Interview: Nikki Hampson

Type of interview: In Person

Name: Nikki Hampson

Occupation: Web & Print designer

Job Title: Freelancer

Place of Business: Past: Rural Rooster, now, Ume7 (ume7.com) 

Mailing Address: Her house (not comfortable with sharing)

City, State, Zip: Austin, TX 78741

Phone Number: Personal phone number

E-mail address: hello@ume7.com

I met Nikki Hampson through her boyfriend Kendall Clark, who I knew as a local DJ and drummer. Kendall told me about how she designed (the first design I saw by her was the promotional stuff she did for Kendall’s shows). We met in Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse on South 1st for lunch (I got a poppyseed bagel, always delicious), and talked for a while. Since we are somewhat friends, we began talking for a while before the interview actually started. My recorder broke halfway through, and a lost some of the information (about 5 minutes worth), so I ran to my car to get another device (my laptop) to record the rest. Other than this unfortunate mishap, everything else went perfectly. We talked about her beginnings and personal experience as a designer, the differences between freelancing and working for a studio, various design-related magazines, and what the Austin community is like for designers as well as other topics. Unfortunately because of the data loss I only have about 5:39 of the interview.