Episode 153: Kronda Adair

WordPress developer and consultant Kronda Adair, one of Revision Path's early featured guests, is back to talk with me this week.

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I had the pleasure of first interviewing Kronda for the site back in 2013, and it has been amazing to see her progress over the years. As the founder of Karvel Digital, Kronda develops WordPress websites and gives business owners the training they need to own and manage their digital presence.

We spent a lot of time talking about how Kronda built her business, including what she’s learned over the years and how she’s taken that knowledge and distilled it into her latest project: Websites That Work. We also had a pretty candid conversation about diversity in both the technology and information marketing spaces. Kronda is a force to be reckoned with, and I’m eager to see what she’s going to do next!

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Episode 152: Senongo Akpem

This week, we're talking to one of Revision Path's very first guests -- Senongo Akpem.

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Senongo Akpem is a brilliant art director and illustrator currently in New York City. What I love about Senongo’s work is how he mixes futurism along with his Nigerian culture to create really fantastically creative projects.

We started off by discussing two of his most well-known projects — Pixel Fable and Holo Halo. From there, Senongo walked me through his early career, explained how his time in Japan helped shaped him as a designer, and gave some really sharp critiques on the current design community. Senongo is one of the very first designers I reached out to back in Revision Path’s early days, so our interview today feels like a real full circle moment. I think you’ll really get a lot out of this episode. Enjoy!

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Episode 151: Dewon Hall

This week's interview is with Dewon Hall, webmaster for Mississippi Valley State University.

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After 150 episodes, I thought it would be a great idea to look back at some of the designers we’ve profiled from the early days of Revision Path. What are they up to now? What has changed since our first interview? I’m curious to know!

Dewon Hall was first featured on the site back in August 2013, and he’s currently the webmaster for Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena, MS. Before his work at MVSU, he worked for the past decade at Shamoon Advertising and Marketing creating award-winning campaigns.

Dewon walked me through a typical day working at MVSU, and from there we went into pros and cons of being a designer in a rural area — something I’m all too familiar with! He also talked about the work he’s doing with art students in the Mississippi Delta area through a program called A.R.T. | Acknowledging Real Talent. According to Dewon, it’s important for him to be exactly where he is so he can help foster the next generation of designers. Powerful words from a great designer. Keep up the awesome work, Dewon!

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Episode 150: Ashleigh Axios

Our 150th episode is with former White House creative director Ashleigh Axios.

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July has been such an amazing month, and I’m so excited to celebrate our 150th episode with a conversation with the incomparable Ashleigh Axios. She’s an international speaker, a strategic creative, a member of the national board of directors for AIGA, president emeritus for AIGA DC, and is the former creative director for the White House under President Obama’s administration. Whoa!

We talked about the work Ashleigh’s done during her tenure at the White House, and she shared which project challenged her the most as well as what it’s like actually working in such close proximity with some of the nation’s top officials. Ashleigh also gave her thoughts on whether the administration’s current focus on tech and design would continue into the future, and we went into her current work with AIGA. Ashleigh is a huge advocate for design’s ability to break barriers and create positive social change, and I think we will definitely see more from her in the future!

Here’s to 150 episodes!

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