In this weeks episode we’re joined Stuart Tolley, a graphic designer, author and lecturer from Brighton. Stuart runs design studio Transmission, he has written two books, one about collectors edition packaging and the other about minimalism in graphic design. Stuart tells about his career, inspirations, changing approaches and his love of travelling.

In this weeks episode we continue our discussion from last week about our origin stories and the gateway projects that helped move our studios forward.

In the first of this two part episode we discuss our 'origin stories' and ask how we got to where we are now. We discuss how school, college and university influenced our career paths and go through some of the decisions we made along the way.

In this weeks episode, Claire, Jake and Mark talk about the brands. We look specifically at the ones we identify with and how they fit into our lives. Claire talks about: Bureo, Patagonia and Lush. Jake talks about: Tesla, M24 and Adidas. And Mark talks about: Carhartt WIP, LEGO and Pixar.

In this weeks episode Jake, Mark and Claire talk about some of the personality types and traits that help to make a good designer. We look at our own personalities and how we use them in our daily work. We also touch on a couple of little obsessive habits we have.

In the preamble, Claire and Jake talk about their working trip to San Diego.

In the second episode of Radio Loo we discuss the creative process. How do we take a design brief, research the area, come up with and develop our ideas and evaluate the success or added value of a piece of work?

In the preamble, we discover that Mark was caught up in a glass attack over the weekend. He tells us how about how the melee unfolded and what happened to the perpetrator.

In our first podcast we discuss the cost of being a student.