Creative Thinking & Getting into Graphic Design with David Birch

INNER AVENUE

Send us a love note 🎧💌Introducing the very first episode of the INNER AVENUE Podcast! In this conversation I sat down with Southampton-based Senior Creative Designer David Birch.Not only is Dave an ex-colleague and good friend, but a talented Creative Designer at a local agency. You might be wondering why I say "creative" and not "Graphic", and the answer lies in the episode itself, on Creative Thinking.Dave describes himself as a jack-of-all trades but IMO he is mastering one... Authenticity...

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1. Creative Thinking & Getting into Graphic Design with David Birch (00:00:00)

2. Role as a Creative Designer (00:02:19)

3. Carving a path in the Design industry (00:03:03)

4. Understanding Clients (00:04:36)

5. Software & Technical Design (00:05:32)

6. Honing your craft (00:06:16)

7. Childhood (00:08:02)

8. Art College & Education (00:11:16)

9. Neil Gaiman & Building Habits (00:14:28)

10. What is Creativity? (00:15:55)

11. Design for Marketing (00:20:03)

12. Challenging a brief (00:20:55)

13. Art & Design is about telling a story (00:21:48)

14. Students need to experience the world (00:22:00)

15. The Learning Process (00:24:03)

16. Designing in and for today (00:26:45)

17. To niche or not to niche (00:31:47)

18. Finding inspiration and perspective (00:33:55)

19. Nothing is that new (00:37:47)

20. Creative confidence is a result of life experience (00:41:00)

21. Mental Health and Creativity (00:44:04)

22. Inspirations in Southampton (00:47:12)

23. Finding Dave's work (00:49:24)

24. Outro (00:50:15)