The Worst Thing About Design – Episode 105 - a podcast by Brandi Sea

This week Joelle joins Brandi to host the podcast! She wants to know what Brandi’s least favorite and most favorite things about design are.



Joelle’s week:

For those that don’t know, Joelle works at a cactus and succulent nursery that is local to the New Mexico area. This is her favorite time of year because all of the cacti are blooming and you get to see the different flowers that each of the cactuses have. You can see those flowers on her Instagram via @mrsjoelle_kaniff. She also joined a family Father’s Day camping trip which she hadn’t been camping in at least 10 years. And lastly, she got bangs which surprising she is loving. At 18 she thought she’d never do it again, but apparently not.  

Brandi’s week:

Talking about the camping trip we learn that smores are Brandi’s downfall and sadly we didn’t have any on our camping trip which is a bummer, but maybe a good thing since Brandi did end up getting a cold on the trip. Over the camping trip, Brandi read one of her Veronica Mars books which was really exciting. She loved it. Brandi is a Marshmallow (a huge fan of Veronica Mars) for those who don’t know. She is very excited about the new seasons of Veronica Mars coming to Hulu at the end of July. Brandi has also been hard at work with her website update and she has made some great progress on that. And lastly Brandi has been watching World of Dance with her family and she’s actually really been loving it. She really loved one specific routine that used color to change and reflect the emotion.

Takeaways from this episode:



* Sometimes, you can get caught up in one part of the design because it may not match completely with what you have in your brain. 

* There are so many different things you can do for hierarchy in the design. “Z” “N” “W”. Don’t get stuck on one just because it’s easy.

* It’s okay to want to do things differently.

* It’s easy to get caught up in one step of the process. Be careful and set time limits.

* Sometimes you just need to have some empathy. Clients are going to do things that won’t make sense to you when you “pass off your baby” (give them the final design). It’s okay, things happen.

* Sometimes people are stupid but you don’t need to say it out loud. 

* Assume positive intent. Some clients just may not understand. Try and have some helpful advice for them. 



Songs:

Joelle’s song: Same by Josie Dunne

Brandi’s song: Hunnybee by Unknown Mortal Orchestra

 

 

 

 

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Thank you to Vesperteen for allowing us to use his song Shatter in the Night as our intro and outro music for Design Speaks

 

 

This Quarter’s Book:

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If you would like to read along, THIS QUARTER, we’ve been reading, The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair.



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