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10 Questions For Adelle From Fuel Your Creatvity

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I got a chance to virtually sit down with Adelle Charles who runs the graphic design blog Fuel Your Creativity this week. She shares her insights and thoughts on fonts, design inspiration and bananas. :) Enjoy!

1) Do you like bananas?

I prefer organic bananas.

2) Favorite Pantone (and or) hex color?

#AE0909

3) How did you get your start as a designer?

My brother got the superhero genes

4) What do you like least about your job?

From my day job – the politics and micro-managing.
For the freelance stuff I dislike the business aspect of it all.

5) What prompted you to start fuel your creativity blog?

I wanted to put together a site where creatives of all kinds could meet, trade ideas and learn something.

6) Who are some of the designers you look up to? (can be past or present designers)

Jason Santa Maria has been a huge inspiration to me. I love the simplicity of his designs. James White is awesome too. I like his retro looking designs.

7) If you were stranded on a desert island with 1 font for the rest of your life which one would it be and why?

Georgia because it’s very versatile. I <heart> Serifs.

8) Where do you look for inspiration outside of the interwebs?

I usually go to Barnes and Noble and sit there for a couple of hours and look through all of the Web magazines. My favorite is .Net. I drive around a lot to.

9) Any advice to young designers?

Eat your bananas.

10) What are your goals/aspirations for your future as a designer?

I would like to continue the Fuel Brand sites and build up the network, that is my biggest focus right now. Currently the Fuel Brand Group has a lot of sites in development.

I also want to run my own company where I act as a type of liaison when it comes to hooking clients up with my team of freelance creatives like writers, designers, illustrators, animators, etc.

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Do you have something interesting to say? Or perhaps you have an idea or suggestion on who you interview. :) Click on the contact link up above or leave a comment and let me know!

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13 Responses to “10 Questions For Adelle From Fuel Your Creatvity”

  1. Alex says:

    I enjoyed reading this interview, thanks for posting Niki!

    P.S.: I love bananas too ;-)

    December 15th, 2008 at 6:53 am

  2. Aaron Irizarry says:

    Cool interview, bummer that question number 4 skipped out. Definitely excited to see what comes from the Fuel your creativity network down the road.

    December 15th, 2008 at 7:54 am

  3. Tanya Nichols says:

    -Thanks for the post Niki-

    The Answer to Question #9 was quite insightful!;)

    Merry Merry Christmas and may you receive many presents! -Fa la la la la -LA LA LA LAAAAAA-

    December 15th, 2008 at 8:07 am

  4. Brian Hoff says:

    Great interview, both of you! I prefer plastic bananas — regular ones are too mushy LOL. I can definitely relate to driving for inspiration. Most of my best ideas come when I driving an hour home from work every night.

    December 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm

  5. liz says:

    oh cmon question #4, that is SO unprofessional!

    December 15th, 2008 at 2:18 pm

  6. adelle says:

    Thanks for all the comments guys! And thank you Niki for asking to do the interview :) I’m currently trying to figure out what question #4 was and where it went!

    December 15th, 2008 at 5:24 pm

  7. adelle says:

    FOUND #4!!! (my bad)

    4. What do you like least about your job?

    From my day job – the politics and micro-managing.
    For the freelance stuff I dislike the business aspect of it all.

    December 15th, 2008 at 5:28 pm

  8. Graham Smith says:

    Would have to disagree with Number 9 quiet strongly…

    December 16th, 2008 at 5:43 am

  9. Joann Sondy says:

    Insightful article. Thank you.

    Much success with your Fuel Brand projects.

    December 16th, 2008 at 7:01 am

  10. Chad Engle says:

    Nice little article about @adellecharles!!!! Graham do you not like Bananas?

    December 16th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

  11. franki durbin says:

    Those are great. I particularly like the random banana question as a starter. My question is this… what’s the last thing she downloaded… that’s always quite telling :)

    December 17th, 2008 at 9:09 am

  12. Kumail.H.T says:

    Hi,

    One thing I really appreciate is that Adelle always leaves a comment on her mention. Dont stop doing that :)

    Kumail.H.T

    December 17th, 2008 at 12:55 pm


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