The Imagination Industry

In this episode, we sit down with Pavlína Louženská — an influencer & an author whose Substack newsletter has some 20,000 subscribers; she is a friend, a trend forecaster and a full-time creator. We're unpacking where the creator economy is headed, the pressure behind “the shoulds,” platform dependence, burnout, AI, and what it actually takes to build a sustainable creative career today.

An Chen is a graphic designer and an illustrator. The list of her selected clients includes Apple, YouTube, Gucci, The New Yorker and many more. In this episode, Irina and Maria chat with An about the strategy behind building a sustainable creative career. We discuss how personal work turns into client work, why consistency beats trends, and how illustrators can protect their style in the era of A...

What happens when an engineer becomes a storyteller — and uses comics to explain AI? In this episode, we sit down with Fawzi Ammache, creator of the Year 2049 newsletter, to explore how design, creativity, and artificial intelligence are shaping a future that doesn’t happen by accident — but by design.

In this episode of The Imagination Industry, Irina and Maria sit down with Christina Ernst — engineer at Google and creator of She Builds Robots, an online platform inspiring girls to code through fashion, art, and robotics. From her viral animatronic Ratatouille rat to AI-assisted designs and wearable tech that moves, Christina shares how she coined the term “fashioneering” — blending fashion and...

Philosopher and writer Jonny Thomson ( Mini Philosophy , Big Think ) joins The Imagination Industry to decode the creator economy through a philosopher’s lens: What is a creator, how do you compress big ideas into 3 seconds, and why “quality engagement” beats empty virality. What you’ll learn:— Creator vs. influencer vs. artist — and where Jonny sits;— Turning complex ideas into accessible, human...