Potluck Scott & Drago

Objects: things we covet, collect, display, share and utilise. But what do they mean as ‘stuff’ increasingly integrates with our digital lives, or even morphs into virtual worlds?Who better to ask than Justin Peyton from Wunderman Thompson, whose BRAND N3XT platform explores the people and ideas that are working to make Web3 and Metaverse a positive force for people, business and society.In Potluck’s latest episode, hear Justin’s thoughts on…· How he defines the Meta...

This time, it's Chris Arning who's come to stir the pot with Drago and Scott. Chris runs boutique consultancy Creative Semiotics, teaches an online course titled How to Do Semiotics in Seven Weeks and is the co-founder of Semiofest, and more...What did we get up to stirring up:- We start off with that perennial question of what is Semiotics.- Chris shares some examples from applying Semiotics to work in Asia; Chris is an unashamed Japanophile, so of course he mixes in Japan examples, too- Th...

Potluck returns for our 3rd season, and the first episode of 2022.Pei Ying Loh is Head & Co-Founder of Kontinentalist, an organisation dedicated to telling data-driven stories about Asia. As a collective of writers, designers, developers and data-visualisers, they tackle topics connected to Culture, Politics, People and History through various creative approaches.Our discussion charts:- The parallels between Pei Ying’s background in History and storytelling, and Kontinentalist’s ori...

Before Scott and Drago hang their aprons and ladles for the year, they sit down to stir the pot one last time in 2021.The two hosts discuss their favourite parts of the conversations they've had throughout the year with Katie Dreke, Ambrish Chaudhry, Charlotte Wilkinson, Ajay Jilka, Jocelyn Tse, Simon Chadwick, Vasuki Shastry and Peter Smyth.Among other things, they're discussing...- If Asia's not overhyped, then what is it? ...and some words of caution about the future of Asia in a digest of...

Hear the full feast of our conversation with Peter Smyth, a man of many talents, analogies and stories! We follow his cycle from Toronto to Hong Kong, onwards to Tokyo – and now back. Where his career has spanned both big agency life (BBDO) and the world of luxury marketing with Louis Vuitton and latterly Van Cleef & Arpels.We lift the lid on Asia and particularly Japan via his deft tips for navigating Japanese culture (it’s all about finding your role in the play), the Darwinian approach...

In the third and final part of our conversation with Peter Smyth, we have the usual conversation for this segment around three main areas:Flavour of the Month, where we travel back in time to Honda motorbike's entry into the US in 1962.In Brand Bullshit, Pete takes on the linearity of decision making in business and marketing strategy.Fortunate Failures draws the curtain on Pete's experience as a young account exec carrying boards for the BBDO creatives in Toronto and how that experience had ...