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DON"T WASTE I: CAPSULE TALKS

Bastiaan van der Sluis

CAPSULE TALKS I is a podcast about how creative people grow — in their careers, mindset, and craft. We talk with designers, founders, athletes, and cultural pioneers about their paths, choices, and the challenges behind the work: career growth, mental health, discipline, leadership, and staying creative under pressure.Each episode is a capsule — an honest conversation that brings clarity and reflection. Through in-depth dialogue, we explore the reality behind their careers: not just the milestones,

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EP35: Rene van Dijk On Live Worlds: Scenography,...

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2025/12/17

René van Dijk is the founder of Rene.Studio, and a scenographer and visual artist, working at the intersection of music, light, and large-scale live experience. Based in Amsterdam, he creates visual and lighting shows for electronic music artists and festivals, including Camelphat, Charlotte de Witte, Adriatique, and Tomorrowland, as well as for fashion brands like Louis Vuitton and Moncler — from intimate clubs to stages holding tens of thousands of people. What happens when learning takes place in

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EP 34: Anne Kremers On Building the Fenix Museum:...

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2025/12/10

Anne Kremers is the director of FENIX, the new migration museum in Rotterdam. Her path began at 24 as the youngest museum director in the Netherlands, moved through years in Hong Kong, and eventually led her back to Rotterdam. Today she leads a museum unlike any other — combining contemporary art, public space, architecture, and personal stories into a single, living institution.What if building a museum teaches you more about yourself than about art and the museum itself?Anne’s story unfolds

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48:29

EP33: Ben Wright On Creative Identity, Pressure, and...

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2025/11/26

Ben Wright is the co-founder and creative director of Pretty Soon, working across brand, culture, music, and sport. His path moves from Perth’s tight-knit creative scene to New York’s intensity, to Kuala Lumpur, and by moments that opened doors, including collaborations with brands and people like Nike, Puma, Under Armour and ASAP Rocky. Today, he leads a studio built on instinct, clarity, and care for the people he works with. What if confidence isn’t something you arrive at, but something you

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59:20

EP32: Tim Hooijmans On Values, Pressure, and the Cost...

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2025/11/19

Tim Hooijmans is a light designer, building custom pieces for brands like Stone Island, Off-White, and On Running and Antwerp restaurant The Jane, to name a few. His work is defined by honesty and manufacturing discipline. Not trends, not aesthetics, but light itself. From designing in a small Utrecht workspace to producing hundreds of bespoke fixtures for global flagships, he has built a practice rooted in values, independence, and extreme commitment to craft.What if the real work is not the lamp,

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EP31: Chiara Tomassi On Time, Transformation, and...

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2025/11/12

Chiara Tomassi is an architect and designer based between Milan and Rome. Her career spans some of Europe’s most ambitious cultural and fashion projects, from MVRDV, AL_A, and MCA Architects to the Victoria & Albert Museum, Russian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, and Nike EMEA Campus. Today, at 2050+, she focuses on transformation over new construction, creating meaning through restraint, awareness, and time. What if balance isn’t found in doing more, but in learning to do less, with care and

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61:50

EP30: Livia & Dan On Building Atlas of Shows with...

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2025/11/05

Atlas of Shows, founded by Livia Covaciu and Dan Luchini, is a research-driven platform dedicated to the architecture and scenography of fashion shows. What began as a university thesis evolved into one of the most respected digital archives in fashion culture — followed by nearly 100,000 people and trusted by brands, institutions, and museums around the world.What if the future of fashion lies not on the runway, but in the stories behind it?In this episode, Livia and Dan share how Atlas of Shows

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52:44

EP29: Willem de Kam On Human Behaviour, Football...

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2025/10/29

Willem de Kam is a Rotterdam-based photographer whose work captures the tension between order and chaos in everyday life — from commercial campaigns and city streets to football stadiums and social rituals. His lens focuses on the spaces where people express identity, belonging, and emotion, from the terraces of Feyenoord to the quiet intimacy of personal moments. What if photography isn’t about control, but about learning to see what’s already there? Willem’s path began in graphic design before he

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EP28: Mirko Borsche On The Art of Letting Go,...

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2025/10/22

Mirko Borsche is the founder and creative director of Bureau Borsche, based in Munich. For over two decades he has shaped visual culture across editorial, fashion, sport, and art — from rebranding Inter Milan to designing for Supreme, Balenciaga, Nike, and Zeit Magazine. His path began in graffiti, moved through advertising, and grew into one of Europe’s most influential design practices. What if the beauty of design comes not from perfection — but from mistakes, accidents, and the courage to let

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54:29

EP27: Thomas Subreville On Freedom, Fiction, and the...

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2025/10/15

Thomas Subreville is director of ILL-STUDIO — a post-disciplinary practice operating between art, architecture, fashion, and cultural research. Based in Paris, Thomas has spent the last two decades conceptualising and creating projects that challenge perception and blur the boundaries between commercial and critical work. His collaborations span from Louis Vuitton, Nike, and Chanel to Mercedes-Benz, Graphpaper, and Colette, all infused with ILL-Studio’s signature mix of thought, fiction, and

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EP26: Yuro Moniz On Craft, Emotion, and the Courage...

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2025/10/08

Yuro Moniz is a multidisciplinary maker and storyteller working between art, design, and culture. After years in fashion, photography, and film, she turned towards ceramics — searching for a tangible, human medium in an increasingly digital world. Her hand-built pieces, often monumental in scale, blend ancient techniques with contemporary emotion, becoming portraits of time, touch, and memory. What if the most human thing you can do is to build something that lasts? In this episode, Yuro speaks

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EP25: Joachim Baan On Controlled Chaos, Storytelling,...

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2025/10/01

Joachim Baan is a creative director, photographer, and brand builder based in Utrecht. His career has moved between side projects, studios, and collaborations with global brands, always guided by a belief in controlled chaos and the power of storytelling. From early experiments in online culture to leading projects for heritage brands and contemporary labels, Joachim has built an ecosystem rooted in aesthetics, strategy, and cultural meaning. What if the strongest brands — and lives — are built not

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EP24: Mohamed Chajid On Momentum, Mission-Driven,...

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2025/09/24

Mohamed Chajid is a Rotterdam-based creative director, designer and concept engineer whose practice spans 3D animation, fashion, branding, and cultural collaborations. At just 27, he has worked with Nike, New Balance, Disney, Drake, Donda and Virgil Abloh, while staying rooted in curiosity, experimentation, and a mission “dedicated towards creating.What if saying yes — again and again — is the fastest way to grow, learn, and create work that shapes culture and find your why along the way?In this

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EP23: Tom Dorresteijn On Intuition, Culture, and the...

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2025/09/17

Tom Dorresteijn is Partner and Strategy Director at Studio Dunbar, part of the global DEPT network. His path has been anything but linear: from exploring the possibility of entering a conservatory, to studying and working in communications, to becoming a strategist who now guides global brands like OpenAI, Instagram and Spotify.What if the highest performance comes not from forcing — but from loosening up and daring to discover your true core?Tom’s philosophy is rooted in intuition and culture. He

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EP22: Simon Brown On Resilience, Vulnerability, and...

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2025/09/10

What if pressing pause on your studio was the most radical creative act you could make? For more than two decades, Simon Brown has worked at the intersection of design, publishing, and cultural production. Through his studio AND, he has shaped books, exhibitions, and collaborations that challenge how design is made and remembered—from Content with Rem Koolhaas to Figures of Speech with Virgil Abloh. His journey has never followed a straight line. At one point, Simon shut down his studio entirely and

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EP21: Daria Zvereva on Radical Decisions, Creative...

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2025/09/03

Daria Zvereva is a creative strategist, cultural connector, and architectural thinker currently working at AMO—the think tank of OMA—alongside Samir Bantal. Originally from Crimea, Daria fled her home twice—first during the 2014 occupation, and again in 2022 following the invasion of Ukraine. With no passport and no guarantees, she crossed borders by bus and train until she reached Rotterdam, where she joined OMA as an intern and carved her path into creative direction.In this episode, we trace her

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EP20: Paul Cournet on Cultivating Communities,...

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2025/04/09

Paul Cournet is an architect, researcher, and founder of CLOUD, a multidisciplinary design studio based in Rotterdam, next to being the Deputy Editor of CAPSULE. After over a decade at Rem Koolhaas’s OMA, Paul chose a different path: one defined by community, autonomy, and cultural impact over scale or legacy.In this episode, Paul shares the journey from the early days of graffiti to building his own studio rooted in radical transparency, values-driven work, and trust. He reflects on walking away

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60:44

EP19: Inger Kammeraat on Letting Go of Control,...

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2025/03/27

Inger Kammeraat is the Executive Director of ULI Netherlands and a strategic adviser on sustainability, equity, and leadership in the built environment. With a background in architecture and over five years as Managing Director at MVRDV—one of the most prominent architecture firms globally. But behind the titles is a deeper story.In this episode, Inger reflects on her journey from Mozambique to Uganda to managing a global architecture firm with over 350 employees. She shares what it means to lead

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EP18: Aric Chen on Shaping Cultural Narratives, the...

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2025/03/12

Aric Chen is a curator, writer, and cultural strategist shaping the future of design, architecture, and creative institutions. As General & Artistic Director of The Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, Aric has led some of the most forward-thinking conversations around architecture, digital culture, and societal transformation. Before this, he was a curator at M+ in Hong Kong, creative director of Beijing Design Week, and curatorial director at Design Miami. In this episode, Aric reflects on his

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EP17: Telmo Pieper on the Balance Between Control and...

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2025/02/26

Telmo Pieper is an image-maker, painter, and mural artist—best known as one half of the internationally acclaimed duo Telmo Miel. His large-scale murals and studio works blend surrealism, realism, and precision, creating visually stunning pieces that can be found across Europe, the US, Argentina, and Australia.In this episode, Telmo shares his journey from skipping art school classes to paint graffiti, to traveling the world for large-scale commissions, and now stepping into a new era of personal

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EP16: Simone van Neerven on Embracing Rebellion,...

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2025/02/12

Simone van Neerven is not your typical corporate leader—she’s an Innovation & Change Catalyst who has spent nearly two decades shaking up traditional industries. From leading innovation at KLM and Vueling Airlines to working with global brands like LEGO, Chanel, IKEA, and Miele, Simone helps organisations embrace rebellious talent to drive real change. She’s also the founder of reBella, where she challenges outdated leadership models and empowers people to think and act differently.Simone shares

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