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The Dallas Type is an interview and illustration series where I hope to celebrate the different personalities you’ll find in the Dallas creative community, and it's my attempt to see if there is anything to identify as a unifying element between all the creatives asked to participate. I’m featuring creatives, literally from A to Z. Check here for updates and/or sign up for the Dallas Type Tiny Letters.
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The Dallas Type interviews Arturo Torres. In our chat, he shares how he got started, the struggles he faced growing up, and the surprisingly mature and heartfelt perspective he has that empowers his art, his inspirations and his outlook on working hard and making people happy.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Arturo Torres: an incredibly talented and thoughtful young illustrator and community lover.For the 14th type set, I’m happy to share the interview with this talented young man, who despite still being in his early 20’s, not only has a a book with his name on it gracing the New York Times and Washington Post Best Seller li…
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Today’s Dallas Type interviews Tim Langford: executive creative director, business owner and devoted-to-family-man. In our chat, Tim shares his thoughts about teleportation, his love for solving puzzles, how restraint is necessary for the “a-ha,” and ambition.Oleh The Dallas Type
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Today’s Dallas Type interviews Tim Langford: executive creative director, business owner and devoted-to-family-man. And for this 13th installment (we're halfway through!), I’m a bit more nervous and excited to share the interview with my boss and mentor, Tim Langford. Nervous, because, damnit, he’s my boss. Excited because, he’s one of my favorite …
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The Dallas Type interviews Lauren Shafer: designer, photographer, hat-juggler and future mad-beats mixer. For the 12th Dallas Type set, I’m happy to share an interview that shines a mustard-tinted light on another source of inspiration for creatives, which is music. Having started off in high school, hustling Homecoming couples with her photos from…
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The Dallas Type interviews Lauren Shafer. In our chat, she shares her love for bullet points, how music weaves into her history and inspirations, and how it might groove into her goals for the future.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews im Foronda: writer, creative director and voice actor. In this short, Jim shares his thoughts on story arcs, creativity as puzzle solving and characters that sometimes die.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Jim Foronda: writer, creative director and voice actor. The past 10 Dallas Type interviews have been with visual storytellers, so I’m excited to share this interview because it’s pretty damn colorful in a different way. Jim pursued an education in film-making, then followed the intrigue of fake ice cream into advertising,…
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The Dallas Type interviews Zack Davis, designer-slash-developer-slash-business-man. In this short, Zack shares his unique perspective on finding mentors, Saul Bass, sci-fi, book stores and robots.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Zack Davis: part designer, part developer, part business man.Now, Zack is way more than a sum of these parts. He’s also a lifelong learner. A father. A canoe-er. A used-book store lover. And a good friend, who also happened to be one of my first hires in the way back. My talk with him was a bit different from the first ni…
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The Dallas Type interviews Jack Unruh. In this short, Jack shares his thoughts on Dallas and why one spring break played a giant role in growing part of one of Dallas’s greatest creative strengths.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Jack Unruh: a well-esteemed and accomplished illustrator based in Dallas, Texas.When he started his career back in 1958, Jack mentions he wasn’t worth a damn and settled in where he thought was the next growth area. Since then he’s seen the strength and warmth of the creative community here, as well as his own career and …
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The Dallas Type interviews April Hopkins. In this short, April talks design practicality, patience, pattern, meditation and starting with pen and paper.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews April Hopkins: artist, designer, pattern-maker, problem-solver and (as of this post) new mom.After a start in industrial design, April Hopkins has been able to craft the opportunity to “live the dream.” Her 9-5 job of drawing for a living is ideal, especially for an introvert. She’s able to hone her attention-to-detail on…
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The Dallas Type interviews Cosme Olivas: in this short, Cosme shares his love for making and some possibilities for near future projects.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Cosme Olivas: a young web designer and former AIGA UTA board leader and design.Cosme Olivas started his career officially nearly a year ago after graduating and joining Matchbox Studio located in Deep Ellum. I first met him through the AIGA UTA student group’s involvement in AIGA DFW, and I was immediately impressed by hi…
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The Dallas Type interviews Ramsey Ruelas. In this short, Ramsey shares his superpower, webs of trust, being a brave, and some thoughts behind the old adage, “with great power comes great responsibility.” Ramsey Ruelas is a motion graphic superstar and dedicated Dallas design community servant.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Ramsey Ruelas: motion graphic superstar and dedicated design community servant.Ramsey Ruelas started his career in motion graphics over 8 years ago in Dallas, and quickly became the go-to guy, not only for traditional design shops needing talent they could trust to do a one-off animation project for them, but also for the…
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The Dallas Type talks to Jill Broussard. In this short, we hear a bit about light through windows, warm red doors, persistence, optimism, hope and what tomorrow holds.Jill Broussard is a commercial photographer based in Dallas, Texas and sometimes San Francisco.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Jill Broussard: an experienced lifestyle photographer and great friend. Jill Broussard is a wonderful photographer who has the talent to not only capture all the feels in a photograph. She does everything she can to not only get the right angle for the perfect shot, but she can most importantly make everyone involved feel…
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The Dallas Type interviews Virgil Scott. In this short, we talk about fearless Texan designers and their love for empty swimming pools, blank pages and a brewing 80's Dallas redux.Virgil Scott is partner of Studio 204 located in downtown Arlington, and also leads the undergrad and graduate design program at Texas A&M Commerce in the center of downt…
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The Dallas Type interviews Virgil Scott: a seasoned pro turned educator and letterpress printer. I called Virgil Scott on a post-rainy winter morning(which in Texas, can actually be quite nice), and all we could talk about was fire. We talked about the fire behind the passion and intelligence he's seen in the Dallas creative community over the past…
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The Dallas Type interviews Lily Smith+Kirkley. In this short, she shares her would-be superpowers, tornado bath tubs, NPR and a Gershwin-esque explanation of why Dallas is home. Lily Smith+Kirkley is owner and head honcho of Lilco Studio, a design and letterpress printing studio located in West Dallas.…
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The Dallas Type interviews Lily Smith+Kirkley: a lovely creative in person, work, spirit and conversation.Lily's work is full of creativity, fun, color, personality and craft. Not surprisingly, so is my conversation with her. Take a listen and see what has helped shape her career, what fills her days, her keys to happiness and her wonderful explana…
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The Dallas Type interviews Willie Baronet. In this short, discover a little bit from the heart of Willie's character: his heroes, biggest risk and a little life advice for aspiring creatives.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Willie Baronet: a mentor of mentors, and someone who will make me change his description if it ever gets too glowing. So the best I'm allowed to give is: Willie is great at what he does, he loves what he does, and what he loves is to make the world around him greater. Take a listen and see what has helped shaped his caree…
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The Dallas Type interviews Gus Granger. In this short, discover why there's no formula to creativity, and if you're a designer, barely an escape from it. Except maybe, going off-roading.Oleh The Dallas Type
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The Dallas Type interviews Gus Granger. My first AIGA mentor, current hero and friend. We discuss how he was almost an illustrator, his role models, the science of creativity, how to escape the design mind and discovering how to maximize the tools you have, whether it is your craft or your Land Rover. And how there's no place like Dallas, for home.…
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Y'all had me at "hello." Get used to my chuckles. Inspiration, surprise and excitement sound the same, obvi. That being said, if you can get past that annoying, recurring sound, you'll hear some really great thoughts from some really great creatives.Oleh The Dallas Type
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A trailer for the launch of The Dallas Type podcast.Oleh The Dallas Type
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Music : Blue Jay by Blue Dot Sessions via the Free Music Archive / Creative CommonsOleh The Dallas Type
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