An Untold Narrative

Luis Velez is a name you might not know, but a name you'll fall in love with after this episode. Luis is the founder and creative genius behind the brand Guillermo Bravo - a fashion forward footwear and apparel brand out of Seattle.

In this episode he guides us through how we started the brand, the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, and what makes him excited towards the future.

Find Luis at:

https://www.instagram.com/guillermo_bravo_/ https://www.instagram.com/luis_g_velez/

Defne Yalkut is a technical footwear and sole designer. We actually overlapped employment while at Vibram many years ago. Today, Defne runs her own design studio out of Milan.

This episode emphasizes taking risks, betting on yourself, and understanding who you are as a person - more specifically, that Defne is not a workaholic and finds happiness in balance.

Check out Defne's work here:

https://www.instagram.com/dydesign.it/

https://www.instagram.com/defnush/

An incredibly inspiring story of perseverance, timing, and trusting the process. In episode 0091, we host footwear designer and creative Dann Forrester. Dan's authentic self is boldly transparent in the way he speaks about not only his career, but those who have helped him along the way.

In Episode 0090 of An Untold Narrative, we feature the multi talented Jane Park. Jane's creative career comes from the textile industry but has woven its way through apparel design, hand made apparel pieces, and textile sculptural art. In the show, we discuss how balance is a myth and rather focusing on how to find steadiness in your work - - amongst many other deep subject matters.

To find out more about Jane, check out her pages: https://www.instagram.com/janeparkjanepark/

https://www.instagram.com/textilegeneralstore/

Todays guest, Zac Smit, has an incredibly beautiful story of becoming the person he is today. From being struggling with depression, being laid off, to going full time into his art career, Zac shows you its possible to still be positive and goofy even when youre going through the struggles in life.

Check out Zac's work:

https://www.instagram.com/z_smit/

https://www.zacsmit.com/

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Every so often, we host a guest who blows all expectations out of the water - and this weeks guest did just that. Coral Garvey, a multi-faceted creative took the podcast by storm this week. From winning awards at Cannes Film Festival to doing creative direction for Adidas & Calvin Klein, she always seems to keep leveling up her career. Most recently, she submitted a pilot for a film that highlights 'Chinatown' culture around the United States.

Check out all her work:

https://www.instagram.com/coral.garvey/

https://coralgarvey.com/

From selling zero works of art to a sold out collection in two days, Alyssa Stevens no longer lives a traditional life. She's gone all in on herself as an artist. From being featured on Opensea's front page to Gary Vaynerchuk owning one of her artworks, she is just getting started.

In this episode we talk about everything from death, art, and the process in between. Make sure to show Alyssa love on her socials:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyssastevensart/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alyssastevens_

Website: https://www.alyssastevens.com/

Episode 0086 is live with Francis Almeda.

This is going live on the day I celebrate my 1 year anniversary since joining a start up - Endstate.

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In Episode 0085, Daniel Cocking shares unexpected stories of working on the first 3D printed midsole shoe in the market for Adidas to the WHY behind building Laceless Design and Laceless Talent.

With over 10 years of experience at Adidas from China to Germany, and now residing in Scottland, Daniel highlights a truly beautiful life full of purpose.

Check out his journey: https://www.instagram.com/danielcocking/https://www.instagram.com/lacelessdesign/

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