INTERVIEW: Creator-Designer Mike McQuade on Style, Freelancing, and Hard Work – Episode 081 - a podcast by Brandi Sea

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week we interviewed conceptual creator and editorial designer Mike McQuade. We talk about everything from how he got started in the editorial space to whether or not he thinks he fits a certain “style”. It’s a fun and very useful interview!



 

 

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TRANSCRIPTION:



[00:01] Hey guys, I’m Brandi Sea and

[00:03] I’m Michelle and you’re listening to episode 81 of Design Speaks. And on today’s episode we will be talking with Mike McQuaid. Mike McQuaid, Mike McQuaid. Who is he? Who is he? So the Internet is a wonderful place and even more so for me, instagram is my favorite place on the Internet. It’s kind of, I don’t, I don’t exactly know how I found him because you can’t really track how you find people anymore. Rabbit trail. See? Yeah, it’s like the wonder of the Internet. So, um, I did find him through instagram somehow. Um, he’s, he, I kind of got attracted to his work because it looked, it looked like collagey collage. The Best I can say is collagey, but um, he creates really interesting in this interesting and um, concept driven work, which is something that all you guys know I love so much.

[00:56] It’s a good concept. Um, he does a lot of editorial work. He uses a lot of type imagery, um, illustration east style. He’s worked with clients like the New Yorker, the Atlantic Fastco, the New York Times, Time magazine, variety, wired, Delta Airlines and Pentagram, and those that was like a less than a quarter of the people that would like on his list. I’m just like shaking my head because those are all such big names, huge names, and he’s also been recognized by creative outlets like communication arts type kit, Gq style, how magazine design taxi, and again, a lot more so we have, we, we record these intros after usually we talk to them, but he’s so humble. Yes.

[01:45] He’s super chill and really he’s really a cool guy and I’m, I hope that you guys really enjoyed this interview.

[01:55] Welcome to design. This lovely podcast is brought to you by a graphic design geek, music pop culture.

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