In this episode of Monument Matters, Mike Johns talks with Jed A. Hendrickson, CM, FAICA, about the fundamentals of meaningful monument design. Their conversation explores lettering, proportion, balance, white space, technology and the new Monument Builders Academy Design course, created to help teams improve design awareness across the company.

The American Institute of Commemorative Art

The Design Module of the Monument Builders Academy

Tradition Doesn’t Mean Standing Still: Sunburst Memorials Builds for the Next Century

MBNA Monument Matters – a new podcast produced by the Monument Builders of North America for all things memorialization. MBNA  is a 119-year-old association with the mission “to define and promote memorialization in a viable, innovative and diversified way for the membership, and to enhance awareness of memorialization by the general public and remembrance industry.” In that spirit of promoting memorization, the MBNA Marketing Committee is launching this podcast as an extension of our monthly magazine, MBNews. Each podcast episode features a discussion related to a magazine theme. Monument Matters podcasts invite everyone to listen and share.