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148. The Spark: Kiser Barnes on kerning, nemeses and the power of nostalgia

2025/5/7
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Welcome to The Spark—your weekly creative pick-me-up from The Creative Boom Podcast. Every Thursday, we bring you a shorter, snappier episode filled with inspiration. And this season, we've switched things up.

Each Spark now features a bonus conversation with our week's guest. Today, we're joined once again by Kiser Barnes, partner and CCO at Red Antler), who returns for some quick-fire fun.

Kiser joined us on Monday to explore the intersection of creativity and technology, and why optimism and authenticity are so vital in an AI-driven world. If you missed that, you can catch up here). But for this Spark, we're diving into the part of our chat where things got a little more personal—and a little more playful.

Kiser shares the lessons he's learned from influential creatives, opens up about controversial opinions on design (including why kerning might be a bit overrated), and reflects on why nostalgia is such a powerful force in our lives. He also reveals why he thinks every creative should have a nemesis and offers a few surprising thoughts about inspiration and identity.

This season is proudly sponsored by the School of Communication Arts).