TALK PAPER SCISSORS Podcast

📕 Brave Creative Human is out in the world and I want to say a huge THANK YOU to @rgdcanada for the incredible community you’ve built! Chatting about creative confidence with so many folks at DesignThinkers Toronto was such a delight. The world is noisy and demanding and telling us to be “More! Better!” As humans, we have the innate ability to creatively problem solve and make things, no matter how practical or frivolous, but it can be difficult under these loud conditions. Here’s the magic: you’re a brave creative human.✨🪩You always have been and you always will be. I firmly believe that we needn’t change ourselves; instead we can choose to change our perspective, side stepping the noise to more freely and joyfully create from the inside out. (And thank you to @guy.anabella for always being in my corner, figuratively and literally.❤️) #bravecreativehuman #rgddt #book #publishing #impostersyndrome #joy #failure #success #makingfriendswithfailure 🎥 @paprmache

@talkpaperscissors Episode 305: First Things First 2020 with Marc O’Brien and Benjamin Gaydos ☝️ This is the second episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America!  This episode features 2 of the 3 authors of the First Things First 2020 manifesto, Marc O’Brien and Benjamin Gaydos. (Namita Dharia couldn’t join us but we hope to catch her in conversation again soon!) In this conversation you’ll hear the tremendous global impact of the original First Things First manifesto in 1964 and what it means to each our guests. You’ll hear the way in which the First Things First 2020 manifesto is a collection of voices versus a single voice, and why this was so important to the team in the context of when it was created. You’ll also hear about the actionable ways that you can both work as a designer while staying aligned to your values even if your role isn’t directly in sustainability, climate design, or design for social good. @climatedesignersorg @climatedesignerstorontogta Check out / where you can add your name to the growing list of designers who aim to put this manifesto into practice. This episode was recorded as part of a guest lecture series in @gcmtmu #GCM806 - Advanced Typography in Winter 2026 at @thecreativeschl at Toronto Metropolitan University. #TalkPaperScissors #FirstThingsFirst #FirstThingsFirst2020

@talkpaperscissors Episode 304: Designing Systems of Type (Mistakes and All!) with James Edmondson of OH no Type Co. ✏️ 📖 💻 This is the first episode in a 4-part guest lecture series, speaking with an incredible range of design and typography pros from across North America!  This episode features type designer and founder of @ohnotypeco , James Edmondson. In this conversation you’ll hear James’ typography origin story (he’s still an 8-year-old at heart!), how he uses “Pen Logic” to help construct systems of type, and how he knows when a typeface is complete. You’ll hear some great questions from students asking for all the juicy details about mistakes in his work, as well as what James hates about the process. This episode was recorded as part of a guest lecture series in @gcmtmu #GCM806 - Advanced Typography in winter 2026 at @thecreativeschl at Toronto Metropolitan University. #TalkPaperScissors #Typography #TypeDesign

@talkpaperscissors Episode 303: The Library Loiterers - Vol. 1: Following the Fear with Tim Miller at Robarts Library 📚🎙️ Welcome, dear friends, to The Library Loiterers. Each episode finds Diana loitering in a library with a special guest in a library location of their choosing. We comb the stacks and have a chat about passions, practices, and possibilities—letting the story unfold as it will. You’re encouraged to read between the lines because it’s going to be a real page turner… This episode features improv extraordinaire and Diana’s beloved high school drama teacher, Tim Miller @baldteacherdude , as the duo explores the University of Toronto’s Robarts Library. In the very place he once says he lost his love of reading, something unexpected happens: Tim begins to rediscover that he might still be a reader after all. #TalkPaperScissors #Robarts #library #libraryloiterers #uoft

@talkpaperscissors Episode 302: Sabotaging Self-Sabotage with Lauren Hortie of Oasis Skateboard Factory 🛹🫟 It’s a high school experience like no other — Welcome to @oasisskateboardfactory in Toronto, Canada where students make, design, and sell custom boards for real clients all while receiving high school credits. This alternative school flips the script on what it means to learn and teach in high school, removing artificial boundaries between “school” and “the outside world”. Themes of equity, access, and cultivating community connections are explored. Guest and teacher, Lauren Hortie, shares how she and her colleagues work to cultivate an environment of experimentation and risk taking, helping to sabotage self-sabotage. If you’re an educator, listen in, but this conversation is also for students and anyone who works in education systems of any kind.  #talkpaperscissors #experientiallearning #maker

@talkpaperscissors Episode 301: The Magic of Metaphor with Psychotherapist and Author Kate Robson ✨🎙️🍰🧥 Today’s guest is registered psychotherapist and author, @authorkaterobson , exploring her new book, ‘Something to Hold Onto: Simple Images, Metaphors, and Practical Tools to Transform Your Life’. Her book is an incredible resource, exploring complex human problems through a therapeutic lens to help make challenging moments a little less challenging. You’ll hear about the power of metaphor, through metaphors, to get out of thought ruts. We explore ideas including: failure, happiness, metal flexibility, choice, avoidance, teamwork, identity, creativity, and connection. It’s deep, it’s gentle, it’s eye, mind and heart opening. This episode is co-hosted by my friend and colleague, @thenewcormier . #TalkPaperScissors #SomethingToHoldOnto #Author #Book @simonandschuster

@talkpaperscissors Episode 300: Clarendon: An Incomplete History of Type ✨🎙️🔤 From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) This episode is guest hosted by Jordan Grey. Name: Clarendon Release Date: 1845 Designer: Robert Besley Classification: Slab Serif (Egyptian) Owned By: Today its multiple versions are owned by multiple foundries. Claim to Fame: This is the first first-ever registered and patented typeface. @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl [Image Description: A majuscule letter C and minuscule letter c set in the typeface Clarendon, with the words ‘An Incomplete History of Type: Clarendon’ below it. A photo of guest host, Jordan Grey, is pictured beside the text.] #TalkPaperScissors #AnIncompleteHistoryofType #StudentCollab #Clarendon

@talkpaperscissors Episode 299: San Francisco: An Incomplete History of Type ✨🎙️🔤 From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) This episode is guest hosted by Sheilae Siagian. Name: San Francisco Release Date: 2014 Designer: Apple’s Team (based on Helvetica and FF DIN) Classification: Neo-Grotesque Sans Serif Owned By: Apple Claim to Fame: This is the first new typeface designed by Apple in nearly 20 years, it’s the UI font for Apple’s software. @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl [Image Description: A majuscule letter S and minuscule letter s set in the typeface San Francisco, with the words ‘An Incomplete History of Type: San Francisco’ below it. A photo of guest host, Sheilae Siagian, is pictured beside the text.] #TalkPaperScissors #AnIncompleteHistoryofType #StudentCollab #SanFrancisco

@talkpaperscissors Episode 298: Verdana: An Incomplete History of Type ✨🎙️🔤 From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) This episode is guest hosted by Sol Riquero. Name: Verdana Release Date: 1996 Designer: Matthew Carter and Thomas Rickner Classification: Humanist Sans Serif Owned By: Microsoft Claim to Fame: A typeface that was designed not for print, but for the screen, changing the way digital text looked and felt. @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl [Image Description: A majuscule letter V and minuscule letter v set in the typeface Verdana, with the words ‘An Incomplete History of Type: Verdana’ below it. A photo of guest host, Sol Riquero, is pictured beside the text.] #TalkPaperScissors #AnIncompleteHistoryofType #StudentCollab #Verdana

@talkpaperscissors Episode 297: Garamond: An Incomplete History of Type ✨🎙️🔤 From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) This episode is guest hosted by Lilly Clements. Name: Garamond Release Date: Mid 16th Century Designer: Claude Garamond Classification: Old Style Serif Typeface Owned By: Not owned by one single person, but digital variations are owned by multiple different companies: Adobe Garamond, Monotype Garamond, Stempel Garamond, and EB Garamond Claim to Fame: Garamond is the most legible text typeface for publishing for centuries. @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl [Image Description: A majuscule letter G and minuscule letter g set in the typeface Garamond, with the words ‘An Incomplete History of Type: Garamond’ below it. A photo of guest host, Lilly Clements, is pictured beside the text.] #TalkPaperScissors #AnIncompleteHistoryofType #StudentCollab #Garamond

@talkpaperscissors Episode 296: Calibri: An Incomplete History of Type ✨🎙️🔤 From the middle ages to the Middle East, From Futura to Freight, join us on a journey across the type universe and go where no designer has gone before...Welcome to An Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) This episode is guest hosted by Emma Pereira. Name: Calibri Release Date: 2007 Designer: Lucas de Groot Classification: Sans Serif Owned By: Microsoft Corporation Claim to Fame: Calibri made history by dethroning Times New Roman as the default font of the MS Office Suite. @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl [Image Description: A majuscule letter C and minuscule letter c set in the typeface Calibri, with the words ‘An Incomplete History of Type: Calibri’ below it. A photo of guest host, Emma Pereira, is pictured beside the text.] #TalkPaperScissors #AnIncompleteHistoryofType #StudentCollab #Calibri

We’re baaaaaaaack! ✨🎙️🔤 Every day this week, you’ll hear a brand new episode of the Incomplete History of Type (Part 6!) series, hosted by students in #GCM806 at @gcmtmu @thecreativeschl @torontomet . Stay tuned for the stories behind #Calibri, #Garamond, #Verdana, SanFrancisco and #Clarendon.