Adventures In Design

A look back on the last 1000 episodes of Adventures In Design as we look at the life and career of Disney Legend Rolland Crump and get a rare inside look at the creative mind of Walt Disney.

How can too many streaming services and high cost of living possibly be a good thing? 

It's the 800th episode of Adventures In Design and to celebrate we hit record on a conversation with Skinner, Alex Pardee, and Mark Brickey. The notes got thrown out, and the guys just sorted out how they arrived on this Monday and where they hope they're headed while sharing their experiences of being born in the 70s.

Episode 285 - Tristan Eaton

Adult Conversation About Social Media, Politics and Gun Violence. Please Do Not Listen If The Topics Are Not For You. Creative Talk Will Resume Tomorrow.

Not many have pushed the art of printmaking as far as Daniel Danger has and now he's trying to push the world of contemporary art shows to higher and more ambitious levels.

Mark & Jerrod look at the sketches, the stories, the concepts and ideas that all got whittled down to the final wild and unpredictable style guide that crafted the Haunted Mansion. This is the story of how creativity is a wild beast that needs to be sculpted into a narrative and sometimes works best with compromise. Even if you have never ridden in a doom buggy, this episode speaks to the process of narrowing down your ambitious ideas to find the balance of what works.

The long and winding road of Rory Kurtz's life has had a lot of stops along the way. Acting, photography, graphic design, and eventually finding his way to illustration and proving that all roads lead to where you're supposed to end up when your compass is a dream past the horizon.

Character Actor, Voice Over Actor and YouTube Personality Maxwell Glick loves to share is positive take view on pop culture, food and his love for Disneyland. Listen to Max & Mark bond over the ups and downs of creating content for a living and always trying to find a story to tell their audiences.

Losing his father, separating from his wife and leaving his job wasn't exactly what Bob Smith thought he'd be talking about one year later from his first interview where he launched Ore-Cal Sportswear. It's been a tough year, and Bob doesn't mind sharing the hard facts of the last 365 days that kicked the shit out of him with you. Instead of burying his feelings in work, Bob Smith decided to lean into his pain and try to become a better person in the process. He shares his coping tools with us. 

545 - Bob Smith - The Birth of Street Wear

What are the songs that make you cry? We listen and talk about the songs that get us in the feels. 

Race To The Bottom on Shop Talk continues with a look at how undercutting the creative industry could mean doom and gloom for future creative workers. 

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.

For over a decade Johnny Cupcakes has redefined retail through experience design. At first glance you may think Johnny Earle built a streetwear brand or you might think you're waiting in a very long line for what must be an incredible bakery... and either way you'd be wrong.