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Creative South Podcast: Douglas Davis > The Backstory
Creative South is an annual conference located in Columbus, Georgia. The Creative South Podcast seeks to go behind the work in the interviews to get to know the people behind the concept. I was invited because of the impact of the ideas inside CSBD, content in my social media presence and the importance of planning to have options. Listen Here >
Douglas kicks off Season three of the Logo Geek UK based podcast
My book started gaining traction in the UK creative community around November 2017. Ian Paget, a UK based designer and “logo geek” reached out to me via his Logo Geek Community on Facebook to be a guest on season three of his podcast. The conversations on his show have included successful industry practitioners such as Aaron Draplin of DDC, Marty Neumeier author of the Brand Gap and Tom Geismar of Chermayeff & Geismar & Haviv. Our conversation was about why it is important to understand business and strategy as a designer. Listen here >
Mar 8, 2018
Douglas Davis was the kid who was drawing when the teacher was lecturing, creating when others were just coasting. With the help of a nurturing mother, and a lot of talent and hustle, Douglas worked his way into a design career, but always wanted more. He had spent a lot of his life creating, but came to a point where he wanted to explore the business side, as well, and moved into strategy. In this week's conversation, Chris talks to Douglas about growing up and going to school with very few resources, moving into the world of strategy and the value it has provided both for Douglas's clients and himself, and Douglas's hustle as a teacher, bringing up a new generation. Topics Include: 14:15 City Tech, BiC & Nancy 15:13 - 15:57, Money is not an objective 17:40, 23.00 Earning with your head not your back racism, 29:09 Lean times - Hustling working at the Gap, 35:00 The importance Relationships, 38:57 Is a masters a hindrance?, 47:20 Tuition as a barrier, 1:11:23 Change the way we listen. Listen here >
The Futur Podcast featuring Douglas Davis
Obsessed with Design's Josh Miles and Douglas discuss managing fear as a creative.
Listen to our second conversation with the author of “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design” Today on Obsessed with Design we have a special second conversation with one of our most popular past guests, Douglas Davis. Douglas is the author of “Creative Strategy and the Business of Design”, Digital Marketer, Freelance Art and Creative Director, and Advertising & Design Educator. Listen for topics like Dealing with fear and doubt (16:30), Design's #me2 issue (25:16) and Decreasing fear by increasing trust (31:00). Listen Here >