The Fabulist Joel Pilger

The world’s most celebrated motion design studio balances nonstop evolution with a relentless pursuit of its North Star.

GUESTS

Ryan Honey | Founder, Chief Creative Officer at BUCK

Orion Tate | Founder, Chief Creative Officer at BUCK

HOST

Joel Pilger | Global Consultant at RevThink | Instagram | LinkedIn

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Know a creative entrepreneur who should be on “the list”? Nominate them.

CREDITS

Senior Producer: Jocelyn Arem at Arbo Radiko

Sound Design: Eric Singer at Coupe Studios

The Outsourceress: Lidia Scarlat


NOTES
We asked Ryan and Orion to share a photo of an object dear to their company.
Meet Noodles, the mascot of this episode's graphic cover. Noodles is from BUCK's F5 Opening Titles project. Watch it here.

On the journey to building a legacy, there is a fine line between fragility and stability.

GUEST

Erin Sarofsky | Owner and Executive Creative Director at Sarofsky

HOST

Joel Pilger | Global Consultant at RevThink | Instagram | LinkedIn 

NOMINATE A FABULIST

Know a creative entrepreneur who should be on “the list”? Nominate them.

CREDITS

Senior Producer: Jocelyn Arem at Arbo Radiko

Sound Design: Eric Singer at Coupe Studios

The Outsourceress: Lidia Scarlat

TRANSCRIPT

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Along one studio’s journey to the highest levels, its founder struggles with darkness… only to discover a deeper purpose.
GUEST

Marcel Ziul | Executive Creative Director & Founder at STATE Design

HOST

Joel Pilger | Global Consultant at RevThink | Instagram | LinkedIn

NOMINATE A FABULIST

Know a creative entrepreneur who should be on “the list”? Nominate them.

CREDITS

Senior Producer: Jocelyn Arem at Arbo Radiko

Sound Design: Eric Singer at Coupe Studios

The Outsourceress: Lidia Scarlat

TRANSCRIPT

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Sibling’s work is bold, clear, and smart. But as with any creative business, the work is – at most – half the story.
GUESTS

Joe Wright | Co-Founder, Director, Chief Creative Officer at Sibling Rivalry

Mikon van Gastel | Co-Founder, Director, Chief Creative Officer at Sibling Rivalry

HOST

Joel Pilger | Global Consultant at RevThink | Instagram | LinkedIn

NOMINATE A FABULIST

Know an amazing creative entrepreneur who should be on “the list”? Nominate them here.

CREDITS

Senior Producer: Jocelyn Arem at Arbo Radiko

Sound Design: Eric Singer at Coupe Studios

The Outsourceress: Lidia Scarlat

Special Thanks: Rich Macar at Buttons NY and Dallas Taylor at Defacto Sound

TRANSCRIPT

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This is a story about storytellers, creators, filmmakers, and fable finders. Those intrepid souls who launched a business only to wake up one day and discover they had built an empire.

Strategic creatives like Joe and Mikon.

MIKON VAN GASTEL (CLIP): When you are an entrepreneur and you're in this business, the forces around you are f*****g with everything you are trying to build.

JOEL PILGER (VO): Real and raw founders like Marcel

MARCEL ZIUL (CLIP): To just like show your pitches to your competitor and say, bro, you kicked my ass. Teach me here, please. I need to learn.

JOEL PILGER (CLIP): And how did they respond?

MARCEL ZIUL (CLIP): They showed me their pitches.

JOEL PILGER (CLIP): Whoa.

JOEL PILGER (VO): And makers like Erin, who I asked, what does it take to run a great creative business?

ERIN SAROFSKY (CLIP): Everything’s a hustle. It's not being built on the back of a, you know, a mountain that was already there.

JOEL PILGER (VO): One thing is clear, these creatives dismissed the safer path and ignored convention.

JOE WRIGHT (CLIP): What the company is today is completely different from what it was when we started it.

JOEL PILGER (VO): I'm Joel Pilger and this is my new podcast, the Fabulist. Brought to you by Coupe Studios and Arbo Radiko.

I've made a list and I'm traveling the world to capture the stories of these fabulous people behind the world's most interesting studios and production companies. Listen for a deep dive with names like Sibling Rivalry, State Design, Sarofsky, and many more to come.

To hear these stories, and their legacies - I’ll see you there.

Photo by Erica Schultz