Type Speaks

In this episode, hosts Rae and Emiko introduce the podcast and speak on the ideas behind the creation of the podcast and future directions.

Rae is a junior in the Graphic Design program at Auburn University, where they’re excited to dive into new design styles and explore emerging subgenres. As the station manager for WEGL 91.1 FM, Auburn’s student-run radio station, they merge their passion for design with a fascination for how ideas are shared, and how stories are told. Over the summer, they also work as a teaching assistant, helping nourish a growing creativity in young artists. With a keen interest in both visual and auditory storytelling, Rae embraces the ways design can shape perceptions and ignite conversations. 

Emiko is a senior majoring in Graphic Design at Auburn University in Auburn, AL. She enjoys representing her major as a College of Architecture Design and Construction Ambassador and as Lead Student Graphic Designer for Auburn Student Involvement. Outside of design she is part of many extracurriculars including the club For the Bees, and being captain of an Intramural Co-Rec Flag football team. She enjoys using creative processes and working with people in many different curriculums and fields and seeing design from outside perspectives.

What is Type Speaks?

From the subtleties of typography to the emotional impact of color, and the way everyday objects influence our lives, our guests share their unique perspectives on the power of design. Through candid interviews, we’ll get a closer look at the challenges they’ve faced, the breakthroughs they’ve had, and how design is not just about aesthetics, but about problem-solving, communication, and making an impact.

Join host Rae, as Type Speaks aims to inspire, inform, and showcase the voices behind the visuals.

This podcast is supported by WEGL 91.1 FM, Auburn University’s radio station. weglfm.com

From Bauhaus to Batman, design has influenced the world in ways sometimes we can't see. Type Speaks explores not just the work, but the stories behind the work. I'm Ray. And I'm Emiko. And we are design students with an interest in exploring the importance of design in our ever changing world.

Join us in conversations with creatives while they help us uncover how design speaks to each and every one of us. Hello. Welcome into Type Speaks. We're a podcast where we're going to explore not just the work, but the stories behind the work. Of course, I'm your host, Rae, and I have another host with me.

Hey. Hey. Emiko. I'm Emiko, and I'm your cohost. Should we do introductions, like Of course.

Why we're doing this podcast, what we're interested in? I think the listeners should hear that. They wanna hear it. They wanna hear us and our process behind our art, which is the show. Title draw.

Wait. No. That was not the title draw. If we had a if we had, like, a video, it'd be like that would be where we put in typed peeps. I am a design student, current design student.

I'm a junior right now, so I've been doing this for a few years. And Emiko's been doing it longer than I have. 1 year longer. It's a lot of information, though. I am a senior in graphic design, and it feels weird to say that I'm a senior.

We are an Auburn University design students, a very nice design school if I say so myself. I would agree. Apparently, we're top 50 in the country. By g d USA. I've heard that.

Some are saying, we both have a shared interest in design, which is kind of silly because we are both design students. Crazy. But I think we both have an interest in diving a little bit deeper into design, especially kind of things that may have been overlooked perhaps or maybe we just think are normal. Yeah. You ever, like, see a poster and you're like it's, like, just kind of silly, but you're like, someone sat down and had to design that?

I think about it all the time. Thank you. I literally just imagine him, like, sitting there and be like, I'm gonna make this guy have a guitar, and he's wearing boots. And sometimes when I'm at, like, looking at an album cover, I'm like, they didn't even use a grid. Mm-mm.

But like David Carson, though. You know? Sometimes it works. Sometimes it does work if you don't have a grid. Sometimes.

Sometimes. But that's something that we're gonna explore with the podcast. Exactly. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't work. And we're just it's just a part of your process.

Part of the process, part of the history. Because over the time, we didn't have grids. Yeah. We didn't even have computers. We didn't have computers.

We didn't have printers or paper. I don't think we're gonna go back that far. No. We're not going to the I don't I don't know if we would consider cave paintings design. I would.

You would? I would. It's an argument. I kind of would too. So whether you're a seasoned designer, a student, or just a curious mind, you can join this podcast and listen to us talk with some very wonderful people about design and the way it's affected us and our world we live in, the current one.

TypeSpeaks. We're here to inspire, to inform, and to showcase the voices behind the visuals. Join us for a series of interviews and conversations with many people like you, a creative minded person. Maybe you you might be a future guest. We don't know.

Give us a call. Maybe an email. I check my emails. I don't answer my phone. So join us for the next episode of our adventure.

Type speaks. Type speaks.