That's my niche.: Recent Episodes
Nina C. Dorfer
Interviews curated by “That’s my niche” are portraying professionals across all industries on how they carved out their own niche. Nina Dorfer, the founder of Paris-based Le Bureaux sits down with rare professions and investigates their very own niche. Their personal stories serve to encourage everyone to not be afraid and find their path.
Belgian Furniture and interior designer Axelle Vertommen came on the podcast to talk about her sources of inspiration, colour theory and design process for objects and interiors.
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Discover more about Axelle:
Axelle on Instagram
Axelle’s Website
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Discover more about Suzanne:
Suzanne on Instagram
Knit in Motion on Linkedin
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Decouvrir plus sur FURN et leur travail:
FURN website
FURN Instagram
FURN on Facebook
FURN Projects on Pinterest
Find out more about Inflate and their work:
Inflate's website
Inflate’s Instagram
Airclad’s website
Airclad’s Instagram
For this episode I sat down with the founder and creative visionary of Inflate: Nick Crosbie. Equipped with a welding machine he started his business out of thin air in 1995 amidst a sprawling creative scene in post-recession London. Tune in to hear all about inflatable objects and architecture, the importance of photography and creating the opportunity of chance.
For this episode I sat down for tea and some cheesecake with King Houndekpinkou, a contemporary ceramic artist with Beninese roots. I was lucky enough to catch him inbetween his travels and international exhibitions to chat about his upbringing in the suburbs of Paris, his work and relationship to clay, his love for videogames, how a trip to Japan made him turn his life around, his special connection to the colour pink and the upcoming historical event in the capital of Benin: the official return of the royal artefacts to the Kingdom of Dahomey.
Find out more about King and his work:
King Houndekpinkou's website
King's Instagram
For this episode we sat down with the inspiring design duo Charlotte Foussat and Javier Peces from Simone & Marcel. Their captivating story, design journey and inspiring team energy made us want to know more. After living in the US, UK and China they moved to Spain in 2020 where they started their lighting and home accessories brand. They have been featured in interior design magazines and enjoy a generous and constantly growing following. Their leitmotiv? It’s “the art of being home” that drives them.
Find out more about Simone & Marcel and their work:
www.simonemarcel.com
https://www.instagram.com/simone__marcel/
This episode circles around a topic that everybody is most likely worried and curious about: THE FUTURE. The future is always on our mind. So what is better than turning to somebody who’s business IS the future: Cecile Poignant, a Paris-based trend forecaster.
Cecile talks about her interesting career path in the creative world and introduced the concept of serendipity, the importance to keep curiosity alive and the values of long-lasting trends.
This wonderful episode encourages to trust in your gut feeling.
A chat about living your best life with Human Design! How do energetics work, how to align your private and business life and daily actions to your chart, and how to focus on your natural human gifts and talents in order to live your best HD life.
Wir plaudern eher weniger über Muskelkater sondern vielmehr über Unternehmermindset, wie er seine Instagram Community aufgebaut hat, gesellschaftlich konditionierte Gedankenmuster und wie er diese überwunden hat.
In this episode Yelena talks about her upbringing in Armenia and her career as a violinist that started at a very early age and took her all around the globe to play music halls. Her family later uprooted and started a new life in the USA, which took her to study at the prestigious Manhattan School of Music and join the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Since she moved to France, Yelena successfully runs a blog where she offers tours to take you to insider spots all around Paris and most recently focusses on the impact of classical music on our wellbeing. (Hint: you’ll find one of her violin solo’s in this episode)
Listen to the episode to find out more about what it takes at an audition, what it looks like to live record for Hollywood movie studios and how her love story with Paris made her move across the Atlantic.
In dieser Episode hör ich direkt hinter die Kulissen von Mareike’s erfolgreichem Label NKM. Eigentlich hatte sie für sich selbst eine Karriere in der Beautyabteilung der Vogue vorausgesehen gehabt, doch da hat ihr ihr treues “NKM Dorf” einen Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. In ihrer Jugend hatte sie immer wieder mit Hautproblemen zu kämpfen und nachdem nichts Herkömmliches Wirkung zeigte, begann sie, sich für natürliche Behandlungsmethoden zu interessieren. Genauer gesagt für's "Selbstrühren" und dem Prinzip der Phytotherapie. Hört rein in unsere Unterhaltung über ein bisschen Hautprobleme, ein bisschen Business und natürlich über Mareike, dem nordischen Kraftbündel, das das “Selbstrühren” in einen angemessenen Zeitgeist übersetzt.
Links zu Naturkosmetik München:
NKM Atelier
@naturkosmetikmuenchen
Where to find Tanisha:
Girl Meets Glass
Studio Ochenta
Wine School Dropout Podcast
Wine bar recommendations:
Ma Cave Fleury
Carrousel Français
Freddy’s
L’Avant Comptoir
Sur Mer
Les Majorettes
Les P’tits Potes
La Chambre Noire
In this episode Daniel shares his trajectory, who he admires, where to find the best set accessories and of course I got to pick his brain about how he found his niche and what he loves the most about the process.
Find Daniel Forero’s work here:
www.daniel-forero.com
www.instagram.com/adanielforero
www.behance.net/danielforero
Where to find Jeffrey:
Jeffrey Greenberg Facebook
Jeffrey Greenberg Linkedin
@jeffreygreenberg
Useful links for this episode:
Jewish National Fund
When I met Laura, an unexpected world opened up to me. For years I had observed her work, endlessly churning out well balanced projects. I saw the image of the strong and public persona that she is through her profession, nobody would guess that there is a shy, withdrawn side to her where her work serves as a resort for escape. Laura never planned on having her own company, she once wanted to get some info about going freelance and walked out with a licence to found an agency.
In this episode, Laura shares how she grew up, what her experience at university was like, the up’s and down’s of “the business”, being playful about being a woman in a man’s world, how she goes about her famous vintage purchases, what she does to take time to herself, the materials she loves to work with and how she goes about pricing projects.
To see more of Laura and Atelier Karasinski, go to:
www.atelierkarasinski.com
@laurakarasinski
@atelierkarasinski