Made by Folk Podcast

Monument Valley is an award-winning puzzle game for iOS and Android that’s been downloaded and played more than 30 million times, has inspired countless pieces of fan art and was even played by a fictional president in House of Cards. In this second episode of our podcast I’m very happy to have a chat with Dan Gray who’s the head of Studio at ustwo Games in London about Monument Valley 2 the much awaited sequel.

Gather is a modular home for your essentials, thoughtfully designed to help you cut through the clutter. I’d hazard a guess that 99% of our readers work at a desk and that most those will probably be as untidy as mine. Designer Jeff Sheldon, founder of Ugmonk, felt there was a need to a more customisable and attractive solution. So he created Gather, a beautifully designed minimal organizer, a place to bring all your essentials together. His Kickstarter campaign was fully funded within...

In this episode Made by Folk's Glenn visits graphic artist Patrick Thomas at his studio in Neukölln, Berlin. We also filmed a short film in which Patrick showed us around the his incredibly studio space and we followed him around the city visiting art galleries and old haunts. You can watch it here — https://formfiftyfive.com/featured/in-focus-patrick-thomas/ Music by Emerson Leif x Golden Vessel — https://soundcloud.com/emerson-leif/hesitate-1

In this episode FFF's Glenn visits designer, artist and founder of Hort, Eike König at his apartment in Berlin. We filmed a short film in which Eike showed us around the Hort studio and we followed him around Kreuzberg for the rest of the day. You can watch it here — https://formfiftyfive.com/features/in-focus-eike-koenig/ And you can find a full transcript of this interview and loads of images here — https://formfiftyfive.com/ Music by Benji Lewis —...

FFF's Glenn Garriock talks to British designer Dave Sedgwick of Studio DBD about his project 30x30 for FoilCo. as well as side projects, pushing a brief and working with clients. Full transcript and images to follow on https://formfiftyfive.com/features/fff-dave-sedgwick/ Music track by Back Back Forward Punch — https://www.mammalsounds.com/back-back-forward-punch

FFF's Glenn Garriock chats with designer Frankie Ratford about The Design Kids and her epic road trip across Australia, New Zealand, the USA and Europe. Full transcript and images on https://formfiftyfive.com/features/fff-podcast-frankie-ratford/ Background track by Benji Lewis https://www.mammalsounds.com/benji-lewis

FFF's Glenn Garriock chats with Ben Pham, creative director and co-founder of Character, on branding Andy Rubin's latest startup Essential.. Full transcript and images on https://formfiftyfive.com/listen/ben-pham-essential/