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Diana Varma
Jun 19, 20242 min read
205: Digital Reading Experiences with Alyssa Andino of Rakuten Kobo
Welcome to the third of six episodes in this year’s magazine miniseries! If you want to learn more about the magazine industry through...
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Diana Varma
Jun 10, 20246 min read
202: Ungrade Upgrade with Ryan Kough
Experimenting with different types of grading structures has been a hugely important part of my teaching for the last six years. Since...
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Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20232 min read
170: Legibility, Readability and Likeability with Eleni Beveratou, Creative Director Dalton Maag
The conversation you’re about to hear is the second episode recorded live at RGD’s DesignThinkers Toronto 2023 conference. I sat down...
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Diana Varma
Dec 12, 20233 min read
169: Fonts for a Connected World with Typotheque's Peter Bil'ak and Kevin King
For the first time in almost 170 episodes, I recorded live with guests in the same room, which was a completely new, different and...
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Diana Varma
Jun 22, 20232 min read
154: An Inclusive Vision for Magazine Publishing with Justine Abigail Yu of Living Hyphen
Welcome back to the sixth and final episode in this magazine series. Here you’ll meet Justine Abigail Yu, Founder of Living Hyphen...
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Diana Varma
Jun 13, 20233 min read
148: Art Meets Science for Better Tomorrows with Camilo Saenz and Kristin Lewis
Let's do a quick association test. What pairs best with the following? Salt and... pepper! Peanut butter and... jam! Macaroni and......
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Diana Varma
May 15, 20232 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Apr 5, 20232 min read
139: Heart-Centredness in the Classroom and Beyond with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois
In our final episode of this series, Nat and I have the immense pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Robyn Bourgeois to learn from her...
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Diana Varma
Mar 28, 20232 min read
138: The Future of Design Education with Dr. Ana Rita Morais
We’re back at it! My creative confidant, Nat Lumby, and I recently sat down with a design education leader, Dr. Ana Rita Morais. Ana Rita...
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Diana Varma
Feb 15, 20234 min read
137: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion with Gail-Ann Wilson Mitchell
Equity, diversity and inclusion. Human-centred education in the midst of a technological tidal wave. Student well-being in the classroom...
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Diana Varma
Jun 22, 20223 min read
119: Mags 2022: Publishing Magazines with Greg Davis of Melanistic Magazine
It’s been just about a year since I released my last magazine miniseries. In 2021, I taught the course ‘Magazine Production and...
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Diana Varma
Jun 16, 20224 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
Feb 20, 20223 min read
096: Storytelling & Athletics with Micha Powell
Stories connect us, they inspire us, they communicate our values to the world. Stories allow us to empathize with thoughts and actions...
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Diana Varma
May 25, 20216 min read
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...
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Diana Varma
May 16, 20215 min read
052: The Digital re:Publish Project - What’s Possible In Publishing Through Leveraging Technology
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the digital publishing revolution. From the very first entry into Project...
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Diana Varma
Apr 10, 20214 min read
043: Freight: An Incomplete History of Type
Name: Freight Release Date: 2005 Designers: Joshua Darden and GarageFont Design Classification: Humanist Owned By: Phil’s Fonts Inc....
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Diana Varma
Sep 19, 202011 min read
010: Legibility vs Readability Smackdown
Today’s episode tackles the type topics of legibility and readability through two stories. The first is about a horrendously illegible...
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Diana Varma
Sep 6, 20203 min read
008: Representation in Design with Chantel Ragoo
I can’t wait for you to hear this episode related to the very important work happening in social justice activism and the critical...
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