Design is impossible to escape. From the carefully crafted user experiences in the products and apps that drive our daily lives. to the style and cut of the clothing you’re wearing right now and the 1000’s of messages we receive through Advertising and marketing every day.
So when crafting these messages and communicating product’s and service its important to do so from the standpoint of ethics & good intentions.

My guest today is my good friend Jonathan key, The Founder and Creative director of the Sydney design firm Studio 3 AM. In our conversation, Jonathan and I explore design from the perspective of being a youngblood coming up in the design industry all the way to what's involved in running your own studio & how to manage the creativity of others. And how to achieve great design for your clients with ethics in mind.

Photographer & creative mentor Vienna Marie discusses how to manifest the career of your dreams whilst keeping everything in check. We've all lived through hustle culture and now we're in a new space where mental health is taking centre stage.

On top of this we also dive into the differences between being a creator and being an artist along with some tips on how to present yourself before you're ready.

Link to Sware
https://bio.site/vnrxo

Chapters
0:00 Intro

1:07 Workplace Culture

6:11 Putting yourself out there

19:00 Landing clients

29:46 Vision boards + Manifesting

33:00 Navigating industry teirs

38:40 Old Millennials online

44:36 Mental health for creatives

From how NFT's will reshape the music industry, How Sydney's lockout law's changed the way artists operate in their city and how as a producer and performer, Swaré is looking to get past the gimmick era of creativity in his songwriting and artistry.

Having to rely on external producers in his early career to now driving the production of his own tunes & being the master of his own soundscape and artistic vision Swaré a music producer and performer from Sydney has spent the last few years of his career, defining himself as an artist. And backing himself more and more through trusting his intuition.

Link to Sware
https://linktr.ee/Sware

Chapters
0:00

INTRO

1:23

Who Is Swaré

2:18

Baking yourself as an artist

4:24

Creating for yourself

6:04

Using inspiration

7:59

Management + Support

9:17

Sydneys Lockout Laws

16:05

Create for yourself first

16:50

Steal like an artist

18:18

Gimmicks in creativity

26:40

Going Viral on TikTok

28:11

Music, NFTs + Web 3

35:47

OUTRO