Mike Nicholls — Nuances of the Black experience.

That’s my guest Mike Nicholls, He is a creative director, brand strategist, publisher, visual designer, and illustrator. He’s been translating ideas into visionary creative solutions utilizing his over 20 years of design experience and natural talent. Mike is also the founder and creative director of Umber Publishing, an independent publishing house based in Oakland, CA. He visually designs and illustrates the perspective of the contributor, from curation – to content and final magazine design.

We discuss the nuances of the Black and Brown reality and why a publishing platform such as a magazine allows the community to archive their own perspective.

I hope you can appreciate the way we nerd out on typography, culture, and the return to a tactile design experience. Enjoy!

Mentions

Umber Publishing

FreakNik
Emigre
Vibe
The Source

Follow Mike at Personal Website   / Instagram

————

Credits

————

Like what you just heard? Support the process and rate us on Apple Podcasts 🙂 

About the Works in Process Podcast:

A podcast series by George Garrastegui, Jr. — designer, educator, and creative catalyst. Works In Process is a collection of discussions that exploring and demystify the creative process. I interview individuals to gain more insight into the ways they work and the projects they produce.

Subscribe to Works in Process:

Apple Podcast > http://wip.show/apple_podcast

Spotify > http://wip.show/spotify

Google Podcast Music > http://wip.show/googleplay

Stitcher > http://wip.show/stitcher

TuneIn > http://wip.show/tunein
 

An educator, designer, and a creative catalyst, George is a native New Yorker who started a podcast in 2017, because he didn't like to write. He also wanted a way to learn and chronicle varied ways or making. We hope you enjoy his journey.

Further reading

Episode 26 Rich Tu

Artist, Designer, Podcast host

Parlaying one Experience into the Next

Subscribe

Recent posts