The Uncommon Podcast

For Theo Kanellopoulos, the NFT space has been a place to merge all his passions, and with so many teeth in the game, he was someone we needed to chat with. In this episode, we hear Theo's journey from being a sound engineer, an event promoter, an all-around entrepreneur, an agency owner, and, most recently, one of the faces of the Web3 space in Australia throwing a successful NFT event and starting a podcast about the world of Non-Fungible Tokens. Check out his story to learn more about his journey and how he prepares for what's next in the NFT space.

In this episode, we dive into Oliver’s story of moving from Mexico and starting fresh in the design industry in Australia. Through his story, he shows how, despite having no local experience and all the odds against him, his drive, the right mindset, and persistence paid off to find his first job as a designer.

In this episode, Alejandro Mejias shares his story of starting from the bottom as an intern and how he found his first design job. He also shares how taking opportunities with an open mind led him to become a Design Leader. His story involves taking risks, embracing the unknown, and always learning to open new doors, all strategies he used to break into the Design Industry in Australia.

We chatted with Jarahad, a good friend and entrepreneur who shared his journey as the founder of Welly – a company that is genuinely reinventing how we consume vegetables and fruits. A mission that doesn’t come easy but one that is set to pay fruits.

In this episode, we talked about Web3, and how we ended up working in the new phase of the internet. We unpack more of what Web3 is, our views, our experience with NFTs, how our curiosity led us to work on some cool Web3 projects, and how we brought our Experience design spin to them.

Ryan Kelly and Callum Senior from Creative Natives joined The Uncommon Podcast to share their stories of how a trip to Puerto Rico started a business relationship that turned into a recruitment agency. They also talked about honest and trustful relationships with their clients and candidates. If you have worked with recruiters, this is a chat you don't want to miss.

In this episode, we talk about the reasons we go to conferences. We share our individual views on whether we think they’re valuable, why Ale hates the term networking, how Oliver loves top-tier tickets, and how we try to make the most of the conferences we attend.

Simon and Jenna Hipgrave joined The Uncommon Podcast to talk about their remarkable work in letterpress printing at Hungry Workshop and digital development at Bone Digital. While the two disciplines may be far apart, in this episode, we learned from them how quality is always present in everything they do and how that has been the secret to running successful businesses. We also learned about their early beginnings, the process of letterpress printing and their journey to become the creative superpower they are today.

In this episode, we talk about Artificial intelligence and how it will affect the creative industry. We discuss whether this technology can get us out of our jobs, how we can leverage it, the tools we know, and the number of opportunities it brings.

Vince Lebon is a designer, entrepreneur, and the mind behind Rollie shoes. He has collaborated with leading brands such as Adidas, Asics and Footlocker and was on the winning team on 'Lace up', the ultimate sneaker design competition by Adidas x Youtube. His passion has always driven him to create the best work, and we got to learn more about his approach to design in this inspiring episode in collaboration with NO/BS.