Recently I emailed a series of Twitter friends who design and handful of popular designers to see what sort of music got their creative juices flowing. The results were a mix of every musical genre out there. Some like to chill out to mellow and classical music, while others need something a a bit more energy to get them going.

If you find this post interesting, you might also want to check out Fudge Graphics post on designers and their favorite colors. He asked 40 designers/bloggers what their favorite colour is and split them up into 3 groups: cold, warm and neutral colours.

Check it out here.

Danny Outlaw

Website – http://www.outlawdesignblog.com
Music – Hank Williams the Third

Franz Jeitz

Website – http://www.fudgegraphics.com
Music – Kings of Leon

Liam McKay

Website – http://www.wefunction.com
Music – The Prodigy

David Airey

Website – http://www.davidairey.com
Music – Classical

Chris Spooner

Website – http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk
Music – All American Rejects

Adelle Charles

Website – http://fuelyourcreativity.com
Music – Pink

Jacob Gube

Website – http://sixrevisions.com/
Music – Modest Mouse

Steven Snell

Website – http://designm.ag/
Music – Metallica

David Leggett

Website – http://www.tutorial9.net/
Music – Sigur Ros

Chad Mueller

Website – http://www.inspiredology.com
Music – Kaye West

Gino Orlandi

Website – http://www.fuelfordesign.com/
Music – Octane on Sirius Satellite Radio

Ty

Website – http://www.sourapplemedia.com
Music – Jay-Z

Calee Hime

Website – http://www.runningchimes.wordpress.com
Music – Daft Punk

Lilian

Website – http://www.lilula.co.uk/
Music – Explosions in the Sky

A lot of people have been emailing me asking to do interviews, about my experiences freelancing abroad, and other such things. Who can blame, I am after all a pretty cool guy! Anyways, I have decided to make a multi part series rather than create a boring “about me” page that no one would ever read anyways. Love it or hate it, here it is….
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At the time of this writing I am 26, living in Costa Rica, and writing this blog post from a hammock. A few of the regular readers have asked that I share a little bit more about myself than what is posted on the about page. As a result, I have created a multi-part series that will give you a behind the scenes look at the life of the man you now know as Danny Outlaw.

The Early Years

Nothing to exciting here, I had a pretty standard childhood. I was born in Orlando, Florida where I was raised by dad (self employed craftsmen) and my mom (elementary school teacher). My sister Vanessa came a few years after me.

I should have known early on that I would end up a graphic designer. I remember when we got our first computer. It had a clip art program and a dot matrix printer. I created a graphic designer business sign, printed it out, colored it in with markers, and taped it upon my bedroom door.

I was always trying to make money creating things on that computer. Any time there was a yard sale in the family, I was on it. Birthday cards, piece of cake.

The only other really interesting story here has to do with a magazine subscription.

Entrepreneur From an Early Age

When I was in late elementary school I had a fund raiser for school selling magazine subscriptions. Rather than my parents buying a magazine subscription for themselves, they let me pick out one for myself.

At that age there aren’t a whole lot of magazines geared to my liking. There was the Disney magazine, Nickelodeon, Ranger Rick, etc. Any of those seemed like a logical choice for a child my age. But, I was different. I had dreams, goals, and aspirations.

So, what magazine did I order? The same magazine any wannabe business owner would get; Entrepreneur Magazine. Yes. I was an elementary going school kid with a subscription to Entrepreneur Magazine. Who would have thought?

And yes, I did have friends.

I always love hearing about other designs experiences, motivation, and thoughts on design. Thanks to some of the graphic design blogs out there, there are plenty of interviews coming out on a regular basis. I have collected some of my favorite interviews into this list. Some of these interviews I like because of who they are with, while others are interesting because of the information provided in them. Take a look at the interviews below to get a closer look at some very popular people in the design community.
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