This week we answer a question from a listener on how Brandi does her research. There’s so much info that we had to answer in two separate episodes!

This is part one of 2 episodes on RESEARCH! If you didn’t know, research is so very important… (Thus, the two-parter).

1:40 Michelles week: This week she cleaned, got a manicure with Bio Sculpture Gel Nails… Soooo good. And she played words with friends. It’s back!

4:00 Michelle is curating her instagram. Tons of people do it, and it’s so much fun. Before she started she did lots of RESEARCH, and now she curates it. This means she has has a specific look and theme to her insta. You can follow her at @michellebransfo 😀

5:27 We need to do an episode about our favorite creative apps! I’m putting this here so we don’t forget.

6:30 Michelle’s song of the week is by Damien Rice, Your Favorite Faded Fantasy

10:15 We’re trying to make it be fall. Why is it still so hot? Ughhhhhhh

11:00 Brandi’s week: She is learning french because in a few years she’s going to europe (Paris) in a few years. She should be well prepared. She got the Keds that she talked about a few episodes ago, and she spent some time remembering 9/11. Go to her Instagram to see her post from that day.

16:30 Brandi’s song of the week is by Echosmith, Future me

19:19 Embrace your weird!

20:00 Question time! What are options for research?

21:00 She rarely uses Google. Reasons to use google: To make sure that she avoids copyright infringement. That sounds like a really good idea.

Example 1: Darling & Dapper Hair Parlor

22:35 After she does her mind map and gains her concept she can know what she’s researching.

23:51 Pantone color books! (In this case she researched “Color schemes used in different eras”

24:30 Fun Fact: Pinterest is a SEARCH ENGINE, not a social media forum.

25:14 Tv shows ended up being an avenue for this specific project.

Example 2: Album Art

28:18 She needed to do research on symbolism on shape psychology. She used a books call “Symbols And Allegories in Art”

30:05 Game of thrones saying is actually “Winter is Coming”. Leave it to Michelle to get a saying wrong. *rolling eyes emoji*

33:31 Always research color theory!

33:35 Research creatively! Use books, pinterest, tv shows, head out to the library….

34:09 The NY Public Library released their visual archives for free. USE THIS!

35:45 Here we reminisce about Borders. RIP.

37:35 We introduce Kristen. She’s a bell. She’s an encourager, much like the actress Kristen Bell.

38:30 Stay tuned for Part II of this topic in Episode of 32 of Design Speaks!

Find us on all forms of social media via @BrandiSea!: Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, and you can email us any questions you want Brandi to cover at brandi@brandisea.com. Thanks to Vesperteen for letting us use his genius (“Shatter in The Night”) in every episode of Design Speaks!

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