Its that time of year again where the fashion elite gather in Savannah for the annual SCAD Fashion show, the culmination of SCAD’s annual style and design series, SCAD Style 2008. World-renowned artists, designers and industry professionals come to get a taste what SCAD’s fashion design students have cooking up this year.

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A couple of months ago I happened upon a wonderful new networking site specifically for designers called designerID. Within minutes of uploading my first portfolio images, the creator Brian Hock of Brian Hock Design called me and asked if he could do a video interview with me. Well of course I said yes, and now it’s on the site for all the world to enjoy. I use the term “enjoy” loosely because it’s really long and I think only immediate family would want to sit through the entire ordeal.

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Was it easy getting speakers to agree to come to Savannah?

Just a little background on how the first Motion Graphics conference in Savannah was born.

Justin gave his reasons why he wanted to go back to school for his MFA and why he chose the Savannah College of Art and Design instead of somewhere in L.A. or New York.

Few of us can identify the exact cause of our attraction to something but Justin gives the specific moment when he got bitten by the motion graphics bug.

If you’ve read Justin’s postings on Motionographer or his blog chronicling his MFA work, you’ll find Justin’s very transparent with his writing. I asked him what made him want to open himself to the blogosphere like he has.

Justin answers the question, “How has the popularity of his blog changed your life?”

In this clip, Justin talks about his never-ending surprise with the overwhelming success of his blogs.

If you’re in any way interested in, or involved with the motion graphics industry, you’ve probably heard of Justin Cone, or maybe his blog Motionographer. In the midst of preparing for the upcoming Inspire’07 symposium and his MFA course work, Justin was able to spare a few minutes to chat with me about how he got to where he is now.

I’ve broken down the conversation into a series of soundbites and will post them as soon as I can. In this one, Justin clues us in on how he came up with the name Motionographer.