A few years back and the printed version of Breed presents, we talked to Yolanda Edwards, founder and editor of YOLO Journal. YOLO Journal is a quarterly magazine that revels in the beauty of traveling to new places, focusing first on the photography and then on words in the form of personal stories and tips relating to each location.  The magazine is very much a personal project as Yolanda is its founder, publisher and editor as well as a contributor, and is a coming together of much of her previous experience that experience includes two periods working at Condé Nast Traveler, first as photo editor and then as creative director. So, we're delighted to welcome Yolanda back to Breed to speak to us about it. YOLO Journal - https://www.yolojournal.com/ YOLO Journal - Instagram Yolanda Edwards - Instagram

For this episode we’re very pleased to be talking to Marina Willer, at Pentagram London. Marina was born in Brazil, to artist parents, who encouraged an early interest in design and the visual arts. This eventually led her to move to London, where she studied graphic design at the Royal College of Art.  During her design career, she has been central to brand identity work. Her first love, however, has always been film, and she has pursued a parallel career as a filmmaker. Her first feature film was the documentary ‘Red Trees’ which came out in 2017 and used the story of her own family’s escape from the Nazi occupation of Prague to explore today’s refugee crisis I caught up with her at the Pentagram offices in Notting Hill, it’s a conversation I loved.   Watch Red Trees: via Curzon Home Cinema. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marina_willer/?hl=en Pentagram: https://www.pentagram.com/about/marina-willer  

Today's guest on Breed presents the podcast has been a designer for British luxury clothes brand Sunspel. After studying fashion and business at the University of Brighton, David embarked on his career as a menswear designer at COS, soon finding his way into his senior role at Sunspel, where he spent four years as creative director. He's recentered his role more on the product side of things as the design director.  Our chat takes us into discussing what goes into leading the creative side of things, and also developing a product of a brand steeped in heritage, craft and tradition.  Sunspel: https://www.sunspel.com

At Breed, Elizabeth Goodspeed is best known to us as the US editor-at-large for It’s Nice That, the global platform run by creatives for creatives. She’s also an independent, multidisciplinary designer, art director, writer and educator. After completing a dual degree in neuroscience and graphic design at RISD, Elizabeth began her career with an internship at Pentagram in New York before going before going to to work at The Whitney Museum of American Art, RoAndCo before rejoining Pentagram in a full time positon. Since 2020 she's been freelance and has collaborated with studios including Interbrand, her old home Pentagram, Gander and Red Antler, and worked directly with clients including Google, Spotify and MAC Cosmetics. Beyond her day-to-day design work, produces her own design history newsletter Casual Archivist, writes as often as she can about trends, design history and design trends aswell as teaches at Rhode Island School of Design and Parsons School of Design in New York. We had so much to talk about in an hour and I loved the conversation. Elizabeth's webiste: https://elizabethgoodspeed.com/  It's Nice That: https://www.itsnicethat.com/authors/elizabeth-goodspeed Casual Archivist: https://casualarchivist.substack.com/

In today’s episode we’re talking to Rasha Kalil, who is a photographer and Creative Director of the Financial Times’ How To Spend It magazine. Born in Beirut Rasha returned to London to study at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2008 with an MA in Communication Art & Design. Since graduating she has worked for Vogue UK, Dazed & Confused, and ES Magazine, and co-founded art direction studio Barbara Creative. But it’s her work as an artist that has brought Rasha most attention. It brings together photography, text, video and installation, often exploring perceptions of the human body and their relationship to identity, art history and everyday life & it's something we discuss in today's episode.

For the first episode of Breed Presents... we spoke to Sarah Andelman, the founder of the Parisian store Colette, known for its mix of streetwear, high fashion and lifestyle products, finally closed its doors. Since it closed in 2017 there have been pop-ups, collaborations, and more via her brand consultancy Just An Idea. In 2021, she launched Just An Idea Books, which focuses on publishing works which Sarah describes as delivering ‘a high dose of wonder’. So far, a couple of dozen beautifully designed books have been published, including works by photographers Glenjamn and Charles Bébert, and writer Douglas Coupland. Another Just An Idea spin-off, retail pop-up Just a Space, followed in 2022. Our chat encompasses subjects running from the fashion influence of Snoopy, skateboarding and the art of curation. 

Breed Presents... The Podcast returns this Tuesday July 1st for Season 3. Olivia Triggs, host & founder of creative agency Breed, talks to people who have made an impact on the creative world, whether that be in art, design, retail, fashion, publishing, writing or their own individual niche. We’re not dropping any names just yet, but suffice to say guests include luminaries from Sunspel, The Financial Times HTSI magazine, Just An Idea, It’s Nice That, YOLO Journal, Pentagram, Island Records, and the London Mayor’s Office. New episodes - every Tuesday.   

Back in 2021, we interviewed the CEO and Creative Director of the Pellicano Hotel Group, Marie-Louise Sciò, for the print version of Breed Presents. It was clear we could only skim the surface of what we would like to have asked Marie-Louise. So when we started the podcast, she was at the top of our list. Marie-Louise grew up around La Posta Vecchia, in a beautiful setting overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, and around the grounds of Hotel Il Pellicano, sited high above Porto Ercole in Tuscany. Both hotels were owned by her father, Roberto. Marie-Louise studied design and architecture at Rhode Island School of Design before working with interior designer, Massimo Zompa, in Rome. After overseeing the rebuilding of Il Pellicano, Marie-Louise took over her father’s hotel portfolio in 2011 and has been running them ever since, adding the equally impressive Mezzatorre on the island of Ischia in 2019. She also launched lifestyle website, ISSIMO, offering the best of Italian design, fashion, and food, carefully selected by Marie-Louise herself.  Host Olivia Triggs of Breed sits down with Marie-Louise to talk about living in Rome, a new hotel project, and how she uses her creativity. Image credit: Stephen Ringer

This edition of Breed presents . . . The Podcast is a conversation with creative director, editor, and design consultant Tony Chambers.  Tony Chambers is perhaps best known as the longest-serving Editor-in-Chief of Wallpaper*. He joined the magazine as Creative Director in 2003, was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2007, and Brand and Content Director in 2017. He transformed Wallpaper* into a global brand with pocket City Guides, a website, a creative agency, a retail platform, and an interior design service. After studying at Central Saint Martins, Tony started his career as Art Editor at The Sunday Times Magazine. From there he moved on to become Art Director at British GQ, where he was voted PPA Art Director of the Year twice in 1998 and 2001.  Nowadays, Tony is the founder of creative agency TC & Friends. He also started the design and ideas platform OTOMOTO with artist Ryan Gander, he’s co-chairman of Fortune Magazine’s Brainstorm Design, and he sits on the board of trustees of the Barbican Arts Centre. Host Olivia Triggs of Breed sits down with Tony to talk about his career, his proudest moments at Wallpaper*, and the inspiration behind TC & Friends. 

Rafael Oliveira is the Creative Director at Tracksmith, a Boston-based maker of performance running gear. He works in Porto, Portugal from his home — a former car parts warehouse that he helped transform into his dream house.  At age 30, he discovered a love for running, and he didn’t approach his new-found passion with an occasional jog. He got into interval training, track running, and endurance training, and soon got his marathon time down to under two hours and 30 minutes. Throughout Rafa’s training journey, he became particular about his running gear and found Tracksmith. And he liked Tracksmith not only because the clothing was effective but also because of the way the brand presented itself. Rafa was so enamored that he got in touch with the company's founder, Matt Taylor. They hit it off, and in 2016 Rafa took over as Tracksmith's Creative Director.  Host Olivia Triggs of Breed London chats with Rafa about his home city of Porto, how he got into design, and what it's like to combine two of his passions — design and running — at work.