Chicago interviews

Get the low down on your fav creatives, how they started out and if they’re hiring!

Julia Dufossé

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A big congrats to Julia Dufossé, self-taught designer and one of our 30 TDK Awards winners for 2020. Julia’s work...

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MAKE & Co

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We recently chatted to Jesse Hora, art director, designer, illustrator, muralist and owner of MAKE & Co.. Jesse chats to...

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Opal Branding

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We recently caught up with Katie Opalinska, Chief Designer at Opal Branding, to hear about how this collective of freelancers...

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Alyssa Arnesen

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We chat with the wonderful Alyssa Arnesen about her transition from PR firm to the design industry; her involvement in...

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Thirst

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Bud Rodecker started with a pirated copy of Photoshop at age 14, and now look at him! We chat with...

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Leo Burnett

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We chat with SVP Design Director at Leo Burnett Dept. of Design, Alex Fuller, about a little of this and...

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OTHER Studio

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It’s true, we’re a little obsessed here at TDK with OTHER Studio‘s Creative Director, Eileen Tjan. Besides her super colorful work, we...

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Chad Kouri

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Working Artist, Chad Kouri, tells us about discovering his dyslexia and consequently his obsession with letterforms; his lack of social life outside...

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Bright Bright Great

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Creative Director/Founder of Bright Bright Great Jason Schwartz is a mad man – in the best way possible. We talked...

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Nicole Ginelli

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Nicole Ginelli was spending between 1-2 hours on a Sunday experimenting with her illustration style while being a UX designer through the week…...

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Jen Serafini Design

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Jen Serafini’s art teacher in elementary school constantly encouraged her, teaching that art can have an impact on our culture and society. Jen tells us of...

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Designation

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Designation is a bootcamp for UX/UI in the States. We get to chat with Mike Joosse, Partner & Community Director from Designation about whats...

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Clay Hickson

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One week after Clay Hickson graduated, he moved to Montreal where he only knew a handful of people and couldn’t legally get a...

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Liana Jegers

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We hear a little about Liana Jegers soon to be transitional period going from 8hr days downtown to going solo and...

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