Breed Presents . . . The Podcast with Justine Simons
In this edition of Breed presents… The Podcast we’re talking to someone who it could easily be argued has had more influence on the cultural capital of London than any other individual in recent history – London’s Deputy Mayor for Culture and the Creative Industries Justine Simons OBE. She was given that title by London Mayor Sadiq Khan in 2016, but she’d already been at the heart of support for the creative world under the previous two mayors, since 2002. Some of the projects she's overseen are: Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth, the 2012 Cultural Olympiad, founding the World Cities Culture Forum, establishing the London Borough of Culture and most recently developing the East Bank in Stratford. And that’s just scratching the surface of her achievements and we touched on many more during this conversation. Justine Simons' Instagram The Fourth Plinth (https://artsandculture.google.com/project/the-fourth-plinth) World Cities Culture Forum East Bank
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Breed Presents . . . The Podcast with Fee Greening
Our guest for this episode is artist and illustrator, Fee Greening. Fee usually works with a dip pen and ink technique to create pieces that look simultaneously contemporary and steeped in the world of illuminated manuscripts, folklore and mythology. I sat down with her in person to discuss her career to date as well as her new book, an illustrated edition of Katharine Briggs’ Dictionary of Fairies which will be published by Octopus on the 11th September 2025. Pre-order Dictionary of Fairies at Waterstones. Fee's Instagram. Fee's Website.
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Breed Presents . . . The Podcast with Yolanda Edwards
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 - Website YOLO Journal - Instagram Yolanda Edwards - Instagram
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Breed Presents . . . The Podcast with Marina Willer
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
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Breed Presents . . . The Podcast with David Telfer
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
Host Olivia Triggs of Breed London talks with artists and creatives about their lives, enthusiasms and ambitions.
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