My Big Idea

Hello and welcome to the 50th episode of My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week our guest Bryony Lloyd of book and magazine distributor Antenne Books speaks to Asos editor Danielle Radojcin.Antenne Books is a distributor for independent publishers. Established in London in 2010, Antenne Books distributes publications on art, photography, design, illustration, theory, writing, fashion and culture.This is Bryony's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to this week's My Big Idea, an Asos podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. Today our guest is Artist and Gif creator Kate Bones.Kate works primarily with photography creating GIFS as well as still images and occasionally films. Kate has built up a very impressive list of clients in the fashion and music industries, working for brands such as Converse, Red Bull, Universal Studios, American Apparel, Dazed, Wonderland, Lovebox, Vans, Nike, GIPHY, and The Grammys.Her art generally features the topics fashion, music and festival/ rave culture. Her vibrant and expressive work has been featured in Crack magazine, Hunger magazine and at the Tate Britain, Marques Almeida shows, XOYO and at the Electric Ballroom. Many of her pieces also feature well known London creatives including Novelist and Erika Bowes. Kate chats to Asos editor Danielle Radojcin about how she started out in photography, het tips for aspiring artists and her plans for the future. This is Kate's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to this week's My Big Idea, as Asos podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. Asos editor Danielle Radojcin speaks with our guest, Author Lisa Owens about how her book came into being, her struggles with the job market and her plans for the future.Recently published by Picador, Lisa's debut novel, Not Working, is the story of a life unravelling and a novel that asks the questions we've never dared to say out loud.In her late twenties, Lisa quit her job in marketing to enable her to follow her ambitions in life. The result? Countless afternoons spent in the good company of her sofa, bags of Doritos and Ted talks on youtube. Not Working is written as a series of sections ranging from a couple of lines to a few pages, a device that mirrors Claire’s unstructured days and lack of direction, as well as the classic diary format of comic precursors such as Bridget Jones’s Diary and the Adrian Mole books.The self deprecating novel is a picture of 1st century young adulthood, saturated with uncertainty, anxiety and the internet, and has been featured on the Guardian online, The Book Seller and Goodreads.com, popular for its humour and relatable honesty. This is Lisa's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start there own businesses. This week Asos editor Danielle Radojcin speaks with Founding Editor In Chief of Polyester Magazine, Ione Gamble about her inspiration for Polyester, her advice for aspiring artists and how to have faith in your own bad taste. Polyester is a celebration of all things trash, kitsch and camp. A backlash against the fashion industry’s infatuation with understated and over conceptualised minimalism, Polyester aims to prove that this subculture is both an informer of fashion and has an equally intellectual underpinning.Ion wants to use Polyester as a way of recognising that our generation are real human
 beings offline and online, not just ‘digifeminists’ or emotional and hormonal young adults using the Internet as a way to let off some steam. She wants the
 internet generation to know their online posts about bullying, racism, sexual orientation, and other social politics are worth much more than 1,000 notes on Tumblr, they should be
 publically written in newspapers and pasted on walls around the city so people who don’t use the internet know who these many individuals are.Alongside its goldmine of a website, Polyester publishes two physical magazines every year, with contributors including environmental activist @glaciergirl, feminist artist and model Arvida Byström and Scarlett Carlos Clarke, the youngest person ever to exhibit work at the National Portrait Gallery. This is Ioni's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to episode 46 of My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week's guest is London College of Fashion lecturer Lynsey Fox. Lynsey teaches young designers how to maximise their online personas to build a brand. She has over a decades worth of experience in communications, higher education, PR, broadcast and print, working with international brands like Daily Mirror, Nike, T-Mobile and Monsoon. Lynsey instructs young people wanting to start businesses how to best utilise the fundamental tool of social media to build their business. Social media has its downsides, but when starting a business, an effective social media presence can be the difference between success and failure. As not everybody is a natural wiz at the skill, Lynsey provides young business men and women on how to maximise their success using the powerful tool of the internet. Lynsey explains how her series of workshops and lectures at the prestigious central London art school are teaching entrepreneurs the fundamentals of turning a concept into a fully-fledged digital brand.Asos's Lucy Morris speaks to Lynsey about how she began her career and her advice to women wanting to start businesses. This is Lynsey’s big idea.

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Hello and welcome to My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week Asos editor Danielle Radojcin chats with Marine Tanguy, CEO of MTArt, an Agency for Contemporary Artists.In an era where mass urban re-development often means that only the top galleries and their most bankable artists are visible whilst risk taking exhibitions from new talent are deemed un-commercial and therefore unaffordable, by placing their artists at the very centre of the company, MTArt aims to give a powerful voice to a new generation and to defend our future artistic and cultural legacy.MTArt is, essentially, an artist agency and artist fund that both manages and invests in a select group of artists. The artists selected are exposed to a team of experts in PR, content strategy and business advice in order to support them and boost their careers. Artists also receive personal, logistical, legal and financial support. They are given unlimited access to sales specialists, events, collaboration opportunities, sponsorship and network. All artists are carefully selected by the MTArt team and MTArt board, and are judged by their potential and the high standards and quality of their work. Collectors and investors are exposed to a model built on sustainability and success: they buy into the vision of our artists, with MTArt's motto being 'Don't invest in art, invest in artists'.This is Marine's big idea.

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Hello and welcome My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week Asos's Siam speaks with Lana Elie of Floom.Floom is the dynamic new online destination for all your flower-gifting needs. It aims to simplify the process of ordering and sending premium flowers online. Beautifully curated bouquets and strong editorial content are placed front and centre of the website, along with a fierce commitment to supporting local florists and seasonal flowers.Floom brings the best of London’s independent florists together under one roof, or URL, and aims to simplify the process of ordering flowers, while also championing local boutiques. Customers simply enter their postcode for a curated selection of chic, seasonal bouquets, available to send immediately.Lana's is not a new name in the design world, having worked for Burberry, Gucci, Marc Jacobs and i-D to name a few of the heavyweight names on her impressive résumé. The florists partnered with Floom include That Flower Shop, located next to the Ace Hotel in Shoreditch, Wandsworth’s Wild Wood London and Sprout in Hackney, which specialises in characterful houseplants.Lana aims to avoid the clichés so often used in flower arranging. She prefers more wild looking bouquets, using flowers of varying heights and all different colours, and often incorporating ferns and herbs.Lana tells Siam how she created Floom, how the brand grew in success and what she is planning in the future. This is Lana's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week's guest is Gemma Styles, a freelance writer living in London. Gemma was catapulted into the public eye when brother, Harry Styles of one direction came into the spotlight. This unexpected fame came with benefits and drawbacks. Having a famous sibling makes it hard to forge your own career in life, but Gemma also appreciates the opportunities it comes with. Gemma now writes articles on her blog Gemmastyles.com regarding subjects like social media, feminism and the flaws of mainstream media. The majority of Gemma's writing is directed at younger girls, often centring the ideas of body positivity, the drawbacks of social media and growing up in todays technology- filled world.Gemma has become a frequent contributor to The Debrief, Fanpop and has been featured in Paper Magazine and on MTV. In this episode Gemma speaks to Asos editor Danielle Radojcin about how she left a secure job to follow her dream, the practical hurdles that come with being a freelance writer and the pressures of having a very famous brother. This is Gemma's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to this week's episode of My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast giving young women advice and inspiration to start their own businesses. This week's guest is former BBC DJ and Music Editor of Dice FM, Jen Long. Born out of a frustration with traditional ticketing DICE created something that would cut out the hassle of endless captcha codes, hefty additional fees and the constant struggle to find a printer. DICE is about discovery, helping you get out and see more live music and, more recently, have developed Girls Music Day, encouraging young women to get involved with music.Jen in clear that DICE was not created primarily to sell tickets - it is about reinventing the music industry, making it easier for fans to discover amazing acts and bringing much needed transparency. It’s also about marrying innovative mobile technology with humans who love music.DICE is becoming increasingly popular among music lovers and concert goers, expanding from its base in London to Manchester, Bristol and Glasgow. DICE sell tickets to a huge range of concerts with no booking fees. The tickets are all found electronically in the DICE app, cutting fees and stress for customers. Equipped with her passion for music, Jen's main role is to decide which shows make it onto the app, with tickets to Culture Clash, Loyle Carner and Skepta. This is Jen's big idea.

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Hello and welcome to My Big Idea, an ASOS Podcast. This week Siam's guest is Eliza Makin, Founder of jewellery brand Elkin London.Darkly humorous jewellery label Elkin is a favourite amongFashion Editors, Models and Musicians. Launched in2011 by Eliisa, London based Fashion Stylist,the dangerously addictive bracelets and quirkyjewels are designed in London, handmade, and best worn as often as possible. Eliisa is a Masters graduate of the Courtauld Institute of Art, with an eight year career styling for The Independent, The Observer, Guardian and many other magazines. Elkin was born after Eliisa created some bracelets in a break between pictures on a fashion shoot. She immediately had to make several more for the fashion team, and has been keeping up with the spiralling demand ever since.Her latest collection is inspired by Surrealism, bad rock and pop-culture.This is Eliza's big idea.

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