In this exciting episode of "Adventures In Design," hosted by Mark Brickey, we welcome a special guest, Mark's longtime friend and co-founder of La Honda Records, Connie Collingsworth. Tune in to discover the inspiring journey of a rock poster legend who transitioned into the music industry. In the first segment, Mark celebrates Connie's triumph as an album she designed for an artist she helped break finds its place in the prestigious heart of downtown Nashville, with none other than Post Malone himself showing support by sporting their T-shirts. It's a testament to dreams coming true and genuine happiness for a friend's success. Segment two explores the unexpected parallels between being an NFL quarterback and the life of a designer. Mark and Connie share insights on how these seemingly different roles share common threads of strategy, teamwork, and creativity. Lastly, as one of the toughest women in the industry, Connie lends her unique perspective in the final segment, discussing the buzzworthy Barbie movie. Join us for a captivating conversation that delves into dreams realized, the art of design, and an intriguing take on a cultural phenomenon. To access the full episode and support the content, join the Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/. Your support fuels the adventures in design and creativity that Mark Brickey brings to your ears.

Today we sit down with Tyler Tolson, founder of Denik, a widely successful stationery company focused on storytelling and collaboration to find its market share and fanbase. If you are stuck trying to get started, let Tyler and Brickey push you over the starting line!  Join Mark Brickey and Lincoln Design Co At Into The Woods Creative Conference: https://intothewoodscon.com/ Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays for new episodes of Adventures In Design, where we'll help you turn your daydreams into your day job! Subscribe To Adventures In Design Today! Are you tired of missing out on the full conversations and valuable insights shared on Adventures In Design? Upgrade to our Circle of Trust and gain access to over 1600 podcasts and workshops. As a member, you'll be able to hear the entire conversation and get more in-depth information to help manage your freelance, small business, or career. Plus, you'll have access to exclusive bonus content and get to enjoy even more good times and laughs with the AID community. Don't wait. Sign up for the Circle of Trust today and take your listening experience to the next level! https://aid.network/

Today, Adventures in Design begins its "Into The Woods" month by featuring Johnny Schillereff, a prominent skateboard entrepreneur who established Element Skateboards, discovered Bam Margera, and contributed to the development of Team USA Skateboarding in the Olympics. Even if you can’t ollie, this episode will make you feel like you kick-flipped. Join Mark Brickey and Lincoln Design Co At Into The Woods Creative Conference: https://intothewoodscon.com/ Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays for new episodes of Adventures In Design, where we'll help you turn your daydreams into your day job! Subscribe To Adventures In Design Today! Are you tired of missing out on the full conversations and valuable insights shared on Adventures In Design? Upgrade to our Circle of Trust and gain access to over 1600 podcasts and workshops. As a member, you'll be able to hear the entire conversation and get more in-depth information to help manage your freelance, small business, or career. Plus, you'll have access to exclusive bonus content and get to enjoy even more good times and laughs with the AID community. Don't wait. Sign up for the Circle of Trust today and take your listening experience to the next level! https://aid.network/

When Ambition Becomes Counterproductive an episode that explores Brickey's personal downsides of excessive ambition and how he's trying to strike a balance between setting goals and maintaining a healthy work-life balance. To hear the daily exclusive podcast Black Book, join the Circle of Trust today at https://aid.network/

Notable changes that took place at Designercon 2022 with DCON founder Ben Goretsky. Brickey breaks down how to how to take your business and customers into web3 and should your studio do dcon next year? To hear part two of today’s episode and 1600 other episodes, join the Circle of Trust today at https://aid.network/ 

Huck Gee is back, and what do you know, he’s announcing another significant life move yet again. An episode that’s either fascinating or inspiring, depending on where you are, but an episode you don’t want to miss. Join The Circle of Trust today at https://aid.network/ to hear part two of today's episode and 20 other episodes featuring Huck Gee in our collection of over 1500 podcasts. 

Five hundred twenty episodes ago, Brock Otterbacher, former director of toys and collectibles at Mondo, joined Adventures In Design, sharing his knowledge in toy manufacturing. Today, he joins us to talk about his new business, Ghost X Ghost, an apparel and collectible company he’s starting up. A great conversation about starting over and redefining your ego, expectations, and results. 

OKpants has a new set of wheels and a new attitude.

A quick update on the future of AID and Mark & Connie talk about how today’s thirty minute dramedy has replaced what was once the 1990s indie film.

Jake Paul, real-life villain or master performance artist? The NFL ProBowl is a joke, but the print-on-demand of the NFL is not. Trump vs. Desantis is the battle we're here to see. Grand Theft Auto buys FarmVille and makes a BIG statement on the economics of mobile gaming. Lastly, if you were 22 or 12 in 2022, would you do it the same way you did it back then?  To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1480+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

Connie gives us a Bowling Green, Kentucky update after the crazy tornadoes ripped through her hometown right before our last conversation. Connie shows up with her Top TV Shows That Premiered In 2021. In the Circle of Trust, Brickey shares the drama of Tanacon, a failed social media event, and makes everyone aware of a new podcast that's coming that has a very clear mission of mental health.   To Watch Today's Podcast And To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1460+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

You may remember that 56 episodes ago on Adventures In Design 1426 released September 8, 2021 Brickey interviewed Carl about her getting COVID and getting stuck in Maine. Now the roles have reversed and Carl is taking over Adventures In Design and interviewing Brickey about his Christmas Quarantine.

A talk with Tristan Eaton about how he manages his clients and projects to keep creating the types of projects that afford him the ability to do whatever he wants. A great lesson from one of the masters about how to negotiate with clients to makes sure you’re getting what you need the most, a chance to do you!  To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1450+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

Interview with legendary skateboarder Steve Caballero.

Visual artist Gary Baseman shares his story of creating his art movement called pervasive art, which Brickey refers to as Prediction of Art. To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1460+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

Mark and Connie break down the Peter Jackson-directed documentary about The Beatles from the creative perspective of this epic story. To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1460+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

Dan & Nathan of DKNG Studios returns for episode 43 of The DKNG Show to talk about becoming rappers and worked with AMC Theaters to create a new business model for Ghostbusters: Afterlife. Today In The Circle of Trust The guys talk about the current state of live events and recap Adobe Max 2021 and Designer Con 2021. As a special member bonus, you can now WATCH THE ENTIRE CONVERSATION inside the Circle of Trust. Join Today: https://aid.network/

Xencelabs is a passionate team of enthusiastic digital art industry veterans with more than 30 years of experience. Dedicated to exploring, innovating, designing, and developing the new pen tablet generation.

At some point, we all knew there would be a company to come along and take the wild west of the NFT scene and bring it into the mainstream. Is VEVE the company to pull off this task? With big licensing deals, it seems they have the proper IP to bring in the masses! Let's check in with VEVE communications manager Rhys Skellern to understand better where both NFTs and VEVE are heading.

Dan & Nathan join Brickey today in a true adventure into design where after years of illustrating buildings. Today they try to figure out how in the hell they are made? To Watch Today's Podcast And To Hear Part Two of Today's Conversation and 1450+ Other Full Episodes of Adventures In Design, Join The Circle of Trust at https://aid.network/

The Hillbilly duo of Mark and Connie get into sexy old school wrestling videos, how to design the perfect strip club and return to more CLUE-less Crime Podcasts.

Today's Adventure breaks down the design of Squid Game and contemplates how this show quickly grabbed everyone's attention and what we can learn from this show to apply to our marketing efforts! Today In The Circle of Trust, we give a full spoiler review of everything we loved about the show and a few problems detected and contemplate how to make a follow-up season.

Today's Adventure is something we have all contemplated. What happens if I time travel to 1950 and kill my grandfather? Do I still exist? Can time travel street justice even the scores against time?

Brickey and Connie have each rewatched the Soprano's entire six-season run and can't wait to talk about how different it was watching it all twenty years later. And in part two, break down whether or not The Many Saints of Newark was a successful prequel?

Brickey breaks down how commercial/residential buildings were created and how they solve many urban housing problems.  

Today Brickey and members of the Circle of Trust breakdown the Facebook Whistleblower interview from 60 Minutes and talk about how Facebook may be even more disgusting than what he had all imagined. 

DKNG Shares the details on creating the vinyl packaging and illustrations for the original Superman movie soundtrack and breakdown a recent gig poster automobile illustration for 311. 

A new generation of men are adjusting to being second best at earning income for their families and doing so with few role models from their youth. 

Today's episode we announce a... DESIGN CONTEST (pause for applause) and breakdown what happened one minute after the dinosaurs disappeared. How's that for variety! GARMcompany.com CODE: AID Win Our Free iPad Pro #GARMnation

Mitch Putnam is back and today we kick off a whole new conversation and way of looking at NFTs. Ziggy Stardust - Matt Ryan Tobin Kate - Movie Poster Pig - Teagan White The Visitors - Mike Mitchel The Sevens 0N1 Force. MekaVerse

Alex Murdaugh Murder Mystery has a TON of problems. We break down this insane story from the idiots perspective. 

Connie plays Brickey 15 minutes of another podcast… Brickey starts a war.

Our good friend Thunderking visits us to talk about his new business venture I Heart Costa Mesa. Brickey breaks down how Dean's the right guy for the job and how this might be the right business model for you! 

Carl returns to Adventures In Design to make her first appearance on WYFP, where she shares a BIG problem.

Emir from GARM Company shares the detail on his new creative tool Colorama that will allow designers and illustrators to quickly make better color selections for their projects.  Available This Thursday At http://www.garmcompany.com Save With Coupon Code AID

Dan Stiles return with a bucket of bad logos and even worse ideas. Enter the pimple of boom if you dare!!! Where you will see fucking logos and so much bad design it will blow your precious mind!!! Bad Design is podcast series with Dan Stiles and Mark Brickey focusing on where good ideas go wrong with bad design. For More Information About Today's Episode Please Visit: https://aid.network/ For More Information About Dan Stiles: https://www.danstiles.com/

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