In this episode of Creative or Dead, hosts David Constantine and Aleesha Callahan sit down with Lauren Li, a powerhouse interior designer, author and educator. Lauren is the definition of a creative slashie with over 20 years of experience as a designer, a couple of coffee table books under her belt (published through Thames and Hudson) and a new podcast Design Anatomy. Lauren shares her creative journey – from founding her studio, Sisalla Interiors, to teaching courses and building an engaged online presence on her Instagram and SubStack Style Studies.
Tune in as she discusses the joys and challenges of blending creativity with business, balancing design projects with personal style, and creating spaces that truly resonate with clients. This episode dives right in to the business side of creativity and how to successfully keep the juggle going when you have a lot different but intermingled projects on the go.
Links
The Win Without Pitching Manifesto by Blair Enns
Your hosts
Aleesha Callahan is a design journalist, regularly contributing to Est Living, Green magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Indesignlive and Habitus, the latter of which she was the editor of between 2020-2024. A storyteller and versatile freelancer, Aleesha collaborates with select brands and studios to help articulate their voice.
David Constantine is the co-founder of Senti Partners, an agency which uses intelligence and creativity to help organisations solve society's most pressing problems through brand, campaigns and communications. David has over two decades experience working with brands, products and campaigns across public and private sectors in Australian, European and US markets. David assists companies to think holistically about brand identity, using creativity and purpose to unlock potential for organisations to motivate, challenge, inspire and educate.
Credits
Creative or Dead was produced by Rob Heneghan.
It was recorded at the State Library of Victoria. We would like to acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land where we recorded, the Wurrundjeri and Woi Wurrung People of the Kulin Nation.
Our music is by Sergey Shadrin, aka Cosmonkey.
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