Interview with James Kape, a designer originally from Sydney who has forged a successful career overseas.

Re:collection is a resource for Australian graphic design produced during the years 1960 – 1990.

JP Williams is a visionary brand architect with over two decades of breathing life and telling iconic stories.

An anthology of essays by celebrated designer Michael Bierut, covering pop culture, process, inspiration, mentorship, and the history of design.

Another New York designer interview I did with the very talented Eddie Opara. I spoke to him just before he became a partner at Pentagram back in 2010.

Facing Sideways, the original South Australian blog devoted to the profession of Graphic Design and creativity in general, is back.

Peter Buchanan-Smith is a designer, author, and entrepreneur. This interview took place circa 2010 around the time he had just established his outdoor lifestyle brand, Best made.

Putting Facing Sideways back together again has given me a bit of time to reflect on the aspects of being a graphic designer, and some of the experiences that have shaped me over the years.

Rafael is one of my dearest New York designer friends. We first met in 2006 (and have subsequently caught up on all my visits to NY since then). I recorded one of my first interviews for Facing Sideways with him.

Japanese designer Kenya Hara is one of the truly unique voices in the design field, his book Designing Design is a paramount of elegance, simplicity and superb creative force, and also very white.

Can design also be defined as art? Can the two converge or should they be viewed as two completely separate disciplines? More importantly, do I have anything of interest at all to offer to the discussion?

Does it seem particularly sad for me to sometimes pine for obsolete design software? I wax lyrical on bygone days, when I cut my teeth on the king of all design programs, Aldus Freehand.

A popular interview I did with Pentagram designer Michael Bierut way back in 2008 on a visit to New York. Michael was very generous with his time and I think it still holds up well today.