Behind the Scope – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Study, get a job, work your way up. In the creative industry that usually means junior, mid, senior, creative director, and often moving further and further away from the work you actually wanted to do.

In this episode we sit down with Alice Katter, founder of Out of Office Network and we get into why the traditional creative career ladder is outdated, what a non-linear career actually looks like in practice, and why going fully freelance isn't the only way out.

Guest links:
Website: https://www.alicekatter.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alicekatter

We scroll past hundreds of images every day. Most of them are well lit, well composed, perfectly optimized. Anna Baros is a Vienna-based architectural photographer who spent years inside the influencer world and the agency world, and came out the other side with a very clear opinion on how we got here.

We get into how algorithms fueled by patriarchy have flattened visual culture in ways that started long before the algorithm existed.

Guest links:
Website: https://anabarros.studio
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ANASBARROS/

Design used to mean something. Now it's a $5 Fiverr logo and an AI prompt away. So what the hell happened?

In this episode, we're getting into the uncomfortable truth about how digitalization and globalization were just the beginning of what we are seeing today with AI.

We're talking about how design went from a specialized craft to a commodity, why platforms like Fiverr and 99designs accelerated the race to the bottom.

We also get into the ethics of it all: the outsourcing, the exploitation, the "exposure" economy, and what it means for creatives trying to build a real business today.

Can you believe we've been doing this for a whole year? Neither can we! It's our birthday episode and this is how it's been and where it will be going.

In this episode, we look back at our year as a studio and talk honestly about what happened behind the scenes. We share why our monthly recaps quietly stopped, how guest interviews took over our schedule, and how 2025 became the year of internal projects. We also talk about highs and lows, hiring our first assistant, and building community through Discord and events.

In this episode, we look at the feminist history of design and how the industry we know today was shaped by decisions, structures, and narratives that left many women out of the story. We explore how early design movements pushed women into “craft” while men defined what counted as “design,” why credit was unevenly distributed, and how these patterns still show up in creative work today. A conversation about recognition, visibility, and understanding the systems we inherit as creatives.

In this episode, we reflect on how our approach to design has evolved – from obsessing over aesthetics to focusing on clarity, requirements, and real-world use. We talk about what pushed this shift, why functionality matters more than ever, and how letting go of “making it pretty” actually led to better work (and happier clients).

In this solo episode, we reflect on what it’s been like having guests on the podcast so far; what surprised us, what challenged us, and what we’ve learned. We also share a behind-the-scenes look at our newest side project: a pricing calculator for creative work in collaboration with Daniel Gremme, which we’ve started building in public. Plus, we hosted our first ever event with Ladies Wine & Design at the studio to have a conversation about pricing here’s how it went.

Links

Daniel Gremme: https://danielgremme.com

Faktor: https://www.faktor.so

We are starting a network built on transparency! Our discord will be a place for self-employed creatives to exchange tips, resources, referrals, a place to vent, a place to feel connected when you are often all alone in running your business.

Links:

Join the Discord: https://discord.gg/FEpGKY9aT5

Happy Pride Month! This is a more serious episode where we discuss the implications of rainbow washing and what companies really need to be doing to support the LGBTQIA+ community.