Interview Archive
Creative Spotlight: Episode #98 – Yinyee Tai
One of the leading talents of boo!berry studio, Yinyee Tai is quite the creative talent. The studio acts as an independent Graphic Design & Creative Communications company, specializing in Brand + Design for print and web based projects. She isn't...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #97 – Eric Chiang
Eric is a freelance concept artist working for clients such as Activision, Blizzard Entertainment, Electronic Arts, THQ, Liquid Entertainment, Dreamworks & The Aaron Sims Company. Most of his work casts a wide net, ranging from Call of Duty Black Ops franchise to...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #96 – Edmund Yeo
After being exposed to his films during the festival circuits, we really started to pay attention to Malaysian filmmaking. A director we consider a personal friend of the site, Edmund Yeo, is one of today's hottest directors coming out of that region....
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #95 – Dichen Lachman
Dichen Lachman was born in Kathmandu, Nepal, and lived in Nepal until she was eight years old, before her family moved to Adelaide, Australia. Her mother was born in India and is of Tibetan descent. She was on FOX's Dollhouse and guest...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #94 – Mari Kojima
Mari Kojima was born in Shimane, Japan, but since then has spent time on and off living abroad. She graduated university with BFA in fashion design. Because of an unforeseen circumstance, she returned back to Japan in 2008, and soon after discovered...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #93 – Mike Shinoda
Mike Shinoda is a musician best known as the rapper, principal songwriter, keyboardist, vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda is also a solo rapper in his side-project, Fort Minor. What you may not know about him is he is providing the score to one of the best...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #92 – Zhang Huan
Zhang Huan is from China, and his work is inspired by Taoism and Buddhism. From 1993 to 2005, he created compelling performance works that have led him to being one of the most important artists in China. He has no limits as...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #91 – Keita Morimoto
Keita Morimoto is an artist, born and raised in Osaka, Japan. He moved to Canada in 2006, currently working in Toronto. He is a simple man who enjoys Summer and of course art. Keita was kind enough to lend me a few...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #90 – Cherry Chevapravatdumrong
Cherry Cheva (Chevapravatdumrong) is best known as a writer and producer on Family Guy. She is also, however, an author of two novels, She’s So Money and DupliKate, and she also co-authored, with Alex Borstein, It Takes a Village Idiot, and I...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #89 – Sunny Choi
Grammy award-winner Enrique Iglesias called Sunny Choi's piano playing 'truly amazing.' She has over thirty million YouTube views and has played in front of thousands with rave reviews. She has charted in Billboard magazine, been featured in newspaper articles in Asia, Europe...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #88 – Minjae Lee
Fresh off the heels of his 23rd birthday, Minjae Lee was gracious enough to do a Q&A with us. He lives and works in Seoul, South Korea, and growing up, not many people accepted the way he used colors in his work....
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #87 – Trung Vuong x Loyal KNG
First let me give you the meaning to “Loyal.” Loyal is a direct concept of Loyalty. The definition of loyalty is faithfulness or a devotion to a person or cause. Loyal KNG represents just that. Not too many brand founders...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #86 – Minwoo Lee
How many designers do you know create pieces inspired by the human form? It is this attention to detail and passion that makes designer Minwoo Lee the target of attention this week. I have featured industrial designer in the past but this...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #85 – Junichi Tsuneoka
Junichi Tsuneoka was born and raised in Japan and upon graduating Waseda University in Tokyo, he has arrived in US at the end of 20th century. He founded STUDIO STUBBORN SIDEBURN to broaden his visual communication and to employ his visual language...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #84 – Rogie Custodio
Proficient with Photoshop, Animation, Graphic Design, Illustration, Print, Digital Design, Matte Painting, Environmental Design, Props, Concept, etc. Rogie Custodio is a MONSTER. At such a young age, it is hard to believe he is just now carving his niche into the professional...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #83 – Dan Matutina
Dan Matutina, a designer and illustrator based in the Philippines, is a co-founder of a social enterprise & communications agency. His illustration style is a mix of handmade & digital, clean & dirty, old & modern aesthetics. He loves mixing colors with...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #82 – Julia Ling
Julia Ling is an American actress most widely known for her television work, including her recurring roles on NBC series such as ER, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and most recently, as a series regular on Chuck. Other major guest and...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #81 – Daphne Joy
Daphne Joy is an actress in Los Angeles of Puerto Rican and Filipino descent. She is a very ambitious, sexy, and career driven woman not only participating in charity fashion shows, but music videos such as Neyo Video's "Miss Independent", and...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #80 – Hikari Shimoda
Hikari Shimoda‘s creepy paintings of children depict them as sweet, sinister, wounded and abused. As Shimoda explains in her artist’s statement, “They are nobody, and yet, they could be somebody.” The Sinister and Mysterious Childhood Depictions of Hikari Shimoda are the focal...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #79 – Victoria Ying
Victoria Ying is a true talent indeed. After attending the Art Center College of Design with a BFA degree in Illustration, she has gone on to work for Disney and participating in numerous projects including the most expensive animated film to date,...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #78 – Bai Ling
A woman who needs no introduction, Bai Ling is a Chinese actress known for her work in films such as The Crow, Red Corner and Crank 2. She has also done some television work to include Entourage and Lost. Bai Ling was...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #77 – Kane Kosugi
Kane Kosugi began his training in martial arts at the age of one and a half. Since moving to Japan at the age of 18, he has done numerous movies and TV shows becoming one of the nation's most popular and recognizable...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #76 – Mu Pan
Mu Pan is definitely not worried about being candid, or sugarcoating his feelings. Equipped with a M.F.A. with honors 2007 Illustration as Visual Essay School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, he makes art that is honest and true to himself. He's...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #75 – Mari Inukai
Mari Inukai is a friend to Japan Cinema and we wanted to put the spotlight on her and her work. Her work is often depicting her daughter Sena, but she also explores popular culture with her own range of characters. She has...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #74 – Togo Igawa
Togo Igawa was born in Tokyo and is a Japanese actor who works primarily in British films and television. In recent years he has had roles in major motion pictures such as Revolver, Memoirs of a Geisha, The...
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Creative Spotlight: Episode #73 – Collin Chou
Collin Chou is a Hong Kong actor and martial artist best known for his portrayal of Seraph in The Matrix sequels. In Asian cinema, he has worked in several films with Jet Li and Sammo Hung, including the 2006 martial-arts epic, Fearless....
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