Giant Korean Head is a forum for open, unscripted, alcohol-fueled exchanges with members of the creative community. Hosted by Chris Yun and Rick Slusher.
Friederike "Fred" Bothe is a graphic designer now living in Munich, Germany. Before returning to Germany 11 years ago, she cut her teeth at several New York City agencies such as Agenda, VSA Partners, and the Carpenter Group. She’s talented, she’s funny, she boxes, she's obsessed with karaoke, and — according to Matt Curtis — she eats people.
Matt Curtis is the Chief Marketing Officer at an international and independent actuarial consultancy based in Seattle. Previously, he was a Client Director at Agenda, and Director of Creative Services at Deloitte.
Sooki Song Hörnestam is a graphic designer and Art/Digital Director who has worked in Seoul, New York City, and Gothenburg, Sweden where she currently resides with her family and numerous houseplants.
Born in South Korea and raised in Brazil, Sun Yeo spent over a decade working as a graphic designer in New York, and is now pursuing a career in art. She now resides in Los Angeles. Checkout her work at sunyeoart.com.
Serial Entrepreneur, Harvard Business School grad, and my brother-in-law Jonas Philip Lee (finally) sit down to talk Harvard admissions, Affirmative Action, diversity, Asians without personality, kicking Ziploc bags filled with blood, and my future career in a forcefully diversified NFL.
Brian and I talk about E3's biggest trailers and gameplay reveals (specifically The Last of Us Part 2), the video game industry, our GOATs, and our undying love and admiration for all things Naughty Dog.
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Breanne is a seasoned entertainment editor specializing in television, celebrity, movies, style, and music news and features. And she's also the dear wife of our cohost Rick.
David Phan has worked at Spencer Francy Peters in his native Canada, Pauffley & Company, Newell & Sorrell and Interbrand in the UK, for the New York Times Magazine, and is currently a Creative Director at Sequel.
After a month of no soda for Rick and no booze for Chris, they discuss the results, discoveries, and takeaways of the experience.
Rick and Brian engage in an intellectual conversation/debate about Star Wars: The Last Jedi while I marinate in Hwayo Soju and fat shame the cast. (Recorded in Jan2018)
Crossfit South Brooklyn's David Osorio drops by and drops fitness knowledge bombs on my big whiny head.
Brian and Rick intelligently discuss Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 while I helplessly drunk dial Joi in vain.
Joe Van De Ryt is Rick's BFF, airline pilot, father of many, Las Vegan, and Gigantopithecus.
Jason Lee is currently a real estate broker in NYC. Previously he was an illustrator for such publications as The New Yorker, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times. He is also a fellow Korean Rhode Islander, an MMA savage, and my oldest friend.
Darren Namaye is one of the founding partners and Creative Director at Ideas On Purpose. He's a native of Hawaii, went to Art Center, and has been working in New York for over 25 years. Ideas On Purpose is a strategic design firm located in New York City.
Rick and I sit in the dark and play spin the topic bottle for 3 hours with guest Steve and Jae. We see/hear no ghosts, but witness the passing of many brain cells.
Dear Diego Luna, I'm sorry. I was drunk. Love, GKH
I introduce Rick Slusher to the Black Mirror series with the episode “San Junipero” and inadvertently resuscitate the part of his brain that committed suicide after the final episode of Lost. Cover Art: Butcher Billy Black Tales From The Dark Mirror https://www.redbubble.com/people/butcherbilly
Rick Slusher and I welcome the podcast back with a heavy dose of ring rust and by talking with Kara Mason, Kellyn Nestor, and Frank Zaremba about their experiences at the historic Women's March. And then about autonomous cans of warm sex beans.
Design Directors Jason Miller and Rick Slusher. Wine consumption and pontification accelerando.
It all goes south (fast) in our 10th episode with print production expert and foodie Georgiann Baran and Rick Slusher.
Photographers Ashton Worthington and George Del Barrio get me wasted at their Gowanus Loft.
Creative Director Christina Antonopoulos reviews Euro hotel porn and talks candidly about her CrackDonalds addiction.
Nick of Enzed calls in via Skype from Switzerland (the wonderland of design, printing, and double rainbows).
Unless you are the ATF, FBI, or Child Protective Services, or you know at least two of us, this episode will be completely useless to you.
Rick (@TheSlush) returns to hulk-out on assholianism, douchebaggetry and clenching, but looks optimistically toward the future, which begins when they defrost his head.
Bulletproof's NYC Creative Director Steve Dunphy demonstrates that a big head usually means big brain. But for me, it just means special pillow.
Victor Rivera of Agenda discusses his Dominican-Indian-Frenchness and his new life as a drug lord (just before he cuts the power on my recorder).
Khoi Uong of Rodrigo comes by to talk shop, head sizes, bearded Asians, the two-headed monster Lou Diamond Gossett Jr., and strolls down memory lane all the way to Mexico.