Read Between The Leading
Posted by Don Clark | Filed under Design, New Stuff, Typography
We’re excited to be interviewed next week on the Read Between The Leading podcast. Today they asked us if we’d like to accept questions from our blog and Twitter followers, so we kindly said yes and thank you. Please drop us a comment here or a reply on Twitter and (hopefully) we’ll get to as many as possible. Before you start asking questions, we’ll get the big one out of the way: Yes, but only once.
17 Responses to “Read Between The Leading”
April 17th, 2009 at 4:45 pm
You have had four grammy nominations as a “firm,” and I believe many more nominations to come, but besides winning a grammy, what do you guys see as one of your top goals in producing art?
April 18th, 2009 at 12:52 am
In the past few years, there have been a ton of freelance designers and new studios seemingly popping up everywhere. Some are truly talented and deliver a solid product, while others do low quality work for lesser costs.
In your early years in design, how did you deal with competition from other designers/studios/firms on a day-to-day basis while still trying to establish a name for yourselves?
April 18th, 2009 at 1:04 am
I would like to know a bit about the your client process in the art direction stage. With concepts involving a decent scale photo-shoot, plenty of post production and even a third party photographer, how much conversation do you have with a client before putting much work into the idea? How to you convince the client to buy in to the concept without having the execution finished? Sketches? Verbal explanation?
Thanks!
-Ryan
April 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
When is Demon Hunter going back in the studio?
April 20th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Hey dudes! In light of the record industry going down the pooper, where do you see album art heading? Have you noticed any trends since you first started doing album art compared to now (is business slower, are you doing more design for digital applications than print, etc)
Cheers,
Jolby
April 20th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Hey Ryan and Don, you’ve collected tons of designer toys, figures and books. What would you say is the most unique collection that you have within or outside the studio walls?
April 21st, 2009 at 5:46 am
I was wondering with all the illustration/photo work that you do how important to the process if at all is a tablet input device such as a wacom tablet like the intuos 4 to your studio. do you use this device only for certain purposes/situations or is it used over a mouse on a daily basis. cant wait for the interview im a big fan of your work.
April 21st, 2009 at 5:59 pm
Any tips for other designers other than practice?
April 21st, 2009 at 9:44 pm
How does the fact that you guys are brothers affect the social dynamic of your day to day work? Do you think being related creates a unique synergy? Do you ever just get sick of each other?
April 22nd, 2009 at 10:16 am
What are your top 5 most helpful books/movies/classes/whatever for you as you constantly learn design and hone your craft?
April 22nd, 2009 at 11:54 am
How do you balance a successful design firm and successful music career along with family/social life/etc?
April 22nd, 2009 at 9:30 pm
How did you get into the band niche and generate enough income to make that your primary purpose as a design firm?
April 23rd, 2009 at 1:51 am
Are you musicians that do awesome design?
Or awesome designers who can also shred?
(…Yes is not the answer)
April 23rd, 2009 at 5:33 pm
What cartoons/comics serve as inspiration for you?
April 27th, 2009 at 6:24 am
cool interview! it’s ironic i actually just got asked to do a cover with a kid standing on a cliff looking at a burning city! hahaha… i lost it when you said that! i managed to get them to shift on the concept a lil! hahaha
April 28th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
great interview.
May 1st, 2009 at 5:27 am
Darn my question wasn’t answered
lol
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