Episode Music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/inquisition Episode 88: Becoming a designer without design school How do we do that? Learn the tools 2. Sketch and photoshop 3. Origami and Framer JS for prototyping Take online courses 3. Envato 4. Coursera 5. Lynda 6. CreativeLive 7. Skillshare Get feedback 4. From a mentor or a peer 5. Online feedback communities 6. HH Design 7. HH Illustrate 8. Designer’s Guild 9. The Designers League 10. IxDA Build fundamentals 5. The design of Everyday Things (Donald Norman): A well known primer on the rules of usable design, with good and bad examples. 6. Universal Principles of Design (William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler): An encyclopedia of key design concepts and examples 7. Don’t Make Me Think! (Steven Krug): Web usability and user testing 8. Thinking with Type (Ellen Lupton): A guide to typography for print and on screens 9. Graphic Design: The new Basics (Ellen Lupton and Jennifer Cole Phillips): An introduction to graphic design and how to use visual langua

We sit at the table of Jon Lax and he shares his reaction to the backlash on the internet when they closed TeeHan and Lax. Jon also gives us insight into how he sees the future of design playing out.

We sit at the table with Jon Lax and talk about his childhood and how that informed his design philosophy. This is part 1 of 2. Jon's Eulogy for his mother – https://medium.com/@jlax/madam-justice-joan-lax-9f9782004359#.mdvskbjqy

In this episode, Los had planned to talk about one thing and we end up talking about how does one find importance? Episode music: https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/with-me https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie/little-brother

###Music Dj Quad Mix - https://soundcloud.com/aka-dj-quads/back-in-time-vlog-music Dyalla Remix - https://soundcloud.com/dyallas/lets-go-out Stranger Things Remix - https://theartistunion.com/tracks/26ccfb Kimbra Remix - https://soundcloud.com/search?q=kimbra%20remix ##Storytelling for designers Today’s episode is about storytelling. This is a conversation around what the role of storytelling looks like for a modern designer in this creative economy. Because, the most successful, companies/designers, who are able to convert known and unknown customer needs, into a story the customer can get behind, end up becoming the best in the industry. I tweeted this yesterday “The emotions evoked by the stories you tell is what sells a product. It’s no longer about the features.” So, the conversation prompts are these: What are some of the companies that are great storytellers?Why? What role does story telling play in what you do? What are some things we can do as designers to help evoke the emotions that make it easie