About this podcast
Underscore is a podcast by the Chicago Graphic Design Club that brings you conversations with Chicago’s creative community. On this podcast, host, Christian Solorzano, explores the craft, theory, and practice of graphic design, plus discusses ideas that cultivate a more inclusive and thoughtful creative community.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 118 episodes
- 118 • CRAIGHTON BERMAN · 1 h 13 min · Episode 118Our guest is Craighton Berman, a designer, illustrator, and founder of Manual, a company that makes objects for slow living. He has been based in Chicago since 2002. In this…
- 117 • ELAINE LOPEZ · 1 h 3 min · Episode 117Our guest is Elaine Lopez, a designer and educator who teaches at Parsons and spent the formative years of her design career in Chicago. In this episode, Elaine speaks with host…
- 116 • JONATHAN NESCI · 1 h 2 min · Episode 116Our guest is Jonathan Nesci, a multidisciplinary artist working across sculpture, furniture, and fine art. He grew up in Oak Lawn, spent eleven years in Columbus, Indiana, and…
- 115 • ALISA WOLFSON · 1 h 10 min · Episode 115Our guest is Alisa Wolfson, EVP and Head of Design at Leo Chicago, where she built the agency's design department. Alisa grew up in the suburbs of Chicago and found design…
- 114 • ANNE H. BERRY · 1 h 3 min · Episode 114Our next guest is Anne H. Berry — designer, writer, educator, and Director of the School of Design at the University of Illinois Chicago. In this episode, Anne speaks with host…
- 113 • COBY REGEHR · 1 h 13 min · Episode 113Our guest is Coby Regehr, son of Carl Regehr (1919–1983)— a graphic designer, educator, and community builder who helped shape Chicago's visual identity. In this episode, Coby…
- 112 • DANA ARNETT · 1 h 5 min · Episode 112Our guest is Dana Arnett, Co-Founder and Chairman of VSA Partners — one of Chicago's most celebrated and enduring design firms. In this episode, Dana speaks with host Christian…
- 111 • JARRETT FULLER · 54 min · Episode 111Our guest is Jarrett Fuller, a designer, writer, educator, and host of the long-running podcast Scratching the Surface, based in Raleigh, North Carolina. In this episode, Jarrett…
- 110 • JO-NELL SIEREN · 1 h 0 min · Episode 110Our guest is Jo-Nell Sieren, a photographer, designer, and educator who spent fifteen years at Columbia College Chicago before moving into her current role at Northwestern, where…
- 109 • DANIEL SWARTZ · 57 min · Episode 109Our guest is Daniel Swartz — a letterpress designer, printer, and writer based in rural northern Indiana, where he runs Hoosier Type Company out of the back of his garage using…
- 108 • CASS POKORA · 1 h 5 min · Episode 108Our guest is Cass Pokora — a photographer, artist, and designer who has been a familiar face in our community for years. Cass recently exhibited at Typeforce in Bridgeport…
- 107 • MATTHEW HOFFMAN · 56 min · Episode 107Our guest is Matthew Hoffman, the artist and custodian behind You Are Beautiful — the Chicago-born project that has placed over 10 million stickers and more than 100 public…
- 106 • DEREK DESORMEAUX · 1 h 10 min · Episode 106Our guest is Derek Desormeaux, president of AIGA Chicago, who moved to Chicago from a small town in Northern Michigan after studying graphic design at Kendall College of Art and…
- 105 • SARAH ADLER · 1 h 6 min · Episode 105Our guest is Sarah Adler, a multidisciplinary designer and artist originally from Sanibel Island, Florida, who moved to Chicago in 2016 to attend the School of the Art Institute…
- 104 • LIAM GUIRITAN · 1 h 3 min · Episode 104Our guest is Liam Guiritan, a Chicago-based designer and creative coder who grew up being told there were only two career paths worth taking, and chose neither. In this episode…
- 103 • HANNAH CORMIER · 1 h 37 min · Episode 103Our guest is Hannah Cormier, a visual and digital experience designer at One Design in Chicago. In this episode, Hannah speaks with host Christian Solorzano about a design origin…
- 102 • ERIC HOTCHKISS · 1 h 1 min · Episode 102Our guest is Eric Hotchkiss, an interdisciplinary designer, engineer, and educator based in Chicago, and the founder of Made in Englewood — a design-build practice grounded…
- 101 • NIKA SIMOVICH FISHER · 1 h 7 min · Episode 101Our guest is Nika Simovich Fisher, a writer, designer, and educator based in New York City. A tenure-track Assistant Professor of Communication Design at Parsons School of…
- 100 • CHRISTIAN SOLORZANO · 1 h 21 min · Episode 100Our guest is Christian Solorzano, founder of the Chicago Graphic Design Club and host of Underscore podcast. In this milestone 100th episode, the roles reverse as Rick Valicenti…
- 099 • ROD HUNTING · 1 h 0 min · Episode 99Our guest is Rod Hunting, a Chicago-based designer and artist who creates intricate compositions built entirely from floppy discs. In this episode, Rod speaks with host Christian…
