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Gary and Travis call and audible and let the ladies in the studio. Which ladies exactly...well..their wives Liz and Mia. The guys quiz their better halves on design trivia in between topics that cover the spectrum with a few topics including frustrations and perks of being in a relationship with a graphic designer, some logo analysis.

In this episode Gary and Travis discuss a few of the many daily informational interface designs we all deal with (other than the computer/phone/tablet/wearables) We evaluate what forms of interfacing are working, which have benefited and been hindered with technology, as well as what future technology may play a role in evolving what me know.

Gary and Travis compare the contents of their work related bags, comparing and contrasting the contents all with just the right amount of references of referring to each other's sacks.

Though Gary previously agreed with Travis that the logical thing to do is to wait on the 2nd generation of the Apple Watch to even think about buying it. So then Gary buys one much to Travis' disappointment. Listen as Gary tries to explain while he's a flip-flopping bastard that may have just pushed Travis over the edge in buying on as well....Not that Travis is bitterly writing this post or anything...Anyways, thanks for listening!

Gary and Travis crack on their smartphones and list their favorite apps for both professional use as well as design related apps. They talk about daily use case and how the selected apps help streamline their day to day as well as what apps get their design juices flowing. Find out more about Gary at garymeacher.com and thegamernerd.com. Learn more about Travis Hoffman at travishoffman.com

Gary and Travis cuss and discuss Design in the news, design for social change, typographers and typographic selection processes and somehow kick it off with a completely random tangent about wrestling. Put it in your ear holes everybody!

Adam, Kent and Travis come together to talk about design items in the new and design related mistakes we've made in the past, we discuss Adam's period of over abundant sweat gland activity, how Travis' workshop/recording studio might be haunted, a bird outside the window almost makes Travis lose his crap, and so much more.

Travis and Gary discussed design items int he news and more tangent based conversation

With a short week due to the Memorial Day holiday and some busy/vacationing hosts, Travis is holding down the fort solo tonight literally with the sound of crickets , Travis talks a bit about the current direction of the show, ask for listener feedback on suggestions. Travis also talk about the drama of buying a new macbook right when the product line is being updated. Other topics include the new subscription pay model of Adobe Creative Cloud, Font Management, Logos and Typography news among a few other things.

We really give it a go talking about "form follows function" but then we trail off

On this episode the regular crew talks about common misconceptions people often have of graphic designers. We also discuss common graphic designer frustrations. We also go on random tangents about Quantum Leap, 3D movies, Jesus and his ability to drive automobiles. Pleae make sure to give us amazing ratings and comments on iTunes!

Travis, Gary, Adam and Kent are back to discuss how different artistic communities such as tattoo artist and street artists compare and contrast with more traditional graphic designer label. They discuss in length the rationale and motivation as each culture and discuss similarities and differences. We also talk about the wonderful 80's television show Designing Women, and Adam specifies he's not down with necrophilia, to which we thankfully all agree. All this and more.

Tonight Gary, Adam, Kent and Travis discuss the role of design in political campaigns as well as pol