Creative Characters

Author: Monotype

We live in a world awash in typography - whether we realize it or not. From the road signs that lead us home to the phones in our pockets, typography is front and center in nearly every waking moment of our day. Come meet the people and hear the stories behind the letters that shape our world.
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Genres: Arts, Design, Visual Arts

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Connecting people to places with Joy Nazzari.
Episode 18
Tuesday, 21 October, 2025

In this episode, Joy Nazzari chats about her corner of the design world—place branding—with host Marie Boulanger. Joy is the Founder and Executive Chair of DNCO, an agency that’s done branding for neighborhoods in London, New York, and Vancouver as well as the city of San Francisco. From her early days in finance and tech to building an agency that centers both creativity and business strategy, Joy shares her perspective on design leadership, the power of discomfort, and how to connect people to places in meaningful ways. To see Joy’s work, visit dnco.com. You can find blog posts for this and all our past episodes at monotype.com/podcast