On todays episode we’ll be talking about staying true to yourself as a designer and what that looks like.

1:35  Have you seen Moana yet? No? Why not? Go watch it.

2:15  Brandi has been “binging” Penny Dreadful on Netflix. This is for all of you victorian literature junkies. It’s bloody, gory, and apparently great acting.

3:55  BREAKING NEWS: Josh Hartnett is still around and doing great things! (He’s in Penny Dreadful)

5:14  You don’t have to read the books to understand the show. This is an important show note.

6:18  Another show: A Series of Unfortunate Events. Go watch. Between the narrator & NPH… Yes, please. 100%.

8:12  This is us. Drink water. Stay hydrated while watching this show.

8:47  Milo Ventimiglia. That is all.

9:40  Advice from Michelle: Everyone needs a good cry every now and then.

10:15  WHAT happened in the middle of Lost? No one knows. Seriously. Not even the writers no what happened. The polar bears. WHAT is it with the polar bears???

11:14  Brandi has promised to watch This is Us this week. Will she come through???

11:57  Brandi won some awards through the American Advertising Federation. A pretty huge honor!

17:00  Michelle ask’s brandi if the possibility of winning an award affects the way she designs.

17:27  Brandi answers… In short…. No, but then she expounds upon her answer.

18:02  Brandi: “Are we teaching our students to be accolade minded. Is that what we design for: a pat on the back? Is that what we’re here for, or are we supposed to be doing something better than that?”

20:16  Michelle asks, How would a design work with an award-winning mindset look as opposed to what you would come up with with the client in mind? Brandi says it would be more corporate looking… Clean, logos, not a lot of personality, things with a double meeting.

23:15  Staying true to yourself within your work isn’t always easy, but it’s definitely important to keep yourself grounded.

23:40  The James Victore philosophy

24:55  Brandi’s brain is more formal than her mouth. Also… She uses a typewriter??? What year is it?

28:26  Song of the week… Goo Goo Dolls, Name. An oldie, but a goodie. <3

30:16  “..and did you lose yourself somewhere out there? Did you get to be a star?” Inspo for the week! Don’t forget your ambitions and the dreams that you have!

30:56  As creatives, our self esteem is a roller coaster. We put a piece of ourselves into the work that we do, and then we put it out into the world to accept or reject, which in turn turns into feeling like the world is accepting or rejecting us personally.

31:40  What do you do to stay true to who you are? Give us your feed back brandisea.com and @brandisea on Instagram & Twitter. Check out Vesperteen – Thanks to him for letting us use his song, Shatter in The Night, for our show. Wouldn’t be the same without some Vesperteen in our lives.

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