MOUTHWASH

Our last episode of Season 4 finds us meditating on the ins and outs of creative burnout. How can we manage to remain consistent in our creativity despite obstacles and deadlines? The team finds answers in habit and accountability, among a myriad of other practices.

The best work is often made not so much in spite of limitations, but because they were there in the first place. Before lamenting the limited money, time, or collaborators available to you, remember the old adage: necessity is the mother of invention. This episode finds the team diving into the pros and cons of constraints in work, and how setting guardrails can help narrow your focus in future projects.

What is collaboration? Is it partnership, sharing desk space, or just the creative industry’s most overused buzzword? This episode of the podcast has us digging in and finding answers—appropriately, together.

Episode 3 looks at what it takes to create opportunities for yourself, and how we have done it as a studio in the past. From being proactive in your approach, to leaving room to pivot, how are you making sure you've established a space for you to succeed?

What does it take to finish a project? To go from 0 to 100? The team explores reward theory, managing expectations, and the importance of starting the right projects. Don't be shy, come and listen. Photos by Sean Davidson

We're back. And we're changing things up a little bit. Season 4 of the MOUTHWASH Podcast is here — shorter episodes where the MW team hangs out and talks about what's been on our minds. Episode One is all about Getting Better Over Time. Let's dive in.

Wrapping up the last episode of Season 3, the MOUTHWASH Team sits down with Jared Hogan and Christian Schultz; the dynamic-duo that makes up Good. Podcast. With no real agenda, we spent our time talking about films, what it means to run a podcast, and how we've grown creatively.

Cliqua is the directorial duo made up of Raul Sanchez and Pasqual Gutierrez. Working with artists like Bad Bunny and Rosalia, we sat down and talked with them about their roots, where they’re drawing inspiration from, and how they’re continuing to push their creative limits.

In this episode of the MOUTHWASH Podcast, we sit down with our long-time friend: Tori Hinn. Tori is a Graphic Designer and Creative Director of Figma. In the past, she’s had her hands in projects at Red Antler and Google Creative Lab. Tori talks to us about how the internet has formed many of her relationships, why she doesn’t tweet about graphic design, and Women of Graphic Design, which has been an ongoing project in effort to close one of the largest gaps in the industry. Tori loves people first and foremost. Everything else comes after that.

Jermaine Craig is a designer of systems and experiences. In the past he’s created A-Mood, a simple way to curate and gather references. Other Shapes, minimal one-page website templates for creative workers and teams. And right now he’s building Kwanda, a modern collection pot for black communities. Kwanda is a non-profit company that is dedicated to improving the quality of life for these communities through different projects that are organically formed through the discussion amongst its members. Jermaine talks with us about the role design plays in forming these dialogues and the importance of removing obstacles for more diverse solutions to shine on our modern-day problems.