The GDUSA Podcast: Conversations About Graphic Design Gordon Kaye, Sasha Kaye-Walsh

Studio on Fire is a Midwestern company based in St. Paul, Minnesota; owned by husband-and-wife-team Ben and Stacy Levitz. Their printing operation started in 1999, when Ben rebelled against the grind of designing behind a computer and bought his first printing press. This early basement studio stationed a Chandler & Price platen press between the boiler and the clothes dryer and just a step away from the cat box. Fast-forward twenty-one years— that basement hobby is now a truly unique commercial print shop with a battery of presses and a crew of talented people. That first press still sits  in the entryway of their shop.

They proudly represent the best version of craft manufacturing here in the United States of America. They own the 19,000 square foot building that has been their home for the last five years. 
Above all else, THEY LOVE MAKING THINGS.

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Alex Moulton works with brands to inspire transformation and creativity through design, music, art, and technology. Since 2016, he has been Chief Creative Officer at branding and design studio Trollbäck+Company where he helps businesses communicate with purpose, shape culture, and become more sustainable. 

Rosie Garschina recently returned to Trollbäck+Company as Creative Director, leading the studio's creative global branding and campaign initiatives. Garschina has been at the helm of many recent branding initiatives, including creative directing the 2021 reinvention of Paramount’s BET, the rebrand of A+E’s History Channel, the launch of streaming service AMC+, and the creation of Audible's content branding system.


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Paul Flaharty is executive director of the marketing and creative practice at global talent solutions firm Robert Half, which connects professionals with companies hiring in marketing, creative, digital, advertising and public relations. His primary responsibility is to develop and oversee the growth strategy for the company’s marketing and creative contract talent solutions teams across the United States. In this podcast, Paul shares his insights on the how 2023 is shaping up for both creative hiring managers and job seekers, what are key trends in hiring today, and why Robert Half is deeply committed to advancing inclusion and diversity in the workplace and the community – including its sponsorship of GDUSA’s inaugural “Designing For Good” category which is featured in our 59th annual graphic design awards annual showcase.
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Christine Gaspar is a designer and planner with over 15 years of experience in community engaged design practice. Since 2009, she has been CUP’s Executive Director.
Before that, she was Assistant Director of the Gulf Coast Community Design Studio in Biloxi, Mississippi, where she provided architectural design and community planning services to low-income communities of color recovering from Hurricane Katrina. She is a founding member of the Design Futures Leadership Forum Advisory Board and holds Masters in Architecture and in Urban Planning from MIT and a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies from Brown University.


As a first generation American whose parents worked as a domestic worker and in a factory, she experienced some of the ways marginalized communities face barriers to accessing rights, services, and a political voice and deeply believes in CUP’s mission to change that. She is also deeply committed to expanding who has access to design and how it is used as a tool for community-led change.

Follow CUP at:
Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/welcometocup
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we_are_CUP/
Twitter:  https://www.instagram.com/we_are_CUP/
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-center-for-urban-pedagogy-cup-


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An update on our next series of interviews.
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Gordon talks to Diane Domeyer, Executive Director of The Creative Group, about in-demand design skills, the need women and minorities in creative leadership positions,, and why it's a job seeker's market.
Diane Domeyer is the executive director at The Creative Group, a creative staffing firm. She has spent over 24 years at Robert Half, helping to connect interactive, design, marketing, and public relations professionals to the companies that want to hire them. Diane is called upon often to provide career and workplace advice and present on hiring and management topics. She is passionate about the creative industry and loves working with organizations and individuals alike on career and workplace trends and opportunities.
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This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.
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