ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Welcome to WiseNoise, a podcast where I sit down with the creatives, designers, and makers who inspire me and go behind the scenes of their best work.
I’m fascinated by the stories, the struggles, and the "why" behind great design, so I created this space to get to know the people behind the portfolios. It’s less about the jargon and more about the human side of creativity.
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Hosted by Pearse O'Halloran - Founder of WiseLove Studio
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 11 days
Average audio length:
71 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
12 episodes
since Feb. 3, 2026
episodic
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For this episode, I'm joined by Brand Strategist & Creative Director Kirsten Murray and Edible founder Alex De Sousa: mentor and mentee at Edinburgh College, who years later worked together to build a brand for people living with food allergies.
Alex has around 28 food allergies. We talk about …
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
This week I'm joined by Tegan McDougall and Charlotte - the inaugural winners of the Wiselove Studio Emerging Talent award at Gray's School of Art degree show.
We talk about the chaos of getting a degree show ready (painting floors, no sleep, that panic of 'have I done enough?'), what four years at…
This week I sat down with Matt Burns, co-founder of the world-renowned beverage design agency Thirst.
We went right back to the beginning — meeting over a pint at the Velvet Elvis in Partick, Glasgow after Matt answered a Gumtree ad straight off the boat from Australia, to making the single most ef…
In this episode, I spoke with Jonny Mowat — a Graphic designer turned film director who's written and directed the short films 'The Organist' and 'Behold, this dreamer cometh', and the brilliantly sarcastic Dooklt Brewery ‘football survival’ ad.
Here's the full advert to watch as we discuss it: htt…
From the art clubs of Stornoway to curating the history of Shinty in Inverness, Freya Macleod’s journey is a masterclass in "designing for place." In this episode, Pearse catches up with his former LOOM colleague to talk about her fabulous Museum of Here project, the surreal experience of building …
What happens when your successful design agency collapses in "20 minutes"? For Chris Sanders, it was the start of something much bigger.
I'm delighted to talk to the founder of Right Aligned about the messy reality of a career in design. Chris shares his journey from a 1999 print room to building a…
In this episode, Pearse sits down with Fraser Robertson—the illustrator and designer behind the moniker Lost Astronaut. They dive into the "deep lore" of Fraser’s career, from his foundation days in Dundee to the serendipity of pitching a brewery that happened to have a beer called Lost in Sauce.
W…
In this episode, Peter from Brandsmith™ takes us on a whirlwind tour of how he turned his versatile skills into a thriving freelance empire, all while making everything look effortless—even if he’s toyed with metal band logos and 3D models. You'll discover how to leverage your full spectrum of skil…
My guest this week is James Barnard - Logo and visual identity designer with a mahooosive social media following. I'm a big fan of James' output and recently became a founding member of his Designerrrs.com community. We discuss the community and how it's grown. We also chat about some of my favouri…
Hello, and welcome to episode 2 of WiseNoise, where I sit down with creative minds to chat about the challenges behind their work. This time around, I had the absolute pleasure of catching up with Chris Wilson, the one-person powerhouse behind STCKMN.Chris is one of the good guys on the scene with …
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