Ep. 2: Janet Odgis of Odgis & Co.

01/16/19 • 32 min

The GDUSA Podcast: Conversations About Graphic Design

Host Gordon Kaye speaks with Janet Odgis, president and creative director of Odgis + Company, an award-winning, woman-owned design firm based in New York City, that has worked with some of the world's most prestigious corporations.

Janet Odgis is President and Creative Director at Odgis + Co., an award-winning, woman-owned branding firm in New York City. She founded Odgis + Co. in 1985 after receiving her MFA from Yale University. Previously, she had been a Special Projects Designer at Random House, Knopf and Vintage and art directed and designed in the advertising, pharmaceutical and magazine sales promotion industries. She has taught graphic design for five years at Parsons The New School for Design and for 12 years at The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. Janet believes good design is essential for human happiness and her goal is to make business beautiful.

Read Janet's HuffPost blog here.

Find out more about Odgis + Co: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram: @odgisandco

This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.

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Read Janet's HuffPost blog here.

Find out more about Odgis + Co: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram: @odgisandco

This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.

Listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Spotify, Stitcher, and anywhere else podcasts can be found.

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Ep. 1: Scott Starrett

Host Gordon Kaye speaks with Scott Starrett, co-founder and creative director of Tandem Design, the firm responsible for Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's 2018 campaign design.

Scott Starrett is co-founder and creative director at Tandem in New York City. As a child he was fascinated by the fact that everything in the man-made world is made up of a series of ideas and choices. He realized human beings were making it up as they went...and he wanted in on it.

Tandem's Instagram: @tandem.nyc

Scott's Instagram: @gaptoothgrin

Find out more:

Ocasio-Cortez website: https://ocasio2018.com/splash

Hidalgo website: https://www.linahidalgo.com/

Brand New Congress: https://brandnewcongress.org/

Progressive Hacknight: http://www.progressivehacknight.org/

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Ep. 3: Megan Flood of Marine Lane

Gordon talks with Megan Flood of boutique design studio Marine Lane about design school, bipartisan politics and her love of Serendipity ice cream.

Megan Flood is CEO, Founder and Creative Director of NYC-based design studio Marine Lane. Under Megan's leadership, the firm continually creates compelling and award-winning work for a range of clients. A past GDUSA Person To Watch, Megan is a regular guest speaker at her alma mater, University of Michigan Stamps School of Art & Design and Parsons The New School for Design.

Follow Marine Lane on Instagram and Twitter.

This episode was produced by Sasha Kaye-Walsh.

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