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On Design with Justyna Green

by Justyna Green

On Design brings you insightful conversations with design's most inspiring figures - from designers to artists, creative directors to entrepreneurs and everybody in between. If you want to know what inspires them, how they work and how they see the world, this is the podcast for you.

Episodes

Matt Blease on illustration, humour and following your dream

52m · Published 30 Nov 03:00

Matt Blease is a freelance illustrator. Before going into illustration full time he spent some years at branding agencies and also led the graphic design department at Liberty.

In our conversation, we talk about Matt’s transition from branding and graphic design to illustration, how he discovered his illustration style in his 30s and how having kids unlocked an unlimited resource for stories and observational illustrations.

Matt also debunks the myth that you can’t make money in illustration and shares with us tips for getting seen and getting work in the post-pandemic world.

Matt’s website: mattbleasegeneralstore.com

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Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Krista Kim on Web3, the metaverse and wellbeing

59m · Published 23 Nov 03:00

Krista Kim is a contemporary digital artist, known for creating the Mars House, which was the first sold digital NFT home in the world. She's a pioneer of digital art and the founder of techism movement, a manifesto of which she published in 2014. At the heart of Krista's work is bringing well-being to people through Web3 and using the new technologies to build communities and help us heal through art. And whilst Krista is deeply involved in Web 3, our conversation really is about what makes us human.

Krista's website: kristakimstudio.com

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Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Sumayya Vally on dreaming a world, generosity and diverse perspectives

55m · Published 16 Nov 01:00

Sumayya Vally is the founder of Counterspace, an architecture and research practice. She’s also the youngest architect to have designed the Serpentine Pavilion and she was appointed as the artistic director of the first Islamic Arts Biennale that takes place this coming January in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.

In our conversation, we learn about Sumayya’s architecture and research practice, which explores, among many other things, perspectives of difference – questioning current narratives, and bringing a new lens to the current discourse.

We talk about gestures of generosities and the meaning of rituals and discuss the philosophy behind the creation of her Serpentine Pavilion. We also get a glimpse into the Islamic Arts Biennale, and Summaya’s concept for exploring Islamic arts through a contemporary lens.

It’s a powerful conversation about following your beliefs and questioning status quo.

Counterspace website: counterspace-studio.com

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Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Andrés Reisinger on digital art, discipline and breaking routines

49m · Published 09 Nov 11:38

Andres Reisinger, is a digital artist, and you might know him best for his Hortensia Chair, which was a digital design, then translated into a physical product by Moooi, or Winter House he designed. Our conversation though is one of those chats, that didn’t follow what I might have thought it will be. We start our conversation by discovering that Andres’s first love was music, and we dive into his approach to creative work, focused on discipline and practice. We then explore his visual work, and we talk about taking risks and breaking daily routines, to create something new, but also to encourage new thoughts and perceptions of the world around us.

Andres' website: reisinger.studio

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Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Suzie Hackney on LUSH, art, movement and grief

56m · Published 02 Nov 02:00

Suzie Hackney is the creative director and category lead for Gifts at Lush Cosmetics. But Suzie is also so much more… From her interests in primates, to studying dance, being a sculptor and a yogi, Suzie covers a whole spectrum of creative disciplines. Our discussion covers her role at LUSH, the importance of responsible gifting – which I believe is super important and our chat also flows further afield into movement therapies, grief and translating it into art. It’s a wholesome discussion and one that will leave you much richer.

Suzie's website: www.suziehackney.com

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This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Ricardo Cavolo on seeing more and expressing yourself

48m · Published 26 Oct 02:30

Ricardo Cavolo is an artist and illustrator whose work is surreal and colourful, mixing medieval influences with comic art. You’ll find in his works lots of familiar characters from popular culture – from Duffy Duck and Gollum to The Powerpuff girls. But if you look at the meaning of his works, you’ll discover that he covers topics linked to mental health, fear, depression, or difficulties faced by teenagers. In our conversation, we talk about Ricardo’s life and how it influenced his work, how he developed his style, how his work evolved after he suffered from depression, and how he never thought it would be possible to make a living as an artist.

Ricardo's website: ricardocavolo.com

This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

India Mahdavi on colour, joy and belonging

48m · Published 19 Oct 02:00

India Mahdavi is an architect and designer, renowned for her love of colour and joy, and her original pink design of Sketch in London. In our conversation, we discuss India’s love affair with colour, her international upbringing, the meaning of home and rediscovering her Iranian and Egyptian roots. We also talk about how to be original in the age of social media and how to champion positivity in everyday life.

India's website: https://india-mahdavi.com/

This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Natsai Audrey Chieza on Faber Futures, materials and biodesign

49m · Published 12 Oct 02:00

Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer and the founder of Faber Futures. This R&D studio creates biologically inspired materials and works with businesses and organisations on shaping their biodesign and material work to be sustainable, regenerative and more thoughtful.

In our conversation, we discuss Natsai’s upbringing and how she was introduced to creativity and technology, before she moved to the UK to study architecture. We follow her path as she joined the Material Futures course at Central Saint Martins and her work after graduation on Project Coelicolor in which she used bacteria to dye fabrics. We also dive into biodesign and regenerative design.

Faber Futures website: https://faberfutures.com/

Natsai's website: https://www.natsaiaudrey.co.uk/

This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Steve Green on Nike, skateboarding and creative direction

1h 10m · Published 05 Oct 02:00

Steve Green is the Senior Global Creative Director and Nike. And oh my god, Steve has done everything at Nike in his almost 12 years – from having a blank slate to reimagine its Skateboarding department, to infusing the Running department with his vision, to heading up the Global Tee Studio.

In our conversation he shares his early love for skateboarding, giving up everything in his hometown to move to New York, hating Portland in the first two years after joining Nike, learning to go with the flow, creating his graphic meditations, and moving from designing every day, to helping designers thrive at Nike.

Steve’s prints: https://www.inprnt.com/gallery/stevegreen/

This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

Yoko Choy on Chinese design, East-West connections and modern brand communications

47m · Published 28 Sep 02:03

Yoko Choy is a journalist and many of you will know her as the China Editor for Wallpaper* magazine. She’s also the co-founder of a creative consultancy Collective Contemporist. Yoko has dedicated her career to design, to the Chinese design scene and to building the east-west connections and enabling international dialogue, idea exchange and collaborations.

In our conversation, she shares a wealth of knowledge of Chinese design and how it has evolved in the past 15-20 years, from both the manufacturers' perspective and the perspective of design studios. She also shares with us the names of new designers shaping the design scene and shares her thoughts on the Chinese consumer and luxury markets. We also dive into today’s media landscape in China, the death of a website – and maybe also the email – and how Chinese brands interact with their audiences, and what western brands can learn about entering the market.

Collective Contemporist website: https://www.collectivecontemporist.com/

This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visitconranshop.comtoday to immerse yourself in the world of design.

Podcast music and production:James Greenfield

Production:Green Podcast Productions

On Design with Justyna Green has 144 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 116:10:54. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on August 9th 2022. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 15th, 2024 20:40.