Episode 031 - Mike Nicholls - Publication with Purpose - Founder of UMBER - Illustrator - Artist

Print Design Podcast

This weeks guest is Mike Nicholls. He is an illustrator, artist, and the Founder of a publication with purpose called UMBER. @thisisumber
In this episode we talk about the story of how Mike moved to Switzerland because of Helvetica and how he has always been a fan of publications and editorial design. We talk about his rad first business card, some early t-shirt designs he created, and a project that he called the Visual Mixtape for what became UMBER.
The deep dive on this episode is into the publication UMBER. We talk about how it came to be, the meaning and purpose behind it, the kickstarter campaign that launched it, and how the color and paper choices for the magazine bring it to life.
This is such a great conversation where you have two 'print nerds' talking about creating awesome tangible design experiences for people. A gem of a conversation!