Design Freaks

My guest for ep 56 is Jeffrey Everett of ROCKETS ARE RED. Jeffrey is an award winning graphic designer, illustrator, and author working outside of Washington, DC.He’s designed for Lou Reed, Flight of ...

5 Dec 202254min

In episode 55, I speak with comic artist and musician Zak Sally (The Hand, Low, Enemymine).NOTE: This episode was recorded the day before founding member of Low, Mimi Parker passed away so our tone is...

19 Nov 20221h 2min

Episode 54 features artist and Big Boys founder, Tim Kerr! We talk about his origins as a creative and his many music projects, how to avoid the quicksand of nostalgia, the distinction between DIY and...

12 Okt 202258min

Clarita’s guest for episode 53 is multi Grammy Award-winning graphic designer, artist, and founder of Phyx Design – Masaki Koike! We discuss his projects: WOODSTOCK: Back to the Garden-The definitive ...

14 Sep 202259min

In episode 52 Clarita chats with pal Nick Turner from Sub Pop Records. Nick is a Seattle musician, record collector, co-founder of Sonic Reducer on KEXP, currently at Sub Pop, and all around great hum...

29 Aug 20221h 47min

Episode 51! Clarita talks about her essay in The Wild World of Barney Bubbles and takes a stroll through the book: Barney's process, behind the scenes stories, marketing mischief and design pranks. Av...

10 Aug 202232min

EPISODE 50! Publisher, Creative Director, Archivist Aaron Tanner talks about his 15 years designing for Ween, independently publishing books as Melodic Virtue (Butthole Surfers, Ministry, the Resident...

29 Apr 202256min

This episode is dedicated to Andy Warhol record cover art. Learn what makes it a Warhol cover, how young Andy got started, who he collaborated with, which album cover ruined the vinyl inside and also ...

9 Apr 202236min