Jon Johnson, Owner of BRFC Designs, Graphic Designer and Screen Printer // Learning On The Job, Keeping A Routine, Finding Balance & Selling At Markets

We’ve rebranded!

This podcast used to be called ‘The Maker’s Collective Podcast’ and is now called ‘The Work Different, Live Different Podcast by The Maker’s Collective’. You’ll notice that we’ve updated the look and feel along with the name, which will appear across all of our episodes, old and new.

In this episode of the Maker’s Co Podcast you’ll meet Jon Johnson, the darling of Kitchener-Waterloo. Jon is a respected local graphic designer and screen printer, who goes under the name BRFC Designs. He has a stellar product line of screen printed goods and enamel pins which are sold online via Etsy and at all your favourite maker markets in the region. In this episode we ask him about how he got here, the benefit of learning on the job, finding balance in a work & life routine and what to consider when selling at markets. PS - There’s A LOT of Sydney our Podcasting Pup in this episode, so get ready for that.

Topics covered:

Meet Jon - Graphic Artist & Screen Printer
How Screen Printing Works
Stop Stopping - When “Problems” Are Just Excuses
CTRPLLR Merch, Drawing Shoes, and Not Getting Into Teachers College - The Story of How He Got Into Screen Printing/Graphic Design
Creativity
Learning on the Job
Phasing Himself Out of a Day Job to Being His Own Boss
Mental Health and Being An Entrepreneur - Where to Work, Having a Routine, Finding Balance, and Working Less
Selling at Markets
Advice - Make It Easy for People To Buy
How He Sells - Be Yourself and Mirror People’s Energy
Why People Buy
Using Social Media to Build Brand & Community
What You Do Is Who You Are
Favourite Failure(s)
Rewiring Your Brain
New Projects for 2018
To Goal Set or Not to Goal Set?

Resources from the episode:

Adventures in Design Podcast - http://www.adventuresindesignmarket.com/
Etsy - https://www.etsy.com/ca/
Globe Studios - http://globestudios.org/
Jane Bond - http://janebond.ca/
Princess Cinemas - http://www.princesscinemas.com/
Starlight Social Club - https://www.starlightsocialclub.ca/
Quarry - https://www.quarry.com/
Aaron Draplin - http://www.draplin.com/
Quarkxpress - http://www.quark.com/en/Products/QuarkXPress/
Casey Neistat - https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat
Stitch ‘n’ Kitsch - https://stitchnkitsch.com/
Etsy Waterloo Region - http://www.etsywaterlooregion.com/shows/
Etsy Guelph - https://www.facebook.com/etsyguelph/
Montreal Pin and Patch Show - http://pinpatchmtl.com/
Stay Home Club - https://www.stayhomeclub.ca/
KPL - http://www.kpl.org/ Centre In The Square - https://centreinthesquare.com/
Bob Egan - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/bob-egan-leaving-blue-rodeo-for-kitchener-public-library-1.3729317

Jon Johnson, Owner of BRFC Designs, Graphic Designer and Screen Printer // Learning On The Job, Keeping A Routine, Finding Balance & Selling At Markets

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