Podcasts by Creative Lives

Creative Lives

An educational resource to inspire and inform the next generation of creatives and help them make better career decisions. Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to landing their first job.

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Creative Lives: Google Health's Dem Geromelou on embracing uncertainty and seizing every opportunity from 2020-03-12T12:19:29

On this week’s podcast we sit down with Dem Gerolemou, a visual designer at Google Health. It was after graduating from Winchester School of Art’s graphic design course, that Dem came across his tr...

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Creative Lives: Researcher Tarik Fontenelle on travelling the world to investigate youth subcultures from 2020-02-20T09:35:47

This week on the podcast we chat to Tarik Fontenelle, a researcher, anthropologist and co-founder of strategic insight agency, ON.ROAD. Based in London, Tarik and his team investigate the thoughts,...

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Creative Lives: Illustration curator Olivia Ahmad on networking, people skills and detective work from 2020-02-13T16:59:09

This week on the podcast we catch up with Olivia Ahmad, a curator at the House of Illustration and the editor of Varoom magazine. Since joining in 2014, Olivia has developed more than 50 exhibition...

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Creative Lives: Facebook's Teemu Suviala on VR, AR and having a multidisciplinary mindset from 2020-02-06T17:34:48

On the podcast this week, we catch up with Teemu Suviala about some of the innovative work he’s doing as the director of brand design at Facebook’s AR/VR team. Whether that’s face filters, AR glass...

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Creative Lives: New York Magazine's Jody Quon on being prepared and precise from 2020-01-30T15:46:56

This week on the podcast we meet Jody Quon, the photography director of New York Magazine and the brains behind some of the publication's most ambitious shoots and covers.

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Creative Lives: Nadine Chahine on the politics of type, sacrifice and burnout from 2020-01-23T16:13:16

On the podcast this week we catch up with Nadine Chahine, one of the foremost experts in Arabic type design. Rising up the ranks at foundry Monotype from intern to UK Type Director, the ridiculousl...

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Creative Lives: Chrystal Genesis on how to launch a successful podcast from 2020-01-16T10:07:12

On Creative Lives this week, we chat to Chrystal Genesis, the London-based journalist, cultural programmer and creator of acclaimed podcast Stance. We hear all about her career journey to date, fro...

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Creative Lives: Wilfrid Wood on sculpting with plasticine, and why it’s ok to meander in your 20s from 2019-12-19T10:30:35

This week we chat to Wilfrid Wood, a London-based artist and sculptor who, through the medium of plasticine, transforms celebs and politicians into incredibly well-observed – and often very funny –...

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Creative Lives: Kate Moross on identity, knowing your worth and designing for the Spice Girls from 2019-12-12T11:02:22

Our guest on the podcast this week is London-based art director, designer and illustrator Kate Moross. Best known for their energetic, joyful and colourful work for clients like MTV, One Direction ...

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Creative Lives: Aries Moross on identity, knowing your worth and designing for the Spice Girls from 2019-12-12T11:02:22

Our guest on the podcast this week is London-based art director, designer and illustrator Aries Moross. Best known for their energetic, joyful and colourful work for clients like MTV, One Direction...

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Creative Lives: Yinka Ilori on money, motivation and ‘making it’ from 2019-12-05T10:02:02

On the podcast this week, we’re joined by Yinka Illori, an artist and designer whose colourful, pattern-filled work brings a joyful approach to a broad range of disciplines from furniture design an...

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Creative Lives: Patrick Stevenson-Keating, founder and creative director, Studio PSK from 2019-07-18T14:16:18

We’re joined by founder and creative director of Studio PSK, Patrick Stevenson-Keating. Patrick explains how his journey evolved from creating parallel universes at university to founding a studio ...

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Creative Lives: Amie Snow, creative at Ogilvy UK from 2019-07-11T07:26:26

Alongside a great many other impressive pursuits, Amie Snow is a creative at Ogilvy UK. Armed with an incredible amount of energy and an almost infinite number of strings to her bow, her skills ran...

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Creative Lives: Danny Sangra, director, illustrator, artist from 2019-07-04T12:48:49

On this week’s podcast we meet multidisciplinary creative Danny Sangra. Based in London but often working all over the world, Danny’s career sees him switching between mediums including illustratio...

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Creative Lives: Matt Dunn, art director from 2019-06-27T15:02

This week we meet San Fransisco-based art director Matt Dunn, whocurrently works at renowned ad agency Goodby Silverstein & Partners. Originally from the UK, Matt only began his career in advertisi...

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Creative Lives: Dan Adeyemi, creative technologist from 2019-06-20T11:38:43

On the podcast this week, we are joined by Dan Adeyemi. Currently the lead creative technologist at fashion brand Farfetch, it’s Dan’s job to experiment with how technology can be used to bring var...

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Creative Lives: Jyni Ong, staff writer at It's Nice That from 2019-06-13T14:41:37

It's another grad edition of the podcast! This time, we catch up with Jyni Ong, an in-house writer for arts and design publication It’s Nice That. Listen in as she tells us all about the journey th...

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Creative Lives: Paul Smith, fashion designer – part 2 from 2019-05-30T15:28:40

Following the first half of our interview with Paul Smith on the Creative Lives podcast, this week we return to our chat with the British fashion icon to pick up where we left off.

After ...

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Creative Lives: Paul Smith, fashion designer – part 1 from 2019-05-23T13:47:58

On this week’s podcast, we welcome a very special guest – icon of British fashion design, Paul Smith. We visited Paul at his company’s UK headquarters in central London last month to record an exte...

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Creative Lives: Jo Ham, artist, illustrator and founder from 2019-05-16T16:03:01

Working across everything from homeware and ceramics to paper products and wall art, Jo Ham is the mastermind behind minimal homeware brand, HAM.

On the podcast this week, she joins us to ...

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Creative Lives Grad Special: Laurie Avon, illustrator from 2019-05-09T13:05:01

With graduate season on the horizon, we’ll be hosting a series of podcasts with a selection of grads at different points in their careers.

To kick things off, we’re speaking to Laurie Avo...

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Creative Lives: Sarah Williams, founder and arts consultancy specialist from 2019-05-02T16:28:59

Our guest this week is Sarah Williams, founder and director at arts consultancy Soho Curious & Co. Sarah's career path is a great example of how you can make a creative career work for you, without...

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Creative Lives: Sereena Abbassi, head of culture and inclusion at M&C Saatchi from 2019-04-25T13:38:27

Our guest this week is Sereena Abbassi, an activist, writer, public speaker who has worked as the head of culture and inclusion at M&C Saatchi since 2018.

Sereena’s work is entirely focuse...

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Creative Lives: Liam Walsh, creative technology director from 2019-04-18T14:18:31

On the podcast this week, we’re joined by Liam Walsh, creative technology director at east London-based animation studio Nexus. He fills us in on working on an exciting array of projects – from ste...

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Creative Lives: Emma Hopkins, creative lead at Spotify from 2019-04-08T14:58:42

As the creative lead at Spotify UK, Emma's work currently focusses on the interplay between audio and visual elements. Looking back on her previous roles, she describes her CV as particularly “mill...

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Creative Lives: Maksimilian Kallhed, co-founder of The Pop Up Agency from 2019-03-21T15:46:22

Our guest this week is Maksimilian Kallhed, co-founder of The Pop Up Agency, who is currently based between London and Paris. Maksimilian was still studying at Hyper Island Stockholm when he co-fou...

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Creative Lives: Aimée Felone, publisher and co-founder from 2019-02-28T14:04:42

Having previously worked as an assistant editor at publishing company Scholastic, in 2017 Aimée joined forces with co-worker David Stevens to launch their own inclusive, independent children’s publ...

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Creative Lives: Jeremy Leslie, MagCulture founder from 2019-02-21T17:22:51

Our guest this week is magazine-enthusiast and expert Jeremy Leslie, the founder of editorial-design resource MagCulture?. He talks us through the journey that led him to turning his passion projec...

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Creative Lives: Katee Hui, strategist and founder, Hackney Laces from 2019-02-14T16:41:20

Originally from Ontario, Canada, Katee is a strategy director at creative agency, Kindred in London. But when she’s not doing that, you’ll often find her on a football pitch.

Katee founde...

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Creative Lives: Joel Honeywell, director of photography from 2019-02-07T15:16:12

On this week’s podcast, we get to know rising director of photography, Joel Honeywell, whose work includes projects with Vogue, Dazed, i-D and Vice, as well as production companies like Partizan an...

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Creative Lives: Ruby Wight, Burberry designer and art director from 2019-01-31T11:12:01

On the podcast this week, we're joined by Ruby Wight, senior integrated designer at fashion powerhouse, Burberry. Ruby currently heads up a team of four designers to realise some of the brand’s mos...

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Creative Lives: Nafisa Bakkar, co-founder and CEO of Amaliah.com from 2019-01-24T14:07:57

For our latest podcast, we chat to Nafisa Bakkar, the CEO and co-founder behind Amaliah.com, a media platform amplifying the voices of muslim women. She talks to us about unexpectedly finding her w...

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Creative Lives: Adam Larter, comedian and strategic account director from 2019-01-17T14:06:01

On the podcast this week, we meet strategic account director and comedian, Adam Larter. After studying politics and creative writing at Kingston University, Adam tells us how he found himself in th...

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Creative Lives: Mona Chalabi, data illustrator and journalist from 2019-01-10T16:41:29

On the podcast this week, we hear from New York-based data journalist and illustrator, Mona Chalabi. With an inimitable visual style that strays far from cold and clinical graphs and charts, Mona h...

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Creative Lives: Ayo Fagbemi, planner at Wieden + Kennedy from 2018-12-13T12:36:08

On the podcast this week, we meet Wieden+Kennedy planner and strategist, Ayo Fagbemi. Graduating with a BA in politics and international relations, Ayo found his way to advertising after being hand...

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Creative Lives: James Groves, brand strategist from 2018-12-06T12:58:53

This week we get a thorough insight into the world of brand strategy, with our guest James Groves. Originally trained in graphic design, James has now earned over 15 years experience in the industr...

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Creative Lives: Dan Sandison, editor-in-chief of ‘Mundial’ from 2018-11-29T15:17:12

Our guest this week is Dan Sandison, editor-in-chief of Mundial magazine. Launched in 2014 as an alternative to the laddy football publications of the time, Mundial is a quarterly magazine champion...

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Creative Lives: Deidre Dyer, executive editor of ‘No Man’s Land’ from 2018-11-22T16:05:53

This week’s guest is New York-based writer and editor Deidre Dyer, whose inspiring journey has seen her go from retail work, to serving as style editor at The Fader magazine, to overseeing marketin...

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Creative Lives: Stefanie Sword-Williams, account director at TCO London from 2018-11-15T16:37:25

On the podcast this week, we chat to Stefanie Sword-Williams, an account director at media company and agency TCO London. Alongside her day job, Stefanie also runs the unapologetically titled F*ck ...

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Creative Lives: Rod Stanley, writer, creative director and editor of ‘Good Trouble’ from 2018-11-08T16:13:33

In this week’s podcast we get to know Rod Stanley – the former editor of Dazed & Confused, now working from New York as a writer, director and editor of Good Trouble, a publication combining creati...

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Creative Lives: Matt Ipcar, executive creative director at Blue State Digital from 2018-11-01T13:02:55

Our guest on the podcast this week is Blue State Digital's executive creative director, Matt Ipcar. Sharing pivotal moments and highlights from his career so far, he tells us about studying archite...

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Creative Lives: Charlie Drinkwater, art director at Island Records from 2018-10-25T14:08:49

On the podcast this week, we meet Charlie Drinkwater, art director at Island Records’ London office. While having an in-house design team isn’t necessarily the norm for music labels, this is someth...

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Creative Lives: Leyya Sattar, creative and co-founder of The Other Box from 2018-10-18T10:59:54

Since year eight at secondary school, Leyya Sattar knew she wanted to work in the creative industry. Her role model? American TV show Ugly Betty’s Wilhelmina Slater; “Seeing a woman of colour in su...

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Creative Lives: Samir Hussein, royal and entertainment photographer from 2018-10-11T08:17:27

You might not know it, but you’ve probably already seen some of Samir Hussein’s work. Having photographed everyone from A-list celebrities to the Royal family, Samir’s pictures have been used on fr...

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Creative Lives: Emma Gannon, author, broadcaster, podcast host from 2018-10-04T07:07:30

This week on the podcast, we meet Emma Gannon, whose varied work has seen her become a bestselling author and reach millions of people with her blockbuster podcast CTRL ALT DELETE.

Having ...

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Creative Lives: Natalie Kane, V&A curator of digital design from 2018-09-27T14:41:49

On the podcast this week, we sat down with the V&A’s curator of digital design, Natalie Kane. Working in the V&A’s Design, Architecture and Digital department, as a curator, it’s Natalie’s job to t...

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Creative Lives: Jules Young, head agent and office manager at HERS from 2018-09-20T15:25:58

This week we meet Jules Young, who works at the intersection of the food and creative industries. As an agent and office manager for agency HERS, she has become specialised in a particularly niche ...

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Creative Lives: Cait Oppermann, photographer from 2018-09-13T13:46:11

This week, we sat down with American photographer Cait Oppermann to talk about sports, self-promotion and why she is ‘obsessed’ with her own productivity.

A graduate of Pratt Institute’s p...

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Creative Lives: Jan Genesis, multi-camera director from 2018-09-06T16:05:25

In this week’s podcast we go behind the camera and into the world of broadcasting, to find out what it’s like to work in big TV studios. Throughout his time as a freelancer, multi-camera director J...

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Creative Lives: Joana Filipe, exhibition designer and creative producer from 2018-08-30T15:03:48

On the podcast this week, we meet Joana Filipe, an exhibition and interior designer, who also works as a creative producer for ELCAF, London’s biggest annual festival for comics and illustration. N...

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Creative Lives: Oscar Hudson, director from 2018-08-23T11:57:47

Oscar Hudson is a London-based director whose work spans music videos, documentaries, short films and commercials. In the last year alone he’s received over 15 notable awards – earning the title of...

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Creative Lives: Phoenix Perry, game designer, artist and lecturer from 2018-08-16T14:44:07

Our guest this week is Phoenix Perry, an independent game designer, lecturer, and activist, and was recorded on July 27th in London. Born and raised in the states, Phoenix moved to London in 2015, ...

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Creative Lives: Rosie Wadey, photography agent from 2018-08-02T13:32:20

Our guest this week is photography agent Rosie Wadey. Rosie has worked at East Photographic, a London based agency representing talent including photographers, set designers, and stylists, since 20...

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Creative Lives: Jace Harrison Crowley, motion designer from 2018-07-26T09:54:25

At school, most of us are taught not to do your research on the internet. But for motion designer Jace Harrison-Crowley, it’s proved to be his most valuable resource: “It is the dictionary, or ency...

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Creative Lives: Lauren Maccabee, photographer from 2018-07-19T15:11:25

The likes of footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, designer Kate Moross and even theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli have found themselves in front of Lauren Maccabee’s lens. Having graduated just three ye...

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Creative Lives: Nicole Crentsil, head of marketing and partnerships, speaker, curator from 2018-07-12T15:25:48

This week we find out how our multitalented podcast guest, Nicole Crentsil, went from a degree in product design to carving out her own unique path, acquiring a number of job titles along the way. ...

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Creative lives: Otegha Uwagba, Women Who founder, writer, speaker, brand consultant from 2018-07-05T13:16:10

In this week’s podcast we get to know Otegha Uwagba, whose job title spans a diverse range of roles – from author and journalist, to brand consultant and speaker. As the founder of advice-based pla...

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Creative Lives: Anoushka Rodda, managing director of TEMPLO from 2018-06-28T11:40:19

Our guest this week is Anoushka Rodda, co-founder and managing director of London-based design studio TEMPLO. Anoushka gives us insight into what happens when you graduate as a designer, but discov...

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Creative Live: Matthew Tinsley, VFX postvis supervisor and compositor from 2018-06-21T15:14:11

In this week’s podcast, we chat to Matthew Tinsley, a freelance postvis supervisor and compositor for visual effects, based in London. Specialised in feature films, over the past few years, Matthew...

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Creative Lives: Hayley Redman, senior copywriter at Innocent Drinks from 2018-06-14T11:32:41

Innocent Drinks are known for their uniquely chatty and conversational tone of voice. Whether it’s a playful product description or pun-filled posters, their decision to ditch cold corporate termin...

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Creative Lives: Oliver Hamilton, Cartoon Network storyboard artist from 2018-06-07T13:41:13

After graduating with a BA in animation from the University of the West of England in 2013, Oliver spent four years at Cartoon Network Europe, working on the animated TV series, The Amazing World o...

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Creative Lives: Tristan Oliver, cinematographer for Isle of Dogs from 2018-05-31T13:31:04

Our guest this week is Tristan Oliver, a cinematographer specialised in stop-frame animation, whose work includes shooting recent releases ‘Isle of Dogs’ by Wes Anderson, and ‘Loving Vincent’ by Do...

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Creative Lives: Olivier Kugler, reportage illustrator from 2018-05-24T15:12:58

This week, German reportage illustrator Oliver Kugler speaks with us from his shared studio space in east London. He describes the time-intensive process that goes into each commission.?

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Creative Lives: Cai Lunn, picture editor at British Vogue from 2018-05-17T14:21:02

From a young age, Cai Lunn knew she wanted to work in fashion and publishing. Graduating from Central Saint Martins in 2013 with a BA in graphic design, Cai attributes the course’s broad curriculum...

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Creative Lives: Ollie Olanipekun, creative director from 2018-05-10T14:20:39

On the podcast this week, we catch up with creative director and co-founder of creative agency SuperImpose Studio, Ollie Olanipekun.

Set up just over three years ago in East London, Super...

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Creative Lives: Lucienne Roberts, graphic designer from 2018-05-03T13:01:07

Our guest on the podcast this week is graphic designer Lucienne Roberts. In addition to running her own design studio, LucienneRoberts+, she is also the co-founder of GraphicDesign&, publishing boo...

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Creative Lives: Malcolm Garrett, graphic designer and creative director from 2018-04-16T10:02:07

This edition of our Creative Lives podcast features an edit of a conversation recorded live between graphic designer Malcolm Garrett and Will Hudson. The discussion was part of an event that took p...

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Creative Lives: Alex Norris, comic artist from 2018-04-12T10:47:32

Alex Norris is the cartoonist behind Web Comic Name – a deceptively simple, three-panel comic featuring a blobby pink character, always ending with the phrase, ‘Oh no’. Since launching in 2016, the...

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Creative Lives: Shannie Mears, chief talent officer and brand manager from 2018-04-05T10:28:29

This week we speak to talent chief and brand manager Shannie Mears. Still only two years into her career in advertising, she has already co-founded her own agency, been invited to join panels and t...

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Creative Lives: Joss Debae, brand strategist from 2018-03-22T10:03:50

Working with companies such as Dazed Media, Protein, Anyways and trend forecasting agency WGSN, freelance brand strategist Joss Debae is brought in on a project basis, helping to develop objectives...

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Creative Lives: Jonathan Barnbrook, designer and typographer from 2018-03-15T15:37:29

As something of an icon in the field of graphic design, Jonathan Barnbrook is a British-born designer and typographer. Renowned, among many other things, for his longstanding collaboration with the...

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Creative Lives: Brian Kaczynski, line producer from 2018-03-08T15:21:15

How do you make a series about gangsters in 1920s Birmingham, or a drama about Dickensian London? This week on the podcast, we talk to line producer and BAFTA member Brian Kaczynski, whose job it i...

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Creative Lives: Laura Jordan-Bambach, chief creative officer from 2018-03-01T11:48:39

Our guest on the podcast this week is Laura Jordan-Bambach, chief creative officer of Mr.President, the independent agency she co-founded in 2013. We caught up with her at the company’s headquarter...

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Creative Lives: Rik Lomas, coder and tech educator from 2018-02-22T15:34

This week’s guest is SuperHi founder Rik Lomas, a New York-based tech educator, coder and startup advisor, who we interviewed on February 7th.

After growing up in Manchester, Rik graduated...

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Creative Lives: Akwasi Poku, creative at Wieden+Kennedy from 2018-02-15T15:06:10

Joining us on the podcast this week is Akwasi Poku, a creative at London-based agency Wieden+Kennedy, who we met on February 9th. Akwasi takes us on a journey through his varied start in the indust...

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Creative Lives: Anna Ginsburg, animator and director from 2018-02-01T12:38:34

Earlier this week we ventured to production company Strange Beast in London? to catch up with animator and director Anna Ginsburg, as she worked on her latest project. She talked to us her process,...

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Creative Lives: Coralie Bickford-Smith, author, illustrator and book designer from 2018-01-25T09:53:40

Of the many full time book designers working at Penguin Random House, Coralie Bickford-Smith has managed to build a reputation that now exists independently of the iconic publishing house. We met u...

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Creative Lives: Naresh Ramchandani, creative director from 2018-01-18T11:01:45

Our guest this week is Pentagram partner and co-founder of non-profit public service, Do The Green Thing, Naresh Ramchandani. As Pentagram’s first advertising and communications partner, he talks t...

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Creative Lives: Hattie Stewart, illustrator and artist from 2018-01-12T16:39:01

In this edition of our Creative Lives podcast, we talk to London-based illustrator and artist Hattie Stewart. She shares what she’s learnt along the way, including how to manage client communicatio...

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Creative Lives: Anna Lomax, creative director, set designer and art director from 2018-01-04T16:13:03

This week we chat to multitalented, London-based creative Anna Lomax. Combining work as a creative director, set designer and art director, she’s learnt to swap hats according to project. Creating ...

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Creative Lives: Raj Panjwani, service designer from 2017-12-21T12:36:51

This week we talk to Raj Panjwani, service designer for the Ministry of Justice. He talked to us about what it’s like to work for government, taking ego out of your work and what emerging designers...

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Creative Lives: Laura Pannack, photographer from 2017-12-15T09:55:57

For this week’s Creative Lives podcast, we spoke to photographer Laura Pannack at her home in London. She tells us what a typical day looks like as a freelancer and reflects on her path into photog...

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Creative Lives: L.A. Ronayne, creative director at Stink Studios from 2017-12-07T10:17:55

Our guest for this week’s podcast is L.A. Ronayne and was recorded on December 4th in London. Working full-time as a creative director at Stink Studios, L.A. splits her spare time across a further ...

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Creative Lives: David McKendrick, art director from 2017-12-01T11:43:30

This week our podcast guest is David McKendrick, art director and co-founder of B.A.M. studio, who was recorded live in conversation at G. F Smith’s Show Space.

David founded B.A.M. with b...

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Creative Lives: Malike Favre, artist and illustrator from 2017-11-23T11:09:37

For this week’s podcast, we visited artist and illustrator Malika Favre at her home studio in east London, where we talked agents, favourite clients and deadlines that range from four hours to two ...

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Creative Lives: Dylan Griffith, creative director from 2017-11-16T14:23:32

This week’s guest is Dylan Griffith and was recorded on October 31st in London. Dylan is the creative director and co-founder of Smörgåsbord – the studio he set up in 2008 with fellow designer Vick...

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Creative Lives: Brendan Dawes, artist and designer from 2017-11-09T11:22:25

This week we talk to Manchester-based artist and designer Brendan Dawes. Rooted in universal themes, Brendan’s work often takes the form of interactive installations, exploring both digital and ana...

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Creative Lives: Greig Anderson, creative director from 2017-11-02T14:30:14

During the recent Graphic Design Festival Scotland, we spoke to Freytag Anderson co-founder and director Greig Anderson. He talked us through the working process and ethos at the Glasgow-based desi...

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Creative Lives: Gavin Strange, designer and director from 2017-10-26T09:09:07

In this week's podcast, we hear from Gavin Strange. Having joined the team at Bristol-based animation studio Aardman in 2008, Gavin currently works for the interactive arm of the company as a senio...

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Creative Lives: Morag Myerscough, designer and artist from 2017-10-19T15:32:53

For this week's podcast, we caught up with artist and designer Morag Meyerscough at the recent Something Good festival in Bristol.

Regarded as one of the UK’s most prolific designers, Mora...

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Creative Lives: Lance Wyman, graphic designer from 2017-10-12T11:05:06

The latest edition of the Creative Lives podcast features the legendary graphic designer Lance Wyman, and was recorded in September 2017, at the AGI Open conference in Paris.

Describing hi...

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Creative Lives: Franki Goodwin, creative director and executive producer from 2017-10-05T09:52:12

Lecture in Progress is an online resource that inspires and informs the next generation of creatives by providing practical insight and advice into the day to day industry. This podcast series feat...

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Creative Lives: Jez Burrows, designer, writer and illustrator from 2016-10-11T11:39:24

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives: Nelly Ben Hayoun, experience designer from 2016-10-06T20:43:14

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives: Danielle Pender, editor-in-chief from 2016-09-28T15:13:07

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives: Sarah Boris, graphic designer from 2016-09-28T09:13:42

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives: Andrew Telling, filmmaker and director from 2016-09-28T09:01:02

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives: Tom Judd, animator from 2016-09-27T19:46:27

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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Creative Lives
Creative Lives: George Butler, illustrator and explorer from 2016-09-27T12:13:27

Creative Lives is a podcast series profiling interesting creative careers – from how they identified an interest in the industry, to their formal education and landing their first job. This episode...

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