Create More Podcast by Ben Stuart

This week Ben talks to youtube creator Tom Buck a self proclaimed lifelong A/V nerd, who uses youtube to help others level up the audio and video quality of streams, podcasts, and videos and started his YouTube channel in 2017 and it has now grown to over 70,000 subscribers and its now his full time job! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Ben is joined by the founder of Loop Mount - an innovative bike phone mount. Ben and Alex talk all things industrial design, crowdfunding, creative collaboration, as well as as the importance of model making. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week Ben talks to Debra Stevens, the founder of Dramatic Training Solutions and author of the newly released book: Stand Out - 5 Key Skills to Advance your Career. Ben has worked with Debra multiple times over the last 10 years and has found her innovative approach to understanding more about personalities and team dynamics to be a massive benefit to people from all different sectors of work. They talk about what the last year has been like, the challenges and how people are adapting, how we can improve our growth mindset and lots more! Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I'm ready, you ready? This weeks episode is with the Leon and Ross from the UK Hip Hop Duo: Too Many T's. We talk about touring, working with amazing producers, how they started out and the amusing stories of performing live. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On episode 27 of the create more podcast Ben heads of to London Structure's Lab in South East London to talk to the co-founder David Illingworth.They talk about a whole range of topics, from what's it like start a business, how to be creative in all parts of the design world, the benefits of teaching and loads more. Head on over to www.londonstructureslab.com to find out more and the studio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On Episode 26 of the create more podcast Ben heads over to Fathom Architects studios in South East London to talk the co-founder Justin Nicholls. They talk about a whole range of topics, from what's it like start a business, the excitement of the first day, through to winning work, becoming a leader of a company and what the future holds. Head on over to www.fathomarchitects.com to find out more and the studio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On today's episode Ben talks to the co-founder of the B1M, Fred Mills. Recorded before Christmas lockdown Ben was lucky enough to talk to Fred about the massive popularity of the B1M as the biggest youtube channel for construction with over 1.5m subscribers. It's also almost exactly 5 years since the first time Fred appeared on Create More on Ep13 and so much has happened since then, listen and subscribe! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome to the new series of Create More. On today's episode Ben talks to the co-founders Nav & Jack of the Ebike company Analog Motion. Recorded in the East London HQ (Prior to lockdown!) they talk about the highs on lows of creating a business, what inspired them to start the company and what their plans for the future is. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

We're Back! If you're new to Create More, it's a conversational podcast talking to creative entrepreneurs, people who have pursued their passions and turned it into their careers. Each episode your host Ben Stuart will be talking to fascinating set of people, ranging from Ebike designers, Kickstarters experts, youtube stars, architects, designers, engineers, visual designers, VR specialists and lots more. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to part 2 of episode 23 of the create more podcast all about architecture. Sam Barcley who I interviewed back in episode 15 about kickstarter interviews me about how I got into architecture. We talk all about the (rather lengthy) route I went to studying to become an architect. I studied at Nottingham university for 7 years, and have been at Make architects for almost 6 years. In my time at university I have designed skyscrapers, concrete freerunning sculptures, libraries & observation towers. At Make I have worked on UBS banks headquarters and also am currently working in a skyscraper in the city of London. Its been a long journey with an equally long podcast. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to episode 23 of the create more podcast all about architecture. Sam Barcley who I interviewed back in episode 15 about kickstarter interviews me about how I got into architecture. We talk all about the (rather lengthy) route I went to studying to become an architect. I studied at Nottingham university for 7 years, and have been at Make architects for almost 6 years. In my time at university I have designed skyscrapers, concrete freerunning sculptures, libraries & observation towers. At Make I have worked on UBS banks headquarters and also am currently working in a skyscraper in the city of London. Its been a long journey with an equally long podcast. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to a Create More Podcast first. A live debate, based on the EU Referendum. Gisela Stuart, the labour MP and Brexit Chair, against Laura Sandys, conservative MP and chair of the European movement. All this was hosted by Bill Webb, who is back in London at Make after running the Make Beijing office for 3 years. We start the podcast with a chat with Bill about why he set up the debate at Make offices in London and why he feels its important to hear both sides of the argument before making a decision. We then have a 45 minute debate with questions from the audience at the end, along with a poll of the office! It was really interesting debate and neither women held back. Apologises for the poor audio for the first half of the debate, if you skip ahead to 37 minutes when the debate starts the microphones get turned on. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 21 is with Labour MP Gisela Stuart who is heading up the Brexit campaign, along with Boris Johnson. Gisela is featuring more and more prominently in the news, and with it being such a hot topic I thought it would be really interesting to hear her side of the brexit campaign. I should point out the Gisela is also my Mum. We have a chat all about the history of the EU, her reason for wanting to the leave the EU and more importantly my lack of pocket money as a child. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to know what to do to become a film director..... Well, the 20th episode anniversary is a special 2 part podcast with the film director Will Nash. Will has just completed his 3rd short film, Somatic which was crowd funded on Indigogo. Will has worked his way up through the ranks of the film industry and we talk all about how he got into films, the high and lows, and how he began directing. I also get to find what the actual job titles of a film production crew mean so if you are a film fan this is must, into the inside world of movie making. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Want to know what to do to become a film director..... Well, the 20th episode anniversary is a special 2 part podcast with the film director Will Nash. Will has just completed his 3rd short film, Somatic which was crowd funded on Indigogo. Will has worked his way up through the ranks of the film industry and we talk all about how he got into films, the high and lows, and how he began directing. I also get to find what the actual job titles of a film production crew mean so if you are a film fan this is must, into the inside world of movie making. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to #Ep 19 of the Create More podcast. This fortnight is with the brilliant Kibwe Tavares. He is the co-founder and film director at the fantastic studio Factory 15. Kibwe has been a director I have been a fan of since seeing his RIBA silver award winning university project; Robots of Brixton, and he has gone on the build Factory 15 up to 12 people and directed awesome short films such as Jonah and ANA as well as architectural films. We talk all about how Factory 15 started and what he has been up to! Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This fortnights podcast is with James Broadley who is the art director / lead artist of the Computer game company, Bossa studios. He was one of the co-founders of the widely successful Surgeon Simulator with over 2 million copies sold! We talk all about how he got into the games industry and a hell of lot more. This is a belter of a podcast and is a whopper coming in at over 2 and half hours!! Enjoy!! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This fortnights podcast is with Joni Steiner who is one of the co-founders and creative director of Opendesk. Opendesk is an open platform for furniture design / manufacturer around the world. Joni was an architect at Zero Zero architects and also part of the founding team of Wkihouse. We talk all about how Opendesk started all the way to through to the current 22 person start up status. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to part 2 of our kick starter special. This fortnights podcast is with Petre Craciun, who is the co-founder of the Hummingbird Kick starter campaign. Petre is the designer of the bike, which has been developed over the last couple of years. The bike has one clear goal: Be the lightest folding bike in the world. We talk all about how it started and why kick starter is great. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 15 of the Create More podcast. This is a two part kick-starter special. Part 1 is with Sam Barclay who has completed two successful kick starter campaigns with his amazing book - "I wonder what its like to be dyslexic" Head over to www.reedeeg.com and check it out. Its a beautiful book that looks at the type faces we see everyday and manipulates it in ways to describe how a person with dyslexia might read. We also talk about how to start a kick starter campaign and the ups and downs involved. Its a really fun chat. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 14 of the Create More podcast.On this fortnights podcast I head over to Unit 9 headquarters in Hoxton to talk to Aurelien Simon who is the head of their Virtual reality production team. We talk all about the early versions of VR, what is currently cool and interesting all the way to the to future trends of VR. Aurelien is a very cool guy and Unit 9 may be one of the most interesting companies I've spoken to! Check it out. Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 13 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnight we are joined by the lovely Fred Mills from The B1M. Many (including me) believe that BIM (building information modeling) is the future. Fred does to, and this podcast focuses on what BIM is and why it is helpful. Fred is co-founder of the company www.theb1m.com, who's aim is to shift the focus from BIM being used by a small group of experts to mass uptake that will greatly improve the architecture, engineering and construction industries. They want to do this by by reaching out and engaging people in a way that inspires them rather than expecting them to download and read boring documents which is why they focus on youtube distributed media. He is a really interesting and passionate guy and its great to see the younger generation of the construction industry getting excited and behind BIM. We talk all about this and more. Enjoy See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 12 of the Create More Podcast with me, Ben Stuart, and as my birthday treat (5th Jan) I head over to Artspace Studio in Brixton to talk to the director / producers of Wooden Overcoats, Andy Goddard John Wakefield. I got to talk to both the director /producers and discuss all about the highly recommended podcast, the making of it and their roles in the project, how it started and how they both began in audio production. Wooden Overcoats is a brilliant comedy sitcom and one of The Daily Telegraph's top storytelling podcasts listed alongside the likes of Serial, The Moth, and Welcome to Night Vale. Written by five of the UK's best new comic writers, the series boasts an original orchestral score and features some of the biggest established and rising names in British comedy including Belinda Lang, Andy Secombe, Ciara Baxendale, Andy Hamilton, Julia Deakin, Thom Tuck, Max Olesker, Catriona Knox and Paul Putner. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 11 of the Create More Podcast with me, Ben Stuart, talking all about how we do the podcast and why it started. I go into detail on why I think podcasts are the future, how I practiced for my first podcast, how I record it and what equipment I use, all the way through the distribution method and getting the podcast on Itunes. I go back and talk about why I interviewed the people I did, why I choose the name, I basically talk about everything! If you have enjoyed the previous podcast then I think you will like this. I love behind the scenes documentaries, and this is my way to do my own. I really hope you enjoy and its also on Itunes, and on ACAST with embedded images and links. Share or review if you have enjoyed it. See Below for all the links to the equipment & software used for our setup if you are interested (as seen in the picture): MacBook Pro focusrite scarlett 2I2 Audiotechnica ATR2100-USB (x2) Microphone Pop filters Sony MDR-V55 (x2) XLR lead Angle poise Microphone... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 10 of the Create More Podcast with the lovely Victoria Thornton, the founder and CEO of Open-City. Open House was started in 1992 as a small, not-for-profit organisation to promote public awareness and appreciation of the capital's building design and architecture. The intention was to open up London's splendid buildings to the general public who don't otherwise have access. Victoria came over to our tiny recording studio at Make's studio and her and Ben talk all about how Open-City started and how her career has evolved and how, Open-House as it was originally called, expanded over the years. She is currently stepping down as CEO of open-city to concentrate on Open-City world wide with over 100 cities are aiming to become part of the this wider family. We talk all about this and much more. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello and welcome to Episode 9 of the Create More podcast. This fortnight Ben went over to the Studio Octopi studio in South London to talk one half of the founding directors Chris Romer-Lee. Studio Octopi are a really interesting architectural design studio established in 2003 who grew through a series of small residential projects and are now doing some fantastic projects in many different sectors, such as the Bradford college Greek Theatre, and also the Delfina Foundation Project. They have also made a name for themselves with the Thames Baths project, which is the idea of a floating swimming pool in the Thames. This design is part of growing series of projects done with a successful Kickstarter campaign. The project has already smashed its target of £125,000 to take it to planning and they are aiming to complete (if all goes to plan) in 2017. Ben and Chris talk all about this and how the practice started and more over the course of an hour. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to Episode 8 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnight Ben was joined by Su Butcher who is the founder of JustPractising.com and is a social media consultant specialising in the construction industry and all round lovely person. Su trained in Architecture at the University of Liverpool and worked in affordable housing before becoming an academic and teacher of architecture students. She then managed three successful architects practices in London and the South East; culminating in five years with Barefoot & Gilles. Since then she has developed a reputation as the go-to person for people who want to work with architects online. Su now spends her time consulting on social media strategy, talking to product manufacturers about how to sell to architects, and teaching anyone who wants to know how to use Linkedin, Twitter and Blogging to support their clients and get more business. Think of it as half interesting chat half informative Seminar! Enjoy... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to Episode 7 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnight Ben was joined by Make Architects founder (and Ben's boss...) Ken Shuttleworth. Ken founded Make in 2003 with only 4 people and it has rapidly expanded over the last 10+ years to over 150 staff in offices, all over the world, including London, Hong Kong and Beijing. Make are known for creative, sustainable architecture with buildings such as The Cube in Birmingham, St Pauls information Kiosk and 5 Broadgate to name a few. Prior to Make Ken worked his way up through the ranks of Fosters and was a central figure on projects such as The Gherkin, Wembley Stadium, HSBC and the Millennium Bridge. All this and lots more discussed in episode 7. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 6 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnights episode is the with the co-founder of Wikihouse - Alastair Parvin. WikiHouse is an open-source project for designing and building houses. Its goals are to democratise and simplify the construction of sustainable, resource-light dwellings. The project was initiated in the summer of 2011 by Alastair Parvin and Nick Ierodiaconou of 00, a London architecture practice. It has grown around the world with chapters China, south Korea, New Zeland and America. Alastair is deeply passionate about the future of a truly opensource design world and over the following hour him and Ben talk all about the beginnings of this '3rd industrial revolution' and where Wikihouse is heading in the future. Enjoy! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hello & welcome to episode 5 of the Create More Podcast. On this fortnights episode Ben sits down with the brilliant Scroobius Pip. As part of this series of interviews focusing on 'creative entrepreneurs' Scroobius Pip is very much the definition of this. Starting with spoken word performances and then joining with Dan Le Sac to create more hip hop & electronic inspired music. Currently riding high with one of the most popular podcasts in the country with guests ranging from Simon Pegg, Russell Brand, Zane Lowe all the way through to FullFacts.Org and the fantastic Refugee Special with Ramelle. Over the course of an hour Ben and Pip talk about all this and also his film club, being an XFM DJ and even getting into acting. He is a busy man! Enjoy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Stuart presents, Episode 4 of the Create More Podcast. For this fortnights podcast Ben heads over to Jason Bruges's design studio in Old Street. Their international studio specialises in stunning interactive installations and they have worked with all sorts of interesting clients, from Aston Martin, Dyson, Channel 4 and London 2012 Olympics. Ben and Jason talk about the current work they are involved, projects that Ben loves and also go back to the very start of the studio and lots more over the hour interview. Also Check out there website - http://www.jasonbruges.com Enjoy... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Stuart presents, Episode 3 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnights podcast, Ben gets the an early morning meeting with Je Ahn, who is along with Maria Smith is one of the the founding members of Studio Weave and architecture & design practice in east London. Studio Weave are an awesome studio doing awesome projects and over an hour Je and Ben talk about everything from Art as architecture and previous projects all way to our mutual love of G&Ts. Enjoy... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Stuart presents, Episode 2 of the Create More Podcast. This fortnights podcast sees Ben head over to David Batchelors new studio in East London. David is a prominent colour & light artist who has had his work presented all over the world along with being a writer (Chromophobia) and also senior tutor at the RCA. They talk about his current work also go all the way back to the start of his career and how it has evolved. Enjoy... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ben Stuart presents, Episode 1 of the Create More Podcast. The first of this months episodes sees Ben explore behind the scenes of Assemble Studios and talk to one of the founding members, the lovely Jane Hall. They discuss everything from Assembles first projects done in the summer of their university course all the way up to their current Turner Prize nomination and lots of stuff in-between. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.