Adventures In Design

Lincoln Design Co. returns from a jam-packed fall and holiday season to take us on their corporate retreat that Mark Brickey will help explain how this is social media done right. Dan and Dustin also give insight into recent branding marks created for Nike at Superbowl 53, which opens the conversation of the three major design principles that Lincoln Design Co is built upon. To hear the full version of today's episode become a member of the Circle of Trust: http://aid.network/

A special version of Shop Talk featuring 9 of the Training Camp team members. Each sharing what they learned on the journey and how the tools shared by Mark Brickey will help them each better navigate their creative futures.

4 Topics - 20 Minutes Each with Jeral Tidwell How to get your creativity back/flowing. The problem with setting strict goals as a creative. 
 
What not to do when you are a weekend warrior freelance artist. The aging of style.

DKNG is back from Flatstock 69 during SXSW at Austin, Texas. They share with us the state of gig poster industry, teach us how to make custom slot machines in Adobe Illustrator and talk about the politics of political design. 

Are you ready to take a lap around Disneyland with Mark & Jerrod and explore The Quiet Spaces of Disneyland? Listen the guys share what it meant to be hired to do illustration work for the park and does Galaxy’s Edge seem to be a tribute to the design principles of Walt’s 1955 American classic Disneyland.

Brazilian born Alvaro Naddeo grew up the son of a professional illustrator and because his dad was soo good at illustration he thought he sucked and decided not to pursue the arts. Decades later after settling into being a new dad and an advertising Creative Director, Alvaro started to find both time to paint and his voice in his work.

Brickey checks in on the status and fulfillment that he's been getting from the first ever Training Camp session, Billy shares what's cool and the guys discuss revisiting your goals as your career matures and sends you obstacles. Plus learning to create work that's both good and approvable by clients, Freelance Design Awards update and Brickey bashes flat earthers who he believes are unemployable. To hear the full version of today's episode become a member of the Circle of Trust: http://aid.network/

Jason Edmiston stopped by the AID studios on a recent vacation to California. Where he loosened up enough to open up and honestly contemplate the future of his career, his heroes careers and what does the future of art shows look like when the artists start own and operate their own shows free from the commission of gallery owners. To hear the full version of today's episode become a member of the Circle of Trust: http://aid.network/

The TV drought is over and now your entertainment cup shall runneth over! Sit back, hold on tight and don't worry about taking notes, because we already took them for you!  Returning Favorites: Better Things, The Good Fight, Arrested Development and Catastrophe. Our Top 10 Premiers: The Case Against Adnan Syed, After Life, Manhunt, Losers, Girl, Triple Frontier, John And Yoko Above Us Only Sky, Leaving Neverland, Shrill and I Am Richard Prior.

Before there was an internet or a world wide web, before there were web browsers and memes, there was the radio and pile of golden cassettes that would be passed around band to band, van to van. These are those golden radio memes.

Mark is hosting the 2019 American Advertising Awards in Orange County, and it brings up the idea, are freelancers represented and celebrated in the design community? Do freelancers of all creative walks have an award show that honors their contributions to commercial art and design? Is it time to start our own awards show? All of this and what's kool according to Billy. To watch Billy's Kools visit YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/adventuresindesign

EP02 Snow White's Scary Adventures the Disney corporations first big win and one of the original 1955 opening day attractions. We explore the future of Tomorrowland and how Marvel Land could affect its future. What emotionally makes Disneyland feel different than other Disney parks around the world. A rumor about the Galaxy Edge rollout that seems to be catching media's attention. To hear the full version of today's episode: http://aid.network/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/adventuresindesign

Today the gang tackles Chuck E Cheese "Loose Slices," shoplifting stories of our youth, the problem with COSTCO and what will Tavo do on his week off? To hear the full version of today's episode become a member of the Circle of Trust: http://aid.network/

DKNG shares with us a little Disney magic and a whole lot of process porn from the most recent Dave Matthews Band gig poster illustration. As a bonus make sure to watch the process video break down on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/user/adventuresindesign In today's bonus content hear how taking one year to focus on a personal project drastically changed the next four years of client work for the SoCal power duo.

Here it is the episode that will change your design career FOREVER!!! Get ready to dive in and change your career! We may have to quit after this one because we give away all of the secrets!?!?!?