Robot Mascot founder, Nicolas Ruston interviews experts from the world of art, design, business, and science to explore contemporary design and communication theory, how brands get it wrong and how they get it right.
I talk to Steven Keir Harris, a music producer, drummer, gigging musician and recording artist who's performed all over the UK and abroad, including sets at Glastonbury and Latitude. He's the guy behind the 3by3 label, he's one half of industrial electronic duo, Cloaks. He's also producer and editor of my podcast and he created the Art & Communication Podcast theme tune along with the soundscape.
I interview Sofia Costaldi, Artist Liason at Gagosian Gallery, a gallery that exhibits some of the most influential artists of the 20th and 21st centuries including Pablo Piccaso, Willem de Kooning, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Rachel Whiteread, Francis Bacon, Tatiana Trouvé, Jenny Saville and Roy Lichtenstein to name a few. Sofia is also Co-Founder of ArtBasiC.
I discuss creativity, collaboration and methods and tips on how to write with Ashley Stokes, Author of The Syllabus of Errors and Gigantic his latest novel, Ashley's writing has been described as ‘catnip for sapiosexuals'. On occasion, Ashley also works with me as a ghost-writer to help build the personal brands for some of our more distinctive clients.
Patrick Collister is the author of ‘How to Use Creativity and Innovation in Business'. He was previously the Executive Creative Director of Ogilvy and Mather and Head Creative Lead with Google's creative thinktank, The Zoo. Currently he is curator of the Caples Awards and Non-executive Creative Director at Ad-Lib. Among other things we discuss controversial ads Patrick created for Guinness as well as some critical insights on creativity, how ideas work and how they could be good for business.
Welcome to the Art and Communication Podcast.