Creative or Dead
by Aleesha Callahan and David Constantine
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Creative sparks with Volker Haug
Creative sparks with Volker Haug
About this podcast
Hosted by industry pals Aleesha Callahan and David Constantine, this interview-style show features conversations with creatives to unravel their process, and get a glimpse into each guests unique way of thinking – all with equal parts levity and depth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 22 episodes
- Creative sparks with Volker Haug · 57 min · Season 3 Episode 8Volker Haug's story starts with a spark (quite literally)! As a kid, he was so captivated by light that he'd made his first light fitting by the age of ten, and somewhere along…
- Following the tingles with Sarah Ellison · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 7Sarah Ellison is a Byron Bay–based creative director whose winding, capital-C creative career has taken in fashion, interior styling, magazine editorial and a furniture brand…
- Can we kick it with Jack Lovel · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 6Jack Lovel is a Melbourne-based architectural photographer who has spent the better part of a decade chasing light through modernist houses, and making some arresting images in…
- Unknown gnomes with Richard Walzer – Design Director, Breakthrough Innovation at PepsiCo · 52 min · Season 3 Episode 5“Innovation” is one of those words that gets overused so much it’s starting feel devoid of meaning. Richard Walzer isn’t interested in new for the sake of it. As Design Director…
- Home as a living installation with Susannah Holmberg · 58 min · Season 3 Episode 4What if a home was composed like a work of art? In this ep of Creative or Dead, we speak with interior designer Susannah Holmberg, founder of Susannah Holmberg Studios…
- Mermaids, mulch and making with Ty Symonds · 1 h 1 min · Season 3 Episode 3In this episode of Creative or Dead, we chat to Ty Symonds – a designer who thinks like an artist. Ty’s creative origin story starts in Far North Queensland, where rainforest…
- Art as an act of love with Golnar Roshan (Rive Roshan) · 1 h 6 min · Season 3 Episode 2In this ep, we sit down with Golnar Roshan, co-founder of Amsterdam-based studio Rive Roshan, to talk art, design and what it really means to build a creative life on your own…
- Nasha Gallery is sorry for the late reply · 1 h 0 min · Season 3 Episode 1In this episode (hello season three!), we chat with Viktor and James, the founders of Nasha Gallery in Sydney (Eora) to learn about building a gallery without following the…
- Todd Anthony and the non-linear guide to a dream career · 54 min · Season 2 Episode 7Head of Fashion Programming at Melbourne Fashion Festival Todd Anthony joins us for a zig-zagging chat about creativity with substance. Todd traces a wonderfully non-linear path…
- Ship more widgets with Christopher Boots · 1 h 8 min · Season 2 Episode 6Not enough people are making work with the intention of it still being around in 200 years. But Christopher Boots isn’t like anyone else. In this wide-ranging, thought-provoking…
- Immersive brand-building with Ren Kimber · 43 min · Season 2 Episode 5What happens when sharp strategy meets boundless creativity? Ren Kimber. In this episode, we sit down with the entrepreneurial powerhouse and strategic half of menswear label…
- Post-POMO with Nicole Durling (Craft Victoria) · 1 h 6 min · Season 2 Episode 4Nicole Durling has never followed the rules, which might be why she’s helped reshape some of Australia’s most exciting cultural and creative spaces. In this episode, we dive deep…
- Layers of meaning and invisible design with Dr Emma Luke · 1 h 1 min · Season 2 Episode 3Dr Emma Luke is a designer, jeweller, academic and accidental VJ. She’s the head of RMIT’s Master of Design Innovation and Technology, and her work skirts at the edge of…
- Ideate, build, break, repeat with Steven John Clark (aka denHolm) · 58 min · Season 2 Episode 2What do rave fashion, a small Scottish village and limestone stone masonry have in common? Steven John Clark. In this episode, sculptor, furniture stonemason and founder of…
- Sketching out ideas with interior designer Beck Trenorden · 1 h 3 min · Season 2 Episode 1Interior designer Beck Trenorden has spent two decades working at some of Melbourne’s most well-known design studios. But it wasn’t until she stepped out on her own – launching…
- A case of curious creativity: Bonus episode with David and Aleesha · 1 h 3 min · Season 1 Episode 7In this special bonus episode, Creative or Dead hosts Aleesha Callahan and David Constantine turn the mic on themselves. The friends and collaborators reflect on their own…
- Designing death: Bonus Episode! Live at Creative Mornings with Jo Hook · 40 min · Season 1 Episode 6In this special bonus episode, hosts Aleesha Callahan and David Constantine step out of the studio and onto the Creative Mornings stage with Jo Hook – coach, and life designer –…
- Adjacent inspirations with curator Julie McLaren · 57 min · Season 1 Episode 5In this thought-provoking episode of Creative or Dead, hosts David Constantine and Aleesha Callahan speak with Julie McLaren, an experienced curator known for her work with the…
- The three-legged saga with Jordan Fleming · 1 h 0 min · Season 1 Episode 4Tune in to this episode of Creative or Dead, where David Constantine and Aleesha Callahan sit down with artist and designer Jordan Fleming, who shares her journey from interior…
- The world of six-fingered Samurais with Tom Blachford · 1 h 2 min · Season 1 Episode 3On this episode of Creative or Dead, David and Aleesha meet with Tom Blachford, a commercial architecture and interiors photographer and fine artist known for his bold and…
