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146: Emerging Typeface Designers Nicole Galindo & Cameron Mady
It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out...

Diana Varma
May 30, 20232 min read
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145: Brand New: Identity Design for Medieval Torture Devices with Parcel
This is the final episode in the Brand New series where you’ll hear from Richard Nalli-Petta of Parcel in Toronto chat about his work for...

Diana Varma
May 17, 20232 min read
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144: Brand New: Design for Social Good with Loop
Welcome to the second episode in our Brand New series all about brand identity design. Today’s episode features the passionate and...

Diana Varma
May 15, 20232 min read
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143: Brand New: Meg!
I am thrilled to introduce our guest in today’s episode: It’s Meg! Meg Lewis is a designer, illustrator, artist and all-around creative....

Diana Varma
May 10, 20232 min read
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142: Aurelie Maron, Lettering Artist
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to chat with talented lettering artist and...

Diana Varma
Apr 28, 20232 min read
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141: Jorge Gomez of The Money Studio
This year’s Advanced Typography class at Toronto Metropolitan University had the chance to sit down with two talented voices in type, the...

Diana Varma
Apr 19, 20231 min read
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120: Mags 2022: Designing Magazines with Lonelle Selbo of LIFE AU LAIT
Meet Lonelle Selbo, publisher and designer of LIFE AU LAIT Magazine, a digital publication serving Prince Edward County (PEC), Ontario,...

Diana Varma
Jun 23, 20222 min read
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118: Big Emotions in Creative Living with Lisa Anchin, Picture Book Author & Artist
In this last episode of this three-part miniseries all about big emotions in creative living, I sit down with Lisa Anchin, children’s...

Diana Varma
Jun 21, 20223 min read
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117: Big Emotions in Creative Living with Jamie Roberts of Rock That Creative Job
Continuing our discussion of big emotions in creative living, today I am joined by entrepreneur Jaime Roberts of Rock That Creative Job....

Diana Varma
Jun 20, 20222 min read
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115: Font Futures: Indigenous Syllabic Type Revitalization with Kevin King
I love and admire the work produced by the folks at The Weekly Typographic podcast. Their weekly emails are one of the few emails I...

Diana Varma
Jun 16, 20224 min read
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112: The Little Friends of Printmaking!
I first learned about The Little Friends of Printmaking through one of their many awesome process videos that they share online. The duo...

Diana Varma
Jun 3, 20222 min read
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110: Listening x Creativity: Douglas Davis, Creative Strategist
In reading author Celeste Headlee’s book We Need to Talk: How to Have Conversations That Matter, I marked up, underlined, highlighted and...

Diana Varma
May 21, 20224 min read
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100: Desert Island Typefaces with Mark Simonson
I started this podcast exactly 28 months ago with a gut feeling, a creative urge and a curiosity about all things podcasting in an...

Diana Varma
Mar 21, 20224 min read
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095: Olympic Design Systems with Paul Twa
The 24th Winter Olympic Games are underway! Already in these Beijing 2022 games, we’ve seen acts of courage, athleticism and the coming...

Diana Varma
Feb 18, 20224 min read
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056: Stunning Magazine Design with Janine Vangool of Uppercase Magazine
In the second episode of this magazine miniseries we’re talking all about design. Designing for magazines is exciting, creative,...

Diana Varma
Jun 10, 20212 min read
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055: Creativity in Magazine Publishing with Wayward Arts Magazine
Over the next three episodes in this Magazine Miniseries, we will hear from amazing people doing amazing work in the field of magazine...

Diana Varma
Jun 2, 20213 min read
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054: Extra Bold with Ellen Lupton
Today is a special day. It’s not every day that you have the chance to sit down and chat with one of your professional idols. “Ellen...

Diana Varma
May 25, 20216 min read
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032: Digital Publishing's Past
Like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, whose past, present and future spirits arrive on Christmas Eve to show him a...

Diana Varma
Feb 13, 202115 min read
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026: Introducing Two Emerging Typeface Designers
In today’s episode I have the honour and pleasure to introduce you to two creative, innovative and talented emerging designers who are...

Diana Varma
Dec 21, 20202 min read
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021: Design at Buzzfeed with Sarah Aspler
We’ve made it to the 21st episode and I have another very special interview for you. Sarah Aspler, Senior Editor at Buzzfeed, joins us on...

Diana Varma
Nov 14, 20202 min read
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