Ruby is the creative director behind Dreamland: happy, nostalgic fun clothing. Known for big bold prints inspired by TV shows and popular culture, in particular her upside down collection inspired by Stranger Things.Ruby takes me through how

No Comply - "How many kickflips has that chopping board done?"

Oct 31st, 2023 1h 1m

Cat and Andy repurpose old skateboards into beautiful new products. They take me through their labour intensive process from old broken board to shiny new product. The episode is a fascinating insight into how they've learned and developed thei

Duncan Barton - Learning not to be 'The Best Designer in the World'

Oct 18th, 2023 1h 7m

Graphic designer, Duncan Barton takes me through his design process, position on current trends and how he's developed a career around the things he loves. "At university they taught you to be 'the best designer in the world' not a jobbing de

Chris Hunt - Creativity as a route to a new world

Sep 26th, 2023 1h 16m

With over 20 years experience in the fashion textiles industry Chris has a really varied and interesting career path. His journey starts from a really dark and troublesome place: at school during Section 28. Chris hasn't done many interviews

Katie Murrie - Let's be more human, step back & ask more questions

Sep 20th, 2023 53m 7s

A lead consultant at the Service Design Academy, Katie says that she fell into Service Design after doing a masters in leadership and innovation. We have a really interesting discussion around whether Katie sees herself as a designer and the co

Alastair Low - From Kickstarters to Creative Baths

Sep 12th, 2023 1h 10m

After a successful kickstarter campaign Alastair decided to start Lowtek Games a studio focused on creating games and tools to help dyslexic players enjoy video games more. It was at primary school that Alastair got an early diagnosis of dys

Muckle Studios - When a psychologist met a designer

Sep 5th, 2023 1h 24m

Design researcher Stephanie Crowe and Design Generalist Kevin Sinclair met and decided their love in discussing the failings of design in the world around them was enough to start Muckle Studios. They take me through a journey of how they bui

Volk Gallery - Scotland's first art vending machine

Jul 12th, 2022 56m 45s

Hear how a trip to Vienna where all the museums were unexpected closed due to the pandemic led to Elizabeth Ann Day and Luke Cassidy Greer creating an art dispensing vending machine in the Keiller Centre in Dundee. It's been a long time since

Rick Curran - Dundee's skate history through the lens of a web developer

Jun 21st, 2022 1h 17m

This week we start back in the 80s where Rick takes me through his own creative career as well as the history of the skate scene in Dundee. He went from college to a full time job as a graphic designer and then on to study Time Based Art at D

Stephanie Graham - Dundee can be the recovery capital of Europe through design

Jun 14th, 2022 1h 2m

Stephanie Graham founder of Natla Jewellery and Dundee Community Craft joins me this week. Her goal is to make Dundee the recovery capital of Europe supporting recovery through teaching design skills. She takes her mobile jewellery workshops ou

Jennie Patterson - PR is just making people care about what you have to say

Jun 7th, 2022 1h 7m

Hippies communes to funeral directors to Jennifer Lopez and Dior, Jennie grew up in Dundee, was drawn to Glasgow and inevitably London building her eclectic PR career before returning to Dundee. Starting out in Pitkerro House, a sort of hipp

Badbish Design- Confronting privilege & elitism in design

May 24th, 2022 1h 9m

We take a deep dive into some of the nuances of graphic design with Badbish Design this week, featuring how to vent your creative frustrations, the need for building relationships when giving and receiving feedback and why she would happily dra

Little Green Larder - Creating a shop to help people make more sustainable choices

May 17th, 2022 1h 8m

I'm joined by Jillian Elizabeth owner of the Little Green Larder a zero waste, plastic free shop aiming to make shopping for sustainable products easy and convenient. The Little Green Larder offers a wide variety of foods and products with thei

Islay Spalding - Space ownership & being taken seriously

Apr 26th, 2022 1h 5m

Jeweller and owner of Double Door Studios joins me for a wonderful meandering chat through her journey. There's a little sidetrack into busking and then onto building a jewellery practice in kilt pins, wedding rings and collections. A quick jau

Kerrie Aldo - Building ⁣an independent ethical fashion brand

Apr 19th, 2022 1h 7m

Fashion designer Kerrie Aldo joins me this week. Probably best known for her signature wax cotton jackets created using material from local manufacturer Halley Stevenson. We talk about slow vs fast fashion and how you get across the value of sm

C.Gul - Reaching the peak of seagull based puns

Apr 12th, 2022 48m 12s

This week it's all about street art with C.Gul. Inspired by Dundee's ballsy bird community he has been creating seagull inspired street art for 9 years now. Clearly he doesn't take himself too seriously and his work is about putting smiles on p

Kate Harvey - Beautifully organised chaos in textile design

Apr 5th, 2022 52m 41s

It's textile designer Kate Harvey's turn to be the guest on this week's podcast. We go from corner shops to Australia and eventually back to Dundee where she started her own clothing brand. Kate produces hand made one-off appliqué garments in a

Leonie Bell - The importance of energy

Mar 29th, 2022 56m 43s

This week I'm joined by Leonie Bell, Director of V&A Dundee. She has had a fascinating career working in many high profile roles across Scotland's creative and cultural sector. We talk through her career, why she deliberately seeks out position

David P. Scott - When your back's against a sheer drop, where else do you go?

Mar 22nd, 2022 1h 17m

I had a very open and honest conversation with David about his career so far as an artist, photographer, videographer and educator. We go into a particularly dark time after he took on a corporate banking job due to 'expectations' which lead so

Ask Me Anything - Questions from the listeners

Oct 13th, 2020 1h 5m

A celebration of the past 98 episodes with so many wonderful guests. I talk about some of the things I’ve learned and answer the questions of past guests and listeners. This episode is a big thank you to everyone who has made the first 98 epi

Alice Black - Film is a great leveller

May 5th, 2020 53m 39s

This week I’m joined by the Head of Cinema at the DCA, Alice Black. She gives us a behind the scenes peek of how an independent cinema operates and the difficulties of catering to such a wide and varied audience.Cinema has always been the big

Darryl Gaffney du Plooy - I would never call myself a creative

Apr 28th, 2020 1h 6m

Darryl comes from a background in social care and community engagement through many different jobs and projects that we chat about on the project but he’s currently working on researching and developing a local currency for Dundee. ‘I would

Kirsty Maguire - The North Pole to Antartica

Apr 14th, 2020 1h 1m

Kirsty runs a Passivhaus Architecture practice from Wasps studios in Dundee but we don’t really talk about any of that. Instead, she takes me through her epic journey to the ends of the earth that she was able to make when lots of factors align

Paul Gault - Following what you're interested in

Apr 7th, 2020 1h 11m

Programme director of Digital Interaction Design at DJCAD, Paul has gone full circle from being a student on the course to now leading it. We cover that whole journey including some brilliant music based side projects along the way.“mostly I’

Kirsty Thomson - Creating 'more than profit' businesses

Mar 31st, 2020 51m 4s

Kirsty is the founder and CEO of the Circle, a “More Than Profit” organisation focused on working with social entrepreneurs, community activists, charity leaders, commercial business leaders, trustees and non-executive directors.Kirsty starts