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Yesssss zines!  From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about the exciting medium of zines where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. This is the 3rd of 4 episode in the series, featuring Sisley Mark. Sisley is a Chicago-based artist and creative. She primarily works with acrylic or ink on canvas and paper. Her work is deeply rooted in the belief that art isn't about the polished end result. It is about the stories, experiments, and emotions that unfold along the way. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Sisley’s at practice and her summer camp start in zine making as a kid and why sharing physical art is so powerful. You’ll hear her love-hate relationship with boredom (a gateway into noticing), as well as her focus on the process—for better or for worse. Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Sisley Mark is a Chicago-based artist and creative. She primarily works with acrylic or ink on canvas and paper. Her work is deeply rooted in the belief that art isn't about the polished end result. It is about the stories, experiments, and emotions that unfold along the way. In her free time she likes to do yoga, rock climb, and cook. You can follow her journey on social media as she showcases her work and aims to help others incorporate more creativity into their lives. --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Welcome to a 4-part publishing series all about the world of zines! From makers near and far, with small and large publications, you’ll hear about this exciting medium where anything can happen at the intersection of art and independent publishing. First up we have Ioana Simion, who is an artist-educator and facilitator based London. She runs community workshops under the artistic identity of Artizine . Her socially-engaged practice explores the use of zine-making as a vehicle for encouraging individuals to share their stories, develop imaginative skills and practice well-being in a social setting. Ioana’s practice centres the intuitive quality of play and participation to amplify community spaces where individuals receive support to expand on their lived-experience and document it through a creative, radical outlet. In this conversation, you’ll hear how to Ioana’s zine making evolved from solitary practice through to creating in community, and how she experiments in her zine making. She shares what it takes it build creative community and defines her responsibilities as a facilitator.  Also, Ioana shares one of her favourite-ever zine she’s made, as well as why and how mark-making is an important part of her process. She shows us what type of magic can happen when we take formal design practice and marketing out of the equation and focus solely on making in a community space. I invite you to listen to this insightful, introspective and connective conversation with Ioana. Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Ioana Simion is an artist-educator and facilitator based London. She runs community workshops under the artistic identity of Artizine. Her socially-engaged practice explores the use of zine-making as a vehicle for encouraging individuals to share their stories, develop imaginative skills and practice well-being in a social setting. Ioana’s practice centres the intuitive quality of play and participation to amplify community spaces where individuals receive support to expand on their lived-experience and document it through a creative, radical outlet. Instagram: @artizineuk Linktree: linkt.ree/artizineuk --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

It's become a Talk Paper Scissors tradition to feature the incredible work of up-and-coming typeface designers in this space (check out Episode 026  with Veronika & Mary-Anne, Episode 113  with Nate & Sarah and Episode 146  with Nicole and Cameron, Episode 191 With Max & Cecilia), work born from the Advanced Typography I teach at Toronto Metropolitan University. After reviewing dozens of submissions, with work scaffolded throughout the semester, I chose today’s guests because their work was consistently thoughtful, innovative, developed and well-executed. There were so many incredible submissions and it was genuinely hard to choose. As a testament to their contributions to the type community, I am awarding today’s guests (Paulina Marin & Darrab Qureshi) the totally fictitious, highly coveted, not an actual award award: The Apostrophe!  Paulina designed a typeface called Funky Pants and Darrab designed an Arabic typeface called Qalam. In the following conversation, you'll get to hear about each typeface. You'll also hear their perfect type pairings, sensory descriptions of each (sight, smell, touch, sound and even taste), as well as what was easy and difficult about the process. Let the type geekery begin!  Paulina's Funky Pants Bonus: Funky Pants Paper Pants! Darrab's Qalam Bonus: Inspiration for Qalam (from Darrab's father): About Our Guests: Paulina Marin is an Ecuadorian graphic designer and Illustrator based in Toronto. She is currently studying in the Graphic Communications Management program at TMU. I'm Darrab Qureshi and I developed a passion for art through painting in 2012, later exploring photography through Arts Etobicoke's after-school program. My love for visual storytelling deepened in high school as I focused on Digital Arts and Photography. Now, as I near the completion of my degree in Graphic Communications Management at Toronto Metropolitan University, I’m refining my expertise in typography, design, and management. Throughout my journey, I’ve explored creative growth and discovery, drawing inspiration from family, identity, and nature. --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Happy Friday and welcome to a thought-provoking and potentially paradigm-shifting conversation with James McCrae , author, poet, and teacher who empowers creators to live with purpose and turn imagination into reality. He is the founder of Sunflower Club, a global community dedicated to creativity as a tool for personal healing and social transformation. As a creative strategist, he has worked with top brands and startups to define and actualize their message and mission. His books include Sh#t Your Ego Says and How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis  and The Art of You: The Essential Guidebook for Reclaiming Your Creativity .  In this conversation you’ll hear how James’ career has always been rooted in both art and writing, including his navigation through various facets of the design industry. You’ll hear why James believes that social media is an art form in its own right and how making mistakes have been some of his greatest moments of learning. We talk about the role ego plays in creative practice, and the importance of planting intentional seeds, allowing quality ideas to grow and mature in our subconscious. We also talk about trust and control in creative processes. As per usual, I can remember concepts but rarely the person or people attributed to the concept. The terms divergent  and convergent  are attributed to psychologist J. P. Guilford in 1956. A quick note that this episode isn’t sponsored—as always I’m just a curious human trying to connect with interesting, creative people and projects out in the world.  Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: James McCrae is an author, poet, and teacher who empowers creators to live with purpose and turn imagination into reality. He is the founder of Sunflower Club, a global community dedicated to creativity as a tool for personal healing and social transformation. As a creative strategist, he has worked with top brands and startups to define and actualize their message and mission. His books include Sh#t Your Ego Says and How to Laugh in Ironic Amusement During Your Existential Crisis  and The Art of You: The Essential Guidebook for Reclaiming Your Creativity .  --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

It has been on my radar for many years, at this point, that I’ve wanted to dive into and learn more about graffiti culture. There’s so much richness, history, anthropology, typography, art, rebellion, identity wrapped up in letterforms we often find in back alleys and scribbled in discreet places.  And then I met Alex Sein, who has been giving exactly the kind of graffiti tours in Toronto (among many other tours) that I’ve been wanting to embark on for years.  So when the opportunity arose to do just this, it felt like an invitation into a long-awaited chapter of design I couldn’t wait to explore. In this conversation, you’ll hear Alex’s story of becoming a Torontonian, including his link to graffiti culture in the city and how he accidentally became intwined in this community. You’ll hear about the history of graffiti, why it matters and how graffiti is often a collaborative process. You’ll not only hear about physical infrastructure of a place (including the idea of a 15-minute city), but also the emotional infrastructure that signage, advertising and graffiti help shape. You’ll hear the surprising ways that graffiti is deeply-rooted in history of places all over the world and both consciously and subconsciously connect and foster belonging.  A quick note that this episode isn’t sponsored — as always I’m just a curious human trying to connect with interesting, creative people and projects out in the world.  Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Alex Sein is a highly experienced educator and storyteller with a deep connection to Toronto's multifaceted culture and heritage. As a part-time professor teaching tourism, hospitality, and storytelling in a post secondary environment, he brings a wealth of academic knowledge combined with over 17 years of practical experience working with various cultural institutions and tourism organizations. His approach delves into cultural anthropology, going beyond the surface to explore the deeper connections within the city. Having a unique background as an immigrant who found his home in Toronto, Alex possesses a profound understanding of connections to belonging within this diverse urban infrastructure. He currently works in higher education, while pursuing a Master’s degree, and has a passion for helping others understand and connect with the places around them.  Drawing on his extensive experience as a tour guide and developer of educational experiences, Alex has a keen ability to illuminate Toronto's lively stories, heritage, and culture. He’s been involved with organizations like the Lakeshore Grounds Interpretive Centre, Jane's Walks, Toronto International Film Festival, Destination Toronto, and many more. His deep engagement with the city's cultural identity and public spaces brings an awareness of its various forms of expression. Alex is also known as “ BeardedProf416 ”, where “Prof” stands for Professor, Professional, Profound, and Proficient. You can catch artistic interpretations of him in a form of stickers all around the Toronto urban landscape.  --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

I’ve been fascinated by the concept of biomimicry for years and years. Biomimicry helps uncover natural answers to human problems because nature has already elegantly solved so many problems that apply to living life as a human being. For example, Velcro was invented after a Swiss engineer in the 1940s emerged from a hunting trip with burs stuck to his clothes and his dogs’ fur. And modern day paper! Today’s paper making process is inspired by paper wasps and their ability to construct nests, chewing up wood and mixing it with saliva. Today’s conversation features Paige Deasley, photographer, storyteller, and creative strategist passionate about helping people reconnect with nature. Her work is rooted in a vision to create outdoor experiences where people can unplug, explore, and reconnect with what matters most. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Paige’s life that exists at the intersection of nature and creativity. You’ll hear how she handles working remotely while immersing herself in nature, how she found her photographic voice, as well as what about the natural world inspires her and what it’s like to swim with an octopus. Finally, you’ll hear about Paige’s ideal vision of a life that allows her to explore creativity in the natural world. Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Paige Deasley is a photographer, storyteller, and creative strategist passionate about helping people reconnect with nature. She partners with like minded brands on photography, content creation, branding, and marketing, and plans adventurous elopements for couples. Her work is rooted in a vision to create outdoor experiences where people can unplug, explore, and reconnect with what matters most.   Links to Work www.paigedeas.com  / https://www.instagram.com/paigedeas Wonder Photography Exhibit: https://paigedeas.com/exhibition Youtube @FoundOutdoors --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Today we have the one, the only, Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. , an American printer and book artist who has been puttin’ ink on paper since 1949. He is a citizen printer, which you’ll hear much more about very soon. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Amos’ incredible book, Citizen Printer , including how it came to be, what it means to be a citizen and Amos’ vision for citizenship today and tomorrow. You’ll hear about activism, humanism, materialism, capitalism, environmentalism, and the need for a new system. And in the wise words of Amos, “participation changes the system”. You can also hear a conversation between Amos and I from 2023 in Episode 165: Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. and the Pile of Bricks . Let’s jump right in… About Our Guest: --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Talk Paper Scissors meets...Talk Paper Scissors?! Today’s guest is internet artist, Nolen Royalty . He's interested in getting strangers to interact over the internet in unusual ways and in pushing mundane technology to its limits. Projects of his include stranger video (a website that shows you live, silent video of a stranger's face until one of you blinks), One Million Checkboxes (a website with a million global checkboxes), and games that run inside Google Calendar, MacOS Finder, and your unclosed browser tabs. He lives in Brooklyn. In this conversation you’ll hear how Nolen brings strangers together for spontaneous joy on the Internet, including the behind the scenes of projects including: Stranger Video Talk Paper Scissors  (!) One Million Checkboxes  ( and the hidden messages coded within! ) One Million Chessboards  (his brand new project!) Global Caps Lock You’ll better understand why Nolen prefers creating experiences that foster collaboration rather than competition, how building constraint facilitates participation, as well as the role multi-level storytelling plays in his work. You’ll also hear an epic rock paper scissors showdown of monumental proportions to decide the ultimate Talk Paper Scissors champion.  Cue dramatic music… Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Nolen Royalty is an internet artist. He's interested in getting strangers to interact over the internet in unusual ways and in pushing mundane technology to its limits. Projects of his include stranger video (a website that shows you live, silent video of a stranger's face until one of you blinks), One Million Checkboxes (a website with a million global checkboxes), and games that run inside Google Calendar, MacOS Finder, and your unclosed browser tabs. He lives in Brooklyn. --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Dramatic Orchestra #9 by N0IZ -- https://freesound.org/s/642305/  -- License: Attribution 4.0  Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Straight from his idyllic backyard music studio in the UK, we have Elliot Jay Stocks !  Elliot is a designer and musician, known in typographic circles thanks to his time as Creative Director of Adobe Typekit, founder of typography magazine 8 Faces, and for his recent collaboration with Google that lead to the creation of Google Fonts Knowledge. Elliot has spoken at design events around the world and has had his work profiled in numerous publications. He previously co-founded the lifestyle magazine Lagom with his wife, and now records electronic music as Other Form. In this conversation, you’ll hear about Elliot’s prolific career in type. We talk passion projects and opportunities to broaden skills sets and unique opportunities that can happen from following one’s genuine interests. Elliot also shares his process for writing and designing my very favourite typography textbook, as well as the entry point for students who are just beginning to formally explore the world of letterforms.  And finally, while not a type designer, Elliot shares what he’s working on, dabbling in creating a new typeface of his very own. A quick note that this episode isn’t sponsored — as always I’m just a curious human trying to connect with interesting, creative people and projects out in the world.  Let’s listen in… See Elliot talk about typography’s role in design systems at  Config  (in San Francisco or online) TODAY on May 8th! About Our Guest: Elliot Jay Stocks is a designer and musician, known in typographic circles thanks to his time as Creative Director of Adobe Typekit, founder of typography magazine 8 Faces, and for his recent collaboration with Google that lead to the creation of Google Fonts Knowledge. Elliot has spoken at design events around the world and has had his work profiled in numerous publications. He previously co-founded the lifestyle magazine Lagom with his wife, and now records electronic music as Other Form. elliotjaystocks.com/newsletter hellotypefriends.com @elliotjaystocks on  Bluesky @elliotjaystocks on  Instagram --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Could you collaborate to make an award-winning professional short film with a team from start to finish in just 48 hours? Our guest today has done just that! I have with me today James Rowan, a technologist, educator, and researcher working at the intersection of film, television, and emerging technology—with a particular focus on virtual production. With roots in hands-on film production and experience across almost every department, James now leads complex technical portfolios while empowering others to thrive in high-tech creative environments. His creative streak runs deep: from gigging across Toronto playing bass in his 20s, to community musical theatre, and a decent run in live action stunts and martial arts choreography, but at heart, he’s a lifelong learner passionate about the ways creativity and technology inform and elevate each other. In this conversation, you’ll hear James talk about working on the cutting edge of technology, specifically flexing his creative muscles in the award-winning 48 hour film that he and his team created; a 7-minute short called The Key to Paradise that  won Best VFX and Best Choreography from 130 teams.  You’ll hear James talk about the ways in which both creativity drives technology and technology drives creativity. He provides advice about how to develop both creative thinking skills, paired with the technical skills necessary to make a vision come to life, and what’s needed to bridge the gap between these two states of being.  We chat about the inventible failures that will occur in figuring things out as you go, and that failure is simply data. We talk about collaboration and the power of the hive mind; diverse individuals with different areas of expertise coming together to push innovation through experimentation. Magic ensues. Unicorns appear! One final note before we start: In this conversation I mention a website that invites anyone and everyone to solve real-world problems, but I couldn’t remember the name. The organization is called ‘ Wazoku ’ (formerly Innocentive) and they describe themselves as the ‘World’s leading Science, Technology and Innovation Crowd’.  Let’s listen in…  Link to James’ incredible 48-hour film project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPRe2bVe27o   About Our Guest: James Rowan is a technologist, educator, and researcher working at the intersection of film, television, and emerging technology—with a particular focus on virtual production. With roots in hands-on film production and experience across almost every department, James now leads complex technical portfolios while empowering others to thrive in high-tech creative environments. His creative streak runs deep: from gigging across Toronto playing bass in his 20s, to community musical theatre, and a decent run in live action stunts and martial arts choreography, but at heart, he’s a lifelong learner passionate about the ways creativity and technology inform and elevate each other. --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

Welcome to episode 250 of Talk Paper Scissors!  For whatever reason, 250 feels like a big milestone. I started this podcast 5 1/2 years ago with no expectations about where it might lead… I certainly wasn’t thinking about the 250th episode in those initial days. I tend to meander from one project to the next when something new and shiny catches my eye (which, for the record, I don’t necessarily think is a bad thing). So in many ways, making it to episode 250 is a pretty big surprise to me. I vividly remember a phone conversation with a very good friend of mine during the pandemic and I’m certain I was fewer than 50 episodes in at that point. She asked me how long I could see continuing podcasting before my interest waned, and without hesitation, I remember saying that I could see myself doing this for far into the foreseeable future because I loved the process and the people and all of the creative possibilities that could happen within this format. It was like a whole bunch of little projects – a whole bunch of shiny objects – each capturing and sustaining my interest in this podcasting medium. And I think that is what, ultimately, this podcast has become; a container to hold a collection of projects, conversations, stories, tangents, and experiments that I so deeply value. I am grateful for this medium to have held space for projects that have helped me learn and have allowed me to grow and better understand myself and the world around me.  I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again that even if no one listened, I would still make these episodes. But if you are here and if you are listening, I want to say thank you. We’re a small mighty community of like-minded creative people, and I appreciate you being here to revel in the geekery of it all: getting creative with creatives about all things creative.  Through numerous conversations, self reflection, time and in a professional therapeutic relationship, I’ve learned what’s possible when we separate our work from our worth, uncoupling our often deeply-entangled self-esteem from easily discoverable metrics that are standing in for measurements of our true value, instead of doing the hard work of redefining success on our own terms. If you’ve been listening for any length the time, you’ll also know that I love multiplicity and not needing to choose one binary option over another. Therefore I deeply believe the former to be true AND I think it’s important to celebrate the little victories along the way. Therefore I want to share with you a few key metrics that I’m particularly proud of and excited by at this point in my journey. Total number of episodes: 250  Number of different guests: Approximately 170 Number of episodes that feature students and student work: 31 Lifetime downloads: 40,000 Most Listened to Episode: 004: Gutenberg Number of countries we are listeners have downloaded at least one episode: 144 (with 40% of all time downloads in Canada, 28% in the US and then the UK, Spain, Australia, Germany, France and India next) And in celebrating these small victories, I have another one to share… I’ve written a book! I’ve been chatting with lots of authors, both independently and traditionally published  recently because a) I genuinely love hearing their stories and what their books are all about, and b) to learn more about the world of publishing from the author’s perspective. There will be lots more information soon, but the release date is September 28, 2025 and the book is called Brave Creative Human: Reframe imposter syndrome, embrace failure, and be unapologetically you . It’s the culmination and continuation of my work in the last number of years, exploring creative confidence, and topics surrounding perfectionism, failure, experimentation, self compassion and more. Brave Creative Human  is a collection of personal stories woven together in a typographically experimental book that aims to feel like a companion and confidant that can be right there with you as you bravely explore new creative territories. It’s a resource you can read from cover to cover or dip in whenever and wherever it feels right. I encourage readers to write on it, scribble in it, fold and mark pages… nothing would be a higher compliment. Here’s the description on the back cover: — You are a brave creative human.  Period.  The world needs your ideas—your creative energy and unique perspective—because only you can make them a reality.  You have immense value right here, right now. Not someday when you learn a new language, earn a degree, paint a masterpiece, or write a chart-topping song—but today, exactly as you are. Creative confidence isn’t about changing who you are—it’s about shifting your perspective so that you’re not the one holding yourself back. Through a collection of thought-provoking stories and personal anecdotes brimming with optimism, creativity educator Diana Varma explores how you can discover your creative confidence right now, exactly as you are. Let this be a reminder: You are brilliantly bold, wonderfully weird, and perfectly imperfect.  You are a brave creative human. — Much like the Talk Paper Scissors podcast where I would still create episodes if no one listened, I would still have written this book if it had no audience. I believe there is an audience; I believe YOU are that audience and I sincerely hope you read it. I hope the words bring you a sense of belonging, calmness, enoughness, as we all continue learning how to be brave creative humans living bigger lives than simplified, superficial, individualistic metrics of ‘success’ provide. Publishing a book feels vulnerable and exciting, and I’m genuinely proud of the person I’m becoming through creative acts like this one.  As part of the launch in September, I’ll be releasing some special podcast episodes tied to themes of the book, asking previous Talk Paper Scissors guests living their brave creative human lives their thoughts on failure, perfectionism and what it means to ‘colour outside of the lines’ through a creative life. So here’s to the celebrating the small successes that turn out to be not so little with time and consistency.  Here’s to all of you, brave creative humans, and to whatever exploration maybe next on the horizon.  Stay tuned… --- Music: Just Havin’ a Beatbox - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash

From actionable leadership strategies to creative direction to AI, this episode is for all of the creative change makers!  Our guest is Vince Wanga ; a dynamic international design thought leader, creative keynote speaker, award-winning creative and executive, author of "The Art of Direction," serial entrepreneur, and experienced brand consultant with an exceptional range of expertise over a distinguished two-decade career.  In this conversation, you’ll hear about Vince’s drive and vision, including what shapes his outlook. He shares the benefits of long-term goal setting and he shares his next audacious goal. You’ll hear about his book and the important and deeply personal stories about creative leadership he shares in it. You’ll hear why creative leadership isn’t the only ‘path to success’, as well as what Vince believes are the most pressing challenges of our time as designers and creatives. Vince makes a compelling case for using AI ‘as a tool, not a crutch’ and the ways that he sees this technology integrating into creative processes. Finally, Vince provides students and aspiring creative leaders with important, specific, inspiring advice about how the make a mark in the world. You don’t want to miss this one. A quick note that this episode isn’t sponsored — as always I’m just a curious human trying to connect with interesting, creative people and projects out in the world.  Let’s listen in… About Our Guest: Vincent Wanga is a dynamic international design thought leader, creative keynote speaker, award-winning creative and executive, author of "The Art of Direction," serial entrepreneur, and experienced brand consultant with an exceptional range of expertise over a distinguished two-decade career. As former vice president and head of creative for one of the fastest-growing technology startups in North America at the time, he oversaw corporate brand strategy and creative during unprecedented company growth from pre-Series A to an over $1 billion "unicorn" valuation. With abundant aptitudes earned over the years, he looks at the world with a critical, creative eye while empathetically analyzing the eloquence and human consequence of our craft. --- Music: A Kwela Fella - John Bartmann licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License Talk Paper Scissors Theme Music:  Retro Quirky Upbeat Funk by Lewis Sound Production via Audio Jungle Boat Origami Photo:  Boat Origami Photo by   Alex  on   Unsplash