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	Podcast:		Crown Unfiltered - Car Design Podcast
	Episode:		4 Tarek Ashour : From Portland to Potsdam
	Category:		Arts
	Duration:		00:56:28
	Publish Date:		2020-08-15 07:45:23
	Description:		For context at the start: Tarek and I were talking about remote working during Corona, particularly from home. About Tarek: Tarek is an Interior Designer with both concept and production experience, initially from Portland, Oregon. He studied at the prestigious Art Center in Pasadena and spoke extensively about his time there and what made the experience so special. He and I have worked together on a few projects and I can personally vouch for his incredible ability to create beautiful environments that we subconsciously love to experience in Automotive Interiors. His sensibility towards luxury is unusual for someone his age. He has an exceptional ability to come up with elegant solutions to complex problems that many would simply convolute. We covered topics such as internships, preparing for interviews and also feeding off colleagues. The importance of the people you surround yourself has been preached by countless successful people from the RZA to Oprah. Tarek gives examples of this in his own words through his own experiences. Unfortunately, we came had to come to an abrupt end, due to another guest arriving and so no proper good-byes were said on camera. I felt that in this moment we had covered everything there was to cover without starting a complete new subject for which we simply did not have time. Both he and I are immensely inspired by the discussions that Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell are currently having and we were thinking about doing something similar to this in the future - obviously design related. Please let me know if this is something of interest. I hope you enjoy this! Sam ABOUT ME: I am a South African Designer, Digital Modeller and the host of Crown Unfiltered. I will be talking to a cross section of people that work in the Car Design Industry. These will include designers, digital and clay modellers, vis artists and colour & material designers. The focus of our conversations will be centered around personal processes and experiences within the business. My aim is to demystify some of the preconceptions about this industry and give people an unadulterated glimpse into the business. I also wish to give the younger generation the opportunity to see that the people that these professionals come in different shapes and sizes and some of them will be unknown. The intention is to see that you should always be yourself and not let your job define or change who you are. Please get in contact if there is something specific you would like me to cover. I would also be really grateful if you could subscribe and share the podcast with anyone that has an affinity for cars, design or both. Thank you! Sam You can find me on: https://www.instagram.com/samofsowitz/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-ofsowitz-8b7a531a/ https://twitter.com/SOfsowitz - I am still working this out. Somebody help! https://www.facebook.com/crown.unfiltered.7 - It's been a long time, but I am back!!!!
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