* meetings and interviews across the USA

After a most interesting week in New York where I met and did interviews with several people who are still active in the field of broadcast design, strategy and other areas of media, I flew across this huge country to California.

NYC Interviews: Barry Rahmy, Mechthild Schmidt, Lee Hunt, Ellen Kahn, Patrick McDonaugh

In Los Angeles I already had several meetings scheduled, but - like in New York - whoever I got together with for an interview gave me more contacts to follow. This way I had the chance to get to know quite a few people who I had never met before and got to visit places I also hadn't been to before. Which is a really great asset in this "work & travel" project! Especially as everyone was incredibly accomodating, open to my questions and shared their precious time with me.
BIG THANKS to all you wonderful people – your support, encouragement and confidence with this project helps and energizes the process big time!
Had I known that the project would raise this much interest, I would have taken more time in the US. More and more people came into view who would have been great to meet, but I ran out of time, as my flight schedule carried me on to my next stop – Sydney. But there is Skype and I will get back to those who I couldn't meet in person to dig up even more good stuff with you.
So, a few days ago I arrived in Australia, where I will stay for the next few months, writing.
I am already busy doing transcriptions from those nearly 30 interviews I got done by now, which is a most interesting part of my work. It gives me the unique opportunity to dive into the widely diverse spectrum of creative media work you all are living with. Hugely interesting to see how individual paths developed from different starting points along time and how creative people deal with challenges given by life, economy changes, or - like especially at this time, politics.
Quotes and pics will follow soon.