Did I Do That?

Soft Concepts Like Self-Respect (with Neven Mrgan)

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 GMT

A new Did I Do That?!? Holy cow, we don't even know how to attack it! Neven Mrgan (Creative Lead at Panic) sits down with Sean to talk about his design mistakes… as well as German dub Darth Vader, turning your company’s office into a mad scientist’s lab, and the Seinfeld Presidential Library.

Neven Mrgan is the Creative Lead at Portland very own Panic. Born in Croatia, he moved to the US in the 1990s, where he has pursued a career in design, software development, videogame design, and occasional writing and event production. His personal interests include cooking & eating, books, and psychedelic music.

You can learn more about Neven by visiting his website, mrgan.com; there, you can find links to his games, his blog, and his book, Have You Tried Sketch?. Panic’s latest game, Big Walk by House House, is coming later this year, but in the mean time, you can see their whole library of games, Mac software, and even pick up a Playdate at panic.com. If you want to hear more about Panic’s history and even more on some of the stories we touched on in this episode, give a listen to The Panic Podcast (new season out now!), produced by Neven’s partner Christa Mrgan!

This episode was recorded on Saturday, March 14 2026 in The Rat’s Nest.

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The Wrong Emily (with Emily Suvanvej)

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 14:00:00 GMT

Put on your biggest, fuzziest Jamiroquai hat because this Did I Do That? is virtually insane! Illustrator, art director, set designer, game maker, and more Emily Suvanvej (AKA Emy Su) sits down with Sean to talk about her design mistakes… as well as comforting crustaceans, “gardening,” and The Backrooms at the mall.

Emily Suvanvej is an award-winning, Thai-American designer & illustrator who lives at the crossroads of visual mischief and lovingly-crafted imperfection. Formerly an Art Director at BUCK, she’s worked with top brands like Spotify, Nike, YouTube, and The New Yorker, and was recently a core creative force behind BUCK's first game called Let’s! Revolution!.

You can peek at Emily's work at emy-su.com, or send her your favorite lost media on instagram at @emy_su. You can find the link to the many places you can get Let’s! Revolution! (including Steam, Xbox, Playstation, and Nintendo Switch) from its website, letsrevolution.com. You can see Emily’s production design work for the Fergie’s "Love is Blind" and Zed’s Dead “Too Young” music videos on YouTube.

This episode was recorded on Saturday, January 31, 2026 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Sexy Chicken (with Katie McHugh)

Thu, 05 Mar 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Why not make a new Did I Do That? All the listeners could say is no! Katie McHugh (Group Design Director at Wieden+Kennedy) sits down with Sean to talk about her design mistakes… as well as pledge drive phone banks, magical janitors, and Spartacus’ bulk aisle.

Katie McHugh is a Design Director at Wieden and Kennedy. She has also played strategist, senior art director, 3D space and experiential designer, digital designer, stylist, painter, and sculptor. She has worked for brands including Nike, Old Spice, KFC, Coca-Cola, Weight Watchers, GoPuff, Trolli candy, Laika movies, EA Games, Velveeta, Travel Oregon, Samsung, Quibi, P&G, Fisher-Price and more. She is fiercely loyal, always looking to elevate my EQ, a risk-taker and a mediator. She believes in the power of good design, strategy, and branding.

You can find Katie’s work, including glimpses of her Dante’s Inferno, Coraline, Velveeta, and KFC projects mentioned in this episode, at mcwhatever.com. Additional thanks to the great Macy Eiesland for just being rad.

This episode was recorded 1 February 2026 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Art Department Trainee (with Sam O’Leary — Season 8 Premiere)

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Did I Do That? is back again, even though every time someone says that, it presages a disaster. Globetrotting art director, father, and genuine jack-of-all-trades Sam O’Leary sits down with Sean for our season 8 premiere to talk about his creative missteps… as well as the “good” stuff “kids” go for, woofing, and North America: where everybody knows your name.

Sam O’Leary is a maker, storyteller, and professional tinkerer who has been making a glorious mess since 1986 — in art, life, work, and in all the places they overlap. Whether it’s a large-scale identity system or a one-off handmade object, Sam values the same things: resonance over reach, clarity over cleverness, and good questions above all. Over the years, he's worked on brand strategy, narrative frameworks, illustration, animation, sculpture, motion design, set design and build, woodworking, hand-painted signage, murals. public installations, props, books, toys, posters, whimsy, good times — and probably many things he's forgotten. Originally from Wellington, Aotearoa, Sam is now based in Portland, Oregon, where he lives with his partner and their three wonderful, wild children.

You can find Sam’s work and more at his website, conduction.co.nz! You can also find him on Instagram at @samolearypresents; there, you can check out the “Artisan Designer for Hire” box he made for OMFGCO that we talk about in the episode, as well as lots of his other work!

Special thanks to the great Sarah Hollowood for connecting Sam and I for this episode—you rock!

This episode was recorded 10 January 2026 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Did I Do That? Season 8: Class is back in session February 19

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Did I Do That? is back, because failure is the best design teacher.

Starting next Thursday, we’re cramming for a lecture hall-sized eighth season that’ll drop new episodes through ‘til August, summer school be damned. This season’s curriculum will be jam-packed with guests hailing from all over the map (specifically, that big one on the pull-down screen above the chalkboard). We’ll have new mediums to explore, new territories to cover, and plenty of new mistakes to laugh about. Want an A… or at least the C- you need to get by? All you have to do is show up.

Join us February 19, and every other Thursday after that, at dididothat.design or wherever you get podcasts.

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Basement of Hell (with Eason Yang) — Rerun

Thu, 29 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Season 8 is on our doorstep, with the next thing you hear here being the season 8 trailer! In the mean time, though, we've got another awesome all-timer from the archives to share—the great Eason Yang (founder and design director of NED: Not Entirely Dead, and more recently of AIGA New York's board) made the trek down from Seattle on St. Patrick’s Day 2023 to talk with Sean about looking for Lebron (in all the wrong places), working for dinosaurs, and resume hacking.

You can find Eason on his website, eason.design, or on LinkedIn.

Whether you’re a cancer survivor, have a resume gap, or just want to learn more, you can find out about NED and join the community at notentirelydead.org or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/we-are-ned. If you have a gap in your resume, use NED as your employer on LinkedIn to give you context for it, and tell a friend if they’re in the same boat too! NED won 365: AIGA’s Year in Design Award in the category of Social Design in 2021, and was named one of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Idea honorees!

This episode was recorded on Friday, March 17, 2023. One more special thanks to Eason for driving down to Portland to record this, of all things!

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Swear All The Swears (with Kristin Rogers Brown) — Rerun

Thu, 15 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Season 8 is drawing closer, but in the meantime, we're sharing yet another past favorite, this time from the amazing Kristin Rogers Brown, now full Professor, Chair of Graphic Design, and Director of the Center for Design at Pacific Northwest College of Art). Way back in September 2023 as part of season 3, Kristin joined Sean to talk nightmarish mascots, the corporate handshake aesthetic, and pencils that say stuff.

You can find Kristin’s work—including some of the work at Bitch Magazine and Bear Deluxe— online at krbee.com, or on Instagram @krbee! You can find even more of Kristin's academic work through the PNCA website!

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I Wanna See A Weird Hat (with Mallary Wilson) — Rerun

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 15:00:00 GMT

It’s a new year, and to celebrate while I dive deep into prep mode for season 8, I’ve picked out one of my past favorites to share again—freelance designer, grad student, and fellow Portland Institute for Contemporary Art design alum Mallary Wilson joined me way back in June of 2023 to talk inadvertently inappropriate imagery, erasers shaped like food items, and hoarding AOL hours. It’s an episode that’s unforgivably uncool, but we can dig it!

You can find Mallary on the web at mallarydesigns.com or @mallarydesigns on Instagram—if you work at an agency and are looking for somebody killer to bring onto your team, reach out! If you’re wondering what the heck we’re talking about with regards to PICA and TBA and all, that, check out PICA.org—those around Portland may know them for their annual Time-Based Art (TBA) Festival, which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It is a weird, good time, and brings parts of the artistic globe to Portland you might never see otherwise.

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Bottom of the Barrel, Live at Seattle Design Festival 2025

Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT

What’s the worst project you’ve ever made—the one you almost cringe to think about sharing with the world? It’s a feeling every designer can identity. But what if you had a chance to fish it out of the proverbial trash can and pit it toe-to-toe against some of your peers’ worst-ever work live on stage, with the hope of having it named “Worst in Show?”

Did I Do That? Scrapes the Bottom of the Barrel did just that this past summer at Seattle Design Festival with special guests Isabella Medina and Maxwell Miller—and now you can hear it to celebrate our fourth anniversary and the end of season seven!

Both Isa and Max are former students of mine now based in the greater Seattle area. You can follow Isa on Instagram as @is.medina, or as part of the community event series ¡snack time!, which also hosted an event during this year’s Seattle Design Festival! You can follow Max on Instagram as @stoned_cold_316, or near you at your local LINE ski and snowboard reseller!

Bottom of the Barrel was presented live on stage at Seattle Design Festival in Lake Union Park on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Huge thanks to our competitors, Isabella and Max, for their generosity and good humor in being so game to be part of such a bizarre idea—you absolutely rocked it! Additional thanks to Seattle Design Festival for hosting us once again, and special thanks again to Adrian Pacheco and all our incredible SDF volunteers for helping to make this show happen!

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An audio note: This recording unfortunately has a few noticeable audio issues; while I’ve done my best to improve things, these issues were also present on stage which is most evident during my opening monologue. Luckily, this improves as the show goes on, but apologies for the more-than-occasional lost syllable here and there.

What work are they competing over? You can follow along using the slide deck with all the work our competitors brought here (PDF).

Rather watch than listen? Check out the full video of the event, along with images of the work being discussed, on the Seattle Design Festival YouTube channel.

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Make Less Sense (with Mariah Barnaby-Norris)

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Canadian/Australian illustrator and designer Mariah Barnaby-Norris joins Sean to talk about her design mistakes… as well as school photo backdrops, choosing graphic design over a promising career as a rural road work flagger, and THE DID I DO THAT? 2026 TREND REPORT (based entirely on the out-of-date trade and specialty magazines available in downtown Los Angeles’ Central Library).

You can keep up with Mariah’s work on Instagram at @mariah_bn, or see her portfolio over at her website, mariahbn.com. As I mentioned in the show, prints of Mariah’s piece from the recent A Sometimes Gallery exhibition “DOG” are available at asometimesgallery.com.

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Take It or Leave It (with Ryan Swedenborg)

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT

We’re letting our freak flags fly! Product designer and “edgelord of sculpture” Ryan Swedenborg joins Sean to talk about her design mistakes… as well as New York’s hottest club, the future of art galleries, and where the Never-Ending Pasta Bowl ends.

You can find both Ryan’s design and art practice at her website, rswedenborg.com. You can also find her on the ‘gram at @rswedenborg. If you’re in Portland as this goes out, you can find Ryan’s work on view through December 1 in the former Compound Gallery space at NW 5th and Couch Street, conveniently located on the transit mall! Go see it—it’s a fun show!

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Delusional Optimism, Ignorant Confidence (with James Junk)

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 15:00:00 GMT

Fast X your seatbelts! The only graphic designer in Los Angeles, Andrei Dominiq (better known as James Junk), sits down with Sean to talk about his design mistakes… as well as inspirational Photoshop tools, getting trapped in a box of your own creation, and Los Angeles’ angels and demons.

You can find Andrei’s work all over Instagram, where the James Junk account originated, at @jamesjunk.co. The James Junk account started with writing about mental health, and I was particularly taken with Andrei’s recent visual essay from early September, “Is It Too Late to Reclaim the Internet?”—give it a read here if you want to read more about the complications of making stuff that doesn’t happen to have the algorithm in mind. You can also see his larger portfolio of work, and get linked out to some of the other stuff he does online, from his website jamesjunk.co!

If you want to follow Westin Luca, you can follow them on Instagram as @westinthemascot. Though the Meatball Man is always seeking out followers, it is imperative that you resist his siren call.

This episode was recorded in Los Angeles, California, during AIGA Design Conference 2025. Special thanks to Lee-Sean Huang and AIGA for inviting me to attend, and to all the new folks I met there. An even more special thanks to Andrei for being generous enough to host me at his home for this recording—this literally wouldn’t have been possible without you!

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Design Confessional 3: The Triple D

Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT

This week, the show is hitting the road, and we’re stepping back into the design confessional with a bevy of anonymous guests. But when the rubber meets the road, will our guests get absolution for all the trouble they’ve been cookin’? There’s only one place to find out.

CONFESSIONS:

4:53 A Critical Error Has Occurred
8:56 Contractless Payment
17:28 Photoshop: Hard Mode
21:27 The Sin of Doubt
30:45 Credit Crashout
36:04 "What's a Portfolio?"
42:14 A Hard Habit to Break
47:57 Raster Image Guestimating
56:49 The Cycle of Type Violence

This episode was recorded Thursday, August 7, 2025 at Future Fonts & Friends, organized for TypeCon 2025, and held at OUTLET in Portland, Oregon. Special thanks to Lizy Gershenzon and Travis Kochel for having me back once again, to the organizers and attendees at TypeCon who filled up my SD card with confessions, and additional thanks to Kate Bingaman-Burt and Leland Vaughn for your support and help making this event happen. All music provided by Pond5.

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What? Huh? Me? Huh? What? (with Ron Bronson)

Thu, 09 Oct 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Ron Bronson (Former Head of Design at 18F, the federal government’s digital services office, as well as champion tennis coach, professor of practice at University of Michigan, radio host, and accidental footwear entrepreneur) joins Sean to talk about his design mistakes, as well as the magical land of Wisconsin, Apple’s thinnest new product, and the dangerous allure of ribbon cuttings.

You can find Ron online by searching his name (in your engine of choice) or by going the direct route: visiting ronbronson.com. There, you can find links to Ron’s podcast with Joel Goodman Future Perfect Book Club, as well as many other projects he’s been involved in.

The set of design principles and guides the team at 18F developed about how to ship and deliver in the government do indeed live on, and can be freely found at 18f.org; they’re must-read resources for those wanting to do good in public service anywhere and at all levels. Whether you’re in public service or not, though, getting involved in a thing that can help your community is more important and necessary in this time.

DID I DO THAT? AT AIGA DESIGN CONFERENCE 2025

As of this publication, I am out in Los Angeles at AIGA Design Conference—I'll (hopefully) be recording episodes, but mostly just experiencing the event! See you out there, or follow @dididothat.design on Instagram for updates!

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All Downhill From There (with Chris Skillern)

Thu, 25 Sep 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Type designer Chris Skillern joins Sean to talk about his design mistakes, as well as forgotten Saturday morning kids shows, circle drawing, and Italic character sets.

You can find Chris’ work on the web at tulseytype.com, or on Instagram as @tulseytype. There, you can find links to Chokecherry, Chris’ blend of midcentury-modern whimsy with Cherokee syllabary support, at FutureFonts. You can see the Cherokee syllabary families Chris has been working on most recently—November Cherokee, November Stencil Cherokee, October Cherokee, and Lava Cherokee—over at Typotheque’s website. If you’re interested in more of the process that went into this work, Chris walked through both his research into the Cherokee syllabary and development in an recent article for Typotheque.

DID I DO THAT? AT AIGA DESIGN CONFERENCE:

Did I Do That? is going to be covering this year’s AIGA Design Conference from October 9–11 at the Westin Bonaventure in Los Angeles!

Long-time listeners know that the community around AIGA Design Conference has been a huge part of this show’s evolution—from all the way back in season 2 when I talked with Lee-Sean Huang at the 2023 conference in Seattle to performing Fontroversy with Lena Hall as part of last year’s mainstage conference program. It’s rare to get to participate in a national platform and share space with folks in this field from all over the United States, and even more special to be a part of it. This year’s theme about the intersection of design and performance couldn’t be more spot on for this show, so if you like silly stuff like this about design, this just might be the gathering for you.

Listeners of this show can use the code 25DIDIDOTHAT15 at checkout to take 15% off your registration for the conference. Plus, it lets all the folks at AIGA know that you came from here. Win win!

It’s going to be a great time—hope to see you in LA this October!

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Jolly Hockey Sticks and Horses (with Gemma Correll)

Thu, 11 Sep 2025 14:00:00 GMT

It’s our season 7 premiere! Illustrator, cartoonist, and author Gemma Correll joins Sean to talk about her design mistakes, as well as Beano’s "Attitude" era, copying the Old Masters, and Patience & Fortitude.

You can find all of Gemma’s work, including her books and other merch, on the web at gemmacorrell.com! The Worrier’s Guide to Life is the perfect companion to this episode, and a great gift for any Starfleet officers in your life who also happen to be Klingon. You can also follow Gemma as @gemmacorrell on Instagram, Facebook, and tons more platforms to see her comics!

This is our seventh season premiere, and if you’re new to the show, this is a great time to get on board! We’ll have new episodes through mid-December, so stick around wherever you heard it, or visit dididothat.design to see more options.

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Did I Do That?: First Steps, Step 4 (with Joel Williams and Gabe Bidney)

Thu, 28 Aug 2025 14:00:00 GMT

With summer drawing to a close, First Steps is taking its last steps! Gabe and Sean are joined by our show art’s illustrator, Joel Williams, to talk through Xzibit’s fascination with aquariums, ripping off mother nature, and childhood crush comics. Plus: Gabe’s Gauntlet and Design Student Confessions!

You can find Joel on Instagram as @joelmadethis, or on LinkedIn as Joel Williams. As mentioned above, Joel did indeed do our First Steps show art, and if you want to see more work, the best place to go is joelmadethis.myportfolio.com.

You can find about Gabe Bidney as @gabe_bidney on Instagram, or as Gabriel Bidney on LinkedIn. Gabe leads PSUGD Design Club, which you can find about on Instagram as @psudesignclub.

Show art by Joel Williams. Music by Nica Mork, with additional compositions by Albert Marlowe/S.I. Publishing and others (licensed through Pond5). Production support by Mycah Brandley.

Did I Do That?: First Steps is produced with students from DES 425 Rodeo, part of the Portland State University Graphic Design program. To learn more about PSUGD, visit psu.gd. You can learn more about Rodeo, the class this project was borne from, at psu.gd/rodeo or @psugdrodeo.

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Did I Do That?: First Steps, Step 3 (with Mycah Brandley and Gabe Bidney)

Thu, 14 Aug 2025 14:00:00 GMT

First Steps is turning 3?! Where does the time go? Gabe and Sean are joined by our favorite Texan, Mycah Brandley, to talk through where emo meets oil, Taco Bell pastels, and prosciutto posters. Plus: Gabe’s Gauntlet and Design Student Confessions!

You can find Mycah Brandley on Instagram as @_imagine.nation for his design and @mycahdevin.pdf for his memes. You can also watch Mycah’s Rodeo Roundtable series, which unpacks a little bit more about the class that birthed this project and many others, on the Rodeo Instagram, as @psugdrodeo.

You can find about Gabe Bidney as @gabe_bidney on Instagram, or as Gabriel Bidney on LinkedIn. Gabe leads PSUGD Design Club, which you can find about on Instagram as @psudesignclub.

Show art by Joel Williams. Music by Nica Mork, with additional compositions by Albert Marlowe/S.I. Publishing and others (licensed through Pond5). Production support by Mycah Brandley.

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Did I Do That?: First Steps, Step 2 (with Nica Mork and Gabe Bidney)

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Gabe and Sean are joined by the show’s musical director, Nica Mork, to talk through puppet-making, the aesthetics of Korean skincare, and how Bruce Wayne lost his fortune. Plus: Gabe’s Gauntlet and Design Student Confessions!

You can find Nica Mork as Veronica Mork on LinkedIn, or on Instagram as @slumptownn. You can also hear the music Nica has been putting out throughout this and every episode!

You can find about Gabe Bidney as @gabe_bidney on Instagram, or as Gabriel Bidney on LinkedIn. Gabe leads PSUGD Design Club, which you can find about on Instagram as @psudesignclub.

Show art by Joel Williams. Music by Nica Mork, with additional compositions by Albert Marlowe/S.I. Publishing (licensed from Pond5). Production support by Mycah Brandley.

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Did I Do That?: First Steps, Step 1 (with Gabe Bidney)

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Co-hosts Gabe and Sean take their first steps into Did I Do That?: First Steps to talk through Airbnb’s Frutiger Aero, the BREATHTAKING geometry behind the Pepsi Smile, and Prince’s font floppies. Plus: Gabe’s Gauntlet and Design Student Confessions!

You can find about Gabe Bidney as @gabe_bidney on Instagram, or on LinkedIn as Gabriel Bidney. Gabe leads PSUGD Design Club, which you can find about on Instagram as @psudesignclub. You can also find Gabe here all throughout summer as co-host of Did I Do That?: First Steps, so check back in this feed or the Did I Do That? website for each episode! New episodes will drop every other Thursday.

Show art by Joel Williams. Music by Nica Mork, with additional compositions by Albert Marlowe/S.I. Publishing (licensed from Pond5). Production support by Mycah Brandley.

Did I Do That?: First Steps is produced with students from DES 425 Rodeo, part of the Portland State University Graphic Design program. To learn more about PSUGD, visit psu.gd.

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Introducing Did I Do That?: First Steps

Thu, 03 Jul 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Starting out in design can be like taking your first steps. To learn how to walk, you have to do a lot of falling down, too.

That’s why we made Did I Do That?: First Steps, a miniseries about designers who are just starting out, and the things we stumble through while learning what this field is all about. It’s hosted by Sean Schumacher, a design teacher, and Gabe Bidney, a design student. On each episode, Gabe, Sean, and a special student guest talk through what’s inspiring us—and what's making us sweat—as we figure out where we fit in this whole big world of graphic design.

New episodes drop in this feed every other Thursday all summer long, starting on July 17.

Did I Do That?: First Steps is produced by Sean Schumacher and created with students from DES 425 Rodeo at Portland State University during Spring term 2025. To learn more about the PSU Graphic Design program, visit psu.gd.

Special thanks to the student team behind this project: Gabe Bidney, Mycah Brandley, Nica Mork, and Joel Williams. Additional thanks to the students whose voices featured in this trailer: Gabe Bidney, Jillian McWhorter, Mycah Brandley, Nicholas Zapata, and Nica Mork.

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Definitely An Aesthetic (with Colin Strandberg)

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Could it be? Did I Do That?’s season 6 finale is also our especially nice 69th episode?! In this world, it’s possible! Illustrator, art director, and soft-spoken metal-hardcore singer Colin Strandberg joins Sean to talk about his design mistakes, as well as vehicle wraps, The Family, and Sonic’s wallet woes.

You can find all kinds of Colin’s design and illustration work up on his website, colinstrandbergdesign.com, including some to buy through his shop on Imprnt! You can also follow him on Instagram as @colinstrandbergdesign.

That’s not all! Though this is the finale of season 6, there is more new pod to come this summer! Right here in two weeks time, you’ll hear the trailer for what we’ve been cooking up behind the scenes this past spring! Too, we’ve likely got a few big events coming up this summer! Keep an eye (or an ear) on our social media feeds (including Substack and Instagram) for the latest on when and where they’ll be happening!

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The Hard, Bad Way (with Thom Hines)

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Say goodbye to solvable problems because Did I Do That? is back! Thom Hines (Professor of Interaction Design at Portland State University) joins Sean on the pogcast to talk about early 2000s burner culture, fake search engines, and the tireless Tom Hanks.

You can stream Happy Ending on either Prime Video and Fandango starting on June 27, so keep your eyes on both of those services to see it, or follow the movie on Instagram (@happyending.movie) for the latest—it’s a great fun time! Thom teaches interaction design with me at PSUGD, and the best way to know what he’s like in class is, as he mentioned, to join Portland State University (just be sure to leave him a good Rate My Professors review). You can find more about his personal work over at thomhines.com.

Apologies again for the delay in releasing this episode—thankfully, though, new equipment has been ordered and the show is back on track! Our 6th season will draw to a close in two weeks on June 19, but there may be more in store this summer! Subscribe to our Substack or follow us on Instagram to hear the latest!

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Wingin’ It A Lot (with Lisa Congdon)

Thu, 15 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Let a new Did I Do That? light a fire under your ass! Legendary illustrator Lisa Congdon joins Sean to talk about what’s in teachers’ dreams, poetry awards, and hamster wheels.

You can find Lisa’s work all over the internet, but why not visit her website at lisacongdon.com first! There, you can find her work, classes, and more. Lisa is on Instagram as the one and only @lisacongdon. If you happen to be in Portland, you can also find Lisa’s shop at Cargo Emporium—it’s a massive space full of work from Lisa and a few other past guests, and is just cool to explore!

This episode was recorded March 25, 2025 in the Rat’s Nest.

One programming note: This is our last recording that was banked before the big break-in. As such, there may be some delay in publishing the next episode. While I’ll do my best to keep that from happening, please keep an eye on the Instagram, Bluesky, or Substack for the latest, whatever the case may be (and hey, if you want to kick a couple bucks my way to help out while things are getting figured out, too, I won’t say no to that). Thank you for listening and sorry for any potential upcoming interruption!

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Dude, I Could’ve Been A Doctor (with Peter Yue)

Thu, 01 May 2025 14:00:00 GMT

We’re wreaking havoc but at least we’re not raging a-holes! Advertising idea guy and art dude Peter Yue joins Sean to talk about Jeff Bezos’ hedge fund, Las Vegas bartenders, and the most terrifying thing Gen Z found inside Pandora’s Box.

You can find Peter online at peteryue.com, or very rarely on the ‘gram at @peteryue.

This episode was recorded April 13, 2025 in the Rat’s Nest (well before The Incident took the iMac mentioned in this episode).

Apologies to the folks at AdAge, who I incorrectly characterized in this episode as having selected Jake from State Farm over the M&Ms the winner in the final round of their March Madness Brand Mascot championship bracket. In actuality, it was M&Ms who narrowly defeated Jake, however it is frankly still bizarre that Jake beat—y’know—dozens more mascots that are ACTUAL MASCOTS. Ad industry, I know you don’t understand TikTok, but just because Jake has a TikTok doesn’t mean young people are going to buy his overpriced insurance when neither they nor I can afford cars.

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Tumbling Down That Hill (with Kel Lauren)

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Call in the pygmy goats and have Gunther pour you a hot cup of cereal, because a little indie show called Did I Do That? has hit the midpoint of season 6! Merchandise Designer and Design YouTube powerhouse Kel Lauren joins Sean to talk about anniversary cereals, the intersection of goth and twee, and what a rock star does with three grand.

You can find Kel all over the internet, from their website to their YouTube channel to their Instagram. Kel and fellow design content creator Elliot Ulm create their own hilarious and joyful design show called kelliot!—if you want to watch them work, you can find their collaborative channel on YouTube, but you can also find them across the podcast player spectrum, including the big names like Spotify and Apple Podcasts. Anyone who is a fan of this deeply non-serious design podcast is definitely going to enjoy theirs, so go give them a listen! Too, if you really like kelliot! and want even more, you can hear their Unmedikelliot! bonus show through the kelliot! Patreon.

This episode was recorded March 14, 2025 in the Rat’s Nest.

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What I Just Did Was MAGIC! (with Ben Barry)

Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:00:00 GMT

Feeling too arty for the nerds and too nerdy for the artists? Did I Do That? is the sweet spot for you! The great Ben Barry (co-founder of the Facebook Analog Research Laboratory and founder of Nonlinear) joins Sean to talk about edible arrangements for Spring, the secondary market for guillotines, and realizing that it’s time (for Frasier) to move on (from the hit NBC sitcom Frasier).

You can find Ben’s work on his personal site, benbarry.com; that’s also where you can find links to his prints and book through particular.co. Ben brought me a copy of his book One Hundred Patterns and I can’t recommend it highly enough; it is more than 200 pages of gorgeous offset-printed patterns! Ben writes about all things tech on his blog, Active Matrix. Finally, you can find some of his more recent work on both Instagram and Threads as @benbarry.

This episode was recorded March 8, 2025 in the Rat’s Nest. This episode was edited by the one and only Orion Cortez—one of the best there is and always a miracle worker!

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This Is Supposed To Be Fun (with Bob Aufuldish)

Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:00:00 GMT

Call up the Michaels and bust out as many classroom gimmicks as you can because Did I Do That? is wrapping up our trip to the Old Bay (aka San Francisco) by going back to school. The legendary Bob Aufuldish (partner at Aufuldish & Warriner and Professor of Design at CCA) joins Sean in Bob’s San Anselmo studio to talk about designer golfballs, the challenge of being taken seriously as a young professor, and typeface impulse buys.

Bob’s long-time practice with his wife and partner Kathy Warinner, Aufuldish and Warinner, can be found online at aufwar.com. You can find the interview Bob did a few years back for AIGA SF with fellow CCA professor Eric Heiman on the AIGA SF website—that article expands on a few of the stories we talked through here and is a ton of fun! You can buy Bob’s type work as FontBoy on MyFonts, or just check out the (lovely but frozen in amber) FontBoy website at fontboy.com.

This episode was recorded February 1, 2025 in Bob’s studio in the wilds of Marin, in beautiful San Anselmo, California. Thank you so much to Bob and Kathy for hosting me (and letting me scarf down so many of their Trader Joe’s cookies while I was out there)!

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Resting Smile Face (with Alyssa Walker)

Thu, 06 Mar 2025 15:00:00 GMT

We’ve clawed our way here to San Francisco for the season 6 premiere of Did I Do That?! The incredible Alyssa Walker (Creative Director at WIRED) joins Sean to talk about where new toys come from, grind mode, and the Miyazaki of Rite Aid.

The best way to see Alyssa’s work is to subscribe to WIRED, which comes in print and digital subscriptions and starts as low as $10 for the first year. Better still, your subscription gives you access to some of the best tech journalism (and journalism at the intersection of politics and tech) that you can find. You can also find Alyssa on the web at alyssawalker.me, or on Instagram @_alyssawalker.

This episode was recorded January 30, 2025 in the offices of WIRED in downtown San Francisco. I owe a huge debt of gratitude to both Alyssa and to WIRED podcast producer Boone Ashworth for so generously lending their time, their space, and equipment for this recording!

This episode kicks off Season 6 and it’s going to be a big one! Please share the show with a friend if you enjoyed this episode, or leave a review on Apple Podcasts! It really means a lot! Too, if you’re tired of social media or your podcast player not delivering new shows straight to your inbox, try our refreshed Substack, which does just that!

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Reintroducing Did I Do That?

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 12:30:00 GMT

Everybody who's ever tried to make something has done it: ball up a terrible idea and throw it in the trash before anyone else managed to get their eyes on it.

When you do creative work for a living, though, mistakes just come with the territory. Did I Do That? gives designers a chance to get some fresh eyes on that ball of shame while showing it who's boss by laughing about it.

Every other Thursday, Sean Schumacher (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University) sits down and talks to a guest designer about how they got to where they're at, as well as all the good, bad, and weird things that happened along the way. Whether you do creative work or just want to see how the sausage gets made, it's a good time!

Our 6th season premiere drops March 6, and Sean is venturing out of the studio in Portland to kick things off with some very special conversations. You won't want to miss it—tell a friend and see you there!

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Feed Drop: The Snack Table

Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:16:16 GMT

We're closing out our inter-season break yet another thing that's new to you—and in this case, everybody else, too—the world premiere of a new video podcast! Ali Hart's new show The Snack Table takes some of the strangest snacks out there and gives them the taste test you frankly may have both wanted to see and feared in equal measure. It's easily one of the funniest things I've ever been involved with, and Ali has graciously allowed us to hear the premiere episode where she and I review gummies a day early—in audio only form.

If you want to see what we're eating (and the horrible reactions we're having to it), the only way to watch is by subscribing to The Snack Table's channel. One secret tip for listeners of this show: even though the premiere is technically happening tomorrow, this episode will actually go up later today (February 6, 2025), so keep your eyes peeled for it!

We'll be back in two weeks with our season 6 trailer for Did I Do That? so keep your ears peeled! I've been working hard to kick off our season with a slate of amazing guests and I'd love for you to share the show with a friend when that trailer drops. See you in two weeks!

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Did I Do That? presents Fontroversy: Arial, Live at AIGA Design Conference 2024

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 15:00:00 GMT

To kick off 2025, Did I Do That? is turning back the clock back to the waning days of Brat Summer for Fontroversy, live at the AIGA Design Conference! Host Lena Hall (freelance designer) and producer Sean Schumacher (Host of Did I Do That? and Ass’t Professor at PSUGD) talk through type’s best known knock-off(?), Arial. Is it a grotesque Frankensteining or merely a case of typeface carcinisation? Is Arial hate the design blogosphere’s first hot take? Is Lena the only person ever to have actually watched the Minecraft: Story Mode show?

ABOUT THE SHOW: Fontroversy is a limited series podcast created by Portland State University Graphic Design students in 2023. You can learn more about PSU’s Schnitzer School of Art, Art History, and Design at pdx.edu/art-design. This edition was presented as part of the AIGA Design Conference in October 2024. Special thanks to Lee-Sean Huang and the team at AIGA for selecting us to be a part of the conference. We <3 AIGA!

WANT TO HEAR MORE? For more episodes of Fontroversy and our parent show Did I Do That?, visit dididothat.design or wherever you find podcasts: Apple Podcasts / Spotify / YouTube / Pocket Casts / Overcast / Castro

CREDITS:

Host: Lena Hall
Crew: Tom Cheevers, Tori Mize, Toni Morales, Donovan Wilson-Carr
Production Assistance (and playing Schumacher’s Monster): Orion Cortez
Show Art: Robert Ditty
Theme: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna
Producer: Sean Schumacher

NOTE: This episode differs slightly from the live version due to technical issues on the stream. Apologies for the less-than-ideal audio quality, particularly in the first ten minutes.

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Live at Seattle Design Festival 2024 (with Terry Marks)

Thu, 09 Jan 2025 15:00:46 GMT

We’re kicking off the new year at Did I Do That? with something old, something new (to some of you), and something borrowed, so don’t be blue: it’s our live show from Seattle Design Festival 2024! Seattle’s own Terry Marks joined Sean on the mainstage in Lake Union Park to talk through Hey Reb!’s proportions, the curse of eternal life (via stock photo modeling), and InDesign’s spellcheck dictionary.

If you want to find more about Terry’s work, the best place to visit is tmarksdesign.com! While I am happy to direct any calls back to Terry, feel free to reach out to him if you’re interested in the reprint edition of Mr. Crumbley Dreams a Tiger.

While this is an audio-only version of the outdoor recording, you can watch the video version of this episode on SDF’s YouTube channel. Too, while I’ve done my best to clean up the ambient noise present on the day, you may hear the odd bit of wind noise as well as more than a few seagulls. May these soothing sounds of summer help warm you through a chilly January.

Big thanks to Terry Marks for being a part, as well as to the whole crew at Seattle Design Festival! It was such a treat to be a part of it! Thanks to Annalee Shum for coordinating and programming us, to our volunteer Maxine to helping with the production, and to Adrian Pacheco who both worked the boards for the event and was kind enough to share these files! Thanks, and goodnight, Seattle!

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2025 Preview and End-of-Year Call-to-Action!

Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:00:01 GMT

Thanks for listening through Season 5, everybody, and hope you enjoyed the grand finale with the amazing Ely Kim!

Season 6 is coming in February 2025, but in the mean time, we'll be tiding over the new year with a run of audio from our 2024 live events that you may not have heard before! Those shows are a lot of fun and I'm so excited to finally get so share them here with you.

I'm also taking this opportunity to ask your help in spreading the word about the show! Here's what you can do to help!

Tell your friends and family about the show and spread the word on social media!
Leave us a five star review on Apple Podcasts, whether you listen there or not—it makes a big difference for a ton of other platforms that you may not realize rely on Apple Podcast charts. PLUS, if you've wanted to have a design confession shared with the world, leaving it as a five star Apple Podcasts review is the perfect way to do it.

Thanks again for listening and see you in 2025!

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Visual Onslaught (with Ely Kim — Season 5 finale!)

Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:00:47 GMT

It’s the finale of Did I Do That? Season Five* and our third anniversary—this really must be the best of both worlds! Fellow Las Vegas ex-pat Ely Kim (Senior Creative at Wieden+Kennedy) joins Sean to talk about childhood limousine dreams, the weird science behind casino carpet, and memorable fast food mascots. Be sure to listen through to the very end—you won’t(?) regret it!

You can find Ely and his email button on his website, welikehim.com! You can also give Ely a follow on Instagram @welikehim! If you’re wanting to see Ely’s grad school viral video BOOMBOX, where he spent 100 days dancing in public, you can find it on YouTube.

This episode was recorded Sunday, November 17, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

What comes next? Season 6 will start in late winter 2025, so stay tuned—as you might imagine, the show will be a little different on the other side of this one! To tide you over through our production break, we’ll be sharing a few bonus bits captured this summer. They’re a ton of fun and should hopefully keep you warm though those cold winter nights. Happy anniversary and thank you so much for listening!

*Guys Burgers and Fries

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Muppet Muse (with Libby Landauer)

Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:00:12 GMT

The penultimate episode of Season 5 is bringing the receipts! Multidisciplinary designer and artist Libby Landauer joins Sean to talk about Facebook Marketplace bargains, the pitches the Mad Men didn’t win, and the best place to get a polish in the Bay Area.

Libby can be found all over the ‘net, including on Instagram @libland. You can also see some of their work, including Slutheby’s Live Auction, on their website, libbylandauer.com; keep an eye out there for future dates for the play! You can find more about the Community for Positive Aging on their website, communityfpa.org. As Libby says, it’s an intergenerational, space, and if you have some free time this holiday season and want to give back, it sounds like a great, fun place to volunteer some time!

Music by Mykola Sosin from Pixabay.

This episode was recorded Saturday, November 16, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest. Our next episode will be our last of the season, and the show’s three year anniversary. Don’t miss it!

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“What Do You Mean, More Energy!?” (with Melissa Delzio)

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:00:58 GMT

Tell the rowdy boys to get ready, ‘cause we’re busting out the spray mount and the museum board to present a brand new episode of Did I Do That?! Melissa Delzio (freelance designer and founder of Portland Design History) to talk about the dangers of MTV Spring Break, robocalls, and the peacemaker.

You can find Melissa all over the internet, starting at her website meldel.com! That’s where her annual reports live—they’re both lovely and a great way to see what it’s actually like to make a living as a freelancer. Melissa can be found on Instagram @meldelpdx.

Melissa’s long-running project Portland Design History can be found at portlanddesignhistory.com. There are tons of great collections on the site, including some relating to what we talked about in the episode. Check it out, or give the project a follow on Instagram @portlandesignhistory.

This episode was recorded (before the election) on Saturday, November 2, 2024 in the Rat's Nest.

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Tales from the Making Mistakes Confessional, Volume II

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 14:00:40 GMT

The Simpsons switches formats to horror anthology series this time of year, so shall Did I Do That?—we’ve got a collection of some of the scariest design disasters, missteps, failures, and goofs that have haunted designers this past summer at Future Fonts & Friends 2024!

How can our anonymous designer ghosts find peace when haunted by a trifecta of specters in the form of opening up your letters’ chakras, gingerbread power moves, and the challenges of Lidz franchising. Listen… IF YOU DARE!

WANT A DESIGN CONFESSIONAL AT YOUR EVENT?

If you have a live event and want me to set up another design confessional for it, either in Portland or beyond, let’s talk! I’d love to do more events like this in the future.

SPECIAL THANKS

The confessions used in this episode were collected as part of “Future Fonts and Friends,” a party held for TypeCon 2024 at Outlet in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, July 25, 2024. All guests were cloaked in the shadow of anonymity—the scariest thing of all in our personal brand building world! Take that, social media! Thank you to all who came out and participated!

Huge thanks again to Lizy Gershenzhon and Travis Kochel of Future Fonts for inviting me to be a part of the event, to the organizers of TypeCon for putting up with me, and (once again) to MVP Orion Cortez for building the confessional booths way back in 2023 based solely on two terrible sketches I made, then coming back out in 2024 to help me set them up again.

This episode features a parody of Billie Eilish’s new song “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” and a parody of the character the Crypt Keeper, brought to death by John Kassir.

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Excessive Output (with David Chathas)

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 14:00:33 GMT

Hey—come out and play! Creative Director (and international Five Guys diner) David Chathas joins Sean to talk about what’s missing from Barstow, testing your apple expertise, and becoming The Caveman. Just don’t forget about us—we have ideas!

David can be found all over the internet, including his incredibly named website, bestgraphicdesignerintheworld.com. He can also be found on the website formerly known as Twitter as @ModDadPomoSon and (much more quietly) on Instagram @yallseenfutumbo. Fruit Freaks Coffee, David’s coffee brand, is not yet out in the world, but ask him about it the next time you see him! You can also learn more about it @fiveguyseater69 on OnlyMargins (only $9.99 to subscribe)!

This episode was recorded October 5, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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I Appreciate the Attempt (with Jen Wick)

Thu, 03 Oct 2024 14:00:45 GMT

Is it profane? Is it irreverent? Why not both! Jen Wick (Creative Services Manager at the Port of Portland) joins Sean to talk about the gateway drug that is Sassy magazine, waxing your layouts, and the lessons life teaches us about futility and precarity. Get ready for a rude awakening!

You can find Jen Wick’s work on her freelance studio website, fortwick.com. You can also see her team’s work across the Port of Portland’s properties, including the newly revamped Portland International Airport.

ONE LAST REMINDER! Fontroversy, our sister podcast produced with the students of Sean’s DES 399 Public Design Communication class at PSUGD last year, is producing a live episode for this year’s fully-online AIGA Design Conference! The show will be happening on the conference’s mainstage on Thursday, October 10 at 2pm Pacific/5pm Eastern! The only way to see the show is to attend the conference, and you can do so online from anywhere in the world—head on over to the AIGA’s website, aiga.org, to register today!

Apologies for the occasional audio glitch in this episode—rest assured that I’m doing my best to find a way to fix this in future, up to and including possibly buying a new computer. Unrelatedly, now is a great time to remind folks that I do have a “Buy Me A Coffee” link to offer small donations to support the show if you can. Even a dollar or two helps!

This episode was recorded Saturday, September 28, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Fudge It A Little Bit (with Tomi Lähdesmäki)

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:00:03 GMT

Call your counselor back up to the bridge, because Season Five… Guys Burgers and Fries continues! Tomi Lähdesmäki (Director of Brand and Creative at Pair of Thieves) joins Sean to talk about labeling your save icons, post-vacation acclimation, and Jerri Springer’s wildest moments—live and uncensored.

You can find Tomi’s work with Pair of Thieves, including the aforementioned picture of Jerri himself, on shelves at your local Target or on their website, pairofthieves.com. You can find Tomi’s personal work on his site, tomilahdesmaki.com, and give him a follow on Instagram to hear some of his latest music at @tomifromspace.

BIG NEWS! Fontroversy, our sister podcast produced with the students of Sean’s DES 399 Public Design Communication class at PSUGD last year, is producing a live episode for this year’s fully-online AIGA Design Conference! The show will be happening on the conference’s mainstage on Thursday, October 10 at 2pm Pacific! The only way to see the show is to attend the conference, and you can do so online from anywhere in the world—head on over to the AIGA’s website, aiga.org, to register today!

This episode was recorded September 9, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Pretty Shambolic (with Jez Burrows)

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:00:37 GMT

Be like a pile of dust and get swept up in the excitement! Did I Do That? is back for Season Five*! Jez Burrows (iconography designer for Instagram at Meta and creator of the Threads logo) joins Sean to talk the most expensive way to ride a roller coaster in 2008, twee commutes, and Sliding Doors.

*…Guys Burgers and Fries

You can find Jez’ work on his own site, jezburrows.com, which is also where you can purchase his latest limited-edition book And Introducing! You can also pick up his previous book, Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings, wherever you find books normally (other than your bookshelf, unless you had already purchased it, received it as a gift, or stole it). Jez’ work can also be seen in the form of Instagram and Threads’ iconography, so what better way to see it than to give him a follow on each respectively?

This episode is our first of fifth season, and we’ve got eight incredible episodes in store for you running up to our third anniversary. Now’s a great time to get a friend into the show—why not share this one with them, or leave a review for a future friend on Apple Podcasts, a like on YouTube, or a comment and star on Spotify.

This episode was recorded August 21, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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The Surreal World (with Lee-Sean Huang) [rerun]

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:00:10 GMT

THREE big pieces of news!

#1: Season 5 is coming on Thursday, September 5! Now is a great time to get subscribed and ready—we've got a killer roster already lined up and you won't want to miss it!

#2: If you weren't able to get out to our Seattle live show as part of Seattle Design Festival, not to worry! SDF has published a video of the whole show to their YouTube channel that you can watch, either on its own or paired with the other SDF Day 1 Mainstage presentations. It was so wonderful to get to connect with Seattle's design community and to share a stage with the great Terry Marks! Big thanks to the entire team at SDF for making the show happen!

#3: There is still more summer news yet to be revealed, and as soon as I can do it, I plan to publish the announcement to the folks who read our newsletter first, so if you're not already signed up, what are you waiting for? Christmas? That's a long time away and you will know what the announcement is well in advance of December 25, unless you are very, very inattentive. Don't wait—subscribe to the newsletter and let it be your Christmas miracle!

This week in the feed as our final rerun of summer: those tossed salads and scrambled eggs must have been calling again back at the midpoint of season 2, because Did I Do That? was in Seattle for the AIGA Design Conference 2022! Lee-Sean Huang (Creative Director of Foossa and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA) joins Sean to talk dialup conspiracies, leveraging the combined might of the Center for Academic Precocity and the Cronkite School of Journalism to make a reality show, and what business people think about.

You can find more about Lee-Sean at his website, leesean.net, or follow him nearly anywhere social by searching for the handle @leesean. You can learn more about Foossa’s work in service design, futurecasting, and more at foossa.com. You can find the Lee-Sean's podcasting work with the AIGA on their site, or by searching for "AIGA Design Podcast" wherever you prefer your pod-based experiences are found; AIGA recently has been expanding their podcast and exploring the theme of "Margins" and it's been really great to listen to—go check it out!

This episode was recorded at the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington on Saturday, October 22, 2022 and originally published on Thursday, November 17, 2022 as part of season 2.

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Quivering Filthy Jamboree (with Dan Rhatigan) [rerun]

Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:00:55 GMT

Summertime fun-time rerun-time continues, but before it does, some big news: I'm doing a live Did I Do That? in Seattle for Seattle Design Festival on Saturday, August 17, 2024 at 4:15pm in Lake Union Park! I'll be joined on stage by the incredible Terry Marks!

Terry Marks is an award-winning designer with laurels from the likes of HOW, Print, Communication Arts, Neenah, Potlatch and more. He had judged a number of national and local design competitions and is a published author, twice for Rockport Publishers and yet his favorite might be Mr. Crumbly Dreams a Tiger for O’Neil Printing + Rule29. Terry is a champion of collaboration, fan of the kind and good, Fellow of AIGA Seattle, and veteran of the Executive Board of the AIGA National Board of Directors.

I hope you can make it out to the live show—it's going to be really special to bring this silly podcast to the SDF mainstage and bring it to friends new and old out in Seattle!

This week in the feed, though: To close out 2022, we called in The Fixer! “Logotype surgeon” and type designer Dan Rhatigan (Director of Type Products at Type Network) sits down with Sean to talk about failing successfully, gifts from fast food heaven, and not quite getting to act with Gwyneth Paltrow in a high school musical.

You can find Dan’s work all over the internet—his blog is at ultrasparky.org, and he can be found @ultrasparky on Twitter and @bijoutype on Instagram. Speaking of the latter, his foundry Bijou Type (bijoutype.com) should be up an d running soon with an update of Dan’s beautiful graduate school typeface project you can add to your own type collection. His fantastic Pink Mince zine series can be found and purchased at pinkmince.com and @pinkmince on Twitter.

This episode was recorded Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Portland, Oregon and originally published right at the start of 2023. Were we ever so young?

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Sometimes The Moment Needs Extra Mayo (with Kyle Letendre) [Rerun]

Thu, 25 Jul 2024 14:00:43 GMT

Rerun summer continues with another past guest from way back in 2022—lettering designer extraordinaire and Portland flower fan Kyle Letendre joins Sean to talk Minnesota’s missing lakes, misguided entrepreneurial spirit, and rebrands that aren’t quite making the grade. We’re filling in the pixels in that JPEG manually in person while we get to the bottom of a question that’s been on everyone’s mind: what’s Sean’s favorite food color?

Kyle most recently did artwork for TypeCon 2024's identity, which you can see on the TypeCon website.

Not-so-coincidentally enough, the day this episode is re-released (Thursday, July 25, 2024) Fontroversy's Lena Hall and I will be appearing at TypeCon's Education Forum to present about the type education side of how Fontroversy came to be—it's going to be a real kick, and if you're going to be attending TypeCon, check out the EdForum schedule page on TypeCon's website for scheduling information. Stay tuned to the newsletter, too, Fontroversy friends, for more news on the show coming later this summer!

Also the night this episode comes out, I'll be at Future Fonts & Friends holding our second ever Making Mistakes Confessional! That event is free, open to the public, packed with friends of the show, and is your chance to share any design foibles that have been haunting you with our design therapist-in-residence. Future Fonts & Friends is happening at Outlet (2500 NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland) from 6–9pm. Hope to hear you there!

Stay tuned for more event news, including more information about our Seattle show, in the newsletter!

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It's Gotta Be Moo (with Lizy Gershenzon) [Rerun]

Thu, 11 Jul 2024 14:00:43 GMT

Rerun summer continues! In this timely episode from way back in 2022, Future Fonts co-founder and all around rad person Lizy Gershenzon joined Sean to talk pieces of flair, the opposite of missed connections, and The Rainbow Passage. We’re going back to high school and making font magic in an episode that’s got milk—just not in an officially licensed form.

Since this episode came out way back in early 2022, Lizy and Travis have launched the Vectro Type Foundry, home of favorites like the acclaimed Chartwell, Kicker, and Whoa, but also home to new fantastic faces like the incredible Kablammo—check them out and give them a download! Lizy and Travis, along with fellow co-founder James Edmundson of Ohno Type Co., co-founded Future Fonts, where you can get experimental typefaces while they're still in development and help support their creators through the process! It's one of the best places to find new and emerging type, and a great place to start for someone who's new to type and wanting to find out how fun it can be first hand. Check them out at futurefonts.xyz, or at the Future Fonts and Friends event!

EVENT NEWS!

Did I Do That? will be live in Seattle as part of the Seattle Design Festival's mainstage! The show is happening Saturday, August 17, 2024 from 4:15–5:15pm at Lake Union Park in Seattle. The show is free and open to the public, and I'd love to have you there in person, though it will also be streamed after the fact by Seattle Design Festival itself! To learn more, check out their site: seadesignfest.org!
Fontroversy host Lena Hall and I will be presenting a talk as part of TypeCon on Thursday, July 25 about Fontroversy and teaching type through popular emerging media—it'll be fun, but unfortunately it's only open to TypeCon attendees. You can learn more and get tickets for TypeCon's Education Forum over at the TypeCon's website! (shout out to past guest Kyle Letendre, who made the TypeCon hero art this year!)
If you missed it last year, Future Fonts and Friends' TypeCon party is back, and just like before is free and open to all! I'll be back with the Making Mistakes Confessional again, so if you missed it before, now's your chance to be a part of it! This year's party will be on Thursday, July 25 from 6–9pm at Outlet (2500 NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland). Bring your best design confessions and hope to see you there!

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Agents of Chaos (with Kate Carter) [Rerun]

Thu, 27 Jun 2024 14:00:23 GMT

Summer break continues, and we've got big news: we're launching a newsletter! You can hear the latest about Did I Do That?—including some stuff coming later this summer that's still under wraps—first by going to dididothat.design/newsletter to subscribe.

We're also turning back the clock to season 2 for one of Sean's favorite episodes! Kate Carter (founder and creative director of Saint Friend) joined Sean way back in October 2022 to talk about the heated rivalries between niche dog enthusiast magazines, the parts of the phone that art directors DON’T want you to see, and how to visit a mausoleum on hard mode.

You can find Kate’s work with Saint Friend on the studio’s website, saintfriend.co, or on Instagram @saint_friend. Kate, Nick, and the whole team at Saint Friend do some of the best, most joyful branding work out there, and that team brimming with some of PSUGD’s best and brightest alums to boot. Check them out!

This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 5, 2022 on the campus of Portland State University.

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Summer Kick-Off!

Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:00:05 GMT

Season 4 has wrapped and season 5 is coming in September, so what's happening in the time between? We'll have a few fun "Whoopsies" in the form of experimental episodes to share, maybe hear from some past favorites, and even have some surprises on the horizon! It's going to be a treat, and hopefully this programming note can help tide us over until that schedule starts. Want to hear about the latest? Be sure you're subscribed to the feed on whatever platform you use to listen to podcasts (you can find links to all of them in the sidebar on the site), or follow us on Instagram @dididothat.design!

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Jazz It Up and Make It Pop! (with David DaCosta)

Thu, 30 May 2024 14:00:58 GMT

Wake your partner up at 2 in the morning, because it’s all been building to this—our season 4 finale! David DaCosta (designer, illustrator, and writer of both Jokey Jokes: A Collection of Illustrated Dad Jokes and the new Jokier Jokes: Another Illustrated Collection of Dad Jokes) joins Sean to talk rock and roll accounting, the circular file, and Too Much Good(?) Stuff.

You can find and order Jokey Jokes, the new Jokier Jokes, and all of the Jokey Jokes Merchy Merch (including the gorgeous Dad Jokes hat) at jokeyjokes.com! The books are gorgeous and the merch is great! Pick up one for a kid or a dad joke lover in your life!
You can find David’s other work on the web at therealdacosta.com or on the ‘gram at @dacostadraws!
If you’re intrigued by David’s work on Snack Watch, his vending machine news and reviews blog from his magazine days, good news! He was kind enough to share the final issue here—drop in some quarters and remember the days when Lay’s was courageous enough to think anyone at all wanted cheesy garlic bread flavored chips.

This episode’s cold open included clips from our episodes with Kristin Rogers Brown and Emily Tate; you can hear the full conversations, which are chock full of more mascot chat, in our back catalog. That segment also featured the song “Action Strike,” written and performed by Rafael Krux and distributed under a CC0 license.

This episode was recorded Saturday, April 27, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest, which I am beginning to think is less an office and more a locus at which the earth’s EM radiation is focused to a fine and impossible-to-filter point. Thanks, 1920s architects and 1950s electricians, for your fine work on this monument to buzzing. I only hope not too much of it made it to air, but if you can hear it, I apologize—I did my best!

This episode was once again guest edited by the great Orion Cortez; I couldn’t have done this season without him!

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Oh Crap, This Is What I Make It (with César Sierra)

Thu, 16 May 2024 15:58:55 GMT

Feeling like your week is lacking a dash of Did I Do That? You could add something—it’s just a suggestion! Freelance brand and identity designer César Sierra joins Sean to talk about gamifying Jiffy Mix, getting lost with Matt, and Busytown careers. Will Sean get rabies before the season is over? There’s only one way to find out!

You can find César’s work on their website, cesarsierra.net! If you’re looking to hire César, connect with them on Linked in at linkedin.com/in/cesarvsierra!

This episode was recorded Sunday, April 14, 2024, in the Rat’s Nest. Though I (again) forgot to shout him out in the outro, this episode was edited by the great Orion Cortez! Thanks, Orion!

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Worth a Shot (with Mel Larsen Gutierrez)

Thu, 02 May 2024 14:00:26 GMT

Mel Larsen Gutierrez (Art Director at the Oregon State Parks & Recreation Department) joins Sean to talk Mr. Sketch, the Man in the Yellow Hat’s job, and The Rachel (or The Rachael?).

You can find Mel on the internet over at melerrez.com, where you can see some most of the work we talked about in this episode. Mel can also be found on the ‘gram at @melerrez as well. Too, if you want to see Mel’s awesome illustrated timeline, that can be found on the episode’s page at dididothat.design!

This episode was recorded Friday, April 12, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest. Though I forgot to shout him out in the outro, this episode was also edited by the great Orion Cortez! Thanks, Orion!

If you are hearing this as it comes out and are in the Portland area, please come out to Be Honest on Saturday May 4, 2023! Be Honest is PSUGD’s annual student portfolio showcase, which I help organize with Kate Bingaman-Burt! It’s a really exciting time, and we get to take over three floors of Wieden+Kennedy for design work, hijinks, and good times. You can find out more about it at psu.gd/behonest or @psugd_behonest on the ‘gram!

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Pay Me to Get Weird (with Calvin Ross Carl)

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 14:00:37 GMT

We do it for the love! Calvin Ross Carl (Creative Director at Parliament) joins Sean to talk about Allen Ludden’s followers, watching the old ways of web design disappear, and drinking hot dog water—finally a platform we can get behind!

You can find Calvin’s work all over the ‘net—despite his strong luddite leanings! You can see work from the full spectrum of his career on his website (calvinrosscarl.com), and you can give him a follow on Instagram (@calvinrosscarl) to see what he’s been working on lately.

This episode was recorded on Sunday, April 7, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest. This episode was edited for the first time not by me, but instead by the great Orion Cortez! Thanks, Orion!

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One more important thing (or two)!

Are you an academic in art, design, or a closely related field? Do you currently hold a tenured rank (associate or full professor?) at a four year university? I NEED YOU! I am beginning the process of applying for tenure this month, which requires me to form a committee of outside evaluators of my materials and offer recommendations to the university about my promotion and tenure. If you already know about this show and understand my work, you’d likely be a good candidate! Please reach out before April 30 and we can talk: sean.schumacher@pdx.edu.
If you’re a listener to this show and aren’t in the above boat, you can still help! I’d love to have quotes, letters, and more for my packet describing the impact this and my other research or teaching work has had on you. Those can be collected throughout the summer, but sooner would be better! Reach out if you want to help—I’d really appreciate it! sean.schumacher@pdx.edu

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That Ain’t It, Folks (with Rachel Frankel)

Thu, 04 Apr 2024 14:00:38 GMT

Throw away your phones and pick up your oil paints! Rachel Frankel (Senior Brand Designer at Zendesk) joins Sean to talk portfolio lust, Apple allergies, and the weirdest social network’s weirdest pivot yet (and it’s only partially to video).

You can find Rachel’s work all over the ‘net (and IRL):

You can find Rachel’s portfolio, and more of her work, on her website: rachelevefrankel.com!
Transmute and all of Phosphene’s other albums—as well as Rachel’s awesome album design for them—are available to enjoy at their Bandcamp page, phosphenepdx.bandcamp.com. Buying albums there gives the band way more money than streaming fees, but you can also find Phosphene on Spotify, Apple Music, and the like as well.
You can find Rachel’s book, She Can Really Lay It Down: 50 Rebels, Rockers, and Music Revolutionaries (Who Happen To Be Women) (published by Chronicle Books in 2019) on Indiebound/Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, Powell’s, or wherever else you should happen to shop for books.

This episode was recorded Sunday, March 31, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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All Angles (with Kim Sutherland)

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 14:00:44 GMT

OMFGCO Creative Director and author/designer of Rural Kimberly Sutherland joins Sean to talk the horrifying truth about figs, the top ten signs you’re in romcom, and the crowning of Portland’s #1 (vegan) ice cream boi. Why not grab a Gatorade and join the fuuuuuuuuuuuuun!

You can find Kimberly’s work all over the ‘net (and IRL):

You can find more of Kim’s work—both design and art related—on her website, kimberly-sutherland.com!
The OMFGCO Journal, which Kim co-writes with Fritz Mesenbrink, is the best place to go to learn the latest from the studio, and is where you can go first to hear about when the And Then What?! podcast drops. Along with their Journal articles, you can also find audio versions which might be considered soft pilots for the show all on their own! Keep your eyes (and ears) peeled for it and their upcoming merch!
If you’re planning on attending Creative Works West 2024 in Seattle at the end of April, Kim will be hosting a workshop on Brand Concepts & Frameworks alongside OMFGCO’s Fritz on Saturday, April 27 at 9am! If you’re interested, hop on over to the Creative Works site to learn more or their Eventbrite to register! As of this writing, tickets are still available!

Addendum: Since I’ve come to record this episode, I’ve learned that there are in fact some varieties of figs that do not require wasps to pollinate them. Still, the truth that most figs pretty much consume wasps in order to become figs is undeniably A PROBLEM that we must reckon with as a species if we are going to continue to live on this planet.

This episode was recorded Friday, March 15, 2023 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Hot Dogs and PB&J (with Matt Graff)

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:00:31 GMT

Get those offer codes ready! Creative Director Matt Graff joins Sean to talk Pee-Chee folder portfolios, unusual interview questions, and the six quadrants of action sports marketing.

You can find Matt’s work on his website, mattgraff.com. He’s currently looking for his next Creative Direction role, so if your studio is looking for someone, reach out! Matt can also be found on LinkedIn at inkedin.com/in/mattgraff.

This episode was recorded Saturday, March 2, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

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Now You See Me Too As Well (”Fontroversy” Crossover with Lena Hall)

Thu, 22 Feb 2024 15:00:54 GMT

Lena Hall of Fontroversy is on Did I Do That?! Or Sean Schumacher is on Fontroversy!? We’re all mixed up because it’s a Did I Do That?-Fontroversy acoustic universe crossover spectacular to kick off one of those shows’ fourth season!

The two hosts sit down to talk about the process behind getting Fontroversy off the ground, as well as Lena’s Fallout Boy audition outfit, the meltiest car, and the Wizarding World of Woody Harrelson.

You can find more about Lena ’s work on their Instagram, @ps.its.lena. They are indeed graduating soon and you should absolutely hire them! You can view Lena's font horoscopes for the both of us here!

This episode was recorded Saturday, February 3, 2024 in the Rat’s Nest.

Special thanks to the entire team that made Fontroversy possible: Lea Thompson, Lena Hall, Malia Masterson, Whitney McPhie, Ashley Heeke, Sophia Stoker, Anna Stanton, Hannah Joseph, Sophia Mick, Mette Voldengen, Milos Dugas, Freya Kargard, Robert Ditty, Izzy Gavaza, Dana Ives, Kaitlyn Casey, Aline Chercover, and Orion Cortez.

Closing Music/The Fontroversy Theme: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna

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Feed Drop: Two Designers Walk Into a Bar

Thu, 08 Feb 2024 15:00:12 GMT

To close out our season break, I wanted to share one last feed drop! The creators of Two Designers Walk Into A Bar reached out a few weeks back to connect as fellow creators of media about design that doesn't take design too seriously. They make a really fun show, and this episode comes from the end of their third season covering a subject my students have heard me talk about many times: one of the most financially catastrophic packaging redesigns in history. It's a really wonderful show—give it a listen and then give them a follow! You can find them on whatever podcasting platform you like, as well as Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn!

Two Designers Walk Into a Bar, Episode 50: The Pepsi (Logo) Challenge

Pepsi announced it’s moving forward by moving backwards (sort of), returning to more of a traditional look for their logo and cans. (Think black. It's a slimming color.) But as they kick their last logo to the curb, we go back in time to discuss how they became saddled with this burdensome brand look in the first place. We talk ovals, smiles, globes, magnetic fields and cosmic forces of the universe in this special breathtaking and scientifically-tangential episode.

Images, articles and links mentioned in this episode can be found on their episode page: https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com/episodes/episode-50-pepsi-logo-story

This episode was originally published June 7, 2023.

General Podcast Info:

Two Designers Walk Into a Bar is a podcast about iconic design and popular culture.

Hosted by graphic designers and collectors Todd Coats and Elliot Strunk, the podcast is constantly looking at pop culture and thinking about how it influences us and what we do for a living. Starting with a theme, we choose iconic work that we find meaningful and use humor and insight to break it down, turn it inside out and try to understand why it has stood the test of time.

Two Designers Walk Into a Bar encourages listeners to dive into their libraries, mini storage units or memories with us.

Discover more at their website: https://www.twodesignerswalkintoabar.com

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Fontroversy #4: "Helvetica: A U-Turn On a One-Way Street?"

Thu, 25 Jan 2024 15:00:10 GMT

Need to thaw yourself out from this winter freeze? Why not let a reheated episode of Fontroversy—our last of the season break—from last summer warm you back up!

When Lena and Sean start fuming about the most famous (and infamous) font there is, guest expert Freya Kargard steps in to modernize their thinking about Helvetica. This might well mark our limited series' finale, but stay tuned as we might have one or two surprises in store as well!

Segment Producer: Freya Kargard

Researcher: Robert Ditty

Story Editor: Izzy Gavaza

Sound Editing and Mix/Mastering: Orion Cortez

This episode was recorded Tuesday, May 30, 2023 and originally published on Thursday, August 31, 2023.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

Fontroversy was created by the students of DES 399 Public Design Communication in the Spring of 2019 as part of Portland State University’s Graphic Design program in Portland, Oregon. You can learn more about PSUGD at psu.gd. You can learn more about the PSU School of Art+Design at pdx.edu/art-design.

Host: Lena Hall

Show Art: Robert Ditty

Social Media Coordinator: Ashley Heeke

Producer: Sean Schumacher

Editorial Assistance by: Orion Cortez

Music: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna

For more about Fontroversy, visit fontroversy.com or follow @fontroversy.psugd on Instagram.

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Fontroversy #3: "Impact: Facebook Mom Vibes?"

Thu, 11 Jan 2024 15:00:36 GMT

When frustration around the meme-iest of meme fonts starts to go viral around the studio, guest expert Sophia Mick bursts in to help set Lena and Sean straight on Impact’s… impact.

Segment Producer: Sophia Mick

Researcher: Mette Voldengen

Story Editor: Milos Dugas

"Candy Paper Wrap Crinkling" Sound Effect by Emile99, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License.

This episode was recorded Tuesday, June 6, 2023 and originally published on Thursday, August 17, 2023.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

Host: Lena Hall

Show Art: Robert Ditty

Social Media Coordinator: Ashley Heeke

Producer: Sean Schumacher

Editorial Assistance by: Orion Cortez

Music: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna

For more about Fontroversy, visit fontroversy.com or follow @fontroversy.psugd on Instagram.

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Fontroversy #2: "Comic Sans: From Their Hate Came Love (And Money)"

Thu, 28 Dec 2023 15:00:38 GMT

Graphic design may be our passion, but everybody needs a break too! While Did I Do That? is off for a few weeks between seasons, enjoy a few episodes of our sister podcast Fontroversy, produced by one of Sean's classes in Spring 2023. If you missed episode 1, no worries—unlike the glut of superhero cinematic universe movies out there, there's nothing there you need to know to enjoy to this one! If you want to revisit it, though, you can find it here!

When a typeface ripped from the funny pages starts to get contentious, surprise guest expert Whitney McPhie (currently serving as Interim Creative Director at Willamette Week) intervenes to school Lena and Sean on what Comic Sans can really do.

IMPORTANT EDITORIAL CORRECTION: Gentle Giants Dog Food does NOT, in fact, use Comic Sans on its packaging—it instead uses a DaFont-style Disney-inspired sans paired with, of all things, Bank Gothic Sean apologies for this truly shameful oversight, although in their defense, attempting to look at any one specific type block on the package without being immediately distracted is basically impossible.

Segment Producer: Whitney McPhie

Researchers: Ashley Heeke, Sophia Stoker

Story Editors: Anna Stanton, Hannah Joseph

Sound Editing & Mix: Orion Cortez

This episode was recorded Tuesday, May 30, 2023, and originally published Thursday, August 3, 2023.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

Host: Lena Hall

Show Logo: Robert Ditty

Social Media Coordinator: Ashley Heeke

Producer: Sean Schumacher

Editorial Assistance by: Orion Cortez

Music: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna

For more about Fontroversy, visit fontroversy.com or follow @fontroversy.psugd on Instagram.

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Making Mistakes Confessional

Thu, 14 Dec 2023 15:00:17 GMT

As both Season 3 and 2023 draw to a close, the time to seek forgiveness is at hand! Earlier this year, Did I Do That? set up a confessional booth—with Sean playing the role as part priest, part Frasier Crane—to collect true stories of design disasters, missteps, failures, and more from anonymous guests who sought to clear their guilty consciences.

How can you find peace when faced with cross crossworders, ghost(ed) cookbooks, and duck pornography? There’s only one way to find out!

(To be clear: the way is listening; you must listen to find out.)

WANT A DESIGN CONFESSIONAL AT YOUR EVENT?

If you have a live event and want me to set up another design confessional for it, either in Portland or beyond, let’s talk! I’d love to do more events like this in the future.

SPECIAL THANKS

The clips used in this episode were collected as part of “Future Fonts and Friends,” a party held for TypeCon 2023 at Outlet in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday, August 17, 2023. All guests were indeed anonymous, and so if you hear any familiar voices, I guess just ignore that? Come to think of it, what do real priests do about that problem?!

Huge thanks to past guest Lizy Gershenzhon and Travis Kochel of Future Fonts for inviting me to be a part of the event, to the organizers of TypeCon for putting up with me, and to my 2023 MVP Orion Cortez for building the confessional booths based solely on two terrible sketches I made.

Additional thanks to past guest Kate Bingaman-Burt of Outlet for her eternal support of / patience with me just in general, but especially the white-hot ball of stress that is me when faced with a live event. Thanks, too, to the kind folks at Jolby—who didn’t even have anything to do with the party and had no reason to help me!—for letting me steal power from them for a couple of hours just because I happened to set up next to their studio.

YOU’VE MADE IT THIS FAR…

I want to all of you listeners out there for keeping this show going and growing. This marks the end of both our third season and second year, and I don’t think I ever would have imagined there would be as many folks out there following it as there are around the world. If you’ve enjoyed the first two years of this show, please tell a friend! I want to keep this project growing, and the community around it growing as well.

If you have some nice things to say about what this project means to you, please send me an email! If you have mean things to say about me, please relay them to your dentist while they have their hands in your mouth—they’ll understand and relay them directly back to me, I’m sure.
I don’t ordinarily plug the tip jar, but if you have some change between your couch cushions you want to throw my way, I would really appreciate it.

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Design Triscuit (with Zachary Winterton)

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:00:18 GMT

Creative Director and Design TikToker Zachary Winterton joins Sean to talk about the people in your (Geocities) neighborhood, bad leadership advice from cheerleaders, and Charlie the Cactus: the supermarket mascot of our dreams?

Zachary is probably best found these days on TikTok (tiktok.com/@zacharywinterton), Instagram (instagram.com/zacharywinterton), and YouTube (youtube.com/@ZacharyWinterton) where you can find his latest short form design-centric videos. You can sign up for The Creative Brief, Zachary’s weekly newsletter, on his website at zacharywinterton.com/newsletter. That same website, zacharywinterton.com, is where you can see some of his past work.

This episode was recorded Sunday, November 12, 2023.

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What Could Go Wrong? (with Emily Tate)

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 15:00:33 GMT

Emily Tate (Senior Digital Art Director for Studio A at Adidas) joins Sean to talk about America’s most frightening college mascot, disinterested dogs, and William Shatner's Pandora surprise.

You can find Emily’s work on her portfolio work, emilytatedesign.com. You can see more of her design work and giver her a follow on Instagram at instagram.com/emilytatedesign. In addition to Adidas.com, you can also still see Emily’s work on the Burgerville small dip packages—go get some with your next burger!

This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 11, 2023. As I mention towards the end of this episode, this is our first recording in a new studio space, which does have some electrical interference, echo, and outside sound bleed issues long since solved in our other space. I’ve done my best to mitigate all of these in post-production, but apologies if you do pick up on any buzz, reverb, or street noise!

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Me To A Freakin’ Tee (with Celestia Caredio)

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 14:00:03 GMT

Freelance designer, paper crafter extraordinaire, and former student Celestia Caredio joins Sean for a very special not-quite-Halloween-anymore episode to talk about The Haunting of Full House, bookbinding in a hostel, and jewel cases. Plus, is a tech startup possibly planning on sending Sean to the great beyond? There’s only one way to find out—to listen in! (well, okay, or you could just wait and see if it happens, but listening would be better for my stats)

You can find Celestia’s current site at celestiagrace.com, or very occasionally on social media at @celestiagrace on Instagram! If you’re looking for an excellent freelance senior designer who can throw a killer Halloween party, you can also connect with her on LinkedIn too at linkedin.com/in/celestia-caredio-06457439
Celestia did indeed turn her early mix CD design project “My Room” into a Spotify playlist, and was gracious enough to share it here: open.spotify.com/playlist/5G4vfVoBHx8m7PD051eVmq! It’s chock full of lesser known tracks from some of the coolest bands of the mid-to-late aughts, so give it a listen! Fair warning, though: as Celestia puts it, there is a lot of angst in this album.

This episode was recorded Saturday, October 21, 2023 in downtown Portland, Oregon, and marks the last episode in our dank and dark PSU Art Building studio! May it get to live out its final days in peace, being filled with random junk for events that we’ll forget we have until after the event we might need it for is over.

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Spooky and Cheesy, But So Perfect (with Ashod Simonian)

Thu, 19 Oct 2023 14:00:53 GMT

Ashod Simonian (co-owner of Imaginary Authors perfume and co-author of both the “Portland Book of Dates” and the brand new “Seattle Book of Dates”) joins Sean to talk roadside attractions, band photo cliches, and the classic dilemma of adulthood: do I get a job at the IRS or work on Scooby Doo?

You can find more about Ashod on Instagram @ashod, or on his website, ashodsimonian.com!
The Portland Book of Dates is out just about everywhere you can find beautiful books, and has just recently been joined by The Seattle Book of Dates! Both are gorgeous—filled with tons of Ashod’s beautiful RISO-esque illustrations. You can order The Portland Book of Dates at Powell’s, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and many other fine retailers! The Seattle Book of Dates will drop November 14th, but you can pre-orderit at Powell’s, Bookshop.org, Barnes & Noble, and many others near you as well!
You can find more about Imaginary Authors, the beautifully packaged non-gendered perfume line Ashod co-owns and designs for, at imaginaryauthors.com. Ashod was kind enough to share a few samples with me and I can confirm that they smell fantastic and look really good on a shelf to boot!

This episode was recorded on Friday, September 22, 2023 in downtown Portland, Oregon.

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At Least That's What My Friend Said (with Brandon Hrycyk)

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 14:00:27 GMT

Brandon Hrycyk (illustrator and host of XRAY FM’s “A Century of Slang”) joins Sean to talk about Beautiful Bean Bucket Hats, regionalisms, and the dangers of volunteering for an art project. It’s bizarre and beautiful and so much fun!

You can hear “A Century of Slang” every Saturday night from 5-6 pm PST on XRAY FM. If you’re wanting that warm terrestrial radio experience, why not tune your FM dial to 107.1 or 91.1 in Portland, or 91.7 in Nehalem. If you’re outside of the Portland metro area or just want to listen in whenever your want, go to www.xray.fm and you can hear the whole back catalog. It’s a great, fun show—go listen and support local media!

You can see Brandon’s own work out there at brandononline.co, or on Instagram at @bhrycyk. That’s also where you can find all the promo art for “A Century of Slang” too—give it a follow!

This episode was recorded on Monday, August 28, 2023.

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Swear All The Swears (with Kristin Rogers Brown)

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 14:00:36 GMT

Don your school colors, ‘cause we’re going back to school with this week’s Did I Do That? The amazing Kristin Rogers Brown (Associate Professor, Chair of Graphic Design, and Director of the Center for Design at PNCA) joins Sean to talk nightmarish mascots, the corporate handshake aesthetic, and pencils that say stuff.

You can find Kristin’s work—including some of the work at Bitch Magazine and Bear Deluxe— online at krbee.com, or on Instagram @krbee!
Kristin organizes and co-leads PNCA’s incredible Design Lecture Series with Bijan Berahimi of FISK. They’re about to kick off a whole new term of talks that are free and open to the public! Even if you can’t get out to NW Portland, many are streamed live and archived on the PNCA YouTube channel or linked from the series’ page on PNCA’s site! Go check them out!

This episode was recorded Monday, August 14, 2023.

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Fontroversy #1: "Wingdings: Cheugy Emoji?"

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 15:09:41 GMT

Good news, everyone! We just hit 25,000 listens—which is even more impressive considering that it's been less than a year since we hit 5,000! To celebrate (and not at all to cover a production gap caused by my having to move), I'm sharing the first episode of the limited series spin-off I made with my DES 399 class last term, Fontroversy! It's a really hilarious way to get anyone at all excited about fonts with a great mix of silly stuff and true history, and should be perfect for anyone who likes what we do here.

Too, I'd love some feedback on what you might want out of a Did I Do That? Patreon could look like! If you have ideas or would just want to show your support, drop me a line at ss3@pdx.edu!

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Fontroversy #1: "Wingdings: Cheugy Emoji?"

When Wingdings becomes a sore subject around the studio, Lena and Sean turn to guest expert Lea Thompson to help settle once and for all what good those dingbats are for.

Researcher: Lena Hall

Story Editor: Malia Masterson

Segment Producer: Lea Thompson

This episode was recorded Tuesday, May 23, 2023 and originally published July 20, 2023.

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PRODUCTION CREDITS

Host: Lena Hall

Show Art: Robert Ditty

Social Media: Ashley Heeke

Producer: Sean Schumacher

Editorial Assistance by: Orion Cortez

Music: “How Can Things Be” by Holizna

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For more about Fontroversy, visit fontroversy.com or follow @fontroversy.psugd on Instagram.

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Very Dark and Twisty (with Dani Loureiro)

Thu, 24 Aug 2023 14:00:21 GMT

Let’s Picasso it up! Dani Loureiro (Letterer, Illustrator, and Senior Art Director at Murmur) joins Sean to talk about navigating the world with a portfolio case, what Garfield can’t do, and Marmite monsters.

You can find Dani’s work online on her website, daniloureiro.com, or on Instagram at @dani_loureiro. Her lettering work is absolutely gorgeous—go give her a follow!

This episode was recorded Tuesday, August 1, 2023 at the Portland State University Art Building.

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Gluttons for Punishment (with Joe Carolino)

Thu, 10 Aug 2023 14:00:55 GMT

Don’t be scared—embrace a new episode! Joe Carolino (Chief Creative Officer at Thesis) joins Sean to talk website frenemies, screamo aesthetics, and what the scientists are right about. It’s a beautiful mess!

You can find Joe online at joecarolino.com, or on Instagram @joeambrocio. Joe’s portfolio is also where you can go to check out the Flybox card series we talked about during the episode—go get some grunge-cubist sport card goodness!

This episode was recorded Monday, July 24, 2023.

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Plastic Heaven (with Olivia Johnson)

Thu, 27 Jul 2023 14:00:43 GMT

See the sparks fly as digital designer and artist Olivia Johnson (Associate Design Director at Instrument) joins Sean to talk challenging Barbies, Neopets Black Friday, and what Elvis has been up to. Meanwhile, Sean and Nathan Fielder temporarily switch bodies, resulting in a layer of such dripping sarcasm that you won’t be able to tell what isn’t coated in it. Get some sleep folks, or you too might turn into Nathan Fielder (and who has time to graduate from one of Canada’s top business schools with really good grades?).

You can find Olivia’s work on the web at oj.co, or on Instagram @o_j.co. Olivia recently separated her handcrafted data viz work onto its own Instagram @handcharted.
If you want to learn how to make your own terxtile-based data visualizations, Olivia’s self-paced online course “Data Visualization with Alternative Mediums” is available for $40 (or, for the next few hours, the highly discounted price of $7.99!). Too, if textile work is new to you, the course also includes an introduction to cross-stitch! Give it a download!

This episode was recorded Friday, July 21, 2023.

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You Seem Competent (with Andy McMillan)

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 14:00:00 GMT

Our fun, weird guest Andy McMillan of XOXO, Suckerpunch, and Heck Beer joins Sean for several different kinds of incredible niche podcasts all wrapped into one episode to talk about what’s next in tech, the parts of a balanced breakfast, and the terrible things you might find lurking in the forest. It’s the episode where unbridled enthusiasm meets lowered expectations!

Andy can be found these days at andymcmillan.com, or turning LinkedIn into the weird, wild place it was never meant to be at linkedin.com/in/goodonpaper. Give LinkedIn a chance, won’t you?
You can find more about Heck, Andy’s new non-alcoholic craft beer, at heck.beer. Sign up for their newsletter there to be notified when tasting pop-ups pop up!

Also, for real, if you send me a self-addressed stamped envelope, I will indeed send you back a self-addressed stamped envelope—I promise you no merch, signed glossy headshots, or anything else—just pure snail-mailed… delight? Is that the word? Get out your pens and make out your envelopes to: Portland State University School of Art+Design, c/o Sean Schumacher, 2000 SW 5th Ave., Portland OR 97201.

This episode was recorded Sunday, July 9, 2023.

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Introducing Fontroversy, a new limited-run series coming July 20!

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 13:59:17 GMT

Wanna know the stories behind all the fonts we love to hate? Introducing Fontroversy, a limited-run series about typefaces that just aren't quite our type, hosted by Lena Hall. Listen every other Thursday starting July 20!

Fontroversy is produced by Sean Schumacher (Did I Do That? podcast) and created by the students of the Spring 2023 Public Design Communication course from PSUGD, part of the Portland State University School of Art Design.

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I Wanna See A Weird Hat (with Mallary Wilson)

Thu, 29 Jun 2023 14:00:18 GMT

Freelance designer, grad student, and fellow Portland Institute for Contemporary Art design alum Mallary Wilson joins Sean to talk inadvertently inappropriate imagery, erasers shaped like food items, and hoarding AOL hours. It’s an episode that’s unforgivably uncool, but we can dig it!

You can find Mallary on the web at mallarydesigns.com or @mallarydesigns on Instagram—if you work at an agency and are looking for somebody killer to bring onto your team, reach out!
If you’re wondering what the heck we’re talking about with regards to PICA and TBA and all, that, check out PICA.org—those around Portland may know them for their annual Time-Based Art (TBA) Festival, which will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It is a weird, good time, and brings parts of the artistic globe to Portland you might never see otherwise.

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Basement of Hell (with Eason Yang)

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:00:58 GMT

All around stellar individual Eason Yang (founder and design director of NED: Not Entirely Dead) makes the trek down from Seattle on St. Patrick’s Day 2023 to talk with Sean about looking for Lebron (in all the wrong places), working for dinosaurs, and resume hacking.

You can find Eason on his website, eason.design, or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/yangeason.
Whether you’re a cancer survivor, have a resume gap, or just want to learn more, you can find out about NED and join the community at notentirelydead.org or on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/company/we-are-ned. If you have a gap in your resume, use NED as your employer on LinkedIn to give you context for it, and tell a friend if they’re in the same boat too!
NED has had a big year! NED won 365: AIGA’s Year in Design Award in the category of Social Design, and since this recording, was named one of Fast Company’s 2023 World Changing Idea honorees!

This episode was recorded Friday, March 17, 2023.

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Not Quite A Number (with Elliott Snyder)

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 14:00:02 GMT

Let’s all have a good time! Did I Do That? is back for season 3! Elliott Snyder of Old Friend joins Sean to talk unique approaches to #vanlife, Portland’s always pleasant winter weather, and what ChatGPT thinks wine bars are for. You’ll find your spot, it’s all we’ve got!

You can find Elliott and Jesse’s often hospitality-oriented branding studio Old Friend at their website, oldfriend.co, or on Instagram @oldfriend!
Speaking of hospitality, Elliott and Jesse’s wine bar Company is going strong! If you’re in Portland, you can pop by at 916 SE 34th Avenue (just off Belmont across from Stumptown), or check them out on the web at companypdx.com or on Instagram @companypdx. They even have a unique wine club subscription service to help you look like a wine expert to your friends (just don’t go too deep on it or you may have to move to Seattle, where you’ll host a bizarrely successful and high paying call-in psychiatry show on local terrestrial radio—worse still, you will unfortunately have to also live with your dad and his ABSOLUTELY VILE old chair, which totally ruins the aesthetics of your vaguely post-modern mission-style high rise apartment. Who can enjoy their ‘92 Pouilly-Fuissé with that eyesore in the room! And don’t even get me started about how your nearly-identical brother will be constantly flirting with your dad’s live-in nurse! Talk about a bunch of scrambled eggs all over your face! So, basically, be careful learning about wine).
You can find Elliott’s own Instagram, including the aforementioned farm content, @elliottsnyder.

This episode was recorded Saturday, February 18, 2023. That was a long time ago, but it does also feel like February lasted until about 2 weeks ago.

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Gundam Style (with Nicholas Adenau) [Rerun]

Thu, 18 May 2023 14:00:45 GMT

We're turning the clock back to the close of season one to close this inter-season spring break! Way back in June of 2022, meme curator and design leader Nicholas Adenau (currently of TikTok's NicholasIsContent and MemeBrah, but then of Lofi Art School) joined Sean to talk Sha Na Na, Jackass’ leadership lessons, and the sketchiest way to send a $30,000 chain when it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.

You can find Nic’s consulting business Nicholas is Content at nicholasiscontent.com on the web or on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube Shorts!
Meme Brah is back with new videos! You can follow it on TikTok, Instagram, or YouTube Shorts!
Nic closed out both our first and second season, and you can find the second season episode "Arnold's Chunky Stuff" on dididothat.design!

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Feed Drop: AIGA Design Podcasts, "The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression, and Reflection"

Thu, 04 May 2023 14:00:33 GMT

Spring break nears its end (just in time for spring in Portland to actually begin), but not without a feed drop from our friends at AIGA! This special episode of the AIGA Design Podcasts feed features past guest and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA Lee-Sean Huang in conversation with the incredible Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters about their book The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection as part of the the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle.

The Black Experience in Design is an anthology centering a range of perspectives, spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens. Through the voices represented, this text exemplifies the inherently collaborative and multidisciplinary nature of design, providing access to ideas and topics for a variety of audiences, meeting people as they are and wherever they are in their knowledge about design. This panel, featuring some of the book's editors, reflects on the process of publishing the book, and highlights some of the themes contained within the perspectives and stories within.

The panel is fantastic, and I'd highly recommend picking up a copy of the book from the Black Experience in Design website, directly from Skyhorse Publishing, or wherever you find books!

Special thanks to AIGA and Lee-Sean Huang for this feed drop—go check out and subscribe to the AIGA Design Podcasts feed, and go check out some what'll be happening as part of the 2023 AIGA Design Conference to be held in NEW YORK CITY?!

If you're listening to this on the day it comes out and you're in the Portland metro area, please come pay my students a visit at Be Honest, our humongous student portfolio showcase event at Wieden+Kennedy! It'll be a good time!

This episode was recorded by AIGA as part of the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington, on October 22, 2022.

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Custodian of the Moon (with Pamela Rounis) [Rerun]

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 14:00:41 GMT

Spring break continues with a road trip back to Vancouver, BC! Pamela Rounis (Creative Director at Rethink) joined Sean to talk fishpacking for art majors, space sausage, and the least successful entry in the Air Bud franchise.

You can find Pamela on Instagram (@pamrounis) and Twitter (@pamelarounis).

You can find SAD Magazine, as well as the SADCAST, at sadmag.ca. The show is great, and Pamela’s run is full of heartfelt and funny conversations with some of the best creative folks in Vancouver. Give it a listen—especially since the new season has just kicked off!

This episode was recorded in the offices of Rethink in Vancouver, BC, Canada on August 12, 2022, and was originally published on August 25, 2022.

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Structurally Unsound Snowman (with Pete Bella) [Rerun]

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 14:00:59 GMT

Pete Bella of the University of Central Arkansas and host of the Design Dedux podcast joins Sean in a strange new-but-old place to talk Pal’s Sudden Service, the game changing power of the McIntosh, and the worst roommate you could possibly get paired with at RIT.

You can find Pete’s work at petebella.com and @petebellajr on Instagram. You can find his show, Design Dedux, at petebella.com/designdeduxpodcast or wherever you find your podcasts!

This episode was originally recorded on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 during the UCDA Design Education Conference hosted at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, and was first published on June 29, 2022.

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The Horse Scrambler (with Nishat Akhtar) [Rerun]

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:00:05 GMT

We're taking a few weeks off before the start of season 3 and revisiting some past favorites while we do! Illustrator, designer, educator, and all around cool person Nishat Akhtar (VP of Creative at Instrument) joined Sean in spring 2022 to talk Charles Barkley’s shrimp mistakes, ranking the Four Seasons, and young Sean’s excitement at the possibility of standing on a JPEG. Why not listen? It’s there if you want it!

You can find Nishat’s work at nishataktar.com, @nishat on Instagram (where you can also see Mr. Charles Barkley himself), or on Twitter @nishatsays.

This episode was recorded on April 9, 2022 and originally posted on May 5, 2022.

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Arnold's Chunky Stuff (with Nicholas Adenau)

Thu, 09 Mar 2023 15:00:04 GMT

We’re closing out Did I Do That?’s second season with all the pomp and circumstance that you can get on sale at WinCo! Nicholas Adenau of Nicholas Is Content rejoins Sean to talk vintage TikTok sounds, lesser known Village People, and the 2023 Did I Do That? Packaging Awards Spectacular: which design will emerge to be the show’s official Arizona Iced Tea Can of 2023?

You can find Nic’s new consulting business Nicholas is Content at nicholasiscontent.com on the web or @nicholasiscontent on Instagram or TikTok!
Since we recorded, the Meme Brah account has been discontinued, but you can still visit it on TikTok @memebrah to see some of the joke trains in action. They're lots of fun!
Nic was our season two finale guest, and you can listen to Nic’s previous episode “Gundam Style” back at episode 15 in your podcast player of choice, or on our website dididothat.design/guests/nicholas-adenau!
Do you, for some reason, want to learn more about Arnold Palmer’s good works in the field of beverage sciences? Send an email to info@drinkarizona.com and tell them Did I Do That? sent you.

This episode was recorded Saturday, February 4, 2023 in downtown Portland, Oregon. This will be our season two finale—we'll be back in May with new episodes, but will have things for you to listen to every other Thursday until then!

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Kinko's Networking (with Mia Nolting)

Thu, 23 Feb 2023 15:00:15 GMT

Mia Nolting (illustrator and author of Slow Noticing: A Journal for Drawing Your World Inside and Out) joins Sean in an especially bespoke episode to talk flossing emergencies, the opposite of instant ramen, and the big, top attractions of the greater Sarasota area.

Mia’s latest book, Slow Noticing: A Journal for Drawing Your World Inside and Out, comes out April 18, and you can pre-order it now from publisher Penguin Random House, or via whatever bookstore you prefer, be it Powells, Barnes & Noble, Target, Amazon, or an independent bookseller near you through Bookshop.org! Get a copy now!
You can find more of Mia’s work on her website, mianolting.com, or on Instagram @mianolting. You can see some of her work with Studio Jelly at studiojelly.com.
Mia has also recently started up a newsletter, so you can get her work delivered directly to your inbox at mianolting.substack.com!

This episode was recorded Saturday, February 18, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.

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My Jason Mraz Era (with Rico Macias-Zepeda)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 15:00:48 GMT

‘Tis the season! Freelance art director and former student Rico Macias-Zepeda joins Sean to talk sleepy running shoes, fedora iterations, and the second JNCOming.

You can find Rico’s work in lots of places, including rico.biz on the web and @rico.something on the ‘gram. Rico does amazing stuff from activations to illustration to brand work, and is just all around awesome!
Rico is also an alum of the Portland State University course that Sean, past guest Kate Bingaman-Burt, and fellow alum Ciera Tague co-teach called A+D Projects—you can find out more about it at adprojects.design and see Rico’s issue of Annex archived at annex.psu.gd!

This episode was recorded Sunday, January 22, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.

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Best Wishes! (with Elizabeth Brown)

Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:00:24 GMT

We’re starting off a new year of recordings right! The hilarious Elizabeth Brown (co-founder of Each Other Studio) joins Sean to talk about holiday salesabrations, ways to maximize the resale value of planet Earth, and where designers’ ideas come from. Keep listening past what feels like it might be the end—it’s an episode that kept its receipts, and not just for the Advil Migraine!

You can find Elizabeth Brown in lots of places, such as her website elizabethstonebrown.com, or @ebaeglobalmarketplace!
You can find Elizabeth’s studio Each Other, eachother.studio online and @eachotherstudio on Instagram; she and Ellen Wilde do truly beautiful brand and interior design work for small businesses in the hospitality industry and more!
You can find Elizabeth’s experimental theater project, Caruthers Brothers, at @caruthers_brothers!

This episode was recorded Friday, January 6, 2023 in Portland, Oregon.

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Quivering Filthy Jamboree (with Dan Rhatigan)

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:00:35 GMT

To close out 2022 and usher in 2023, we’re calling in The Fixer! “Logotype surgeon” and type designer Dan Rhatigan (Director of Type Products at Type Network) sits down with Sean to talk about failing successfully, gifts from fast food heaven, and not quite getting to act with Gwyneth Paltrow in a high school musical.

This episode was recorded Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Portland, Oregon.

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How Did We Get Here? (Season One)

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 14:00:54 GMT

Are you ready for "HOW!?" 15 of today's hottest superstars (who happened to be guests on season one of Did I Do That?) in one collection (of audio clips from their respective episodes of Did I Do That? lightly reedited and compiled into a single MP3 file). Move into a new dimension with some of the season's biggest guests—I don't care who you are, where you're from, what you need, as long as you listen!

Chart-toppers from Nishat Akhtar, Adam Garcia, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Jason Sturgill, and more. "HOW" delivers nothing but the biggest hits you crave, but to get them, press the button on your screen to play! There's never been a season of this podcast presented as a collection like this before, UNTIL NOW.

Featuring:

0:00 Nishat Akhtar
0:31 Introduction
5:41 Ethan Allen Smith
7:23 Alanna Risse
9:06 Pete Bella
14:26 Briar Levit
21:05 Adam Garcia
21:55 Taryn Cowart
25:48 Kate Bingaman-Burt
27:17 Jason Sturgill
34:00 Jackie Brown
39:17 Nic Adenau
42:25 Kyle Letendre
43:59 Lizy Gershenzon
47:49 Jordan Rosenblum
51:09 Closing
56:45 Brendan Mulligan

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Portland Tuxedo (with Aaron Draplin)

Thu, 15 Dec 2022 13:00:17 GMT

We’re marking Did I Do That?’s one year anniversary—and our 24th hour of conversations with designers—with a very special guest indeed! Aaron Draplin (of Draplin Design Co., Field Notes, and many more things) joins Sean to talk retail conversations, the platforms coming to replace Twitter, and courting controversy on the slopes.

Where you can find Aaron's work:

You can find Aaron and the Draplin Design Co. on Instagram and Twitter @draplin. There, you can find some of the work Aaron mentioned, including his recent Tenacious D poster.
You can find his website, along with his merch store, at draplin.com.
You can find the book Draplin Design Co.: Pretty Much Everything available for purchase online at ddcbook.com or at most major bookstores, including our beloved Powell’s Books if you should happen to want to buy in Portland. It’s very affordable and one heck of a gorgeous volume.
Draplin’s many gorgeous Field Notes brand notebooks and sketchbooks can be found all over the world in tons of major retailers, but you can also get them at fieldnotesbrand.com—they make a great stocking stuffer!

This episode was recorded at the offices of Draplin Design Co. in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday, November 19, 2022.

Please leave a rating or review for the show on your podcast platform of choice. Telling a friend or a random person at Safeway is also a great way to keep the show growing—plus, the deals can’t be beat!

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Agents of Chaos (with Kate Carter)

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:00:20 GMT

Fire up your word processor and dial into TeleBears because we’re back in Portland! Kate Carter (founder and creative director of Saint Friend) joins Sean to talk about the heated rivalries between niche dog enthusiast magazines, the parts of the phone that art directors DON’T want you to see, and how to visit a mausoleum on hard mode.

This episode was recorded on Saturday, November 5, 2022 on the campus of Portland State University.

Check out our website: dididothat.design! It will be less bad soon—I promise!

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The Surreal World (with Lee-Sean Huang)

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:00:40 GMT

Those tossed salads and scrambled eggs must be calling again, because Did I Do That? is in Seattle for the AIGA Design Conference! Lee-Sean Huang (Creative Director of Foossa and Director of Design Content & Learning at AIGA) joins Sean to talk dialup conspiracies, leveraging the combined might of the Center for Academic Precocity and the Cronkite School of Journalism to make a reality show, and what business people think about.

You can find more about Lee-Sean at his website, leesean.net, or follow him nearly anywhere social by searching for the handle @leesean. You can find the Lee-Sean's podcasting work with the at anchor.fm/aigadesign, or by searching for "AIGA Design Podcasts" wherever you prefer your pod-based experiences are found. You can learn more about Foossa’s work in service design, futurecasting, and more at foossa.com.

This episode was recorded at the 2022 AIGA Design Conference in Seattle, Washington on Saturday, October 22, 2022.

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It’s A Toughie (with Laurie Rosenwald)

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:00:51 GMT

Is Did I Do That? back on the road at Bend Design? Yer darn tootin’! Laurie Rosenwald (author of How to Make Mistakes on Purpose) joins Sean to talk about the excitement of small town parking structures, the world’s top travel destination for both lost baggage and lost Canadians, and the sabot: the wooden shoe for all occasions!

You can find Laurie’s work, workshops, and links to buy her books at her website, rosenworld.com.

This episode was recorded in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, October 13, 2022. You can find out more about the yearly Bend Design Week conference at scalehouse.org/benddesign.

Check out our still pretty new-ish website: dididothat.design!

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Mr New Potato Design (with Joshua Berger)

Thu, 20 Oct 2022 14:00:59 GMT

Today’s your lucky day! Portland design legend Josh Berger of Plazm joins Sean to talk Jello’s good advice, elevation-related nicknames, and why you should always keep your receipt when you buy a “gently used” Xerox machine from the State of Oregon.

You can find Josh’s work online at joshuaberger.com, or on Twitter at @joshua_berger. You can find a recording of Josh’s talk, “How I Broke My Brain **and Changed My Mind,” on his website or on the Hand-Eye Supply YouTube channel.

Check out plazm.com to see the work from across Plazm’s wide-ranging portfolio, and you can even pick up some back issues of the magazine there. If you want to see some of the pieces described in this episode, or just want to dive into some of the design and editorial context around the magazine, visit magazine.plazm.com or check out @p_l_a_z_m on Instagram.

Special thanks to Marti Clemmons and the team at Portland State University Library’s Special Collections and University Archives their support in the production of this episode. You can find most of the pieces Josh described in their collection, along with tons of other cool, rare works from Portland’s art and design scenes.

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Friday, September 30, 2022.

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Position of Ambiguity (with Andy Pressman)

Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:00:45 GMT

Andy Pressman (independent creative director and future author of “Why Taxicabs Are Upside Down and On Fire”) joins Sean to talk problematic salsa cities, the joys of in-person work, and Pee-Wee Herman’s Magical Zoom Machine.

You can find Andy on Twitter (@andypressman) or check out his reverse job posting at andypressman.notion.site!

This episode was recorded at the Portland State University Art Building on Tuesday, September 13, 2022.

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Luxury Fashion Rat (with Vida Jurcic)

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:30:09 GMT

Batten down the hatches, mateys! Vida Jurcic (Founder of Hangar 18 and instructor at the IDEA School of Design at Capilano University) joins Sean to talk about her brushes with Arnold Schwarzenegger, the dangers of Dinosaur Park, and what models do in their spare time.

You can find Vida’s studio, Hangar 18 Design Continuum, at h18.com, and Vida herself on LinkedIn at LinkedIn! Vida also teaches at Capilano University’s IDEA School of Design—their student work is tremendous, and you can see it (and more of Vida’s writing) at ideaschoolofdesign.com.

This episode was recorded adjacent to the offices of Hangar 18 in Gastown, Vancouver, BC on August 15, 2022. Special thanks to the guy who came in to make and eat his lunch without saying anything while we were recording: may we all bring that level of confident indifference to the stuff that stands in the way of our happiness into the future. You do you, friend!

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!

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Illicit Sandwiches (with Hiller Goodspeed)

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:03 GMT

Jiminy Jillikers! Illustrator Hiller Goodspeed joins Sean to talk about the Spirit Halloween Cinematic Universe, the most luxurious travel accommodations you can afford on an academic salary, and clown car commuters.

You can find Hiller on Instagram (@hillergoodspeed), Twitter (also @hillergoodspeed), or Tumblr (https://hillergoodspeed.tumblr.com)!

You can find Hiller’s latest book Pond Life at Perfectly Acceptable Press (https://perfectly-acceptable.com/item/pond-life/)! It’s tons of fun and a really beautiful book inside and out!

This episode was recorded at AM Studios in Vancouver, BC on August 12, 2022.

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!

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Custodian of the Moon (with Pamela Rounis)

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:59:00 GMT

Did I Do That? is back—it’s got aches and pains, but it's also got magic! Pamela Rounis (Creative Director at Rethink) joins Sean to talk fishpacking for art majors, space sausage, and the least successful entry in the Air Bud franchise.

You can find Pamela on Instagram (@pamrounis) and Twitter (@pamelarounis).

You can find SADMAG, as well as the SADCAST, at sadmag.ca. The show is great, and Pamela’s run is full of heartfelt and funny conversations with some of the best creative folks in Vancouver. Give it a listen!

This episode was recorded in the Vancouver, BC offices of Rethink in on August 12, 2022.

Check out our brand new website: dididothat.design!

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My Dangerous Fish Attack (with Alanna Risse) [Rerun]

Thu, 11 Aug 2022 14:00:18 GMT

Alanna Risse joins Sean to talk mystery meat, accidental crimes, and all the reasons a nose is a good idea. We’re quantifying Photoshop filters in terms of number of cigarettes it takes them to finish rendering in the episode that asks how often is too often for a beer bash?

You can find Alanna at @alannarisse on all the things! (this episode was first posted March 10, 2022).

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our shiny new website, dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.

This is our last episode of summer break!

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A Michael Bay Film in App Form (with Jordan Rosenblum) [Rerun]

Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:00:24 GMT

Learn more about Jordan’s work at https://jordanrosenblum.com! This episode originally "aired" on January 27, 2022.

This is the second of our summer reruns, but don’t worry! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Follow the show on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!

If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board, especially if you're in the Seattle or Vancouver BC areas. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Compelled by the Viscosity (with Taryn Cowart) [Rerun]

Thu, 14 Jul 2022 14:00:18 GMT

Originally aired December 30, 2021

Taryn Cowart (now a creative director on the brand studio team at GitHub, previously of Instrument) joins Sean to talk about wedding ghosts, the Great D̵i̵s̵m̵a̵l̵ Swamp, and sheet cake shenanigans. We're layin’ eggs and droppin’ bombs in the episode that the former editors of the Coraddi call “a cesspool of commies and queers.”

Follow Taryn at @taryncowart on all the things, or check out her website at taryncowart.com.

This is the first of our summer reruns, but don’t worry! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board, especially if you're in the Seattle or Vancouver BC areas. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Gundam Style (with Nic Adenau)

Thu, 30 Jun 2022 14:00:31 GMT

It’s the season one finale of Did I Do That? and we are not throwing away our shot on this one! Meme curator and design leader Nic Adenau (AKA Nic A of TikTok’s Lofi Art School) joins Sean to talk Sha Na Na, Jackass’ leadership lessons, and the sketchiest way to send a $30,000 chain when it absolutely, positively has to be there overnight.

You can find Nic on TikTok @lofiartschool! You can also find Lofi Art School on the web, with links to some other services if you prefer!

This is the first season’s finale, but don’t worry! We’re not going anywhere—at least in one sense! Sean is venturing out into the world to record a few new guests in parts unknown, and new episodes will return August 25. Until then, though, we’ll be taking a cue from summer prime-time TV and pivoting to reruns of “old” favorites—as the extraordinarily lazy 1998 ad campaign for NBC’s summer reruns once put it, “if you haven’t seen it, it’s new to you!” If you’re hoping to get a friend into the show, though, maybe now’s a great time?

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer or know one who might have a story that would be a good fit for this show, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for this summer hiatus and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Structurally Unsound Snowman (with Pete Bella)

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 14:00:17 GMT

You can find Pete’s work at petebella.com and @petebellajr on Instagram. You can find his show, Design Dedux, at petebella.com/designdeduxpodcast or wherever you find your podcasts!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! You can also find the show’s Patreon there, should you find yourself in a Brewster’s Millions type scenario where you need to get rid of money fast and any old thing will do (or, you know, if you just like this thing and want to help support its production). Either way is fine by me!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer living in or traveling to the Portland metro area (or are in the Seattle or Vancouver areas) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Inane Courage (with Adam Garcia)

Thu, 02 Jun 2022 14:00:56 GMT

Los Angeles-based design powerhouse Adam Garcia (Creative Director at Apple Music) joins Sean to talk puzzle crimes, the Little Mermaid’s coffee adventure, and the ins and outs of mounting a production with the Mucinex Man. Call John Waters, ’cause we’re reviving Smell-O-Vision for this one!

You can find Adam’s work at adamrgarcia.studio and on Instagram @adamrgarcia. You can find his podcast, “Dope Excerpts,” wherever you find podcasts—give it a listen!

Got a story to share? If you’re a graphic designer living in or traveling to the Portland metro area and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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In-Store Fun (with Jackie Brown)

Thu, 19 May 2022 18:51:01 GMT

Illustrator Jackie Brown joins Sean to talk gross kid clubhouse choices and Clown College, all while Sean speculates about what it is that sculptors actually need. It’s the episode that asks: By what process is toot? How does the toot happen?You can find Jackie’s work at hellojackiebrown.com or @Jackfacekillah on Instagram.Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design!If you enjoyed this episode and want to support the show, help spread the word! Five-star reviews are always welcome, as are written reviews if you need something to keep your idle hands at bay. Don’t want to deal with the hassle of stars or keys? Telling a friend IRL is a great way to avoid both, and helps the show plenty!Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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The Horse Scrambler (with Nishat Akhtar)

Thu, 05 May 2022 14:00:04 GMT

We’re literally creating magic on a new episode of Did I Do That? with illustrator, designer, educator, and all around cool person Nishat Akhtar (VP of Creative at Instrument), who joins Sean to talk Charles Barkley’s shrimp mistakes, ranking the Four Seasons, and young Sean’s excitement at the possibility of standing on a JPEG. Why not listen? It’s there if you want it!

You can find Nishat’s work at nishataktar.com, @nishat on Instagram (where you can also see Mr. Charles Barkley himself), or on Twitter @nishatsays.

You can find Did I Do That? on some of these things and more via our website, dididothat.design!

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for summer and would love to have you on board. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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It’s Gotta Be Moo (with Lizy Gershenzon)

Thu, 21 Apr 2022 14:00:11 GMT

Future Fonts co-founder Lizy Gershenzon joins Sean to talk pieces of flair, the opposite of missed connections, and The Rainbow Passage. We’re going back to high school and making font magic in an episode that’s got milk—just not in an officially licensed form.

Learn more about Lizy at @lizyjoy on Instagram or Twitter. You can find Future Fonts and their HyperText at futurefonts.xyz. You can find Lizy and Travis’ type design studio Vectro Type Foundry at vectrotype.com!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design! Our Twitter and Facebook are a veritable visual feast of poorly sourced stock photos related to each episode. Speaking of LinkedIn, did you know that you can also follow this show on LinkedIn—why not share the shame of your listenership with your most tangential professional contacts?

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you join. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Quark vs. InDesign: Alien Wars (with Jason Sturgill)

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 14:00:00 GMT

Illustrator, art director, and famous-cat haver Jason Sturgill joins Sean to talk screensaver dreamscapes, Henry Rollins’ snowstorm preparedness tips, and Instagram museums. It’s the episode that asks, what if we made a car entirely out of plastic? We’re building castles in the sky, just the two of us!

Learn more about Jason’s work at jasonsturgill.com, or on Instagram (@jgspdx), Facebook (jasonsturgill), and LinkedIn (jasonsturgill)!

Follow Did I Do That? on some of the things via our website, dididothat.design! Our Twitter and Instagram are a veritable visual feast of poorly sourced stock photos related to each episode. Speaking of LinkedIn, did you know that you can also follow this show on LinkedIn—why not share the shame of your listenership with your tangential professional contacts?

Wanna be on the show? If you’re a graphic designer in the Portland metro area (or who will be coming to the Portland metro area) and have a song in your heart in the form of a goofy story about your past work that you need to share, reach out! Sean is booking out guests for late spring and summer and would love to have you join. Email hi@seanschumacher.com if you’re interested!

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Sometimes The Moment Needs Extra Mayo (with Kyle Letendre)

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 14:00:00 GMT

Lettering artist extraordinaire and Portland foliage fan Kyle Letendre joins Sean to talk Minnesota’s missing lakes, misguided entrepreneurial spirit, and rebrands that aren’t quite making the grade. We’re filling in the pixels in that JPEG manually in person while we get to the bottom of a question that’s been on everyone’s mind: what’s Sean’s favorite food color?You can find Kyle at @heykyle on Instagram and @heykylehey on Twitter! You can find more about their work at kyleletendre.com!You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram and Twitter if you’ve not yet abandoned social media like a sinking ship.If you enjoyed this show, despite the large body of evidence against such a thing being possible, why not share the misplaced love? Write a (five star) review on your podcasting service of choice—it really helps! Please tell a friend, too, because sharing is caring.

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My Dangerous Fish Attack (with Alanna Risse)

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 17:21:12 GMT

Alanna Risse joins Sean for the first episode of 2022 recorded in 2022 to talk mystery meat, accidental crimes, and all the reasons a nose is a good idea. We’re quantifying Photoshop filters in terms of number of cigarettes it takes them to finish rendering in the episode that asks how often is too often for a beer bash?

You can find Alanna at @alannarisse on all the things!

You can find Did I Do That? on your podcatcher of choice, or through our website, dididothat.design! You can also follow on both Instagram (@schuseanmacher) and Twitter (@designbycmte)! If you enjoyed this show, why not tell the world? Write us a review on your podcasting service or share it with a friend! These things help a new show out bunches, and this thing needs all the help it can get.

If you’re a designer reading this, good news—the next round of guests for spring and summer is being booked now! If you’re interested and will be in or around the Portland, Oregon area in the near future, send an email to sean@seanschumacher.com. I’d love to have you on if you think for some reason that’s a good idea!

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Undercover Blankets (with Brendan Mulligan)

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:00:00 GMT

It’s nearly March 2022, which means it’s time for the last episode recorded in 2021, and it’s one that starts pretty real and raw before pivoting into cookie shoptalk and the usual nonsense.

Brendan Mulligan (Nike Tees Graphics and @coolkidbrendan) joins Sean to talk about what they want on their Tombstones, sneeze guards, and the nightmarish realm that is the McDonald's Play Place. What even is design? We’re just talking about specific pastry vendors at the Portland State University Saturday farmers market. Serenity now!

You can find Brendan at @coolkidbrendan on many platforms! You can find more about his work at coolkidbrendan.com!

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Gnomes: True Secrets Revealed (with Briar Levit)

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Text ahoy! Designer, design historian, and filmmaker Briar Levit joins Sean to talk about the history of rude t-shirts, the secret to eternal life (for magazines), and the great shame of (a) PDA. Sean makes a guest say “ew,” which frankly is mostly surprising in that it took five whole episodes for it to happen. Remember: if you want to buy technology, don’t buy it at the mall!

You can find Briar at @briarlevit on Instagram and @briarmade on Twitter! You can find Briar’s book, “Baseline Shift: Untold Stories of Women in Graphic Design History” at papress.com/products/baseline-shift or at your local bookstore! You can find Briar’s movie “Graphic Means” at graphicmeans.com!

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A Michael Bay Film in App Form (with Jordan Rosenblum)

Thu, 27 Jan 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Jordan Rosenblum (visual designer/educator/socially engaged artist) joins Sean to talk blobby blue friends, a whole lot of chrome, and The Egg Space. Sean, meanwhile, spends a solid five minutes talking about a plastic skeleton in an apron at a business he never goes to! It’s the episode that finally diagrams it out for everybody who’s been dying to know: culture is where the RAM slot is and psycholinguistics is the foot. The more attention you draw to it, the more tomblike it feels!Learn more about Jordan’s work at https://jordanrosenblum.com!Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice, even in spite of the note that will follow this paragraph!Editor’s note: much like an actual Michael Bay film not in app form, this episode suffers from a bit of overzealous editing. Apologies if there’s some sound clipping and level mismatches here and there. It's not great always, but it could be worse!

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Very Dramatic Trash Can (with Kate Bingaman-Burt)

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 15:00:00 GMT

Illustrator-entrepreneur-educator-multi-hyphenate-powerhouse Kate Bingaman Burt joins Sean to talk cheerleading, kiln-based graphic design, and the always enticing vegetable medley. Sean, meanwhile, forgets that it is his job to talk on the show he hosts and unintentionally continues our student publication double-header by editing pre-taped episodes in the wrong order! We’re breaking all the rules on this one—it’s not going to look like what your grandma’s making!

Follow Kate at @katebingburt on all the things! Check out Outlet at https://outletpdx.com or follow the studio at @outletpdx also on all things!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design! If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice! Reviews and word of mouth help a lot!

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Compelled by the Viscosity (with Taryn Cowart)

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 15:00:00 GMT

Taryn Cowart (Creative Director at Instrument) joins Sean to talk about wedding ghosts, the Great ~~D̵i̵s̵m̵a̵l̵~~ Swamp, and sheet cake shenanigans. We're layin’ eggs and droppin’ bombs in the episode that the former editors of the Coraddi call “a cesspool of commies and queers.”

Follow Taryn at @taryncowart on all the things.

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!

If you enjoyed this episode, why not tell a friend (please ignore the many obvious reasons why not)? Please also rate us highly on your podcast platform of choice and, if you would be so kind, write a review too—yours could be our first!

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Pivot to Print (with Ethan Allen Smith)

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 15:00:00 GMT

Ethan Allen Smith (Associate Creative Director at Owen Jones) joins Sean to talk about local cat food, collecting feather dusters, and the success of Water World. Sean contributes the worst "The Californians" impression ever put to tape and manages to somehow forget the name of the show—truly an auspicious start.

Follow Ethan at @ethanallensmith on all the things!

Follow "Did I Do That?" on some of the things via our website, https://dididothat.design!

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Introducing Did I Do That?

Thu, 09 Dec 2021 01:17:21 GMT

Graphic design may be my passion, but danged if it isn't awfully weird to do too.

Did I Do That? is all about that! It's a new podcast what it's like to really make design and make mistakes, because you can't do one without the other. Every other week, Sean Schumacher (Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University) is joined by a guest from the world of design with a special story about their own mistakes starting out, how they ended up where they did, and other traditional topics pertinent to podcast listeners like "what was the weather like on the day they recorded this?" and "is this really the name of the show? Like, for sure?"

Sound good? Did I Do That? comes out every other Thursday starting December 16. Subscribe now, won't you?

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