All episodes of The SimpleBits Show

The SimpleBits Show

Episodes

Spencer Tweedy & The Story of Wilco Loft Sans

Published 11/08/23

The Chick of All Trade: Jess Goldsmith

Published 12/06/21

Vector art monster-ing with Robert Generette III

Published 11/02/21

Make what you want: Music and lettering with Chibia Ulinwa

Published 10/19/21

Lettering, growing your business, coaching, and ampersands with Martina Flor

Published 10/01/21

Pop culture mashing with Christopher "Failed Imagineer" Michon

Published 09/15/21

Twenty Bits I Learned: Making fonts, books, and...puppets

Published 09/01/21

Meg Lewis: Carnival music, experiential restaurants, podcasts, and being the best you

Dan chats with brand designer and podcast host, Meg Lewis! Topics include: Calliopes, Rainforest Cafe, Nigerian disco, hosting podcasts, focusing on what makes you, you, and much more.

Published 03/19/20

The SimpleBits Show

Published 03/19/20

Bob Ewing: Schoolhouse industrial, charitable design, cement mixing, and loving small biz clients

Dan chats with Indianapolis-based illustrator, letter, and designer, Bob Ewing. Topics include: Bob's charitable collective, INCH x INCH, going from cement mixer to designer, elevating his neighbor's egg farm branding, recent projects and more.

Published 03/02/20

Amy & Jennifer Hood: Making fonts, album covers, books, and prison rodeos

Dan chats with the unstoppable twin duo, Amy & Jennifer Hood of Hoodzpah, their branding and design agency in Southern California. Topics include Willie Nelson's braids, Ken Burns' hair, "prison rodeos", Jimmy Dean Sausage, and interviewing Buzz Aldrin. Also about making your own fonts, their new forthcoming book, sage advice and much more.

Published 01/30/20

Joshua Ariza: Surfing, chomping, and branding

Dan chats with designer and brand builder, Joshua Ariza, about surfing, skateboarding, mentorship, alien life, building his merch brand (Chomp) and much more.

Published 01/06/20

Alana Louise: Fly fishing from a horse

Dan chats with Austin-based artist and illustrator, Alana Louise. Mostly about fly fishing and gear, but also about horses, California creek adventures, Orville Peck, alien life from other planets, her advice on what's most important and much more.

Published 12/05/19

James White: Finding your playground

Dan chats with digital artist, James White (aka Signalnoise) about his incredible 80s-theme art, synth wave, how he got started, his latest adventure, and much more.

Published 11/12/19

Ilustrating at scale: Gemma O’Brien

Dan chats with Gemma O’Brien, an absurdly-talented lettering artist and illustrator based in Sydney, Australia. Gemma is best known for creating hand-painted typographic murals and illustrative lettering, and she shares a bit about her process, world-traveling, making sure you're happy with your creations, and much more.

Published 10/17/19

Start with a t-shirt: Jake Nickell, Founder and CEO of Threadless

The very first episode of The SimpleBits Show! Dan chats with Jake Nickell, Founder and CEO of Threadless. We hear about about Jake's creation of the pioneering t-shirt empire, his recent adventure to Colorado, lessons learned and more.

Published 10/03/19

The SimpleBits Show Trailer

Welcome to The SimpleBits Show—a new podcast hosted by Dan Cederholm. I'll be sharing things I've learned and interviewing designers and creative folks who'll share what they've learned. It's also the first audio podcast hosted by a puppet.

Published 09/17/19