Jun
06
2011
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door – NOT!
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**BLAM!… Out of nowhere you have the inspiration of a great idea.
You’ve just dreamed up a new and novel way of doing something that everyone will want and now all you have to do is …
Tags: Art, Atomic, Coffee, Design, Development, Industrial, OTTO, Podcast, Product, Sydney, Technology
Sep
22
2009
It started about two years ago when I heard that a new coffee maker was coming on the market. So curiously I followed the links to discover the beauty that is the new OTTO Stove Top Espresso Coffee Maker.
Since then I’ve been on a mailing list, receiving irregular updates as to how the development …
Tags: Art, Atomic, Coffee, Coffee Makers, Espresso, OTTO, Review, Stove Top
May
14
2009
Welcome To Episode 36 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Chris Booth artist and maker of things.
Chris is now starting to have real success in the art scene in Australia after years of being a struggling artist. We discuss the artist life, how difficult it is to make a success in the art world …
Tags: Art, Career, Painting, Podcast, Pop
Dec
16
2008
Welcome To Episode 30 of Your Story.
Today we talk with David Shaw who as an Industrial Designer with his company Street and Garden Furniture Company shares a little of the life of an industrial designer. We talk of what design is for him with his early attempts at being a manufacturer to eventually realise …
Tags: Art, Brisbane, Design, Industrial Design, Podcast, Street Furniture, Technology, West End
Jul
29
2008
Welcome To Episode 23 of Your Story.
Today we talk with Roco Menzel of Metroccolis who in along with his collaborator Stefan Wabner is a Mime artist performing as Metroccolis.
Now after 14 years developing the skill of mime Rocco is starting to achieve real international success, earning a living and well on the way to …
Tags: Art, Berlin, Berlin Wall, Career, East Germany, Europe, Melbourne, Mime, Podcast, Theatre, Travel
Jul
02
2008
As you know I’m about to go to Europe and I’ll be staying with some people, enjoying their company and hospitality. So I was thinking that I wanted to take a few gifts with me to say thanks but I want some better quality real Australian gifts rather than the Asian made Australian souvenirs …
Tags: Aboriginal, Art, Gifts, Personal