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Blaze Type

Straight from the blaze

Matthieu Salvaggio of Blaze Type shares his knowledge of type design and talks with us about running an independent type foundry.

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c-90

Appealing to all the senses

Chris Ritter opens the door to his Cincinnati based studio and talks with us about design in the pandemic and setting up a flexible studio space.

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Matthew Hilton Studio

Making the most of constraints

Matthew Hilton opens the door to his London based studio and talks with us about nailing a design brief, running a studio during the Covid Pandemic, and working through design constraints.

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Minimalissimo

Making space for minimalism

Carl MH Barenbrug takes us through the past 10 years of Minimalissimo, the quintessential minimalism magazine, and opens the doors to his Edinburgh based studio.

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Heydays

Simply simple

Mathias Haddal Hovet takes us through Heydays, one of Norway's most recognized design studios, and shares some insight on how it all began.

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Lundgren+Lindqvist

Local products

A rooftop studio in an old sugar factory paired with a sharp attention to detail, Andreas Friberg Lundgren and Carl-Johan Lindqvist welcome us to into their Swedish based studio, Lundgren+Lindqvist.

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Andreas Friberg Lundgren & Carl-Johan Lindqvist

Lundgren+ Lindqvist chats with us about branding their studio, managing projects and starting their own imprint.

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Awkward

Once upon a tweet

Awkward's Kevin Kalle gives us a tour of their Rotterdam based digital studio and explains how the studio started through a tweet.

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Kevin Kalle

Kevin Kalle, Co-Founder of Awkward

Kevin chats with us about his design education, starting Awkward, and partnering with Sketch and WeTransfer.

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byHAUS

A refined pair

Identity builders and London the dog, Philippe Archontakis and Martin Laliberte walk us through their Montreal based graphic design studio.

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Philippe Archontakis

Philippe Archontakis, Co-Founder of byHAUS

Philippe chats with us about byHAUS's identity design for hockey brand Knapper and their innovative packaging solution for Monsillage candles.

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Toormix

Good taste in design

A Barcelona design studio and tapas restaurant team up to create a food truck. Oriol Armengou of Toormix walks us through their new studio and sheds light on this gastronomic love story.

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Oriol Armengou

Oriol Armengou, Co-Founder of Toormix

Oriol of Toormix talks about their new studio space, partnering with a restaurant, launching a food truck, and the current status of design education.

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Bakken & Baeck

The Scandinavian Spaceship

A feeling of blue, space-age inspired interior design, a conference hosted on an island, and a colony of bees living on the roof. All just normal happenings for the Oslo based digital design studio Bakken & Baeck.

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Tobias Baeck

Tobias Baeck, Co-Founder of Bakken & Baeck

Tobias of Bakken & Baeck talks about the importance of culture in a studio, working with startups, embracing randomness, and the evolution of their design collaboration software Wake.

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Mentsen

Lines and surfaces

An intersection of product and graphic design, working with a new furniture brand, and a controlled patience. Japanese designers Risa Sano and Yasu Sakurai walk us through their London based design studio, Mentsen.

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Mentsen

Risa and Yasu, Founders of Mentsen

Mentsen chats with us about the intricacies of product design, learning from other studios, and working in London.

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Build

If you Build it, they will come

Historic towers, creative romance, and a journey up North, Michael C. Place walks us through his Leeds based studio Build.

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Michael Place

Michael C. Place, Founder

Michael Place chats with us about working with his wife, relocating his studio, and finding your design style.

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Berger & Fohr / Ello

Cheeky posters and loads of books, Todd Berger and Lucian Fohr welcome us into their multipurpose studio which serves as a headquarters for the creator's network, Ello.

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Brett Bergeron

Brett Bergeron, Founder & Creative Director

Brett chats with us about setting up This Also in Brooklyn, bringing on a business partner, and developing their studio brand system.

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This Also

Practice makes perfect

A sunset view for a progressive digital studio, Brooklyn based This Also shares their seventeenth-floor studio space.

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Riccardo Chapman

Riccardo Chapman, Creative Director

Designed Space talks with Rico of De:strukt about landing their first big client, moving the studio out of his flat and gaining confidence in your studio.

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A Hundred Monkeys

Calling me names

Naming and branding and Davis the dog. A Hundred Monkeys welcomes us into their California studio. Sorry, no live monkeys.

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Mark Fleming

Mark Fleming, Chief Creative Officer

Designed Space talks with Mark about designing the Rosie Lee London studio, transitioning into retail design, and their studio store, Infinite Objects.

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Random Studio

As little design as possible

A full dining area plus a plethora of plants—try saying that three times fast. Amsterdam based Random welcomes us to their home-like studio.

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Jesse Reed & Hamish Smyth

Jesse Reed & Hamish Smyth, Founders of Order

Designed Space talks with Order about giving back to the community, boring design, and the creation of Standards Manual.

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Rosie Lee

The school of hard knocks

A chair made of skateboards, designing for retail, and an interconnection with tea. Mark Fleming takes us through Rosie Lee’s London studio.

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Eli Altman

Eli Altman, Creative Director

Designed Space talks with Eli about his new book, working with his father, and studying design at school.

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STRV

Keep it simple when starting out

Two high school students create a multinational digital agency and bring a taste of Silicon Valley to Prague.

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Daan Lucas

Daan Lucas, Managing Director & Founder

Designed Space chats with Daan Lucas about finding inspiration in parties, the importance of innovation and setting up Random’s new studio space.

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Order

A walk to solve all your problems

Peaceful walks, quick decisions, and finding designer’s gold in a basement. Hamish Smyth and Jesse Reed walk us through the creation of their design studio, Order and publishing imprint, Standards Manual.

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Albert Folch

Albert Folch, Creative Director & Founder

Designed Space chats with Folch studio about the early days, editorial design, and how they manage 5 internal brands within the studio.

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De:strukt

Having friends with benefits

Street art inspiration, mural installations and moving into a community of creatives. De:strukt welcomes us to Glasgow's The Hidden Lane.

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STRV—Interview

STRV, an interview with the marketing department

Designed Space chats with STRV about studio growth, keeping current with technology, and the process of developing apps.

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Folch Studio

The remnants of an industrial era

Dilapidated factories and warehouses spark a fire for a Barcelona district creative rebirth. Folch Studio was in the thick of it before it was cool.