Abbey is hilarious, and a vintage clothing expert. She finds the most amazing pieces for her shop, The Peach Vintage and is designing original pieces that are beautiful for all body types. If you haven't seen her reels yet, run don't walk. She is one of my favorite content creators on Instagram and she even created a Reels Course! The Peach Vintage Website The Peach Vintage Instagram Graphic Design Contract Template Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!! designbeatpodcast.com Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Kiersty Loughmiller from the legal formative shed some light on all the legal things creative business owners need to know. We talked about copyrights, trademarks, contracts, and what to expect when working with a lawyer.
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
I had the loveliest chat this morning with Annabel Wrigley! Annabel is a fabric designer for Windham fabrics and a teacher with Creativebug. One of our listeners requested that we reach out to Annabel and she did not disappoint! She was hopeful and light and happy and I think you're really going to enjoy this episode.
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Michelle Gifford is an expert at helping women business owners message and market their business, inspiring women to take action, and delivering the tools to make it happen. As a business coach, podcaster, speaker, and founder and CEO of Michelle Gifford Creative, she guides women through creating and maintaining a business that lasts through creative content and online strategy. Her agency, Michelle Gifford Creative, cultivates brand strategies and content for influencers and creatives. A mom to five, she and her husband are raising their family in Southern California. This episode is packed with super helpful and specific marketing advice that I totally needed.
If you are interested in joining Money Makers you can sign up here and used code designbeat25 for $25 off!
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Sonia is the CEO of Wildly Creating, a web and brand design agency passionate about creating, designing, and developing strategy-infused brands for high-performing entrepreneurs ready to change the world and who are not afraid to go big! I had a great time chatting with Sonia about having an abundance mindset, the van life in Australia and what it's like to be a traveling entrepreneur.
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
This was a fun one! Shailey is an interior designer, video production company owner and co-host of one of the first podcasts I ever listened to: “Shailey and Katie’s Lemonade Stand”. In this episode we talk about running her interior design business, her video production company, raising her two children and renovating her amazing house! I was so excited when she agreed to come on the podcast and loved chatting with her hilarious self!
Shailey and Katie’s Lemonade Stand Podcast
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with Elizabeth Silver. Elizabeth is a professional surface pattern designer who's been working for the last 2 decades in the industry. She teaches beginner surface pattern designers the clear steps to find clients, pitch their designs, and create a profitable business with confidence and ease. You will definitely hear some of that in this interview. Elizabeth shares a ton of advice from her time in the industry which I was grateful for as you know I've been venturing in to the surface pattern licensing world. Something Elizabeth said in this interview is that action brings clarity. She also shared some great advice about finding clients and working with surface pattern design agents. If you're interested in licensing your artwork you're going to love this one!
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Welcome back!! I've wanted to be friends with Tayler for a long time so I decided to use the podcast as an excuse to get her to hang out with me!! She actually lived nearby so she just came over and we chatted in my living room for a bit. I absolutely loved talking to Tayler and I think we could have kept going for hours if I didn't have to pick up kids from school! We talked about creating your own definition of success, believing in yourself, finding your style, and she even tells us her favorite method for learning to draw something new! You're going to love this one.
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Introducing Jaz, the 6 figure Design Superwoman turned Pricing Queen. Jaz is an Aussie creative teaching pricing through courses, resources and tomato sauces… ok maybe not the last one. Passionate about pricing, pie and puns, shes all about helping transform her students from Starving Artists to Hungry Creatives. In this episode we talk about all of that plus Survivor, Australian maternity leave (mind blown), and what her 14 years in the industry has looked like!
Easy as Pie Pricing Calculator
Other Links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template Black Friday code: BLACKFRIDAY gets you 50% off this month!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template Black Friday code: BLACKFRIDAY gets you 50% off this month!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Joy is an Illustrator, artist and maker based in New Jersey and she was such a delight to chat with! She illustrates puzzles, she has paint by number kits and she's got a painting book coming out! I loved how joy was sharing specifics on her process and the tools she uses. We talked about finding your artistic voice through creating work in large quantities and drawing from inspiration, and the challenges of being an artist on Instagram right now. You're going to love this one!
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
Links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template Black Friday code: BLACKFRIDAY gets you 50% off this month!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
This is a short and sweet Halloween episode where I (Lauren) tell some listener submitted stories and a few of my own. Let me know if you'd like to hear more episodes in this format!
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
Links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template code: LOVETHEPODCAST gets you 40% off!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with traveling muralist Sarah Meitler. We were honored that Sarah took a break from her painting day in North Carolina to have a quick chat with us. We talk about finding clients, her mural process, insurance... She even turns her laptop and shows us the amazing view out her window! I will post a video on Instagram stories.
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template code: LOVETHEPODCAST gets you 40% off!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with another one of my Design Biz Mastery ladies, Abbey McGrew from Wayfarer Design Studio!! Abbey travels the world for her husband'd job and she's currently living in Romania! Abbey is the founder of Wayfarer, a full-service design studio that elevates premium brands to a place of meaning, purpose, and newfound confidence.
She has become known not only for her design work, but also her openness about the struggles of freelancing. Through her course, The Designer Essentials Club, template shop and 1:1 coaching, Abbey teaches designers how to streamline their process and finally feel confident while working with clients.
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template code: LOVETHEPODCAST gets you 40% off!
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
I think you guys are going to be very excited about our guests today! This is our first interview ever with multiple guests! Today we are hearing from Phoebe and Roxy from PANDR! They create custom art installations and murals around the globe and one thing we really appreciate about them is that they are on a mission to end the starving artist stereotype. They have a plethora of resources for designers on their website and tons of helpful and fun content on their Instagram and TikTok as well. I'll link those in the show notes so have fun hopping into those rabbit holes! In this interview we talk about PANDR's origin story and how they got their start, red flags to watch out for when vetting potential clients, outreach and how important it is in landing clients, and some fun projects they have coming up! Phoebe and Roxy are fun and gracious and so generous in supporting the art community, you're going to love them!
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
PANDR Instagram
Phoebe and Roxy's book: Wonder Walls
Ladies Who Paint Instagram
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Graphic Design Contract Template
Get 40% off an annual Skillshare membership here!!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with Cymone Wilder from Simon and Moose. She is a full time graphic designer by day, amazing lettering artist by night. She has some really cool creative processes and uses some unique methods and materials to create her artwork, so it was really fun to hear the behind the scenes on that!
For those of you who missed it, last week we launched a graphic design contract template! Thank you all for your support on that!! It is thorough, peer reviewed contract, made in collaboration with my lawyer Kiersty Loughmiller. I always say hiring your own lawyer is the best option, but a contract template like this drafted by a lawyer is the next best and a super affordable option. So check that out!
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Big announcement today!! I have been working in collaboration with my lawyer Kiersty Loughmiller who I absolutely love, to bring you a custom graphic design contract template!! This template is thorough, drafted by my lawyer, used by me, peer reviewed... I literally used this template twice today for two different clients on two completely different projects and I was able to tweak it and take things out I didn't need, leave things in I needed and I felt super great about it. Yes, hiring your own lawyer is the best option, but sometimes that's just not financially possible. So this contract template is meant to be an affordable option that's a step up from scouring the internet and panic googling "what should I have in my design contract". In celebration of the launch of this contract template, I'm going to be having a huuuuge flash sale today only! If you head to designbeatpodcast.com/contract and enter in the code FLASHSALE at checkout, you're going to get the template for $25!! At that price you might as well buy now, use it later, or even just buy it to compare to your existing contract to see if there's anything you might want to add! Again that's designbeatpodcast.com/contract code: FLASHSALE and that's valid today only! Wednesday September 22, 2021.
Today we're talking with UX designer Eva Chau! Eva actually studied oil painting in college and graduated with a graphic design degree. She did some print design working on paper products, fell into web design and now she's working as a UX designer in software. Eva is our first UX designer on the podcast so she gives us a little intro into UX, what she does on a day to day basis and the challenges she faces on the job.
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with Jess Levitz the other half of Shoppe Theory! So you guys remember Do-Hee, she was our very first interview ever on the podcast. Do-Hee is the web design partner of Shoppe Theory and Jess does more of the graphic design side so we're really excited to have her on and hear her perspective. You may know her from The Creative Lady Collective Facebook group/ Instagram/ website formerly known as Freelance Wisdom. In this interview we talk about not being afraid to put your work out there, the perks of having a studio with a small team versus being a creative director managing a lot of people. She also takes us on a deep dive into her branding process which you know I loved! So I do need to apologize for my audio in this episode.... I don't always point it out when my audio is bad because I feel like people wouldn't notice it a lot of the time if I didn't but this time.... it's pretty bad. I was at my parent's house and I wasn't as prepared as I thought so I had to use my AirPods which FYI are pretty much the worst thing you can record your audio on... so there you go if you find yourself wondering why I sound like I'm speaking through a Wendy's Drive-Thru speaker and Jess sounds really great that's why! So sorry guys... I'm not an audio engineer, I'm just a girl trying to share the stories of some pretty rad ladies. Ok! Here's Jess.
Creative Lady Collective Instagram
Creative Lady Collective Facebook Group
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
You guys... Hayley is absolutely incredible. She has been hand lettering professionally since she was in high school and has pretty much been hustling non-stop ever since. She's worked with a lot of amazing clients, if you live in Utah (specifically Provo) you've definitely seen her artwork in a store window, a mural, a logo or even on a billboard. And you've most likely pointed it out and talked about how cool it was!
Something that we didn't discuss in the episode is that Hayley has been battling cancer on and off since she was 14 and right now she is in the hospital getting a bone marrow transplant. This involves Hayley being in the hospital for about a month, and the reason I'm sharing this with you is to ask for prayers. Hayley needs our prayers right now. Hayley is such an amazing, incredible strong person. Even before knowing the details of her cancer story I could just feel there was something special about her and Steph and I actually said to each other after this interview "Can you imagine if everyone had Hayley's confidence? And a world full of Hayley's??" What an amazing world that would be. I just feel truly blessed we were able to spend this time talking with her and learning from her. We love you Hayley!!!
Provo's Rising Tide Society Chapter
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle
Today we're talking with Allison Colledge!! You may know her as @hey.thankmelater on Instagram sharing all her favorite things and taking you behind the scenes in her design business. She does branding, workbooks, patterns, she was really fun to talk to because she has a really unique job where she travels to workshops, spends 20 minutes with several different business owners in one day and sends them a semi-custom branding suite at the end! I was really excited to ask her all the questions and get into the nitty gritty of what she does. She is sooo fun to talk to, in fact I got to meet up with her in real life today!! She was in town and we got to got to lunch and it was SO fun. She is just a treat.
Tag us and share your thoughts on social media if you're listening and resonate with anything we or a guest have shared lately—we LOVE seeing and connecting with you guys!
Other links:
Graphic Design Contract Template Use code: LOYALLISTENER for 50% off!!
Design Beat Instagram: @designbeatpodcast
Lauren's website: laurenkunz.com Instagram: @laurenkunzzz
Steph's website: martelloandco.com Instagram: @martello.co
Intro/Outro music: Mark Carlisle