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Talk Paper Scissors

Join host, Diana Varma, as she explores the wonderful world of design and printing, typography and branding, books and publishing. Diana loves nothing more than getting creative with Creatives about all things creative. Ready to have some fun? Let"s Talk Paper Scissors!

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8:50

PopUp Workshop!

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2024/06/05

In this episode, Diana shares an exciting new initiative that she’s adding to the Talk Paper Scissors space.Introducing PopUp Workshop: Where creative work meets play! ✨You’ll hear about 4 workshops that can be facilitated both in-person and virtually, locally and globally. Playful PrintingImprov for InnovatorsFriends with FailureCustom Speaking + WorkshopsHere’s to the next 200 episodes and brand new in-person workshops! I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's

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15:30

The End II

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2024/05/23

In this final episode in the series, Diana reflects on 9 different responses to 7 questions about storytelling through art and design, discussing 3 emergent themes.3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer @barbralicaVisual Artist & Writer @britchidaTattoo Artist @soot.tattoo Author & Teacher @recessmagicBreathwork Facilitator & Writer

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21:22

The End

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2024/05/22

Q: At the end of your life, what story do you hope others tell about you?🎙️ In this episode, you’ll hear some universal truths about life and living from a book written by experts on death and dying, as well as what story each of the 9 creative minds in this series hopes is told about them:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer @barbralicaVisual

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41:31

Defining Creative Success

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2024/05/21

Q: How do you measure the success of a narrative-driven project, and how has your definition of success evolved over the course of your career? 🎙️ In this episode, you’ll learn about Diana’s unlearning of traditional measures of success and hear about measures of success from the 9 creative minds in this series:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer

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37:02

Experiences = Life = Stories

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2024/05/20

Q: How has the evolution of your own life experiences impacted the stories you choose to tell through your artistic endeavours? 🎙️ In this episode, we’ll touch on the success of the deeply-moving, Humans of New York, as well as hear from the 9 creative minds in this series about their own moments of transformation:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer

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52:14

Technology & Storytelling

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2024/05/16

Q: Can you discuss the intersection of technology and storytelling in your field, and how advancements may influence the way you approach narrative in your projects?🎙️ In this episode, we’ll dive into artificial intelligence and creativity, as well as the specific technologies (both low-tech and hi-tech) that help the 9 creative minds in this series create and disseminate their work:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker

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39:33

Themes, Motifs, Narratives

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2024/05/15

Q: Are there specific themes or motifs that consistently appear in your work, and if so, how do they contribute to the overall narrative you're trying to convey?🎙️ In this episode, we’ll hear about the specific themes and big ideas explored by the 9 creative minds in this series:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer @barbralicaVisual Artist &

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39:54

The Integration of Storytelling into Creative Practice

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2024/05/14

Q: How do you integrate storytelling into your creative practice, and what role does it play in shaping your vision?🎙️ In this episode, we’ll consider the power of stories, explore ‘hard truths’ about storytelling and hear how the 9 creative minds in this series use storytelling:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer @barbralicaVisual Artist &

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54:01

Meet the Artists & Designers

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2024/05/13

Q: What is your story?🎙️ In this foundational episode, we’ll define ‘story’, explore the importance of centring one’s audience in the act of storytelling and meet the 9 creative minds in the series:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand Identity Designer @carla.paletteSinger-Songwriter-Producer @barbralicaVisual Artist & Writer @britchidaTattoo Artist @soot.tattoo Author & Teacher

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2:15

Coming Soon: The Art & Design of Storytelling

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2024/05/10

Once upon a time there were 9 creatives in 8 episodes answering 7 questions who were spread out over 6 geographic locations resulting in many virtual high 5’s because there were 4 hours of conversations with 3 themes emerging released over 2 weeks as 1 large, interconnected story. This is the Art and Design of Storytelling. This series features 9 incredible creatives:3D Environment Artist @nanoshadesDrag Artist & Professor of Creativity @guy.anabellaVisual Note Taker @inkfactorystudioBrand

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32:02

Emerging Typeface Designers Max Berardi & Cecilia Ly

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2024/05/03

Meet emerging typeface designers, Max Berardi and Cecilia Ly! Max designed a typeface called League Gothic and Cecilia designed a typeface called Verre Fondu and 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), what was easy and difficult about the process, including what they’d do differently next time. Let the type geekery begin! I'm all about

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39:30

Experimentation, Iteration & Democratization in Font...

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2024/04/30

Today's guest is Franz Hoffman, designer-turned-entrepreneur and cofounder of Fontself, which brings easy type-making capabilities into the hands of all creatives.In this conversation you’ll learn why Fontself was created and more about Fontself as a tool and its evolution, hearing about some interesting projects from around the globe with the Fontself toolset at their centre. Experimentation, iteration and democratization are all themes explored throughout the following 40 minutes. This

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41:35

Designing Variable Type with That That Harbor Bickmore

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2024/04/17

Today’s guest is the best designer in the world! [Source: his website, TheBestDesignerInTheWorld.com] Harbor Bickmore is a graphic designer and type designer, selling his work under That That Type.In this conversation you’ll hear why Harbor got into typeface design and his process for creating typefaces. You’ll hear about Harbor’s favourite typeface he’s released to date, as well as what hasn’t worked in his type design experimentation (the juicy failures!).You’ll also hear about Harbor’s new

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45:00

Talk Paper and Exacto Knife with Sarah Nguyen

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2024/04/11

In this episode you’ll hear artist Sarah Nguyen’s multi-hyphenated career and her role as a life-long learner. Sarah shares the deepest and most delicious answer to ‘why paper?’ ever articulated in 188 episodes of this podcast. You’ll hear about the stories woven within Sarah’s paper cut artworks, which can be up to 20 feet long, as well as the details of working with Tyvek as a medium and the ways in which ‘drawing with a knife’ means that there’s no eraser. We dig into the concept of failure and

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29:14

Exceptionally Experimental, Eclectic and Expressive...

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2024/04/09

In this episode you’ll hear author Phong Nguyen’s playful approach to his work that harnesses ‘beginner mind’. You’ll learn more about Phong’s 4th book, ROUNDABOUT: An Improvisational Fiction that has a clever narrative, fascinating process and incredible constraints… there are no letter e’s found within the 60,000 word book! (More accurately, there’s a single e, which you’ll hear about in the episode.) This book project is all about constraints, as well as yes-anding; applying the foundations of

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30:24

Typefaces of Toronto with Jeremy Gladstone

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2024/04/04

There are few things more typographically satisfying than recognizing type in the wild. Gotham over here, Futura over there, Helvetica everywhere! Perhaps the only thing more satisfying is sitting down for a hearty conversation about letterforms with a fellow type geek. Pan to my conversation with Jeremy Gladstone, owner and founder of Gladstone Media in Toronto.In this conversation, Jeremy shares more about Gladstone Media and how they do what they do, digging into the step-by-step process behind

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41:05

Constraint and Consistency with Ben O'Neil

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2024/04/03

In this episode, you’ll meet designer and illustrator, Ben O’Neil, who worked for 70 days to create a typeface based on visual prompts from images online to create an alphabet of whimsical and wonderful letterforms. You’ll hear Ben discuss this project (called ‘Type Alike’), including his thoughts on creative constraint, as well as creative consistency. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

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34:34

The 96-Layer Screen Print with Heather J.A. Thomson

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2024/03/27

This episode features printmaker, Heather J.A. Thomson, who has created an incredible 96-layer screen printed work that took 1 year with a grand total of 8 (!) copies existing in the world.During this discussion, you’ll learn about Heather, her love of history and printmaking, as well as the specific process for her epic 96-layer screen printing project of banknotes from the Weimar Republic. You’ll hear about the technical set up required for this project, as well as the unexpected hiccups that

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9:09

My Favourite Practice for Living a Connected Creative...

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2024/03/26

This episode is all about my favourite practice for living a connected creative life: informational interviewing. This episode will help you better understand what informational interviews are and how they can help creative people find one another to build authentic connections. This episode pairs well with the actionable next steps found within my 'Warm Email Template' available at https://www.talkpaperscissors.info/education.I'm all about interesting projects with interesting

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7:25

Arial: An Incomplete History of Type

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2024/03/15

From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 4!) This episode is guest hosted by Kennedy Thornton. Name: Arial Release Date: 1982 Designers: Robin Nicholas Classification: Neo Grotesque Sans Serif Owned by: Monotype CorporationClaim to Fame: The Helvetica copycat I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's

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