Its a spinnnn offf yall!! Yes LoveThySister is back but on some NU NU with your host T.McCoy!! She flying solo YALL!! Join her on this epic journey through the Mile High Club!
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A British export and an Australian bear, both with a penchant for chaos, find themselves cohabiting in Melbourne. Their mutual fondness for questionable men, unruly parties, and nonsensical banter is the only common ground. Come along for the ride with Phoebe & Naps, where routine is as rare as a sober thought. Instagram & TikTok: Follow @offyourheadpod for more clownery. Youtube: @offyourheadpodcast Off Your Head 2023 ©
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Brokeass Grouch was not always brokeass nor grouchy. She’d worked her damn ass offf to earn a respectable career as a journalist, writer, book author, TV personality—you get the idea—and was/is beaming mother of three schmuskies. Then she got divorced. A month later, the recession hit. And she was unexpectedly pregnant with no child support. That’s when shit started getting real. And that’s when her life, likely your life—and our great—changed forever. And guess what, lovers? Plus ça fucking ...
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How did some of the some of the world’s best designers, strategists, and agency leads, get into design? How did they know it was even a thing they could form a career around? I’m Claire Blyth, founder of design focussed PR agency Red Setter. I’ll be speaking to some of my favourite people in design to talk about how they got where they are today.
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This Podcast about Everyday topics that Dad's are talking about all over. It's really getting the Dad's perspective from all sides. Whether it be from a women's veiw, childs veiw, mom , unlce ,aunt etc. Really spot lighting the Dad perspective on many different topics that may be sparked each week. Stay tuned for some good positive conversation in 2018.
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Marc Català - Mucho. Live from OFFF Barcelona
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43:19Send us a text Last week at in sunny Barcelona, My Life in Design was recorded live at OFFF with special guest: Marc Català. In this in-person episode, Marc shares the story behind co-founding Mucho - a global design agency with studios in Barcelona, San Francisco, and Melbourne, and a collective of 11 partners. With award-winning work for brands l…
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Claire Parker, Group Creative Partner at The Chase - Live from the Northern Design Festival
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52:10Send us a text In this episode, recorded live at the Northern Design Festival, Claire met up with Claire Parker, Group Creative Partner at The Chase. Claire shares her globe-trotting and award-winning career to date. With over 30 years in the industry, working in major cities including Sydney, Singapore, Hong Kong, Amsterdam and New York, Claire ha…
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Claire Robertshaw - Executive Creative Director at Design Bridge and Partners
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1:02:28Send us a text This week, Claire met up with Claire Robertshaw, Executive Creative Director at Design Bridge and Partners - the world’s most awarded brand design agency. Claire leads the London studio, overseeing creative excellence across one of the most dynamic teams in the industry. She's also a powerful advocate for gender equality, education, …
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Katy Cowan - Founding editor of Creative Boom.
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51:32Send us a text This week, Claire met up with the founding editor of Creative Boom, Katy Cowan. A huge creative industries cheer leader, Katy launched Creative Boom in 2009 as a platform to celebrate, support and inspire. Katy shares how she transitioned from broadcast journalism to PR, to founding Creative Boom. Why engagement and community are ess…
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Laura Stein - Chief Creative Officer at Bruce Mau Design.
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30:19Send us a text This week Claire sat down with Laura Stein, Chief Creative Officer at Bruce Mau Design. Laura’s work has earned recognition from D&AD and Cannes Lions. Beyond the studio, Laura has served on the board of the Advertising & Design Club of Canada and presented at leading conferences around the world, from Brand New to Design Thinking. S…
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Spencer Buck, Founder and Chief Creative Officer - Taxi Studio
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46:29Send us a text This week, Claire sat down with Spencer Buck, founder and chief creative officer of the global brand consultancy, Taxi Studio. Spencer discusses the impact of support from key people in his life, from his parents, to art teachers, to industry professionals and his peers. Future trends in design, including the influence of technology …
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Debbie Millman - Renowned Designer, Author, Illustrator, Educator, & Host of Design Matters Podcast.
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1:00:35Send us a text This week, Claire met up with Debbie Millman, the renowned designer and the host of Design Matters. Debbie hosts one of the world's longest-running podcasts and the OG design podcast, which has featured nearly 700 influential creatives and won multiple prestigious awards. She is the author of eight books and has also received the Aud…
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Design Industry Leader - Jonathan Sands OBE
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47:30Send us a text This week Claire met up with with design industry leader Jonathan Sands, former chair of Elmwood, who led the international brand design consultancy for 40 years, completing a management buyout in 1989 and selling the global business in 2021. Awarded an OBE in 2011 for services to the creative industries, he has worked with major bra…
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Vuokko Aro - Chief Design Officer at Monzo
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53:42Send us a text This week Claire caught up with Vuokko Aro, the Chief Design Officer at Monzo. She helps the bank’s leadership team use design as a strategic lever across the company as it scales. This all helped Monzo win Marketing Society brand of the year in 2024. Vuokko discusses her unconventional path into her current career, from studying eco…
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Kwame Taylor-Hayford - Co-Founder of Kin & D&AD President
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36:35Send us a text In the first of a new season, Claire sat down with Kwame in front of a live audience in New York to share his life in design… so far. Kwame is the first US D&AD President, and also the co-founder of Kin, a creative company that drives positive change in business and culture. He shares his early influences in design and talks about hi…
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Send us a text In the final episode of this series, Claire has the honour of speaking to Henry Steiner, founder of Steiner&Co, also known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Graphic Design. Fresh from being the subject of a recent exhibition at the M+ gallery in Hong Kong, 90-year-old Henry shares his long and insightful journey in design, starting with be…
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Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe - Co-Founders of Wiedemann Lampe.
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1:01:59Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe, who co-founded the design agency Wiedemann Lampe. They share their lives in design and the evolution of their studio working in the cultural space and the skill of being able to articulate intangible things. They share their share the impact of starting their careers in t…
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Julia Beardwood - Founder of Beardwood&Co
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47:20Send us a text This week Claire sat down with Julia Beardwood, founder of New York agency Beardwood&Co, to hear her unconventional journey into design, via mathematics and marketing, to advertising, then the switch to branding at Landor. She shares the secrets behind her transition into the world of brand design (and her move to New York from the U…
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Dick Powell - Co-Founder of Seymour Powell
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44:34Send us a text This week on the podcast Claire sat down with Dick Powell, co-founder of product design and innovation agency Seymour Powell, to talk all things design. Dick talks about everything from design education to founding a business, working on designs for spaceships, and what ‘brand’ actually means to him. He shares his early interest in d…
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Fe Amarante - Founder and Principal of Experimenta
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42:41Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Fe Amarante founder and principal of Experimenta, whose career spans major companies like Coca-Cola, Danone, and The Hershey Company. Now running her own agency, Experimenta, focusing on sustainable creativity, she shared her life in design so far. Fe talks about the evolving perception of in-house crea…
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Ian Ritchie - Designer & Co-Founder JKR
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1:04:51Send us a text This week Claire meets up with design legend Ian Ritchie to talk about his life in design, from his early experiences of earning his way with signwriting, to art school and the evolution and growth of design agency JKR. Ian shares his story of JKR, from co-founding, to the challenges and the big decisions made to enable success. He t…
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Jolene Delisle - Founder and Creative Director of New York’s The Working Assembly.
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32:21Send us a text This week Claire sits down with Jolene Delisle, founder and creative director of New York’s The Working Assembly. Jolene shares her journey into the design and branding industry, from internships, to founding The Working Assembly in 2017 with the goal of supporting the start-up scene in New York at the time. Jolene talks about her co…
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Send us a text This week, Claire meets up with Fred Gelli, co-founder and CEO of Brazil’s largest independent design agency, Tatil. Fred shares his journey from engineering, to discovering his passion for design and co-founding an agency, and working on major projects including the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Rio Carnival, and a 17-year collaboration wi…
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Joanne Chan - CEO of Turner Duckworth
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1:00:06Send us a text This week Claire catches up with Joanne Chan CEO of Turner Duckworth. Joanne shares her journey from fine arts to the world of design and working with some major brands like Coca-Cola and Amazon. She talks about how her background in fine arts helped lead to success in the competitive design industry. How brands need to evolve and wh…
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Domenic Lippa - Pentagram partner (and Chair). LIVE at the London Design Festival.
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51:28Send us a text My Life in Design is back - recorded LIVE at the London Design Festival with designer Domenic Lippa, Pentagram partner (and chair) and Festival design director. Earlier this week we had the absolute pleasure of hosting a LIVE podcast recording of ‘My Life in Design’ as part of the London Design Festival. Marking the 50th episode and …
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Mauro Porcini, Senior VP and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo.
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1:00:21Send us a text In the final episode of the series, Claire sits down with Mauro Porcini, Senior VP and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo. Mauro shares his journey of how he discovered design as a career, and how he arrived at PepsiCo with an ambition to reshape innovation at the company by leveraging design and introducing a design culture. He talks a…
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Ekaterina Solomeina, co-founder of Future London Academy.
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50:06Send us a text This week, Claire sits down with Ekaterina Solomeina, co-founder of Future London Academy. Ekaterina shares her life in design from Russia to London, from agency to in-house. She shares her discovery of design as a career through early experiences of coding and website design, and her experiences of working with two original design p…
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Alex Moulton - Chief Creative Officer at Trollbäck+Company
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48:28Send us a text This week on Claire sits down with Alex Moulton, chief creative officer at Trollbäck+Company in NYC. Alex shares his life in design, from filmmaking and sonic branding, to full brand experience. Links: Red Setter dba Trollbäck+CompanyBy Claire Blyth / Alex Moulton
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Send us a text This week Claire sits down with Alex Center, founder of design agency CENTER. Alex shares his life in design, from a dream internship working on the New York Knicks, to his time at the Coca-Cola Company building iconic drinks brands like vitaminwater and POWERAID, to the founding of CENTER in 2017. Links: Red Setter dba Center…
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Send us a text This week Claire chats with Joshua Breidenbach, from Vietnam’s Rice. Joshua shares his life in design, from early family influences, to the messages of punk music, and a pivotal project with Coca-Cola that marked the official founding of Rice. Links: Red Setter dba RiceBy Claire Blyth / Joshua Breidenbach
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Send us a text This week on ‘My Life in Design’ Claire catches up with Joy Nazzari of DNCO to discuss her life in design, and her unusual route into the industry from a start in tech investment banking. Joy shares stories from her childhood, including an Easter Egg hunt at Walter Landor’s home (the founder of the legendary agency Landor). She talks…
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Hamish Campbell, VP Executive Creative Director of Pearlfisher NYC.
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38:47Send us a text This week Claire chats with Hamish Campbell, VP executive creative director of Pearlfisher NYC. Hamish recounts his life in design and how a love for art evolved into a career in graphic design, blending the precision of engineering with the creativity of visual art. Links: Red Setter dba Pearlfisher…
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Kerry Bolt and Shaun Bowen - co-founders of B&B studio
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56:03Send us a text This week Claire chats with Kerry and Shaun, co-founders of B&B Studio, about their journeys into design and the founding of their award-winning studio. They share insights into their first client, Bear, which went on to win the DBA Grand Prix at the Design Effectiveness Awards. Links: Red Setter dba B&B Studio…
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Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Emily Rickard, CEO of BUCK. Emily talks about her career journey, from filmmaking aspirations to fashion journalism and TV production in Australia, to leading a global creative powerhouse that is BUCK. Links: Red Setter dba BUCKBy Claire Blyth / Emily Rickard
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Mary Lewis, Creative Director of Lewis Moberly.
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1:16:12Send us a text In the first episode of the new series, Claire meets up with design legend Mary Lewis, creative director of Lewis Moberly. Mary talks about her early years living on a farm and her fascination with branded goods. Going to art college and then moving down to art school in Camberwell, London. And her time as a graphic design teacher be…
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Dines - Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Studio BLUP
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54:59Send us a text In the final episode of the series episode, Claire meets up with digital artist Dines, co-founder and chief creative officer of Studio BLUP. He shares his journey from discovering his passion for design at a young age to establishing a successful creative company. Dines discusses the challenges he’s faced, the importance of resilienc…
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Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Marina Willer, partner at Pentagram. Marina talks about growing up in a creative house in Brazil and being influenced by the politics and injustice there at the time. She talks about moving to the UK to study at the Royal College of Art, working at Wolff Olins, and becoming a partner at Pentagram. Links…
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Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Cat How, Founder & ECD of branding agency How & How. Cat talks about her route into design through journalism, ecommerce, and shared office spaces. She discusses her experience at Central St Martins studying for her Masters, and starting How & How during lockdown. Links: Red Setter dba How & How Podcast…
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Rejane Dal Bello of Studio Rejane Dal Bello.
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43:43Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Rejane Dal Bello. Rejane talks about how she thought she’d be a dentist as a child but found a love of art on an exchange year in the US. She talks about her time at NYC’s School of Visual Arts being taught by Milton Glaser, moving to the Netherlands and working at Studio Dumbar, setting up her own stud…
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Send us a text This week Claire meets up with a personal design hero of hers – Stefan Sagmeister. Stefan talks about his experiences of working with Lou Reed and The Rolling Stones, On the importance of finding something in your life that you’re good at, and working on it to be better, on creative sabbaticals (Stefan has one every 7 years) and his …
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What’s the difference between aging and maturing? Is there one? We don’t have a clue. The dolls wrap up the first season with a heartfelt (lol jks) discussion about growing up, getting older and getting bolder. Will Phoebe and Naps finally find common ground here? Will they both be doing heroin in their 70s? Time will tell. We’ll be back bigger (no…
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Alan Dye and Nick Finney, founders of NB Studio
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47:43Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Alan Dye and Nick Finney, founders of NB Studio. They talk about their ‘apprenticeship’ at Pentagram and how they founded NB Studio in the pub next door! Some great tips for young designers too. Links: Red Setter dba NB Studio Podcast Editing by Stick and Splice…
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Sean Thomas, Executive Creative Director of JKR
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52:35Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Sean Thomas, Executive Creative Director of JKR. Sean talks about how art was his sanctuary at school, his first roles in agencies Pearlfisher and The Core, through freelance and to JKR. Links: Red Setter dba JKR Podcast Editing by Stick and SpliceBy Claire Blyth
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Robert Brunner - founder of Ammunition & Dr Dre’s collaborator & product designer on Beats
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54:03Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Robert Brunner, the product and brand designer who set up Apple’s first industrial design department, designed the first PowerBook, and went on to design the product and brand of Beats with Dr Dre and Jimmy Iovine. Robert discusses how he became an engineer after his father, how he moved on to become a …
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Rowena Curlewis and Margaret Nolan of Denomination
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1:00:35Send us a text This week Claire meets up with Rowena Curlewis and Margaret Nolan of the drinks specialist agency - Denomination. Row & Margaret talk about early beginnings at Lewis Moberly, on the importance of getting the culture right when you set up a business partnership, setting up studios around the world, and some great tips for junior desig…
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Send us a text We kick off the fourth series of My Life in Design with Jim Sutherland. Jim founded the multi-award winning Studio Sutherl&, and is visiting professor at Norwich University of the Arts. Jim talks about how he got started in design, overcoming his shyness to make an impression and present work, and why you don’t need to wear a suit as…
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Send us a text This week, in the final episode of series 3, Claire meets up with Brian Collins, designer, creative director, educator, and co-founder of design firm COLLINS - named by Forbes as one of the companies transforming the future of brand building. Brian talks about his discovery of design and making the bold statement at the age of 17 tha…
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Caspar Lam and YuJune Park, Founders of Synoptic Office
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54:36Send us a text This week, Claire speaks to Caspar Lam and YuJune Park, Founders of the award-winning Synoptic Office and Professors in Communication Design at the Parsons School of Design, NY. Caspar and YuJune talk about their discovery of design and their shared love of visualising ideas. They discuss how design is constantly evolving and the con…
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David Johnston - Founder of Accept & Proceed
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48:11Send us a text This week Claire meets up with David Johnston, founder of Accept & Proceed, exploring his design journey, from discovering graphic design and his art school experience, to entering the design industry at a time in the nineties when graphic design felt ‘punk, exciting and everything is possible.’ David talks about setting up Accept & …
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Paula Scher - Pentagram partner & design genius
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40:38Send us a text This week Claire meets up with the rather fantastic Paula Scher. Paula shares her design journey from discovering graphic design, her art school experience, and landing her first job. She discusses her early career as art director in the 1970s and early 80s, working for CBS records, and becoming a partner of Pentagram NYC in 1991. Sh…
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Send us a text This week Claire met up with visual artist Craig Black. Craig shares his rise from footballer to typographer to visual artist and performing his ‘Acrylic Fusion’ technique in front of some of the world’s greatest footballers at the FIFA World Cup in 2022. Links: Red Setter Craig Black dba Podcast Editing by Stick and Splice…
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John Glasgow, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Vault49
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1:13:43Send us a text This week Claire meets up with John Glasgow, Creative Director and Co-Founder of Vault49. John talks about his early days in the London street art scene, moving to NYC, and setting up Vault49 with Co-Founder Jonathan Kenyon. He also talks about the issues we face today with lack of diversity in design and what can be done about them.…
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Send us a text This week Claire meets up with artist and designer, Sarah Boris. She shares how she balances her love for art and design, with her art fuelling the design side. She talks about the lengths she went to, to secure her dream first design job at the Barbican, and about feeling part of the design industry and wanting a central space for d…
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Send us a text This week Claire met up with Dave Palmer, ECD & Owner of LOVE. Dave talks about his discovery of graphic design through his love of music and record covers, and the challenges he faced building a portfolio and trying to secure his first job in the wake of the 1990s dot com crash, to co-founding LOVE in 2001, and building an agency th…
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Send us a text We kick off the first episode in series 3 with the Harry Pearce of Pentagram. Harry talks about how his passion for animal rights helped him complete his degree in graphic design so he could help communicate what was going on. How he uses his skills to support human rights at WITNESS; his first roles in design; setting up his own des…
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