Explore every episode of the podcast Thought Starters | White City Place
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| Episode 86 | The Wonders of Scent, The Greatest Perfumes Throughout Time and How to Track Down the Ultimate Scent | 29 Aug 2022 | 00:52:37 | |
In this week's Thought Starter, Sam and Lizzie Ostrom of Odette Toilette discuss the wonders of scent. Discussing the greatest perfumes throughout time, the pair look into the lexicon of smell and how to track down the ultimate scent. | |||
| Episode 85 | 'A Thousand Decisions' — A Wine Course Focusing on Natural Winemaking and Growing Methods and the Importance of Sustainable Wine | 22 Aug 2022 | 00:29:09 | |
In this week's Thought Starters episode, Bre and Heidi Nam Knudsen talk wine. Heidi educates us on the importance of sustainable wine, her sustainable wine school - A Thousand Decisions - and how she got into wine education, explaining her production process and what makes the school unique. | |||
| Episode 76 | The Art of Writing - Writing Editorial | 06 Dec 2021 | 00:35:14 | |
This week’s Thought Starter discusses writing editorial, and how to approach the blank page. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Liv Siddall, commissioner at WePresent and former Editor at It’s Nice That, sits down with journalist and Guardian columnist Stuart Heritage, to explore how to stay inspired during the process of writing. Links from the episode: The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters, Liv Siddall, Stuart Heritage and Podcasting at White City Place, simply hit follow across social platforms: @whitecityplace & @stuheritage Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 75 | Life Sciences - The Science of Consumer Psychology and The Senses | 29 Nov 2021 | 00:26:02 | |
This week’s Thought Starter discusses consumer psychology and the senses (touch, taste, smell, sight and sound) and how they impact our perception of the world. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Sam Bompas of Bompas and Parr - the leading Architects of Taste: Feeding Minds and Stomachs, sits down with Betina Piqueras-Fiszman, Professor of Consumer Behaviour, to explore how our senses impact our perception of products and the world around us. Betina dedicates her time to research around exploring new ways of understanding consumers food preferences and motivations Links from the episode: Bompas & Parr - http://bompasandparr.com The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters, Sam Bompas, Betina Piqueras-Fiszman and Podcasting at White City Place, simply hit follow across social platforms: @bompasandparr & @whitecityplace Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 74 | Life Sciences - The Science of Pain | 22 Nov 2021 | 00:31:22 | |
This week’s Thought Starter asks where does pain come from, what does it mean, and what effect does it have on our daily lives? Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Sam Bompas of Bompas and Parr - the leading Architects of Taste: Feeding Minds and Stomachs, sits down with Linda Rodriguez McRobbie, writer and journalist, to explore the science of pain and how it ultimately affects our survival. Links from the episode: Bompas & Parr - http://bompasandparr.com Ouch! Why Pain Hurts, and Why It Doesn't Have To - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ouch-9781472965271/ The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. | |||
| Episode 73 | Life Sciences - Connecting Science with Art | 15 Nov 2021 | 00:26:15 | |
This week’s Thought Starter asks what is art in the realm of Science Fiction, the idea of making personable art, the beauty of the unknown and more. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Sam Bompas of Bompas and Parr - the leading Architects of Taste: Feeding Minds and Stomachs , sits down with Lucy McRae, science fiction artist, filmmaker, inventor and body architect, to explore the cultural and emotional impacts science and cutting edge technology have on redesigning the body. Working across installation, film, photography, artificial intelligence and edible technology, McRae’s work speculates on the future of human existence by exploring the limits of the body, beauty, biotechnology and the self. McRae has exhibited at museums, film festivals, institutes such as MIT, Ars Electronica and NASA and science forums across the world. Selected major artworks have been exhibited at Science Museum London, Centre Pompidou and the Venice Biennale. She is a visiting professor at SCI_Arc in Los Angeles; and is recognised as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. McRae encourages scientific conversation and has spoken at TED, Royal Albert Hall, Cannes Lion and Tribeca Film Festival. Links from the episode: Bompas & Parr - http://bompasandparr.com Lucy McRae - https://www.lucymcrae.net/ The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. | |||
| Episode 72 | Take it from China: two design trade shows on how Covid-19 will change their events forever, with Aroma Xie and Zhuo Tan | 07 May 2020 | 00:23:18 | |
As the whole world grapples with lockdowns, closures and cancelled events – and the milestones of the design industry’s busy calendar of trade shows disappears, we might look to one country for lessons on how to cope: China. The first to face the covid-19 crisis, and one of the first to begin emerging from it, we get the perspective from two major design industry shows on how 2020 might change their operations for good, and how they’ve tried to maintain value and purpose in the face of such an existential disruption. We speak with Aroma Xie, co-founder of Ontimeshow in Shanghai, which has become one of China’s biggest fashion trade shows, and Zhuo Tan, the Event Director at Design Shangai, one of the most important design and architecture trade shows in Asia. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 71 | Safe futures: what design can do and what it can't give up on, with DOGA's Benedicte Sunde and Vestre's Jan Christian Vestre | 24 Apr 2020 | 00:38:25 | |
We meet Benedicte Sunde and Jan Christian, two leaders in the Norwegian design community who would have been showing at the Milan Design Week, to speak instead about the role of design as we emerge from Covid-19 lockdowns. Benedicte is the coordinator of international activities of DOGA, the Norwegian organisation for Design and Architecture. Jan Christian is CEO of Vestre, a Norwegian manufacturer of urban furniture. They cover a lot of territory: How do we redesign public spaces to allow us to come together and maintain social distancing? What needs to change in manufacturing and supply chains? How should companies behave, and how should governments? The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 70 | The Museum of the Home with Sonia Solicari and Naila Yousuf | 14 Apr 2020 | 00:29:17 | |
This episode has been recorded virtually, as we comply with recommendations to stay at home in the face of this pandemic. And, it is home that is the subject of this episode – or rather, a museum in London dedicated to it. Taking on the name The Museum of the Home, the former almshouses that are host to its collection have undergone an extensive architectural transformation and help the museum shift how they present and talk about domestic life, and what “home” really might mean. A conversation with Sonia Solicari, the museum's Director, and Naila Yousuf, a senior associate at award-winning practice Wright & Wright Architects that leads the team working on the redevelopment of the Museum of the Home. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 69 | A Journey through Style and Time: the RIBA and virtual reality with Shumi Bose and Fredrik Hellberg | 27 Mar 2020 | 00:34:57 | |
In this episode, we take a look at the latest exhibition at London’s Royal Institute of British Architects, an exploration of 500 years of aesthetics in architecture. Using virtual reality technology, it takes visitors on a journey through time: from the Renaissance, where the influence of Classical architecture spread through printed volumes, through to the era of postmodernism where the channel-surfing of television provided a new and disjointed source of stylistic influence. With Shumi Bose, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Contextual Studies in Architecture at Central Saint Martins and Fredrik Hellberg, one half of design duo Space Popular. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 68 | Kids go free: museums that design spaces for children, not about them, with the V&A's Philippa Simpson and architect Alan Maskin | 13 Mar 2020 | 00:39:42 | |
Museums serve a lot of purposes – as places of learning, preservers of important artefacts and even as public spaces for people to relax and spend time. But, how we think about the role of the museum does change, sometimes prompted by politics, other times by technology, and others because of changing tastes in architecture. In this episode, we meet Alan Maskin, a principal and owner of Seattle-based architecture practice Olson Kundig, and Dr Philippa Simpson, Director of Design, Estate and Future Plan of the V&A. They are involved in reshaping museums for the future – and in particular, two museums for children, one here in London and the other in Berlin. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 67 | Next stop: A train station you actually want to spend time in, with Adam Scott and Hiro Aso | 28 Feb 2020 | 00:35:45 | |
There’s one thing we always take away from a space – an experience. Good, bad, totally neutral, their design and the way they’re brought to life affect our mood, they help or hinder us move through them, they provide amenity or perhaps they feel completely useless. One of the more complex and very often poorly executed spaces is that of the transportation hub. Stations are too often sad, too rarely exciting – they are vast and yet so often do nothing for a city unless you are coming or going. In the pod today, architect Hiro Aso and experience masterplanner Adam Scott debate the joys and woes of these spaces around which we build the cities and towns we live in. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 84 | Plant cognition and Bioacoustics, and how we can change our relationships with plants | 14 Aug 2022 | 00:42:25 | |
Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, this week's Thought Starter, Sam and Monica Gagliano delve into plant cognition and bioacoustics. Exploring the learnings from indigenous knowledges and their relationship with scientific practice. The Journeys towards a plant based cognitive ecology – testing plants perception, learning, memory and consciousness and how we can we change our relationships with plants | |||
| Episode 66 | Bringing Emirati crafts to the world stage with Her Excellency Reem BinKaram and Farah Nasri | 07 Feb 2020 | 00:35:08 | |
There’s a lot of things that design can do – it can make our lives easier through improving functionality; it can make our lives more enjoyable through beauty and aesthetics; and it can create and reinforce identity of a person, of a community or of a country. But, as we’ll discuss in this episode, it can do all of that and also empower and uplift people – specifically, in this case, using design and craft as a tool for the advancement of women in the United Arab Emirates. A conversation with H.E. Reem BinKaram, Director of NAMA Women Advancement Establishment, and Farah Nasri, Design Executive at Irthi Contemporary Crafts Council. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 65 | The future is ethical: how brands can help swing the pendulum, with Patrick Grant and Mat Heinl | 28 Jan 2020 | 00:34:38 | |
In this episode, Patrick Grant and Mat Heinl discuss the building of businesses and the responsibility for them to think ethically and sustainably about their impact on their workforce and the environment. As consumers, at least, our ethical threshold is beginning to rise. And, new brands are being asked to do things differently. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 64 | To Market, To Market: getting from design to metaphorical shop shelf, with Yves Behar and Asad Hamir | 08 Jan 2020 | 00:29:23 | |
What are the dynamics behind the scene that can help or hinder a smooth process? And when you’re sitting on a potentially transformative business idea, is it better to get it out into the world as quickly as possible, or hold back and make sure that it’s the best it can be? In this episode, we meet Yves Behar, a prolific product designer, and Asad Hamir, a serial entrepreneur, to discuss the many challenging hurdles in transforming good ideas into good products that are finally able to make it market. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 63 | The social media life of architecture, with Rob Fiehn and Adam Nathanial Furman | 16 Dec 2019 | 00:35:01 | |
Architecture – as phenomenally public as it is in practice – is most often discussed and debated only within the industry. That, with the advent of social media is perhaps changing, as discussions about what is good or bad, what works and doesn’t, what is the responsibility of architects and not, is all hashed out on Instagram and Twitter and invites the general public to weigh in. In this episode, Adam Nathaniel and Rob Fiehn – one an artist and designer, the other a communications consultant – pick apart the value of digital forums for discussion, and the future of debate in the industry. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 62 | How startups' need for fast offices is changing the design industry, with Rapt's David Galullo and Hem's Petrus Palmer | 02 Dec 2019 | 00:35:25 | |
How can design make us feel valued as employees, and remind us of the value our work has in the world? What must designers and architects be doing to adapt to the changing expectations of fast-moving start-ups, with rapidly expanding footprints and whole new ways of organising their spaces? In this episode, a conversation with David Galullo and Petrus Palmer, two design company CEOs, who discuss how they’ve bucked the status quo of their industries, but also the work each of them is doing that has helped shape the office places and businesses of others. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 61 | Leading with Design: heritage brands vs start-ups, with Scott Newlin and Emily CM Anderson | 15 Nov 2019 | 00:33:25 | |
There are a lot of brands that sell themselves on design – where function and quality are set as differentiators, paired with just the right amount of aesthetic finessing. Companies have been harnessing the power of good produce design and brand in a very conscious way for well over a century. In this episode, perspectives from the old and established and the new and start-up, as we talk about what work each has to do to develop their brands, tell their stories, and rise to become benchmarks in their industries. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 60 | The surprisingly colourful world of North Korean architecture, with Oliver Wainwright and Cristiano Bianchi | 01 Nov 2019 | 00:33:40 | |
As guarded as the country is about itself, and as careful about who and what they let in, there is a certain pride taken in the architecture of North Korea – so found our two guests, both who’ve recently authored books on the subject. They first visited Pyongyang together four years ago, and this episode is bit of a reunion between them and the telling of a number of quite insightful observations and unusual anecdotes – seeing, for instance, a model of Sir Terry Farrell’s MI6 building in London next to the great pyramids of Egypt as sources of design inspiration; or, spending a meal singing Italian communist songs with a local architect. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 59 | How we'll be getting around, with Deyan Sudjic and Philipp Rode | 18 Oct 2019 | 00:38:46 | |
The world’s population continues to flood from rural areas into cities often putting huge strain on their infrastructure. Earth’s climate is rapidly changing thanks to human activity and lack of care, putting at risk our fragile ecosystem. One place in which these two challenges intersect is in mobility – how we move around in cities, and between them – and the new designs and technologies that are improving transportation or making it redundant. In this episode, a conversation on the future of mobility between Deyan Sudjic, director of Design Museum of London and Philipp Rode, executive director of LSE Cities research centre at the London School of Economics. #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 58 | A big shift in the world of start-ups, with Sophie Rochester and Miranda West | 04 Oct 2019 | 00:39:51 | |
New attitudes toward investment, growth and even capitalism in general are taking root and shaping the types of start-ups we see emerging today. In this episode, two entrepreneurs reflect on the conversations they’ve had with investors, the importance of having a genuine social value at the core of a business, and why establishing a positive company culture from Day 1 is crucial. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 57 | Art or chair? The rise of collectible craft and furniture, with Fred Baier and James Shaw | 23 Sep 2019 | 00:30:57 | |
Today, the design industry often blurs boundaries with the art world, and collectible craft and furniture is becoming increasing popular, gaining market value and a prominence at major fairs. But that hasn’t always been the case. In this episode we talk to Fred Baier, an avant-garde British furniture maker working since the 1970s; and James Shaw, who is at the forefront of changes in the industry today. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 83 | Exploring 'In Between Binary', Protopia & The Metaverse | 08 Aug 2022 | 00:39:48 | |
In this week's Thought Starter, Co House Bre Graham, talks to Creative Computing Artist and UAL graduate Jazmin Morris about her practice, her new work 'inbetween binary', the term protopia, her thoughts on the metaverse and her roles in education. | |||
| Episode 56 | In praise of the prototype, with Riya Patel and Dean Brown | 02 Sep 2019 | 00:34:24 | |
Design, so it is so often said, is a process – one that drives idea into object, building or service. And often that process hinges on the critical phase of prototyping; that is, a series of crude iterations of the end product. In the Pod today, a curator and a designer in praise of the prototype, which, as one of our guests puts it can “liberate you to think beyond the conventional.” The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 55 | The power of the smaller details, with Alex Gore and Timothy Smith | 29 Jul 2019 | 00:33:34 | |
Buildings aren’t only to be admired from a distance – we also experience them up-close and personal. And that’s why details matter: the touch of a door handle, the ornament on a column; the colour of the walls; they can make a difference between spaces that work for us, and spaces that we love. There are a lot of simple ideas that have big impact, and architects are often trying to find the balance between creating new and interesting work, putting ideas to action, but also ensuring that their work feels accessible to a broader audience. In this episode, a conversation with architects Alex Gore and Timothy Smith. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 53 | The do-it-all design work of Sella Concept | 23 May 2019 | 00:28:51 | |
It’s often hard to define the boundaries around ‘Design’ – and, more and more, design studios are dropping the posture that there are really any boundaries at all. Interior design, event design, branding, curation – they can all emerge from the same creative thought process, so why shouldn’t young business, in particular, lap them all up? And while we’re at it, why can other disciplines play a part in design too? In this episode we meet the founders of Sella Concept, a design studio that challenges all of that. The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters and Podcasting at White City Place, follow @whitecityplace #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 82 | The History And Contemporary Relevance Of Ecstatic Experiences | 01 Aug 2022 | 00:48:16 | |
In this week's Thought Starters episode, Sam and Jules Evans discuss ecstasy. Exploring the historical significance - and the future - of the stimulant. | |||
| Episode 81 | A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped The Modern Game | 25 Jul 2022 | 00:31:36 | |
This week's Thought Starters discusses football, culture and writing. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our Co-Host Bre Graham, sits down with Author, Calum Jacob's book “A New Formation: How Black Footballers Shaped The Modern Game”, Calum's background, how he got into writing and why he decided to write the book. | |||
| Episode 80 | What Are Psychoactives? And What Is Our Relationship With Them? | 18 Jul 2022 | 00:48:17 | |
This week's Thought Starters discusses the controversial subject of Psychoactives. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Sam Bompas, Co Founder Bompas & Parr Studio, sits down with Author & Cultural Historian, Mike Jay to explore the topic of Psychoactives. Discussing humankind’s relationship with the controversial subject, the Psychoactives of yesteryear and the current legislative landscape. | |||
| Episode 79 | The Importance Of Providing The Younger Generation With A Creative Platform | 18 Jul 2022 | 00:47:03 | |
This week's Thought Starter discusses creativity, inspiring the younger generation and platforms for innovation. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Bre Graham, Creative strategist & lifestyle Editor, sits down with Art Editor-at-Large Ashleigh Kane, Art Editor-at-Large of Dazed to explore the importance of providing the younger generation with a creative platform. Links from the episode: | |||
| Episode 78 | The Art of Writing - Writing for Love | 20 Dec 2021 | 00:31:04 | |
This week’s Thought Starter discusses writing love stories, his first novel, and how everything starts from a blank page. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Liv Siddall, commissioner at WePresent and former Editor at It’s Nice That, sits down with author Caleb Azumah Nelson, to explore the journey of writing, and his first novel ‘Open Water’. Links from the episode: The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters, Liv Siddall, Caleb Azumah Nelson and Podcasting at White City Place, simply hit follow across social platforms: @whitecityplace & @caleb_anelson Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||
| Episode 77 | The Art of Writing - Creating The Ultimate Art Museum | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:32:33 | |
This week’s Thought Starter discusses why exposing children to all types of art is so important, ahead of the launch of The Ultimate Art Museum, an incredible “museum-in-a-book” for young readers published by Phaidon. Recorded live from The Pod at White City Place, our special Co-Host Liv Siddall, commissioner at WePresent and former Editor at It’s Nice That, sits down with podcast host and author Ferren Gipson, to explore how to use writing to make museums more accessible. Links from the episode: The Pod - https://whitecityplace.com/podcast/the-pod To find out more about Thought Starters, Liv Siddall, Ferren Gipson and Podcasting at White City Place, simply hit follow across social platforms: @whitecityplace & @ferrengipson Produced by White City Place, Lucy Hancock and Shaun Crook. #ThoughtStartersWCP | |||