Talk Paper Scissors

Diana Varma
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Join host, Diana Varma, as she explores the wonderful world of design and printing, typography and branding, books and publishing. Diana loves nothing more than getting creative with Creatives about all things creative. Ready to have some fun? Let's Talk Paper Scissors!

  1. Olympic Design Joy with Paul Twa

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    Olympic Design Joy with Paul Twa

    Send a text Happy Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina 2026! Graphic designer and illustrator, Paul Twa, is here and he’s full of insights and passion for Olympic design joy! In this conversation, we talk all things design systems at Milano Cortina 2026. Paul shares the importance of human gesture, energy, and motion to this system, the unique public vote that took place for the games’ emblem, as well as AI use and its implications. Paul helps us understand what works beautifully and what works less beautifully in this system, as he helps us understand the understory of “the look of the games”.  This podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by the International Olympic Committee. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    40 min
  2. Independent Foundry Magic with Libbie Bischoff of Type Du Nord

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    Independent Foundry Magic with Libbie Bischoff of Type Du Nord

    Send a text This is the third episode in a 3-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros from across North America!  This episode features the owner of foundry Type Du Nord, Libbie Bischoff.  In this conversation, you’ll hear how Libbie got started in type professionally and what a typical day looks like as a foundry of one. You’ll hear about the way Libbie’s signature may actually be your signature, now or in the future and the storytelling power of type. We talk revival fonts, what success looks like beyond measurable metrics, advice for making type for a living, and how advancing technology is changing (or not changing) Libbie’s approach to her work. This episode was recorded as part of a guest lecture series in GCM 230 - Typography in fall 2025 at The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    58 min
  3. Design for Social Change and Inclusive City Building with Jay Wall

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    Design for Social Change and Inclusive City Building with Jay Wall

    Send a text This is the second episode in a 3-part guest lecture series, speaking with a diverse range of design and typography pros from across North America!  This episode features a Creative Director dedicated to social change and inclusive city building, Jay Wall.  In this conversation you’ll hear about Jay’s origin story as a designer and the evolution of his path towards designing for social change. You’ll hear about the Design Justice Network (DJN) and learn a less naïve way to frame the question “can design save the world?” You’ll hear concrete examples over the last 70 years that have challenged the status quo and helped catalyze change in a variety of contexts, both on the streets and on the screen. Lastly, you’ll hear what Jay’s currently up to regarding inclusive city building; a project called ‘Yonge Tomorrow’, a project with the City of Toronto to redesign downtown Yonge Street, nodding to the past, embracing present needs, and planning for a more accessible future. This episode was recorded as part of a guest lecture series in GCM 230 - Typography in fall 2025 at The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    1 h 1 min
  4. Indigenous Type Perspectives with Leo Vicenti

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    Indigenous Type Perspectives with Leo Vicenti

    Send a text This is the first episode in a 3-part guest lecture series in GCM 230 Typography, speaking with design typography pros from across North America!  This episode features type designer and educator at Emily Carr University of Art + Design in Vancouver, Leo Vicenti.  In this conversation, you’ll hear how Leo believes typography can support Indigenous language and culture, the ways in which typography isn’t always necessary, Indigenization of digital spaces, and why fixed systems don’t necessarily work (Unicode, for example).  This episode was recorded as part of a guest lecture series in GCM 230 - Typography in fall 2025 at The Creative School at Toronto Metropolitan University.  I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    58 min
  5. Currency and Creativity with David Berry and Raymond Biesinger

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    Currency and Creativity with David Berry and Raymond Biesinger

    Send a text Today’s episode features two authors with two new books on two interrelated topics: David Berry (How Artists Make Money & How Money Makes Artists) and Raymond Biesinger (9 Times My Work Has Been Ripped Off: An Informal Self-Defence Guide for Independent Creatives). In this conversation you’ll hear the macro and the micro of economics and art; David and Raymond share history’s most interesting examples, alongside personal examples of the ways in which art and money are intertwined. We talk challenges for early career creatives, artists vs. AI, and what it means to create in a rapidly-shifting media ecosystem. There’s so much richness in this conversation, so many incredible insights, and so much food for thought. If you consider yourself an artist, a designer, an author, a creative… you won’t want to miss this one. Illustration Credit: Raymond Biesinger I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    48 min
  6. 👉🏽 Manicule 👈🏽

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    👉🏽 Manicule 👈🏽

    Send a text Allow me to point something out… From Medieval manuscripts to 19th-century advertising, modern interfaces, and emoji culture, this episode follows the curious history of the iconic pointing hand, commonly referred to as the “manicule”.  Inspired by a letterpress project created for the Canadian Letterpress Alliance, I step back in time to print postcards on a 170-year-old press at Mackenzie House Toronto, using historic wood type found in a cabinet of typographic curiosities.  We explore its origins as a reader’s mark, its many aliases, its evolution through print and persuasion, and its quiet persistence today, right down to the moment I realized that my cursor is a modern-day manicule. 💅🏽 See the final print and process at talkpaperscissors.info/letterpress I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    11 min
  7. GeoCities Memory with Jill Blackmore Evans

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    GeoCities Memory with Jill Blackmore Evans

    Send a text Down the rabbit hole we go! Each conversation in this series connects in unexpected ways. Every new episode spurring a new line of inquiry, like tunnels turning off in different directions, each with an origin that’s traced back to episode 273. This episode features Jill Blackmore Evans who created GeoCities Memory, a personal and scholarly project designed to capture some of the most interesting examples of websites in Web 1.0. In this conversation, you’ll hear well as what Jill has found to be surprisingly similar about the web now vs. 20-30 years ago, as well as what feels different. She explains the interesting links between the maturation of the web and colonization and control, pondering “Is the Internet forever?” Finally, Jill and I ask and answer big questions about digital ownership and if future generations will event want what we’ve created online. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    49 min
  8. Certified Letter Nerds with Alanna Munro of Arcane Type Foundry

    2025-12-08

    Certified Letter Nerds with Alanna Munro of Arcane Type Foundry

    Send a text Today’s conversation is with Alanna Munro of Arcane Type Foundry. She is a certified letter nerd, designer, and educator. In this conversation you’ll hear about Alanna’s creative process for designing type, the importance of squinting, and common misconceptions about independent foundries. You’ll also hear helpful, actionable advice about font licensing. And for all students here: listen up! Alanna lets type design students know how they can get professional critique on your type design work. I'm all about interesting projects with interesting people! Let's Connect on the web or via Instagram. :)

    38 min
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Join host, Diana Varma, as she explores the wonderful world of design and printing, typography and branding, books and publishing. Diana loves nothing more than getting creative with Creatives about all things creative. Ready to have some fun? Let's Talk Paper Scissors!

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  • Créateur
    Diana Varma
  • Années d’activité
    2019 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    287
  • Classement
    Contenu explicite
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    © 2026 Talk Paper Scissors
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