Students of Design

About Students of Design

Students of Design is a graphic design podcast for students, young professionals, or anyone navigating the design industry. Hosted by Joseph Israel Raul Bullard, a Logo & Visual Identity Designer based in Colorado. Join me as I interview industry professionals and work with them to decode the design industry, talk about what it takes to be successful, and hopefully answer some of those burning questions that all students have. Email your question to studentsofdesignpod@gmail.com.

Publisher

Joseph Israel Raul Bullard

Category

arts · education · education

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

19 May 2024

Latest episode

24 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Jul 2026

   Lauren Hom – Culinary School, Time as an Ingredient, and Slowly Burning Out – Ep50

   Lauren is a lettering artist, muralist, food stylist, and trained chef based in New York City. Throughout her career, she's worked with clients including Airbnb, Target, Vans, Mailchimp, Adobe, White Claw, and many more. Lauren has also done an incredible job of monetizing passion projects like Daily Dishonesty, Ex Boyfriend Tears, and Will Letter for Lunch. In fact, landing a book deal worth 25K for Daily Dishonesty was a big reason she was able to leave her advertising job and pursue a career as a lettering artist. It all makes sense after you realize she made money in middle school from customizing her classmate's sneakers with bubble letters, and sold thrifted clothes from her parents' front lawn while she was in high school. Total entrepreneur at heart! Lauren was also a mathelete, grew up watching her grandmother clip coupons, she makes a mean apple pie, and found her prom dress at a flea market. She even landed a client while dressed like a hamburger at a Halloween party she almost didn't go to, but that's a story for another day. Despite all her success, she's not immune to imposter syndrome, is still working to separate her self-worth from her income, and spent time working as a dog walker in Brooklyn after she left her full-time advertising job. But that didn't stop her from traveling the world, going to culinary school, or getting the phrase, "Work Hard. Snack Often." tattooed on her arm when she was 23. Tune in for a conversation about how time is an essential ingredient for cooking and creativity, why raw ravioli is a part of her origin story, and how she earned $69,000 in a single week by teaching online. Follow Lauren on Instagram @homsweethom, and check out her portfolio of work on her website: homsweethom.com.

2. 

   19 Jun 2026

   Colby Nichols – Becoming a Professional Dork, Magic: The Gathering, and Dungeons & Dragons – Ep49

   Colby is a designer, illustrator, dungeon master for hire, and Art Director of Print Innovation for Magic: The Gathering at Wizards of the Coast. So, besides my partner Meg, Colby is the closest thing to a Wizard I've ever met. lol. Anyway, before joining Wizards, he was a Creative Director and Co-Founder of Jolby, a design and illustration studio he started with his best friend Josh Kenyon. After 12 long years at Jolby, he decided to step away to rediscover his "why" and realized he was spending most of his time writing and playing tabletop games, which convinced him to pursue a role at Wizards. However, long before becoming a professional dork, Colby drew characters from Nintendo Power Magazine like Link from The Legend of Zelda, popped his first pack of Magic cards in 1995, and wanted to be a Sunday morning comic strip artist when he was a kid. Fast-forward through hundreds of D&D sessions, therapeutic Post-It notes, and video games, and Colby has partnered with Nike, Pixar, Nickelodeon, Google, and many other impressive clients throughout his career. He lives by the "Rule of Cool," knows how to "Ride the Weird," and self-published his own light-hearted gothic "Karma Crawl" called Chadwick and the Southern Scourge. Tune in for a talk about following his passion for storytelling and tabletop games, why he stepped away from a design studio he co-founded, and how playing D&D can help you become a better creative professional. Worst case, you get to hear us be reasonably cool-sounding dorks! Follow Colby on Instagram @colbynichols, and check out more of his work on his website: colbyhichols.com. “You’re gonna need good people way more than you’re gonna need good talent.”

3. 

   25 May 2026

   Tyler Pate – The Creative Pain, Nickelodeon, and Corporate Design Misconceptions – Ep48

   Tyler is a creative leader, art director, and illustrator born "in the sticks" of South Carolina and now based in Los Angeles. You might be familiar with his personal brand, The Creative Pain, an outlet that he uses to process the hurdles, burnout, and doubt that come with the creative journey. Luckily, Tyler grew up with his cousin, Darby, and they competitively pushed each other's creativity. Obsessed with skateboarding culture, Tyler collected graphics and stickers, and even made his own skateboarding wax without burning the house down. Lol. Like most creative professionals, he studied design in college, Francis Marion University in his case, and he's taken risks throughout his career, like leaving a full-time agency job to move across the country and become a full-time freelancer. His work is full of illustrations of donuts, 90s cartoon characters, and his dog, Iggy, and he's partnered with Adobe, Wacom, POSCA, and StickerApp. Tyler has also created artwork for The Black Keys, Jack White, and Paul McCartney, and he's no stranger to the corporate design world, having worked as an art director on Nickelodeon's consumer products team. At Nickelodeon, he created product guides for some of the network's biggest IPs, including SpongeBob SquarePants, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Avatar: The Last Airbender. Tune in for a talk about growing up in a town of 750 people, learning to look at design through a consumer-product lens, corporate design misconceptions, and the difference between isometric, dimetric, and trimetric perspectives. Follow Tyler on Instagram @thecreativepain, and check out more of his work on his website: thecreativepain.com. “There is no design without discipline. There is no discipline without intelligence.”

Who has been a guest on Students of Design

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• Nicholas Miner
• Daniel Swartz
• Fiorella Granda
• Jacob Cummings
• Kendrick Kidd

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100

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Quality

77

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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