Jen Mussari's guest appearances

Jen Mussari

Happy Monday

The Great Discontent

The Start

Kerem Suer

Jessica Hische

Sam Soffes

Frank Chimero

Dan Mall

Cheryl Dunn

Kevin Allison

Cindy Gallop

Khoi Vinh

Lara Hogan

Jeffrey Zeldman

Kristina Halvorson

Jared Spool

Laura Kalbag

Debbie Millman

OwlTail

Chip Kidd

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on Feb. 2, 2016, as part of The Great Discontent Live event series. Hosts Tina Essmaker and Brad Smith talk to renowned book cover designer, Chip Kidd, and Brooklyn-based letterer, Jen Mussari, about their early years, overcoming creative block, and challenging our ideas about failure. Plus Jen surprises Chip with a tale about how he unknowingly influenced her trajectory. This episode was produced by The Great Discontent, Wayward Wild, and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about The Great Discontent and read 200+ long-form interviews online at http://thegreatdiscontent.com. This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. Let FreshBooks take care of the numbers stuff, so you can get paid doing what you love. To start your free 30-day trial today, no credit card required, go to http://freshbooks.com/TGD and enter "TGD Live" in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. This episode is also brought to you by MailChimp, the easiest way to send email newsletters, connect with your audience, and grow your creative business. Getting started with MailChimp is easy. Sign up and start emailing. No expiring trials. No contracts. No credit card required. Go to http://mailchimp.com to create your free account today.

Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on Feb. 2, 2016, as part of The Great Discontent Live event series. Hosts Tina Essmaker and Brad Smith talk to renowned book cover designer, Chip Kidd, and Brooklyn-based letterer, Jen Mussari, about their early years, overcoming creative block, and challenging our ideas about failure. Plus Jen surprises Chip with a tale about how he unknowingly influenced her trajectory. This episode was produced by The Great Discontent, Wayward Wild, and Benjamin Welch. Learn more about The Great Discontent and read 200+ long-form interviews online at <a href="http://thegreatdiscontent.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://thegreatdiscontent.com</a>. This episode is brought to you by FreshBooks. Let FreshBooks take care of the numbers stuff, so you can get paid doing what you love. To start your free 30-day trial today, no credit card required, go to <a href="http://freshbooks.com/TGD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://freshbooks.com/TGD</a> and enter "TGD Live" in the “How Did You Hear About Us?” section. This episode is also brought to you by MailChimp, the easiest way to send email newsletters, connect with your audience, and grow your creative business. Getting started with MailChimp is easy. Sign up and start emailing. No expiring trials. No contracts. No credit card required. Go to <a href="http://mailchimp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mailchimp.com</a> to create your free account today.

Chip Kidd & Jen Mussari - Creative block, failure, and a surprise confession

Jen Mussari is a freelance lettering artist and illustrator. She’s never worked for anyone else and plans on keeping it that way. Her skills and fine-arts background helped her produce great work for clients like Squarespace, Airbnb, Kickstarter and to just name a few. In this conversation we spoke about everything in Jen’s life that has influenced Jen’s interests and career. Everything from her pope-painting grandmother to that one time she created the artwork for Amos Lee’s Mission Bell album. And even the small spaces in between like hobbies outside of her profession and what it’s like to be a part of a co-working community like The Townhouse. Shownotes  Jen Mussari Album Art for Amos Lee Levain Bakery Seurat Pointillism Stippling Joel Holland Karyn Campbell Studio Mates

Jen Mussari is a freelance lettering artist and illustrator. She’s never worked for anyone else and plans on keeping it that way. Her skills and fine-arts background helped her produce great work for clients like Squarespace, Airbnb, Kickstarter and to just name a few. In this conversation we spoke about everything in Jen’s life that has influenced Jen’s interests and career. Everything from her pope-painting grandmother to that one time she created the artwork for Amos Lee’s Mission Bell album. And even the small spaces in between like hobbies outside of her profession and what it’s like to be a part of a co-working community like The Townhouse. Shownotes <ul> <li><a href="http://jenmussari.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jen Mussari</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mission_Bell_Amos_Lee_cover.jpg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Album Art for Amos Lee</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.levainbakery.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Levain Bakery</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Seurat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seurat</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointillism" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pointillism</a></li> <li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stippling" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stippling</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.jmhillustration.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joel Holland</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/paperkary" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Karyn Campbell</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.studiomates.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Studio Mates</a></li></ul>

The Artist - Jen Mussari

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<ul> <li><a href="http://jenmussari.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jen Mussari's Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/jenmussari" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jen Mussari on Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="http://destroytoday.com/work/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jonnie Hallman - DestroyToday.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://mediatemple.net/?utm_source%3Dhappymonday%26utm_medium%3Dtext%26utm_content%3Dmtname%26utm_campaign%3Dgeneral&amp;sa=D&amp;usg=ALhdy2_Ij_ceHGWgqp4VupjGY4lAgxuqSA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Media Temple</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mailchimp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mailchimp</a></li></ul>

Episode 65: Jen Mussari