Creative Figures

E95 — Second Take: Gemma O'Brien, "What Flow Actually Feels Like"

Gemma O'Brien describes flow as a forgetting of yourself. Fully absorbed, at one with the work, no sense of time passing. Then the conversation turns to boredom, and tha

E94 - Second Take: Mat Voyce, "I Hated Motion Design"

Mat Voyce makes motion work for Nike, Pepsi and Disney+. He also tried animation at university, hated it, and decided he would never do it again. This is Second Take, a

Bonus 007 - Simon Flöter: His Grandfather's Love Letters & What He'd Make if Money Didn't Matter

This is the seventh Captn OffScript bonus, and the last one of Season 2. After a main episode spent in the trenches, I asked Simon Flöter one question that flips it all u

S02/E38 - Simon Flöter on Life in the Trenches & Not Making Decisions From Fear

For the final episode of Season 2, I didn't want a victory lap. Simon Flöter is a German illustrator, designer and developer living in Amsterdam, and he told me early on:

Bonus 006 - Halli Thorleifsson: Rebuilding Yourself Brick by Brick

This is the sixth bonus episode of Captn OffScript. In Halli Thorleifsson's main episode we covered everything he's built: the agency he sold to Twitter and rebuilt, the

Bonus 005 — Teresa Ferreira: Whose Voice Is That? Making Peace with Imposter Syndrome

This is the fifth bonus episode of Captn OffScript. When Teresa Ferreira and I recorded her main episode, we got into imposter syndrome and self-worth, and it was honest

S02/E37 - Halli Thorleifsson on Building Ueno Twice & Designing Things People Actually Use

Haraldur "Halli" Thorleifsson built the design agency Ueno from nothing, sold it to Twitter in 2021, and made a decision almost nobody makes: he structured the sale so he

S02/E36 - Teresa Ferreira on Digging Her Way Into Design & Letting Go of the Perfect Day

Some people walk a straight line into design. Teresa Ferreira dug her way in, through archaeology. She was born in Lisbon, spent part of her childhood in Macau, has lived

Bonus 004 - Gemma O'Brien: Making Peace with Burnout & Studying the Flow State

This is the fourth bonus episode of Captn OffScript. When Gemma O'Brien and I recorded her main episode, we got into burnout and flow, and I held that part back for this.

Bonus 003 - Radim Malinic: The Sabre-Tooth Tiger in Your Head & Why You Can't Unlearn Fear

This is the third bonus episode of Captn OffScript. When Radim Malinic and I recorded his main episode, the conversation about fear came near the end, and it was good eno

S02/E35 - Gemma O'Brien on Getting Bored of Herself & Refusing to Pick One Thing

Gemma O'Brien is a lettering artist, a fine artist, a muralist, and most recently a student of neuroaesthetics. She's painted a billboard in Times Square, had work acquir

Bonus 002 - Martyna Wędzicka: Posters Made of Yarn & Why Graphic Designers Don't Retire

This is the second bonus episode of Captn OffScript. When Martyna Wędzicka and I recorded her main episode, we spent most of it on the past and the present. But right at

S02/E34 - Radim Malinic on Creativity as Escape & Becoming More of Who You Already Are

Radim Malinic has been a role model of mine for years. He's a designer, a writer, a speaker, he runs the agency Brand Nu, he hosts his own podcast, and he's built a whole

Bonus 001 - CJ Cawley & Alen: The Scripts We Were Given & the People Who Helped Us Change Them

his is the first-ever bonus episode of Captn OffScript. CJ Cawley and I recorded the main S02/E32 conversation for over an hour and twenty minutes, and somewhere around t

S02/E33 - Martyna Wędzicka on Being Weird, Polish Design & Why You Can't Rush Your Style

Martyna Wędzicka is a Polish graphic designer from Gdańsk with one of the most distinctive styles working today. She's a member of Alliance Graphique Internationale, a tw

S02/E32 - CJ Cawley: Getting Cloned, Getting Married & Showing Up Anyway

CJ Cawley is having the strangest year of his career. Someone built a pixel-for-pixel clone of his website and replaced his face with theirs. A parody video of him trigge

S02/E31 - Kristof Devos on Designing Watches That Tell You to Slow Down & the Art of Doing Nothing

Kristof Devos answered the call from his studio in a small town in rural Belgium, with a cat wandering in and out and his daughter's eighth birthday party happening that

S02/E30 - Andy J. Pizza on ADHD, Self-Worth & Cultivating Yourself Instead of Fixing Yourself

Episode 30 of Season 2. The 80th episode I've recorded since starting this show. And honestly, I couldn't have picked a better guest to mark a milestone like that. Andy

S02/E29 - Luis Mendo on Finding Your Value, Mundo Mendo & Why Social Media Is Dry Disgusting Bread

He grew up in Salamanca. Spent 20 years as an art director in Amsterdam. His father died. He boarded a plane to Japan for a sabbatical — and 14 years later, he's still th

S02/E28 - Temi Coker: Put the Work You Want to Be Hired For & Everything Else Follows

He wakes up at 4:30am. Two kids under two. Three hours of work before the house comes alive. This is how one of the most sought-after artists in America currently operate