Kwentong Creatives

Kookie is the former creative director of Serious Studio and is currently one of the Design Leads at Canva Philippines.  Her work has gotten recognized all over the world in publications like Adobe & The New York Times. She gives talks and workshops that focus on nurturing one's own creative identity, with a leadership style that focuses on compassion and empathy.   This episode was done in partnership with Canva. Listen to the episode to find out how you can win a voucher for a Canva Pro subscription valid for 1 year!

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This 2023, take a step back and take some time to think about your journey as a creative. Some of our favorite excerpts from my conversations with guests - all lessons and insight that you can apply to your own big picture thinking. You'll hear from photographer BJ Pascual, comedian Red Ollero, journalist Atom Araullo, and content creator Erwan Heussaff.

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Angelo Mendoza is a photographer known for his work in travel, landscape and portraiture. As a full-time creative, he’s done plenty of prominent commercial work and is also a co-owner of a wedding photography studio. We talk about having photography as a career in the Philippines, finding personal style and the intricacies of capturing images out on assignment.

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A new short format episode where Gio collates the best excerpts from guests around a specific topic. Now, we explore the strategies & lessons that can help us overcome that dreaded creative block. Featuring interviews from creatives in music, design & filmmaking. 

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Jazz Nicolas is an award winning songwriter, musical scorer and multi-instrumentalist. He's also the drummer and vocalist of the Itchyworms, responsible for hit songs such as "Di Na Muli", "Beer", and "Akin Ka Na Lang" - to name a few. We talk about his career as a professional musician for over 20 years, his thoughts on chasing the "Filipino sound", and techniques on getting over creative blocks. 

This was recorded live for Design Week Philippines 2022: Design For All. In this roundtable discussion and open forum we try to demystify what it means to have a career in design across different sectors: image-making, place-making and experience-making. 

Dan Matutina is a designer, illustrator, founding partner at Plus63 and Hydra Design Group. Joel Luna is someone with over 30 years of design experience in architecture, planning, urban design and design management. He is the former Chief Architect at Ayala Land and founder of  JLPD studio. Maine Manalansan-Veneracion is the former editor of YoungSTAR and Design Director of the Sandbox Collective. Today, she uses her design background in an applied field as Brand Strategy Lead at Edukasyon PH.

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Erwan is a dedicated writer, content creator and entrepreneur. He's been building his own brand in the food & culture space for over a decade now, from the Fat Kid Inside to his new and thriving content studio FEATR. We talk about his journey through the restaurant business and how he finally took on content creation as a full-time job. This is a great episode for any creative with goals in brand building, entrepreneurship and content creation. 

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Shaira Luna has been a professional photographer for 15 years now, with an impressive body of work in fashion, beauty, food & advertising. Her unique style particularly shines in her recent works with musicians like IV of Spades, SB19 & Zild. She shares the inspirations behind her passions in fashion, thrifting and vintage things. Also, we get into her history from growing up as a Promil kid/"gifted child". 

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Brian Sy has been acting professionally for over 10 years now, landing roles in film, TV & the stage. He's gathered plenty of insight on the craft & business of acting from his mentors in the local theatre community. We touch up on being present in creative work, career advice in a Filipino context, and mental health. 

Quark Henares is a writer, director, producer & DJ who is now head of Amazon Prime Video Philippines, after heading Globe Studio for 6 years. He's been at the creative and business ends of the filmmaking industry, which affords him a unique perspective on production and media. Quark's life and work has also hugely been influenced by an immersion in music, starting off as a band manager; then a music video director for a many influential local artists. You'll enjoy this episode if you have a lot of interests that interconnect and inform the work you do.  

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