Orbiting the Creative Hairball
Orbiting the Creative Hairball
Louis Loizou & Das Petrou
Creative collaborators, Louis Loizou and Das Petrou talk to creative directors and designers they’ve encountered and worked with over the past 35 plus years. Louis and Das dive deep into the biographical ocean of their guests to uncover interesting and funny anecdotes as well as irreverent takes on life and work and all things creative.
MIKE McLESTER - Drawing on a career
Master storyboard artist, Mike McLester, joined us to share stories of his career, work and the secrets behind his talents working on some of advertising's renowned  ad campaigns.More on his career at linkedin.com/in/michael-mclester-0745462b
Dec 5, 2022
56 min
JIM SLATTERY - Perception Engineer
Creative Director, Jim Slattery entertained us with stories of his remarkable career as a publishing editor in the music business transitioning towards a copywriter within the world of advertising. More on Jim's work at www.jimslattery.co.uk
Dec 5, 2022
57 min
RICHARD GRISDALE - Been there, seen it, done it!
Richard Grisdale, creative director, has had a long and distinguished career working on some of UK's  most well-known ad campaigns most notably with Mark Reddy. He joined us to share many stories and anecdotes from his time at Saatchi, JWT and DDB.More on his career at linkedin.com/in/richard-grisdale-478986aa
Dec 5, 2022
52 min
JON CANNING - A career and life in perspective
We had the pleasure of chatting with award-winning creative director, Jon Canning, to hear about his remarkable career and the moving stories which shaped his perspective. A truly powerful episode.To find out more about Jon's career, go to linkedin.com/in/jon-canning-12332814
Dec 5, 2022
1 hr 13 min
TONY SNOW - Mr Motivator
Creative director, Tony Snow joined us to share his entertaining story of his life as a successful creative working for some of London's top advertising agencies to transforming into a motivational life coach and now a talent director.See some of Tony's great work at https://www.tonysnowcreative.com/
Oct 31, 2022
1 hr 7 min
NEIL BARSTOW - Life's full of wonderful colours
Neil Barstow, joined us to share his stories of working as a photographer for the likes of CDP on some adland's best known ad campaigns.Now as an accomplished colour management expert, Neil consults organisations such as Christies on their print output as well as giving talks and seminars for Apple and Adobe.More on his work at www.colourmanagement.net
Oct 31, 2022
59 min
PAUL DONNELLON - An animated career
We were joined by series director and animator, Paul Donnellon to chat about his career working on music videos with the likes of Tears For Fears, Kate Winslet and Pink Floyd as well as creating Emmy and BAFTA award-nominated animated title sequences for Hollywood movies.Check out paul's expansive showreels at https://www.voodoodog.com/
Oct 31, 2022
56 min
MARTIN SHELLAKER - Breathing life back into the industry
Martin Shellaker joined us to chat about his career change from being a successful  director and shareholder at creative agency, SMP to setting up marketing recruitment consultancy, Breathe.You can find out more about Martin at https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinshellaker/ and at https://www.breatheconsulting.co.uk/ 
Oct 31, 2022
1 hr
JOHN DISS - Creative responder
John Diss joined us to share his entertaining and very insightful stories of his life and career as a successful and experienced BTL creative director working for the likes of Iris, Hinklin Slade and Publicis Dialog to name a few.You can see more of John's creative responses at https://creativepool.com/johndiss
Oct 31, 2022
1 hr 4 min
DEBBIE FAGAN - Storyteller, shapeshifter and mentor
Award-winning creative director, Debbie Fagan came on talk about how her love of storytelling carried her to London from South Africa to work on campaigns for brands such as Triumph, Heineken, Coca Cola and Mondelez as well as mentoring young creatives.You can see some of her work at http://www.debbiefagan.com/
Oct 31, 2022
59 min
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