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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

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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.

A few years back and the printed version of Breed Presents... The Podcast, 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

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.

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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

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.

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In today’s episode of Breed Presents... The Podcast 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.

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For the first episode of Breed Presents... The Podcast 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. 

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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.