Ricky Richards Represents

I talk with Jack du Rose about the digital currency landscape and what we can expect from this disruptive technology. We also talk about the benefits of decentralised systems and how we can use these new technologies to facilitate innovation.

Jack du Rose is a creative polymath like no other. From studying a degree in English literature, he went on to become a world class jeweller including the making of notable projects like 'For The Love of God' by Damien Hirst, as well as his own Danger collection inspired by his hobby of collecting exotic animals. Jack has subsequently gone on to found two Ethereum based starts ups, Colony.io, a platform for setting up internet based organisations and Ownage.io which aids in the distribution, collection and trading of digital game content.

Mark Hahnel is the founder of Fig Share, an online digital repository where researchers can preserve and share their research outputs, including figures, datasheets, images, videos and more. Having just completed his PHD in stem cell biology at Imperial Collage London, Mark started Figshare inorder to promote open science, giving everyone the ability to freely access research papers from academics all over the world, in order to encourage breakthroughs and revolutionize the research community. Mark joins us to us about how he built the company, and some of the challenges he’s faced along the way.

Tom Oldham is a London based portrait photographer who’s shot portraits of musicians, sports stars and everyone in between. His work has appeared in the National portrait gallery and to name-drop just a few of his subjects, he’s photographed the likes of The Foo Fighters, Richard Branson, Usain Bolt, Alicia Keys, Mario Balotelli, Bradley Wiggins, Tinie Tempah, Arctic Monkeys, Dizzie Rascal, Professor Green, Gilbert & George, Jose Mourinho, Ed Sheeran, Elizabeth Troy, Henric Larson, Liam Howlett, Ces Fabrigas, Thierry Henry, and King Krule amoung others, as well as occasionally doing self initiated projects which has taken him to the mountains of Africa and beyond.

Simon Gosling is a Futurist at Unruly. In this episode we talk about all the future technologies that are expected to disrupt our world and the next phase of home automation technology.

Andy Donohoe is London based portrait photographer who's speciality is the use of natural light. His clients include:

Hole and Corner, Telegraph Magazine, The Spaces, Betty Magazine, Another Escape, Oh Comely, Spindle Magazine, Virgin EMI, Urban Walkabout, Tyba, Mr Blacks, Michaelis Boyd Architects among many others.

In this episode producer, Adam Hallows, turns the tables and asks me questions regarding the lessons of 2017 after nearly 50 podcast interviews. We talk the best of business, creativity and technological innovation as well as suggesting some great resources to check out.

I'm joined by Lisette Nice who is the founding partner of Factory. I'm also joined by Lou Allen who is the Managing Director.

The company which started 20 years ago has provided music and sounds for some of the most iconic TV ads of the last two decades and we talk all about their rise in the industry and how they've sustained the company and culture over the years.

Tim Jones & James Cross are Creative Directors at BBC Creative, the multi award winning in house creative studio for the BBC. In this episode we talk about the studios hit Christmas commercial, The Supporting Act, as well as their journey from multi award wining creatives to Creative Directors of the UK's most historic and publicly supported TV channel.

Jo Wallace is a creative director at JWT, in this episode we talk through a piece that Jo has recently released for the drum which addresses a number of things the creative industry could be doing to address the lack of diversity in the workplace.

Doc Brown on his creative journey from underground rapper to stand up comedian and actor.