The Unusual Podcast

Carl Rush is the director of Crush Creative & Crush Motion, founder and owner of The Vine Club and Co founder of Glug Brighton. Crush Creative is a truly integrated design agency providing creative solutions across all print, digital and moving media. Crush is based in Brighton, UK and New York, USA // Art Direction, Graphic Design, Illustration, Web Design, Animation, Film, Idea Generation &a...

Matt C. Stokes is an illustrator designer based in Brighton, his illustrations have been seen on the UK National Geographic & Discovery channels. He has recently painted murals for pubs and restaurants and designed T-shirts for clothing labels. In 2012, he won the Create In Brighton competition for his panorama of the city. He has been part of a number of teams at agencies & firms, includi...

Arne Höpfner is an illustrator and graphic designer from Hamburg, Germany. His works portray mundane daily life in a quirky and fun manner, adding a sense of irony and deeper meaning to his visuals.

John Holcroft is an editorial illustrator who has been around since 1996 and has worked in a variety of mediums and styles over the years. In 2001 he started working digitally but it wasn’t until 2010 that he created his current ‘screen print’ style. John’s past clients worldwide include BBC, Reader’s Digest, Financial Times, Walker books, The Guardian, The Economist, Nike, Haymarket, Conde Nast,...

Pure Evil is the alias of Welsh-born artist Charles Uzzell Edwards. This multi-disciplinary street artist has been involved in Banksy’s pop-up gallery, exhibited around the world, at the Saatchi Gallery and Victoria and Albert Museum in London, at the Culture Gallery in Cape Town, and at the Baker Gallery in Cologne, among others. He runs the Pure Evil gallery in Shoreditch, London.

Jim Stoten aka Jim The Illustrator is a Hastings, UK-based illustrator whose work has been published by the likes of MTV, Habitat, Levi’s, Urban Outfitters, and The Guardian. He frequently exhibits his work in galleries around the world and teaches illustration at The University of Brighton.

Santa Barbara based Daniel Sulzberg, aka Dan Village, specializes in creating friendly and positive vibes through whimsical, colorful, and detailed illustrations. Daniel started off as a scriptwriter on the hit show ‘Smallville’, worked as a Creative Director at Red Bull and today he is a full-time illustrator.

Michael Ng, aka Mindflyer, is a pioneer of the illustration movement in Singapore. An acclaimed illustrator himself known for his quirky and whimsical style, he is also the founder of the Organisation of Illustration Council and the annual Illustration Arts Festival.

Race Krehel is a Singapore based American digital artist using technology to bring to life inspiring visions of the world of tomorrow. Having worked at Lucasfilm, he is currently Creative Director of Metamo Industries.

Dillah Zakbah is Creative Technology and Innovation Director at BBH USA. She shares her pillars for success, the role of design thinking and how she keeps up-to-date with technology.

Andy Grant is Executive Creative Director of TBWA Singapore where he leads a team of 50. He shares the values and beliefs that drive his leadership style.

Charles Wigley has over 30 years experience in the world’s best ad agencies, having worked in London, Hong Kong, Sydney. Most recently as Chairman of BBH Asia, based in Singapore.

Illustrator and Visual Artist takes us on a journey through her archives.

Creative leader reveals his tricks behind coming up with great ideas.

Qimmy Shimmy shares how people’s reaction to her work can be more fascinating than the actual idea behind the piece.

Ivan Despi is an artist, director and founder of The Acid House, a motion design, 2D and 3D animation studio based in Manila.

Her incredibly detailed illustrations capture the buzz and energy of imaginary and real places… Anngee Neo talks us through her process.

How does one get into NFT? Tropical Futures Institute founder Chris Fussner talks about the building blocks of NFT.

Illustrator Maddie Egremont shares about illustrating for different audiences, getting her works out to the world and staying true to her style.

Everyone starts drawing as children, I just never put my pencil down.”  Hombre McSteez shares his unique animation style and how he harnesses the power of social media.

Award-winning illustrator and Gif artist, Javier Arrés talks about Visual Toys and his NFT journey.

Didier talks about 30 years of experience as a graffiti artist, his most challenging mural, and his new exhibition inspired by quantum computing.

Combining product design, graphic design and art toys, Cesc Grané has developed a unique 3D character design style.

A self-taught programmer and visual designer,  Siah shares his views on honing the craft of creative technology.

Interactive artist talks about using technology in the creative field