On Design with Justyna Green

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.

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Updated Dec 21, 2024

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Sep 14, 2022 · 46 min
Veronica Fuerte on Hey Studio, brand attitude and failure
Veronica Fuerte is a designer and founder and creative directress of Barcelona-based Hey Studio. The studio works on design and illustration projects with clients across the globe. What makes Hey's work stand out is its disciplined creativity, bold, geometric forms, and harmonious designs. The studio also runs a popular Hey Shop, in which it sells the results of its personal projects – from posters to fashion. And the studio is also the driving force behind the Women at Work podcast, championing women in the creative industries. In our conversation we discuss Hey's work, its approach to projects and we dive deep into branding, and how brand's attitudes are the first key ingredient, way before any visual elements get defined. Hey Studio's website: https://heystudio.es/ Women at Work podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/315ORl8ozeMPSBupYukehY -- This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visit conranshop.com today to immerse yourself in the world of design. -- Sign up to the On Design podcast newsletter at ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. -- Podcast music and production: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Sep 7, 2022 · 1 hr 5 min
Stefan Sagmeister on beauty, happiness and long-term thinking
Stefan Sagmeister is a designer whose work over the years delighted and surprised people across the world. He started his studio in 1993 and worked predominantly in the music industry, creating album covers for the likes of The Rolling Stones, David Byrne and Brian Eno. For his work with the latter two, he received two Grammies. He's worked across commercial and cultural projects with partner Jessica Walsh and only in the past few years has withdrawn himself from the agency to focus on non-commercial projects and explore his interests in long-term thinking, beauty and happiness. And these are some of the key topics of our conversation – long-term thinking, beauty and happiness, but Stefan also offers insights as varied as believing that a team of three creatives would be enough to rebrand a whole country and that Twitter's lack of beauty in its design, affects the nature of the conversations people are having on the platform. A brilliant conversation to kick off a new season of the podcast. Stefan's website: https://sagmeister.com/ His fashion brand: https://www.sagmeister123.com/ -- This season of the On Design podcast is brought to you by The Conran Shop. Visit conranshop.com today to immerse yourself in the world of design. -- Sign up for the On Design podcast newsletter at ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. -- Podcast music and production: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
May 11, 2022 · 48 min
Bethan Laura Wood on materials, colour and her design process
Bethan Laura Wood is a multidisciplinary designer, easily recognised for her design aesthetic, as well as her playful and eye-catching dress sense. Bethan's works range from furniture to decorative objects, lighting to installations and they all share Bethan's love of materials, colours and cultures. In our conversation, we dive deep into materials, and Bethan's design process when creating one of her latest collections called Meisen. We also discover the properties of colours – how they translate into materials, why certain objects are associated with particular colours, and how the colour palettes of particular places, affect the local design language. Bethan also reflects on her education, especially her time at the Royal College of Art and she tries to imagine what her life could be like if she didn't work as a creative… -- To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
May 4, 2022 · 55 min
Alex Valdman on Allbirds, Rapha, Kanye and following your creativity
Alex Valdman is the head of creative at AllBirds, a company that makes planet-friendly shoes made with premium natural materials. Prior to joining AllBirds Alex was also a chief creative officer at Rapha and we discuss both of those roles, as well as one of his first breaks in the creative industry, which came when he worked with Kanye West. In our conversation, Alex also shares with us the story of his upbringing, as he was born in Ukraine and his family emigrated to the United States when he was young. He reflects on the values and lessons learned from his parents and his early upbringing, the culture shock, and the values he lives by these days. -- To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Apr 27, 2022 · 46 min
Refik Anadol on AI, machine dreaming and art
Refik Anadol is a Turkish-American new media artist and designer. His works are just incredible – at first sight, they're abstract and dream-like video works, constantly shapeshifting. What's the most fascinating about these works, is how they come to be – through data-driven machine learning AI algorithms. In our conversation, Refik explains the ins and outs of his work, through beautiful and often poetic language, talking about machines dreaming and hallucinating, and Refik himself painting with the data reimagined by the AI. And whilst we discuss the technology behind his work, we also dive into the real philosophy behind Refik's art, connecting people regardless of languages, cultures and backgrounds, and how in truth, all he wants to do is heal people. -- To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Apr 20, 2022 · 49 min
Nadja Lossgott on AMV BBDO, storytelling and great advertising
Nadja Lossgott is the chief creative officer at AMV BBDO. In our conversation, Nadja shares how her upbringing shaped her early interests in creativity and how she fell in love with graphic design and art direction. She also sheds light on her early career in her native South Africa and her move to London to join the AMV BBDO team. We also dive into her amazing campaigns including Guinness Clear, Womb Stories and Trash Isles, and find out what makes her tick and what's the recipe for her success, as recently the Womb Stories campaign has scooped all major advertising awards and AMV BBDO was voted as the best advertising agency in the world. _ You can now buy RAW, my new comic at justynagreen.com/shop _ To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Apr 13, 2022 · 52 min
Marina Willer on Pentagram and curiosity
Marina Willer is a graphic designer, filmmaker, and partner at Pentagram. Marina is renowned for her design work, which includes branding work for Tate, the Southbank Centre, Rolls Royce as well as the Battersea animal rescue centre. Over time, her work has centred on reimagining identities of brands that contribute good to the world – whether that's charities or not-for-profit organisations. In our conversation, Marina discusses her early childhood influences, the beginnings of her career in Brazil and her move to London, which kickstarted new design practices and fresh perspectives. We also talk about the importance of curiosity and Marina offers practical tips on how to keep it alive. And we explore Marina's film Red Trees and draw parallels to the current political situation in Europe. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Apr 6, 2022 · 53 min
Alex Bec on It's Nice That and enabling creativity to thrive
It's episode 100 of the podcast! To celebrate our episode 100, we have a very special guest – Alex Bec, who's the co-founder of It's Nice That, which celebrates its 15th birthday this week. In our conversation, Alex discusses the beginnings of It's Nice That, how the media brand grew over the years, and how it enabled a whole group of creative businesses to flourish. Our chat is a great lesson in growing a business organically, and Alex shares great thoughts on how to grow a company together with its people and how to coach teams to champion personal growth. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Mar 30, 2022 · 43 min
Ella Ritchie on Intoart and inclusive art practices
Ella Ritchie, is the co-founder of Intoart – an art and design studio in South London working inclusively with people with learning disabilities. In our conversation, Ella shares how Intoart started over 20 years ago now and she explains its mission - Intoart truly is an alternative art school, as the current education system doesn't provide creative opportunities for people with learning disabilities. We also learn about Intoart's artists and how they are shaping the future of the organisation, and Ella shares with us an exciting announcement about the evolution of Intoart's design studio. Mentioned in the episode: Intoart website: https://intoart.org.uk/ Trifle Studio website: https://www.triflestudio.com/ Intoart artists: https://intoart.org.uk/artist/ To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Mar 23, 2022 · 42 min
Anab Jain on Superflux, high fidelity futures and hope
Anab Jain is the co-founder of design studio Superflux. Superflux specialises in designing possible future scenarios – sometimes utopian, often distopian, based on the world we currently live in, with its trends and social, economic and political shifts. Their work is heavily involved with environmental issues, technological advancements, and the drawbacks of the Anthropocene era. In this episode, we dive into Superflux's work and some of its most prominent projects, discuss the importance of hope in difficult times and explore how to live in uncertain times. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Mar 16, 2022 · 54 min
Fredrik Hellberg on Spacepopular and the metaverse
Fredrik Hellberg is the co-founder of Spacepopular, a research-driven art, design and media studio. Fredrik runs the practice together with Lara Lesmes, and the two met when studying architecture at London's Architectural Association. In our conversation, we discuss Spacepopular's research into the possibilities of Web3 and metaverses and Fredrik shares his expertise on how those spaces can be designed and most importantly, how our physical and digital worlds will be interacting in the future. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Mar 9, 2022 · 50 min
Yuri Suzuki on sound design and Pentagram
Yuri Suzuki is a sound designer and partner at Pentagram. Yuri's artistic installations often aim to bring people together, use AI machine learning and crowdsourced data, whilst his commercial work, looks at creating innovative solutions to problems such as the introduction of sound in electric cars. In our conversation we talk about the use of physical synthesizers and capturing tactile sounds, the problem with Thomas Heatherwick's bus, sound design for the public transport, the sound design scene in Japan in the early 2000s and many more topics. Mentioned in the episode: Yuri's website: https://www.yurisuzuki.com/ To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield Production: Green Podcast Productions
Mar 2, 2022 · 46 min
Alex Proba on abstract design and finding your path
Alex Proba is a New York and Portland-based creative director of Studio Proba. She's a multidisciplinary designer, focused on brand design, art direction, product design, illustration and murals and you must have seen online her playful sculptural installation Tomorrow Land from Design Miami 2021. In our conversation, Alex shares with me her educational path, which spanned dentistry, architecture and product design. We discuss her career in creative industries, which included design roles at Kickstarter and Nike before she established Studio Proba in 2013. We also chat about making work that makes people happy, setting yourself 100-day projects and sometimes, putting your personal life plans first. Mentioned in the episode: Alex's website: https://www.studioproba.com/ To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield, production: Green Podcast Productions
Feb 23, 2022 · 54 min
Stephen Briars on The Conran Shop and good design
Our guest today is Stephen Briars - the creative director at The Conran Shop. With the high street and physical retail undergoing tremendous change, we dive into what The Conran Shop is now, discuss its 50 years of 'baggage', and look into the future. Stephen also shares his thoughts on the importance of both digital and physical retail experiences, finding young new talent and how the furniture industry could learn from fashion. Mentioned in the episode: The Conran Shop website: https://www.conranshop.co.uk To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield, production: Green Podcast Productions
Feb 16, 2022 · 44 min
Jade Purple Brown on designing the whole world and being an entrepreneur
Jade Purple Brown is a New-York based artist. If you've used Adobe Illustrator at any point last year you'd be familiar with Jade's work, as her illustration was the Illustrator's splash page of 2021. Her works are colourful and bold, championing optimism, individuality and empowerment, and include illustrations, packaging design, murals and soft furnishings too. In our chat we dive into what Jade refers to JPB world, and her plans for its future. We also follow Jade's career, discuss the importance of being both a creative and a business person for a successful career, and how she was sacked from her first job as art director. Mentioned in the episode: Jade's website: https://jadepurplebrown.com To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter. Podcast music: James Greenfield, production: Green Podcast Productions
Dec 8, 2021 · 45 min
Marylou Faure on character design and doing the work you love
Marylou Faure is a London-based French illustrator and artist, known for her easily recognisable female characters and bold, colourful, graphic style of illustration. In our conversation we learn about Marylou's career journey, discuss some of the most fun commercial projects and dive into the importance of personal work, when doing what you love becomes commercially valid. Marylou also offers tips for sticking to your creative guns and how to weather the storms of freelance life. Mentioned in the episode: Marylou's website: https://maryloufaure.com/ To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter.
Dec 1, 2021 · 47 min
Manijeh Verghese on the Venice Biennale of Architecture and privatised public spaces
In this episode, we speak to Manijeh Verghese who's the Head of Public Programmes at the Architectural Association and co-founder of Unscene Architecture – a practice that operates across disciplines to reveal the unseen forces that shape our cities. She's also the co-curator of this year's British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, with an installation that focused on the privatised public spaces. In our conversation, we speak about Manijeh's view of architecture and approach to cities with their public and private spaces, how the issues raised within the Venice Biennale installation became even more important in the pandemic, and Manijeh shares her thoughts as well on not always having a plan, and trusting the unknown. Mentioned in the episode: Architectural Association's Public Programme: https://www.aaschool.ac.uk/publicprogramme British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale: https://venicebiennale.britishcouncil.org/the-garden-of-privatised-delights Unscene Architecture: https://www.unscenearchitecture.com/ This episode was produced by Green Podcast Productions. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter.
Nov 24, 2021 · 47 min
Allison Filice on illustration, dream projects and personal work
Allison Filice is a freelance illustrator, designer, and fellow podcaster based in San Francisco. Her style of illustration is graphic with black lines and bold colours and the themes she explores are our inner and outer worlds and illustrating the invisible things. In our conversation, we talk about how Alison got into illustration and how she's brought her interests in psychology and spirituality into her visual practice. She also reveals her new dream project and discusses the importance of personal work. Mentioned in the episode: Allison's website: https://allisonfilice.com/ The Friendly Unknown podcast: https://thefriendlyunknown.com/ This episode was produced by Green Podcast Productions. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter.
Nov 17, 2021 · 47 min
Monica Ahanonu on vector illustration and redefining beauty
This week's guest is Monica Ahanonu. She's an LA-based illustrator, known for her bold, colourful vector works, which celebrate beauty in all its forms. Monica worked with clients including Google, Facebook, Peloton, Time Magazine, and Vanity Fair among many, many others. In our conversation, Monica shares her personal story, which features professional gymnastics, surgery on both feet and being in a wheelchair for a period of time, studying animation, getting into Dreamworks and then deciding that she wants to pursue her own creative path, which led her to the present-day success. Mentioned in the episode: Monica's website: https://www.mahanonu.com/ Icons book: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/icons-monica-ahanonu/1136271010 Bold Words from Black Women book: https://www.waterstones.com/book/bold-words-from-black-women/tamara-pizzoli/monica-ahanonu/9781534463943 This episode was produced by Green Podcast Productions. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter.
Nov 10, 2021 · 55 min
Brogan Cox on running a design business with her husband and introducing motherhood to the mix
Brogan Cox is the creative director at Sebastian Cox. Sebastian is Brogan's husband, and the two together appeared on the 9th episode of the podcast in November 2018. Brogan is the first-ever returning guest and she's had lots happening since we last spoke. Not only she released her first furniture collection, but also managed the business throughout the pandemic, moved out of London and had two babies. In our conversation, we get to know Brogan before she joined Sebastian to run the business together and we talk about how to run a design business well: from setting up team appraisals and responding to press emails to forecasting revenue. Brogan also shares her tips for running a business with a partner and reflects on how she's evolved personally, in the relationship and within the business after she became a mum. Mentioned in the episode: Sebastian Cox website: http://sebastiancox.co.uk Brogan's Barker collection: https://www.sebastiancox.co.uk/shop?tag=Barker This episode was produced by Green Podcast Productions. To get new weekly On Design podcast episodes directly in your inbox, sign up to our newsletter at https://ondesignpodcast.com/newsletter.