Chronicles of Creating: The Podcast Recap
Keir DuBois
Episode 3 (Click to listen to the episode)
My guest is a former AIGA colleague and friend Keir DuBois, owner of Tight Ship Design and Keirtography. I met Keir at my first AIGA Leadership Retreat in Raleigh, NC.
We’ve kept up over the years via social media, but earlier this year I was really looking to reconnect with people. (Check out my post on 2020 goals.) I actually reference him as being the person I spoke with when I realized I wanted to record our conversations to share with others.
We discuss cycling as a way to cleanse your brain after a long day, synesthesia, his view on creativity and last but not least, we discuss his show & tell piece that is perfectly on brand with his love of maps and map creation.
Album covers designed by Keir and a fascinating quick video on synesthesia.
A hand drawn map that Keir drew during the 2017 AIGA Leadership Conference in Dallas, TX. (A really fun and memorable conference! 💃🕺)
Wanna see the progress unfold?
Keirtography maps:The Game Board and Homeworlds from 2019.
And he conveniently has Medium articles all about the process of creating The Game Board and Homeworlds.
Show & Tell piece: Lauri Fit-a-State map
Article by Laura Bliss “The Maps that Make Us”
And, I have no idea why, but I actually own a Thomas Guide. Remember when I said I liked to collect maps for their colors and saw them as art? Here’s my personal collection.
Images from the Tennessee maps in my dining room with locations from White City, Chattanooga, and Caney Creek areas.
We close up with some good music and reading recommendations.
Music
U2
Morphine
PJ Harvey
War on Drugs
Sturgill Simpson
Books
And should you want more to read I found this fascinating article relevant to our map conversation and how people are perceiving their areas during lockdown.
Where you can find Keir and his work:
• Tight Ship tightshipdesign.com
• Keirtography keirtography.com
• Bandcamp site: keirdubois.bandcamp.com
Until next time, Cheers!
