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Chalk & Brush
The Complete Series of Interviews
Marty Neumeier
Tarentino or Scorcese?
Chad Michael
What cologne did you wear when you were younger?
Chalk & Brush
How do you feel about cargo pants?
Reyna Noriega
Q: Would you travel to Mars?
Tyler Spangler
Beavis or Butthead?
Debbie Millman
If you were in a font family, what style would you be?
Kevin Cantrell
Boomerang: The app or the tool?
Ariel Wilson
Q. Who’s Your Favorite Dad Bod?
Lauren Peters-Collaer
Q. What gives you goosebumps?
Luke Tonge
How are your nunchuck skills?
Mari Andrew
What noise does your spirit animal make?
Matt Curtis
If you were in a heist movie, who would be your assembled team?
Robert Fisher
What can you see from your window right now?
Beat Baudenbacher
What’s the last thing you apologized for?
Paul Woods
What is the best board game to flip over in anger?
James Olstein
Would you rather drown in coffee grounds or cat hair?
Victor Melendez
Where’s the strangest place you’ve peed?
Courtney Macca
What’s your uncle’s name?
Anna Laytham
How do you feel about sandwiches made with the ends of loaves of bread?
Johnnie Cluney
Have you ever eaten something in a bathroom?
Julieta Felix
How many bugs do you think you’ve killed in your life, whether by accident or on purpose?
Brian Van Gogh
What’s the last thing you licked?
Randy J. Hunt
If you started a cult, what would you make people wear?
Jennifer Heuer
Do you think a world with adorable puppies on every corner would get annoying after a while?
Syd Weiler
If animals could talk, which do you think would be the rudest?
Kendrick Kidd
What kind of toilet paper do you use?
Lola Landekic
How many tabs do you have open on your desktop right now and what are they?
Shogo Ota
What is one thing Idaho and Japan have in common?
Jordan Scott
Would you allow Jeff Goldblum to tattoo you?
Andy J. Miller
When was the last time you kissed someone on the hand?
Josh Higgins
Q. Do you have any pet names for Mark Zuckerberg?
Amy Nicole Schwartz
If you were two kids in a trenchcoat, would you want to be the head or the body?
Stefan Sagmeister
Would you rather ride in Air Force One with Trump or in a tank with Putin?
Christopher Ayres
How good are you at giving driving directions in California?
Chris Costello
Do you ever hold your pee too long while drawing?
Joshua Taylor
What Disney princess would you want to be?
Jared Erondu
Someone you just met has food stuck in their teeth, do you tell them?
Zac Petit
At what age did you get to second base? And where did it occur?
Nicole Jacek
Whose hair would win in a fight, yours or Donald Trump’s?
Dan Cassaro
What was your mom’s last Tweet?
Cap Watkins
Man grooming, yes or no?
Danielle Evans
If you had to make a slogan with raw oysters, what would it say?
Darren Booth
Who would you rather have escort your wife to a party, Ryan Adams or Ryan Reynolds?
Lauren Hom
What is your favorite flea market find?
Mikey Burton
What would it take for you to move back in with your parents now?
Gavin Strange
What was more painful, taking a bad skate slam or designing your website?
Becky Simpson
Do you own any domain names you don’t use?
Craig Frazier
Would you rather wake up for a day as Daniel Craig or Frasier Crane?
Mackey Saturday
What is the strangest rewards program you are a member of?
Sara Blake
Are you of the old school mindset, do you hand sketch everything first?
Jess Boonstra
Harry Potter or The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or The Da Vinci Code?
Jeff Rogers
Tell us a personal story about glow sticks or hot sauce.
Chip Kidd
Who would run the country better, Donald Trump or The Joker?
The Heads of State
What do you think of the upcoming Ghostbusters reboot? Be honest.
Scott Allen Hill
What was the most inopportune time you broke, lost or forgot your glasses?
Timothy Goodman
If Donald Trump asked you to draw something on his Mexico border wall, what would you draw?
James Victore
Can you invent a clever bumper sticker slogan? We may or may not steal it.
Veerle Pieters
Since you never have had a boss before, would you rather have David Brent (The Office) or Gordon Ramsey (Chef) as your boss?
Gui Borchert
What do they write on your cup at Starbucks when you tell them your name is Gui?
Don Clark
What is your favorite show to watch with your kids on a Saturday morning?
Harvey Shepard
Would you rather shovel snow or go to a Nickelback concert?
Tad Carpenter
What’s your favorite children’s book?
James Flames
Who would you love to have design the poster for your 40th birthday party?
Jessica Hische
Can you give us an example of one thing you wouldn’t want your Momager to handle?
Steven Heller
You’ve interviewed a ton of people. Is there one person in particular that you haven’t that you’d want to interview?
Sara Blakely
What would your first thoughts be if you were asked to write Grease 3?
Josh Brewer
Elton John or Phil Collins?
Ashleigh Axios
If you’re going on a road trip with President Obama, what kind of car would you drive?
Matthew Manos
How do you feel about the term Millennials? Be honest.
Jean Jullien
If you had to get trapped for a month in one city’s subway system which would you prefer, NYC or London?
Bradford Shellhammer
Since your name sounds like that of a superhero, what would be the name of your arch nemesis?
Todd Radom
World Series, nationally televised, do you feel confident throwing out the first pitch?
Aaron Draplin
Do you write your Field Notes in pen, pencil or blood?
Jon Contino
Would you rather be the brand manager or general manager for the Yankees?