AUN 0104 : Katherine Johnsen - Building Cool Things With Cool People

Welcome back beautiful people! On this weeks show we deep dive into the creative mind of designer and entrepreneur Kevin Bethune. Kevin has amassed success not only through his world class design skills, but by taking his career learnings and applying them to reach a global audience. His speaking engagements range from universities to Ted, and his best selling book is applicable for not only designers, but creatives across industries. Find out more about Kevin Bethune here: https://www.kevinbethune.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kevinbethune/

Welcome back beautiful people! This weeks guest has incredible experiences from living in Asia, managing multiple brands, to now consulting and working for herself. Janey Park, or Jumpstart Janey, is at a new phase in her life. Through her fashion, blog, and content creation journey - Janey has found balance, ways to ask the right questions, and consistently supporting others. Learn more about Janey here: https://www.instagram.com/jumpstartjaney/ https://thedigitalrunway.beehiiv.com/subscribe

Welcome back beautiful people. Todays episode features Maclin - an incredible creator who has touched just about every art form. From painting, rapping, photography, videography, poetry, and more, Maclin takes us on a journey of how he is building a life of trade. In this episode we talk about trading your skills for something in return, what its like to self publish a book, and how to get opportunities to come your way - like a painting for Machine Gun Kelly in Maclin's example. Find out more about Maclin: https://www.instagram.com/maclin/ https://maclin.art/

In this weeks show, we sit down with return guest Ann Duskus, who was previously was on episode 051. But this time we see a different side of Ann. This time she opens up with true vulnerability around her current state of feeling, how allowing herself to be an artist is bringing her joy, and how being selfish can be beneficial if done correctly. Ann is a true artist, designer, storyteller, and collaborator who has worked with anyone from Nike to MSCHF to PF Flyers. She has been featured in the NY Times and many other publications. Check out her work : https://www.studioduskus.com/

In episode 110, we host founder, CEO, world traveler, and incredible thinker - Kenny Hanson. Kenny takes us on his incredible journey of learnings through starting his business, surrounding yourself with the right people, and how mentorship saved his life. For anyone interested, would highly recommend checking out his business, MentorPass, a platform to connect you to professionals with expertise in areas that you need help in. Find out more : https://www.instagram.com/kenny_hanson_/ https://www.mentorpass.co/

We're back with episode 109 with good friend, creator, material specialist, and incredible human - Vaughan Lewis Carman. Vaughan opens up in this episode talking about both the highs of having dinner with Virgil Abloh and the lows of moments where he needs to figure out life for himself. Two key themes Vaughan talks about throughout the episode are to not avoid the work and to build community. Find out more about Vaughan here: https://www.instagram.com/vaughan_carman/ https://www.vaughanlewiscarman.com/

Welcome back beautiful people, episode 108 is live with the incredible Whitney Holbourn. Whitney is a globally recognized muralist, artist and creative. In this episode, we discuss having undeniable self belief, surrounding yourself with community to help elevate you, and how to maximize opportunities when they come your way. As always to our friends: likes, comments, subscriptions are all free and they mean the world. Whitney's work can be found here: https://www.instagram.com/whitneyholbourn/ https://whitneyholbourn.com/

Bryce is one of the greatest multi-hyphenate creatives we will probably ever feature on this podcast. He is most known for his work at Nike and Nike SB, but continues to push his own boundaries through paintings, prints, tattooing, skateboarding, jui jitsu, and hot dog bongs.  In this conversation you’ll hear Bryce contemplate the question ‘what If I left design forever’, focused thoughts on diversifying hobbies and how to enjoy life. One of my favorite parts was hearing our guest chat about how to fill your creative cup. Hopefully any and all creatives take something out of this conversation, because I know I did.  Find out more about Bryce here:  https://www.instagram.com/bbbrycewong/ https://www.therealbrycewong.com/shop  Or his wife Mariah’s creative outlet:  https://www.instagram.com/dumbglass/ Thanks for listening. Please subscribe, like, comment - it means more than you know. 

Kicking off the New Year, we host international artist, muralist, graphic and product designer, Dave Persue. In this conversation we not only deeply discuss his elaborate creative career, but his tough childhood, ADHD, and his struggles with depression. Persue has created not only art and graphics around the world, but built a 23 year old IP that is BunnyKitty. He has launched two BunnyKitty books and was the head artist for DesignerCon with BunnyKitty all over billboards and merchandise. In this episode he shares beautiful stories around these characters. Check out more of Persue's work: https://www.instagram.com/persue1/ https://www.bunnykitty.com/

This weeks episode is a recap conversation with my good friend Kevin Freyer. Kevin and I both ran 144 miles in 12 days, to raise money to purchase toys for Connecticut Childrens Medical Center. This podcast was recorded to give some insights on what it took physically, mentally, and logistically to pull this off. Hope you enjoy! Happy Holidays & Merry Christmas