Why Creative Growth Starts with Looking Back with Sean Steed

About this episode

The episode explores the intersection of architecture, design, and sport through the lens of storytelling with guest Sean Steed.

In this episode of outside is Magic, I sit down with Sean, a creative working at Rapha, to explore how architecture, design, and sport all intersect through storytelling and process. We talk about growing up in Switzerland, the value of reflection, and what it means to create work that feels intentional — work that comes from curiosity, not ego. Sean shares lessons from his time in architecture school at Cornell, transitioning into visual communication, and finding his place at the intersecti...

People in this episode

Host: Christopher San Agustin

Guest: Sean Steed

Topics covered

• creative growth
• storytelling
• architecture
• design
• sports
• reflection

Keywords

• creative growth
• storytelling
• architecture
• design
• sports
• reflection
• visual communication

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rapha, Cornell

Places: Switzerland

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