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230: Behind the scenes with Mufasa (Oren Williamson on Creativity, Collaboration and Comedy)
Wow, wow, wow I have an exciting conversation for you today! A few months back, I found out that one of my high school drama pals was in...
Diana Varma
Mar 32 min read
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229: Creating as a Designer AND AN Artist with Zach Litoff
Have you ever found yourself straddling the world of art and the world of design, not sure if you should commit fully to one or the...
Diana Varma
Feb 272 min read
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226: Career Breaks and World Travel with Eden Kim
Today is a great day! You’ll meet one of my best friends, Eden Kim (or you might already know her… I’m convinced that she’s the most...
Diana Varma
Feb 192 min read
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222: Mindfully Creative with Radim Malinic
Welcome to the next stop on our international tour with guests from across the pond. This time, we’re headed to the UK to speak with...
Diana Varma
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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221: Breaking the (Printing) Mold with Alec Vivier-Reynaud
The next (and final 3 episodes of the year) are all recorded with guests from across the pond: France, the UK and Austria, respectively. ...
Diana Varma
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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Episode 213: Cultivating Collective Effervescence with Jeff Newberry of Mirvish’s The Lion King in Toronto
“Collective effervescence is the feeling of energy and harmony when people are engaged in a shared purpose. It is a joie de vivre that...
Diana Varma
Oct 16, 20243 min read
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210: Play, Passion Projects and Butts with Sophie Elinor Brown
Welcome to a fun deep dive into typography, play, passion projects and butts, with self-proclaimed Type Dork, Sophie Elinor Brown! Sophie...
Diana Varma
Sep 23, 20242 min read
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209: Tinker with Allison Mackenzie
Welcome September! I’m thrilled to be starting off this season of creativity, collaboration and making by speaking with fellow...
Diana Varma
Sep 9, 20241 min read
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200: The End II
Here we are, dear listeners, at episode 200, entitled ’The End II’. I felt it really important to extend past episode 199 in this series...
Diana Varma
May 23, 20248 min read
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199: The End
In their incredible book, Life Lessons: Two Experts on Death and Dying Teach Us About the Mysteries of Life and Living, authors Elisabeth...
Diana Varma
May 22, 20242 min read
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198: Defining Creative Success
Success is an interesting concept. I’ve found that so much of what we think of as success relates to easy-to-identify, external...
Diana Varma
May 21, 20243 min read
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197: Experiences = Life = Stories
On May 17, 2020, in a post to his Humans of New York Instagram community, founder, Brandon Stanton had this to share about storytelling...
Diana Varma
May 20, 20242 min read
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196: Technology & Storytelling
Artificial Intelligence is a hot topic in so many fields and disciplines, particularly those that involve creative thinking and creative...
Diana Varma
May 16, 20244 min read
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195: Themes, Motifs, Narratives
Invitation by Shel Silverstein If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hop-er, a pray-er, a magic bean...
Diana Varma
May 15, 20242 min read
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194: The Integration of Storytelling Into Creative Practice
Stories are powerful. Full stop. Stories help us connect our ideas to the world in succinct and memorable ways. Stories help us convey...
Diana Varma
May 14, 20244 min read
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193: Meet the Artists & Designers
What is a story? Who tells stories? Why do we tell stories? When are stories best told? Where are stories told? How are stories told?...
Diana Varma
May 13, 20248 min read
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192: Coming Soon: The Art & Design of Storytelling
Once upon a time there were 9 creatives in 8 episodes answering 7 questions who were spread out over 6 geographic locations resulting in...
Diana Varma
May 10, 20241 min read
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188: Talk Paper and Exacto Knife with Sarah Nguyen
Something interesting and exciting happened during my last conversation in episode 187 with writer, Phong Nguyen... This is our...
Diana Varma
Apr 11, 20242 min read
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187: Exceptionally Experimental, Eclectic and Expressive Exercises with Phong Nguyen
What if you removed a letter from your keyboard? How might that impact your work? Maybe you could remove a tilda key (the squiggle beside...
Diana Varma
Apr 9, 20242 min read
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171: Constructing Invert with Anna Khorash
In this final episode of 2024, I sit down with type designer, Anna Khorash. Anna is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands, where she...
Diana Varma
Dec 15, 20232 min read
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