Graphic Support Group Podcast

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Ep. 52 - Trouble comes in threes w/ Amanda Snyder Cathey

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2026/09/09

It’s James here. A few months back a friend sent me a text to an article with the headline “I lost my job, got divorced, and had to move within weeks. I found purpose in building a layoff support tool.” The situation sounded simultaneously shocking and familiar. With news of layoffs at companies like Microsoft and Meta along with daily debates about the impact of AI on labor across the globe, Amanda Snyder Cathey’s story was compelling. She recognized the gap in resources between a company’s human

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Ep. 51 - Timing and relationships w/ Abby Chen

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2026/08/13

“Timing is everything” is as much of a cliché as “you only live once”, but behind those tired phrases is truth. When Bryan and I spoke with Abby Chen, the timing was right. She was celebrating two months since leaving a job at Apple and beginning her independent practice as Studio Present Tense. Throughout the conversation, Abby walked us through the tremendous amount of courage, deliberation and negotiation with her self that led up to that moment. She shared how she was able to give herself a

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Ep. 50 - Family archives, multilingual perks and...

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2026/07/08

Continuing on the mission to introduce more voices to the podcast, we’ve invited Berlin’s #1 fan Muj Abdulzade to co-host with James. When we first asked Muj about hoping on the podcast Naïma Ben Ayed was at the top of her list of people to talk to.We spent a lovely afternoon chatting with the London-based type designer on her family, the laziness of certain tech companies and the general challenge of working on Arabic type in a world that seeks to stay rooted in Latin. Naïma’s honesty opened space

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Ep. 49 - Practice, showing up and drawing childlike...

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2026/04/08

Practice, practice, practice. Whether or now practice makes perfect it's about putting in the hours, the work, the sweat, the tears and the reflections. Bryan Collins of Poetic State joined me, James, in a calm and collected conversation with designer and illustrator Alex Kirsch. We connected on how drawing and soccer have been pillars in his life since childhood, yet the two worlds haven't always merged together. Alex shares how his love of sport and the discipline it has taught him has influenced

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58:57

Ep. 48 - Accountability, community and humanity w/...

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2026/03/11

We’re back for another season of Graphic Support Group. Kicking off for Season 6 is another episode of our beloved “Behind the Screen” series. If you haven’t heard it our first installment was with Hasan Askari. This time we got to speak with LA print legend David Mayes. He's long been a part of the LA design community, going beyond his role as a printer to be a steward of design in the city. He shared the development of his career and the many relationships he’s fostered through his work as a

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46:09

Ep 47 - Suspicions, vexing collaborations and...

Graphic Support Group Podcast ·

2025/11/13

Before we begin we have a special message from Bryan and Poetic State.Hey, listeners. I'm Bryan Collins, founder of Poetic State, and I'm a career coach who helps multidisciplinary creatives break through whatever is holding them back. If you're stuck, unclear about your next steps or just ready to get outta your own way, I'd love to hear your story. We're offering free 30 minute discovery calls for the listeners of the podcast where we can talk about where you are, where you want to go, and your

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Ep. 46 - Bigger logos in a burning world and guilt w/...

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2025/10/15

Our guest, Aurélia de Azambuja has been speaking at conferences more recently with her talk, “How to make the logo bigger when the world is burning?” – a provocation that confronts what it means to practice design in today’s world, and more broadly, how to find meaning in design at all. It’s a particularly dark time for humanity, and, once we caught wind of the talk as it went semi viral on Instagram, we were drawn to find out more about Aurelia and her presentation. We were curious about her role

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Ep. 45 - Different logics, slaying dragons and the...

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2025/09/10

We’re back with another episode of Graphic Support Group and we’re filled with joy to share this one. Our guest Nontsikelelo Mutiti “is a Zimbabwean born designer, visual artist, and educator whose conceptual approach to design spans the mediums of print, moving-image, web design, fine art, and community engagement.” That introduction doesn’t even begin to capture the breadth of wisdom that Nontsi shared with us. As the spring semester came to an end this past May (she is the current Chair of

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Ep. 44 - Unhinged precision, respectful relationships...

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2025/08/14

The work of branding and strategy agency PORTO ROCHA needs little introduction. Founded by Leo Porto and Felipe Rocha after meeting and collaborating together in New York City, the studio has quickly grown and set a high standard for quality work. Drew and I have long wanted to have them on the podcast, but for many reasons we were hesitant to reach out. Even after being linked in the agency’s fantastic “annual report” Design Threads, we were still too shy to approach Leo and Felipe. But finally,

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Ep. 43 - self starting, accepting failures and...

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2025/06/12

Warning: this episode speaks about autism and mental health. We remind listeners that the Graphic Support Group hosts are not medical professionals. Please listen with care and understanding.I met Able during my junior year as a passionate and painfully green design student. What I remember was that he was a tall, older guy who was simultaneously disarming for his height and earnestness. For a chronically detached art student, it was a breath of fresh air that I didn’t know how to take in. Him and I

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Ep. 42 - Growth and collaboration, accepting...

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2025/05/14

Note: The first part of this episode has some clicks because of a connection issue. We tried to clean the sound up as best as we could. Bare with it because we really think it’s worth listening to! This one’s a long one, but one of our most amazing conversations. Drew and I spoke with Julie Cho and Erin Segal about their collaborative publishing project Thick Press. The two friends who met when they were 15 have been working together as graphic designer and social worker, asking hard questions about

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Ep. 41 - Tattoo memories, drawing heritage and being...

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2025/04/09

Warning: this episode contains some foul language. If you are sensitive to this or are listening around young children please use your own discretion before you tune in.James here :) I was able to sit down with Gabrielle Widjaja, who works under the name Gentle Oriental, and asked her about how she navigates the highs and lows of her creative practice. Gabby began her career as a graphic designer and over the years went through many hurdles to be able to tattoo full-time today. She shared her

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Season Premiere! Ep. 40 - Majorca Epiphanies, Design...

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2025/03/12

In case you might've forgotten, we R here 4 U and we got what you've been waiting for. In the heat of last summer, we got to spend some time with Berlin-based “retired” graphic designer Charlotte Rohde. As we connected from three different continents, she shared her love of the Olympics, the typeface New Edge, EULAs and what ‘brat’ summer really meant. With this hot episode we kick of Season 5 of Graphic Support Group! We have a lot of amazing guests coming up. Thank you as always for the support

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Special Mini Episode! Promises broken, promises kept....

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2025/03/05

Hi everyone, I'm James.And I'm Drew.Welcome to Graphic Support Group.It's kind of crazy to think that this podcast has been going on for over three years. When Drew brought his idea of Graphic Support Group as a creative collective, we both thought a podcast would be a fun first project to work on. But neither of us had any idea we'd create something that would resonate with so many other people and have such staying power.We really appreciate all the support and interest in the podcast over the

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Episode 39 - John Provencher - Off Script

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2024/08/15

A few months back Drew invited John Provencher to his Brooklyn home and we had a deep dish conversation on the many trappings of design work. John very candidly shared his many experiences working as a designer and how he found a “loop hole” from his former client-driven career.Nowadays, Provencher’s work revolves around the generative art he creates using scripts and code-based tools. At a time when technologies like NFTs, Web3, blockchain and AI are quickly shifting the landscape of creative work,

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Episode 38 - Behind the Screen: RISD's Hasan Askari -...

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2024/07/16

Hey hey! Hope everybody is having a truly relaxing, mindful summer with enough sunscreen and design totes filled with image-heavy, text-light books to go around. We’re back with another episode of Graphic Support Group, believe it or not. We have a very special episode for you, the first in a series we’d like to call “Behind the Screen” (thanks to Drew’s partner Deniz Önder for the great nomenclature). This series focuses on the behind-the-scene heroes of the design industry: the printers,

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Episode 37 - Jonathan Castro - Margins

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2024/05/17

You have likely seen Jonathan Castro’s work, even if you don’t know his name. His influence on the contemporary design landscape is magnificent. The Amsterdam-based, Peruvian born former Metahaven and Studio Dumbar designer has a style all his own; one that has shapeshifted and continues to evolve daily. The through line is that his work constantly embraces the unknown spaces between art and design practice. Look no further than his latest massive endeavor, the design of Dekmantel’s 10th anniversary

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Episode 36 - Alec Stewart - In the Pit: On Sobriety...

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2024/03/21

Alec Stewart wrote us a profound email on addiction and design a couple years ago (we’ve shared it below). Both of us had known of Alec at RISD, where he studied as an undergrad during our time as graduate students. At the time he possessed a great energy and creativity that we found envious. We had little idea he was also struggling with addiction and great inner turmoil all the while. A now sober and radically open Stewart shares his path to recovery and how he maintains his sobriety despite the

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Episode 35 - Khyati Trehan - R&D

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2024/02/02

Hey Everybody! We are back for our first episode of 2024! In January we sat down with multi-hyphenate design chameleon Khyati Trehan. She opened up about all things living-while-designing, including how she doesn’t have hobbies, but is slowly realizing that they could help. She also explained how her passion for her work runs through all her activities, and how she juggles (or struggles to juggle) a strong personal output with esteemed positions at Google and IDEO. Khyati’s wide-ranging career(s)

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Episode 34 - Matthew Miller

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2023/10/23

Last September (we know, we know) we had the immense privilege of speaking with Matthew Miller, an ecstatic new presence and rising design star whose work mixes humor, psychedelia, batshit typography, insane color combos, and incredible uplifting, biting, and transparent messaging about life and the never ending hustle. Matthew is a self proclaimed “self-taught” designer with a compellingly unique trajectory and journey, which he so kindly and openly shared with us during a long talk. Since

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