Not Easily Squished

Kyle talks about Podcast Designer as an emerging discipline and how it will be a vital skill for any studio focused on podcast content creation.

Podcast design is an act of communication. However, a common mistake made by most podcasters is thinking of ourselves as only audio communicators. We’re fortunate to speak the audio language fluently, but we need to be able to translate that thinking into visual and performance mediums as well. In other words, we need to be bilingual. But not in the way you would expect. If you are bilingual, it means you are fluent in two languages. However, using bilingual in the context of audio communication AND visual and performance mediums is a little more nuanced. And it is the cornerstone of good podcast design.

"The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense." -- Thomas Edison

To get your art muscles strong enough to start designing podcasts, you need to listen to the Create Art Podcast. If you're like me and crave creativity, art, and learning how to find your artistic muse, then you need to join my good friend Timothy Kimo Brien as he takes a deep dive into the world of creativity with the Create Art Podcast.

Not Easily Squished, hosted by Kyle M. Bondo, talks about Audio Experience (AX) Design and the emerging discipline of Podcast Design. Learn how to take your fragile podcast concept and transform it into a fierce audio experience that is Not Easily Squished!

• NES Website: noteasilysquished.com
• NES Theme Music "What Are You Waiting For" by NoiseWorld
• NES Libsyn Episode Library
• NES Podcast Industry Model [PDF]

Thank you for listening! Be sure to check out the other Gagglepod Studios shows including Podwrecked, PAUSE for Dramatic Effect, and Create Art Podcast -- you can find all of these and more at Gagglepod.com

Ep.01 - I am Not Easily Squished Where do podcast ideas come from? Kyle explains how the influences of two brilliant designers -- Sir Jony Ive and Hillman Curtis -- helped form his design philosophy foundation.

From Sir Jony Ive he learned:

• Encouraged informal questioning and inquiry, tolerated mistakes and promoted innovation.
• Make your studio into an "idea factory" with brainstorming sessions at least two times a week -- No exceptions!
• Create a space that allows ideas to not be so easily squished.
• Constantly simplify and do away with as much as possible (Less is Better).
• Make things that express your appreciation for people you will probably never meet.

From Hillman Curtis he learned:

• You need to make 100 bad designs before you discover a good one.
• Take the ideas that are in your head and do something with them.
• Keep your mind fertile with personal interests, experiences, and curiosity.
• Ideas originate from a mind free from distractions.
• Your job as a designer is to make the invisible visible.

Notable Quotes in this episode:

"While ideas ultimately can be so powerful, they begin as fragile, barely formed thoughts, so easily missed, so easily compromised, so easily squished." -- Jony Ive (Apple)

"The goal of a designer is to listen, observe, understand, sympathize, empathize, synthesize, and glean insights that enable him or her to 'make the invisible visible'." -- Hillman Curtis

"Be prepared to reinvent yourself. Be prepared to go out on a limb occasionally, and be prepared to do things that you feel strongly about." -- Hillman Curtis

Presented by Create Art Podcast To get your art muscles strong enough to start designing podcasts, you need to listen to the Create Art Podcast. If you're like me and crave creativity, art, and learning how to find your artistic muse, then you need to join my good friend Timothy Kimo Brien as he takes a deep dive into the world of creativity with the Create Art Podcast.

You might know Tim as my co-host on Podwrecked and as an experienced podcaster in his own right. But did you also know that he is an accomplished artist with over 20 years of experience in the fine arts and poetry world? He is an amazing artist and his new podcast -- Create Art Podcast -- is about exploring the world of creativity with interviews with artists, conversations on art, and commentary about articles and books on creativity.

To discover -- or rediscover -- your creative voice (with Tim’s guidance) at createartpodcast.com and subscribe to CAP wherever you listen to podcasts. Creativity is best when it’s with friends and Tim will teach you how you can create more than you consume. Learn more about the Create Art Podcast at createartpodcast.com

About NES Podcasting Starts with an idea: an idea that is not easily squished! However, long before their creators ever sit down at the microphone, a podcast idea needs to hardened, tested, and found worthy. This goes beyond just content creation and delivery. It requires real thought and structure to design a podcast that will survive long enough to find an audience. Follow your host Kyle M. Bondo has he takes fragile podcast ideas and transforms them into fierce audio concepts that are Not Easily Squished!

• NES Website: noteasilysquished.com
• NES Theme Music: What Are You Waiting For by NoiseWorld
• NES Podcast Hosting: Libsyn.com

NES is a Gagglepod Studios Production Thank you for listening! Be sure to check out the other Gagglepod Studios shows including Podwrecked, PAUSE for Dramatic Effect, and Create Art Podcast -- you can find all of these and more at Gagglepod.com

Go create something great!

Ep.02 - Principles of Good Podcast Design Part 1

Kyle explores the Ten Principles of Good Design by Dieter Rams to see if these principles can help you determine if your podcast design is good design.

Episode at a Glance

Every design student at some point in their career has encountered Ten Principles for Good Design by Dieter Rams. Rams was an infamous German industrial designer and the Chief Design Officer at Braun for over 30 years. In fact, many of the consumer products Rams created for Brauns are still used today. He was also well known for his “Less but Better” minimalist aesthetic and for being one of the first designers who strived to be environmentally friendly before it was cool. Rams knows design. But does his design philosophy -- created almost half a century ago -- a relevant tool for podcast creative engineers to use even today?

Ten Principles of Good Design (1-5) Kyle explores the first 5 principles of the Ten Principles of Good Design in Part 1 of this two-part series:

• Number 1. Good design is innovative
• Number 2. Good design makes a product useful
• Number 3. Good design is aesthetic
• Number 4. Good design makes a product understandable
• Number 5. Good design is unobtrusive

Notable Quotes in this episode:

"Less is Better" -- Dieter Rams

Sources

• Dieter Rams: 10 Principles for Good Design
• Dieter Rams – 6 Interesting Facts

Presented by Create Art Podcast

To get your art muscles strong enough to start designing podcasts, you need to listen to the Create Art Podcast. If you're like me and crave creativity, art, and learning how to find your artistic muse, then you need to join my good friend Timothy Kimo Brien as he takes a deep dive into the world of creativity with the Create Art Podcast.

About NES

Podcasting Starts with an idea: an idea that is not easily squished! However, long before their creators ever sit down at the microphone, a podcast idea needs to hardened, tested, and found worthy. This goes beyond just content creation and delivery. It requires real thought and structure to design a podcast that will survive long enough to find an audience. Follow your host Kyle M. Bondo has he takes fragile podcast ideas and transforms them into fierce audio concepts that are Not Easily Squished!

• NES Website: noteasilysquished.com
• NES Theme Music: What Are You Waiting For by NoiseWorld
• NES Podcast Hosting: Libsyn.com

NES is a Gagglepod Studios Production

Thank you for listening! Be sure to check out the other Gagglepod Studios shows including Podwrecked, PAUSE for Dramatic Effect, and Create Art Podcast -- you can find all of these and more at Gagglepod.com

Go create something great!

Kyle introduces the Podcast Design Builder Game that can be played to strengthen your creativity by forcing you to come up with a podcast idea based on established constraints.

Podcast Design Builder Game v0.3 [PDF]

• The host invites 2-4 guests to create 10 design requirements (5-10 minutes).
• Each of the guests spends some time creating a rough podcast idea (5-10 minutes).
• Everyone shares their rough podcast idea with the host asking clarifying questions.
• Everyone then explores each other’s creation (Pros/Cons, Open Forum).
• If there needs to be a winner, the host, the guests, or the audience decides.

#1 – Roll dice to determine their TEN Podcast Design Requirements

• The Host rolls (1D20, 1D10, 1D6) to determine the 10 podcast design requirements.

#2 – With the Requirements, take 5-10 minutes to develop a PODCAST PROTOTYPE:

• Provide Detail to each Requirement
• Define Their Topic
• Define Their Target Listener

#3 – Give your Podcast a NAME:

• This podcast is called...

#4 – Guests present their PODCAST PROTOTYPE high-level WHY Statement/Synopsis:

• What is this show about (high-level)?
• Who’s it for (target audience)?
• Why should we care (hook)?

#5 – Guests present what their very first episode and season would be:

• Episode #1 is called...
• After a full season you will know

• One of the hosts is the judge and the winner is decided at the end.
• Everyone on the show decides who wins and the winner is decided at the end.
• The audience decides which podcast prototype is the winner based on Social Media and Email feedback with the winner announced on Bonus Content

"Crispy WHY! Now with a third less calories!" -- Timothy Kimo Brien

To get your art muscles strong enough to start designing podcasts, you need to listen to the Create Art Podcast. If you're like me and crave creativity, art, and learning how to find your artistic muse, then you need to join my good friend Timothy Kimo Brien as he takes a deep dive into the world of creativity with the Create Art Podcast.

Not Easily Squished, hosted by Kyle M. Bondo, talks about Audio Experience (AX) Design and the emerging discipline of Podcast Design. Learn how to take your fragile podcast concept and transform it into a fierce audio experience that is Not Easily Squished!

• NES Website: noteasilysquished.com
• NES Theme Music "What Are You Waiting For" by NoiseWorld
• NES Libsyn Episode Library
• NES Podcast Industry Model [PDF]

Thank you for listening! Be sure to check out the other Gagglepod Studios shows including Podwrecked, PAUSE for Dramatic Effect, and Create Art Podcast -- you can find all of these and more at Gagglepod.com

Do you need real voice actors to make an audio drama? No. No, you don't. You can get away with your friends and family. It might not be great. It might not even be in person. But it will be recorded, edited, and done. When you get yourself a budget and have a real cast, then you can be picky. But when you're in a rush, sometimes good is the best you can hope for. Especially if you're going to do this as a daily audio drama! It is just one of the constraints that forces you to get creative when creating an audio drama.

Introducing Part 5 of 13 parts in my Between the Pauses mini-series that explores my thoughts while making my first audio drama: PAUSE for Dramatic Effect! If you're interested in the complete first season of Pause for Dramatic Effect you can download and listen to it for free at PAUSEforDramaticEffect.com or wherever you find your podcasts.

I would love for you to tell me how you think the story of Pause for Dramatic Effect turned out by giving it a rating and review or sending a Boost using one of the latest Podcast 2.0 app which you can find at Podcasting2.org. If you don't have a Podcast 2.0 app, I would highly recommend Podcastguru.io or Truefans.fm to get all the new podcast features you didn't know you were missing!

Meanwhile, I'm now the founder of a new podcasting education and technology company called Oncetold. If you're ready to tell your story and start your own podcast then you need Oncetold at oncetold.us.

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Not Easily Squished podcast episode #011 was originally published by Oncetold on June 12th, 2024. What Are You Waiting For by NoiseWorld licensed via AudioJungle.net. Copyright © 2024. Not Easily Squished and Oncetold. All Rights Reserved.