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From the Association of Registered Graphic Designers, this is the DesignThinkers podcast. DesignThinkers is Canada's largest graphic design conference. Since the year 2000, the Association of Registered Graphic Designers has been bringing together visionaries from a range of disciplines to explore creativity and the design process live and on-stage. This podcast is an extension of that mission. We’re here to talk about process, creativity and the business of design with past and present DesignThinkers speakers. Join our host, Nicola Hamilton, for candid conversation with creative legends such as Erin Sarofsky, Michael Beirut, Paul Scher, Gail Anderson, Meg Lewis, Christopher Doyle, and...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Nicola Hamilton turns designer interviews into precise conversations about creative judgment, leadership, money, collaboration, and the structures that keep ambitious work alive.
DesignThinkers Podcast keeps graphic design tethered to the decisions, relationships, and working conditions behind the finished image. In conversations led by Nicola Hamilton, creative careers become concrete: Stephen Gates considers design leadership inside companies, Rachel…
A brand leaves a community space behind; you learn to ask who's paying for upkeep.
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A clear look at how Hay Studio kept its shape while growing.
The episode follows Veronica Fuerte as she reflects on building Hay Studio in Barcelona from a solo practice with no clients into a globally admired studio that has stayed intentionally small, collaborative, and independent.
Pablo Martin's career story is really about relationships, studios, and the work that keeps them connected.
Design Thinkers follows Pablo Martin, Mubi's creative director and a figure in editorial design, through a career shaped by placements, studios, and relationships.
Community design, measured against time, trust, and budget.
Nicola Hamilton and Nu Gote spend much of this conversation on the practical ethics of designing with communities, and the most compelling passages keep returning to time, trust, and budget.
A thoughtful look at title design as story, brand, and audience cue.
Nadia Zuho makes a clear case for title sequences as part of the story, not just decoration. The discussion is strongest when it stays with that craft logic, tracing how cultural specificity, collaboration, and streaming have reshaped the way audiences meet opening titles.
A thoughtful conversation about using design history as a tool without getting stuck in nostalgia.
Elizabeth Goodspeed treats archives, ephemera, and visual history as working material, and that gives the conversation a clear throughline. Her process is grounded in research, and her habit of thinking in words before images helps the discussion move with purpose through design…
A calm, practical conversation about building a creative career on your own terms.
Rachel Gojel's conversation on Design Thinkers centers on what creative leadership can look like when it is not full-time, and on building a career in a way that fits personal terms.
Stockholm hosts James Royal-Lawson and Per Axbom interview UX and accessibility experts.
Monocle's design team tours museums, furniture studios, and landmark houses each week.
Rachel is looking past full-time roles.
Elizabeth Goodspeed starts with archives and ephemera.
Nu does not talk about community like a target audience.
Nicola Hamilton interviews Pali Pallavathanen, co-founder and creative director of London-based Templo, about connecting graphic design with activism and purpose.
DesignThinkers Podcast host Nicola Hamilton interviews Finnish graphic designer and art director Emi Salonen about The Creative Well-Being Handbook and sustainable creative practice.
Verònica Fuerte built Hay Studio with care.
Nadia treats title sequences like book covers.
Pablo Martin starts with trust.
Debra Bishop tells Nicola Hamilton how Paula Sher, Fred Woodward, and Rolling Stone shaped her path from record-cover ambitions to editorial design.