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Each week, award-winning graphic designer Alex Center and co-host Kevin Batory discuss branding, design, pop culture, and more. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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- 2 days ago1h 2m
International Man of Motion: with Christopher Noort of Studio Dumbar
We're pleased to welcome Christopher Noort to the show! Christopher is the Lead Designer at Studio Dumbar. He is a multidisciplinary designer with a curious eye for new design tools and a passion for experimental typography. He is responsible for leading multiple projects, including the Design In Motion Festival, OpenAI, the Utah Jazz, Apple, Entropy, D&AD, and many others. Christopher tells about his humble beginnings, getting into design via gaming message boards, starting at Studio Dun...
- 1 weeks ago1h 5m
That's the Special Offer: with Brent David Freaney
For the first time in Front and Center history… We’ve got a Grammy winner on the show! Brent David Freaney is a NYC-based Art Director and Designer who founded the award-winning creative tech company Special Offer. Special Offer is a team of nine designers, directors, and producers. They do creative direction, art direction, campaign identity, visual identity systems, website design and development, album artwork, exhibition design, titles for film and television, and much more. They did the ...
- 2 weeks ago46 min
We Make Sandwiches, Not Time Machines
Alex and Kevin are back with a topic show! They talk about Kelly Clarkson vs. Art of Play, the $60 loaf, Cute AI agents, the new passport, Wendy’s emo album, Dunkin’ x L.L.Bean, Hidden Valley Spooky Ranch, Subway’s Lunchtime Horrors, Butterfingers Pizza, Bush's Chili Magic, the Taco Bell Ultramarathon, and more!
- Sep 30, 202648 min
A Breath of Fresh Air: with Alex Tan and Abraham Campillo of Mouthwash Studio
WE GOT MOUTHWASH STUDIO IN THE HOUSE! We are thrilled to welcome Strategy Director & Partner Alex Tan and Creative Director & Partner Abraham Campillo to the program! Mouthwash is a design studio centered on new ideas and defining experiences, partnering with this generation’s leading brands and innovators to influence culture. Their approach challenges industry standards, adopts new technologies, and strives for a lasting positive impact. Over time, their work has naturally led them ...
- Sep 23, 202637 min
GO HARD OR GO HOME
This week on Front and Center… Alex and Kevin bring the heat. They talk about Hyrox athlete Joanna Wietrzyk, Sydney Sweeney’s new Novig campaign, Jessica Hische’s Muse logo controversy, Trump ‘rebranding’ AI, the new foldable iPhone, the Streetfighter popcorn bucket, big Capri Sun, the rotisserie chicken bag, the Betty Crocker slice of cake bag, Merriam-Webster’s new words, Buzzball x Poptarts, and more!
- Sep 16, 202659 min
Live @ Forum: with Bryan-K. Lamonde and Ariane Leblanc
This week we are (were) live from Montreal! Our first-ever live podcast, here for your ears. In this episode, we close out a stacked day of incredible creatives speaking at Forum, the Annual Design Assembly in Montreal. Andrea Trabucco introduces us before we talk about the hot, delicious, yet unschmeared bagels we had and how much we like the city so far. We then bring out Ariane Leblanc, co-founder of Martha, and Bryan-K. Lamonde, co-founder and Creative Director of Principal Studio, to dis...
- Sep 2, 20261h 7m
Job’s Not Done: with Arthur Foliard
This week we have Arthur Foliard on the pod! Arthur is the Executive Creative Director at Koto New York, where he leads a team and shapes brands through bold ideas, clear systems, and distinct visual worlds. Though we do not talk about Instagram (we recorded this in May), Arthur describes the deliberate slow build of Koto New York into what it is today: a branding powerhouse (my words, not his). He tells us about their work for Bolt, Lyft, Tripadvisor, and Amazon. Their work is alive and dist...
- Aug 26, 202633 min
INSTAGZAM??!
Alex and Kevin are back from California, and due to a scheduling (production) error, the fellas recorded a quick one just a few hours ago! Better late than never! Anyway, they talk about Instagram's new wordmark, Good Good x Callaway, Liquid Death x Garage Beer, JIF, and more!
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