Warriors & Roses™ with Michelle Rose

In 2017, Struktur Event held its largest three-day creative conference to date. The event was located at the Left Bank Annex in Portland, Oregon, and hosted an impressive array of speakers across the industries in outdoor and performance design, research, sustainability, business, technology, team building and more. This is the first time the audio-only recordings of the speaker sessions have been released. Our first is the opening keynote with designer/researcher Jan Chipchase. From Jan's website,

Join us as we revisit the unearthed first episodes of the Struktur podcast, remembering the pre-pandemic world of active outdoor design with words of wisdom from the professionals who drive the industry. In this episode we talked with Martina Brimmer, now the CEO Swift Industries.With a background in small-scale agriculture and a drive to create, Martina Brimmer guides a small dedicated team making bicycle bags in Seattle, WA. She explains her evolution from maker to designer, and how that identity

Join us as we revisit the unearthed first episodes of the Struktur podcast, remembering the pre-pandemic world of active outdoor design with words of wisdom from the professionals who drive the industry. We kick off with Alex Valdman, now Head of Creative for the sustainable footwear brand, Allbirds, from March 10th, 2016. Written, recorded, edited, and produced by Struktur founders Sam Ward and Michelle Rose.From fabric shopping with Kanye, to cycling in Tuscany, Alex Valdman knows where design