This week’s guest is a DesignThinkers favorite. Aaron Draplin lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He does creative work under the moniker Draplin Design Co. for rock bands, comedians, restaurants, festivals, and leftie politicians. He also makes typefaces for the recently launched DDC Fonts and has a merch line that’s produced over 350 products. In 2016, he published his first book, titled Pretty Much Everything, now in its twelfth printing! In this week’s episode, host Nicola Hamilton and Draplin talk about the immense privilege of living a creative life, the value of doing work for the big bucks and the not-so-big bucks, and what Draplin is thinking about now as he enters his next decade.
Welcome to the DesignThinkers Podcast! Join host and RGD President Nicola Hamilton as she digs into the archives of the DesignThinkers conference, reconnecting with past speakers about their talks and ideas that have shaped Canada’s largest graphic design conference. Follow the RGD on Instagram @rgdcanada or visit them at rgd.ca. Purchase tickets to the upcoming DesignThinkers conference at designthinkers.com.