#15. You Are Either Interesting or Irrelevant with Chris Ritter of C-90 Studios

Armand Uno (@thenameisuno) sits down with Creative Director and Founder Chris Ritter (@c_90studio) to talk about creative philosophy, scaling a design studio, and destressing with sensory deprivation tanks.

Did you know visual arts have “rhythm”? I thought it was only a music thing… 

Give it a listen!

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Show Notes:

(13:00) - Brave vs. Ambitious clients

(21:45) - How constrictions can be a superpower

(31:50) - Scaling a creative agency (the “stupid simple” secret to finding the right talent)

(53:10) - Collect inspiration all the time

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Links:

* https://c-90.com/

* https://christopheraritter.com/

* Twitter/Insta: @c_90studio

* Book Mentioned: Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed, The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, and The Artist Way by Julia Cameron

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Episode Quotes I Enjoyed

“If you’re not interesting, you’re irrelevant.”

“In design, if you don’t have a specific thing to accomplish, you’re chasing your tail all day.”

“Talented people work with talented people.”

“I only write when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes at 9 every morning.” - a quote mentioned on the show. The real author is disputed, according to Quote Investigator (https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/10/30/inspire-nine/).

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Additional episodes you might enjoy:

* Gold, Fearless, and Unapologetic with Kassandra Gordon is another episode about creative and artistic entrepreneurship.

https://anchor.fm/armanduno/episodes/9--Gold--Fearless--and-Unapologetic-with-Kassandra-Lauren-Gordon-of-KLG-Jewellery-e1iqb04

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Email armand@playhardpodcast.com with any feedback and suggestions to improve the show! Or if you just wanna chat. I’m down for that too.