Breed Presents – Details, episodes & analysis

We're excited to be joined by Graydon Carter for the latest episode of Breed Presents. A legendary figure in the world of magazine publishing and beyond, Graydon was editor of Vanity Fair for 25 years until 2017. Before that, he was co-founder and editor of the highly influential Spy magazine, and in recent years he was co-editor of weekly newsletter Air Mail, co-founded with Alessandra Stanley.  

Last year, he published an immensely enjoyable autobiography, When the Going was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines, which forms the core of our conversation. 

We're kicking off a new series of Breed Presents – our fourth – and what better way to begin than with Neil Wenman, the Global Creative Director of Hauser & Wirth. Hauser & Wirth began as a gallery founded by Iwan and Manuela Wirth and Ursula Hauser in 1992. It's come quite a way since then and now represents over a hundred artists with gallery locations around the world. Our conversation took place looking out across the vista of London from the windows of his Mayfair office.

That conversation took in Neil's achievements during 15 years at Hauser & Wirth, working with and for the artistic community it represents, Ursula magazine, and how he went from an early fascination with architecture to working at the centre of the artistic world. We also talked about his work with the arts and mental health charity Hospital Rooms, which commissions art for hospital spaces and provides art workshops for patients and NHS staff.

At Breed, Elizabeth Goodspeed is best known to us as the US editor-at-large for It's Nice That, the global platform run by creatives for creatives. She's also an independent, multidisciplinary designer, art director, writer and educator.

After completing a dual degree in neuroscience and graphic design at RISD, Elizabeth began her career with an internship at Pentagram in New York before going before going to to work at The Whitney Museum of American Art, RoAndCo before rejoining Pentagram in a full time positon. Since 2020 she's been freelance and has collaborated with studios including Interbrand, her old home Pentagram, Gander and Red Antler, and worked directly with clients including Google, Spotify and MAC Cosmetics.

Beyond her day-to-day design work, produces her own design history newsletter Casual Archivist, writes as often as she can about trends, design history and design trends aswell as teaches at Rhode Island School of Design and Parsons School of Design in New York.

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In today's episode of Breed Presents we're talking to Rasha Kalil, who is a photographer and Creative Director of the Financial Times' How To Spend It magazine.

Born in Beirut Rasha returned to London to study at the Royal College of Art, graduating in 2008 with an MA in Communication Art & Design. Since graduating she has worked for Vogue UK, Dazed & Confused, and ES Magazine, and co-founded art direction studio Barbara Creative.

But it's her work as an artist that has brought Rasha most attention. It brings together photography, text, video and installation, often exploring perceptions of the human body and their relationship to identity, art history and everyday life & it's something we discuss in today's episode.

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For the first episode of Breed Presents we spoke to Sarah Andelman, the founder of the Parisian store Colette, known for its mix of streetwear, high fashion and lifestyle products, finally closed its doors.

Since it closed in 2017 there have been pop-ups, collaborations, and more via her brand consultancy Just An Idea. In 2021, she launched Just An Idea Books, which focuses on publishing works which Sarah describes as delivering 'a high dose of wonder'.

So far, a couple of dozen beautifully designed books have been published, including works by photographers Glenjamn and Charles Bébert, and writer Douglas Coupland. Another Just An Idea spin-off, retail pop-up Just a Space, followed in 2022.

Our chat encompasses subjects running from the fashion influence of Snoopy, skateboarding and the art of curation. 

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Breed Presents returns this Tuesday July 1st for Season 3.

Olivia Triggs, host & founder of creative agency Breed, talks to people who have made an impact on the creative world, whether that be in art, design, retail, fashion, publishing, writing or their own individual niche.

We're not dropping any names just yet, but suffice to say guests include luminaries from Sunspel, The Financial Times HTSI magazine, Just An Idea, It's Nice That, YOLO Journal, Pentagram, Island Records, and the London Mayor's Office.

New episodes - every Tuesday. 

Back in 2021, we interviewed the CEO and Creative Director of the Pellicano Hotel Group, Marie-Louise Sciò, for the print version of Breed Presents. It was clear we could only skim the surface of what we would like to have asked Marie-Louise. So when we started the podcast, she was at the top of our list.

Marie-Louise grew up around La Posta Vecchia, in a beautiful setting overlooking the Tyrrhenian Sea, and around the grounds of Hotel Il Pellicano, sited high above Porto Ercole in Tuscany. Both hotels were owned by her father, Roberto.

Marie-Louise studied design and architecture at Rhode Island School of Design before working with interior designer, Massimo Zompa, in Rome. After overseeing the rebuilding of Il Pellicano, Marie-Louise took over her father's hotel portfolio in 2011 and has been running them ever since, adding the equally impressive Mezzatorre on the island of Ischia in 2019. She also launched lifestyle website, ISSIMO, offering the best of Italian design, fashion, and food, carefully selected by Marie-Louise herself. 

Host Olivia Triggs of Breed Presents sits down with Marie-Louise to talk about living in Rome, a new hotel project, and how she uses her creativity.

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This edition of Breed Presents is a conversation with creative director, editor, and design consultant Tony Chambers. 

Tony Chambers is perhaps best known as the longest-serving Editor-in-Chief of Wallpaper*. He joined the magazine as Creative Director in 2003, was appointed Editor-in-Chief in 2007, and Brand and Content Director in 2017. He transformed Wallpaper* into a global brand with pocket City Guides, a website, a creative agency, a retail platform, and an interior design service.

After studying at Central Saint Martins, Tony started his career as Art Editor at The Sunday Times Magazine. From there he moved on to become Art Director at British GQ, where he was voted PPA Art Director of the Year twice in 1998 and 2001. 

Nowadays, Tony is the founder of creative agency TC & Friends. He also started the design and ideas platform OTOMOTO with artist Ryan Gander, he's co-chairman of Fortune Magazine's Brainstorm Design, and he sits on the board of trustees of the Barbican Arts Centre.

Host Olivia Triggs of Breed sits down with Tony to talk about his career, his proudest moments at Wallpaper*, and the inspiration behind TC & Friends. 

Rafael Oliveira is the Creative Director at Tracksmith, a Boston-based maker of performance running gear. He works in Porto, Portugal from his home — a former car parts warehouse that he helped transform into his dream house. 

At age 30, he discovered a love for running, and he didn't approach his new-found passion with an occasional jog. He got into interval training, track running, and endurance training, and soon got his marathon time down to under two hours and 30 minutes.

Throughout Rafa's training journey, he became particular about his running gear and found Tracksmith. And he liked Tracksmith not only because the clothing was effective but also because of the way the brand presented itself. Rafa was so enamored that he got in touch with the company's founder, Matt Taylor. They hit it off, and in 2016 Rafa took over as Tracksmith's Creative Director. 

Olivia Triggs founder of Breed London chats with Rafa about his home city of Porto, how he got into design, and what it's like to combine two of his passions — design and running — at work.

Hugo Rifkind is a journalist and broadcaster, including as a presenter on Times Radio. He's also the author of Rabbits, a new novel set in an all-boys boarding school that steps into the darker undercurrents of that environment. It's been described by crime writer Val McDermid as "Saltburn, but with kilts."

Host Olivia Triggs chats with Hugo about his creative process on Rabbits, constructing fictional characters, as well as personal experiences that influenced the book.