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- Building a Design Empire: Spencer's Journey in Product Design
Have you ever dreamed of turning your passion for design into a thriving business?
Dive into today's conversation between Chris Do and Spencer Nikosey, the mastermind behind the KILLSPENCER brand, as they explore the journey of building a successful design empire. This video is a treasure trove for anyone aspiring to make their mark in industrial product design.
Top 3 Transformative Insights for Aspiring Designers:
1️⃣ *The Power of Self-Made Success*: Discover how Spencer's journey from creating logos at 13 to building his own factory encapsulates the essence of entrepreneurial spirit in design.
2️⃣ *Blending Art with Business Acumen*: Learn about the vital role of an artistic background and a keen sense for business in shaping a successful design career.
3️⃣ *The Impact of Mentorship and Self-Learning*: Uncover the importance of mentors like Bobby Chang and the self-taught skills that propelled Spencer to pay back a significant investment in just five months.
Throughout the discussion, Chris and Spencer delve into the nuances of creating a brand that stands for quality, creativity, and innovation. They discuss the importance of staying true to one’s vision, the relentless pursuit of excellence, and the courage to take financial risks.
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Glad you two finally got to sit down together. Love hearing Spencer’s story.
He finally accepted. Big things coming between us. Fingers crossed.
I appreciate that you let him talk. That doesn’t happen as much anymore❤❤❤
This was very inspirational! Like Spencer, I studied industrial design in undergrad and created this cool concept for a messenger bag and its companions. I loved working on it so much that I decided to start a brand and keep making bags. I've pushed it back too much for a while now, but I've decided to have something in hand by the end of the year. Like Spencer said, "Just start!"
Truly appreciate you all at the Futur for putting this together to inspire the rest of us.
Thanks for sharing! Glad you enjoyed the episode, good look on your journey.
00:00 🌟 Spencer Nikosey, founder of Killspencer, shares the joy of building his own brand and having control over his creative vision.
02:19 🎒 Spencer's journey from designing a bag as a student to establishing Killspencer, a brand with its own factory in LA.
03:56 🎨 Spencer's creative upbringing, with both parents being designers, influencing his passion for art, design, and product creation.
08:49 🛹 Early experiences in childhood, like creating a "bind board" for skateboarding, foreshadow Spencer's future in inventive product design.
17:34 🌈 The impact of an imaginative childhood, experimenting with various creative projects, on Spencer's later innovative approach to product design.
21:38 💡 Spencer's decision to leave CCAC after one year, seeking a more challenging environment and a desire to push himself further in his creative pursuits.
21:55 🎓 Spencer Nikosey faced challenges in his early education but found his passion in industrial design at Art Center.
22:49 🎓 Spencer's grandfather supported his education, emphasizing the value of hard work and dedication.
24:13 🏀 Spencer applies an athletic approach to design, drawing parallels between sports training and iterative design processes.
27:09 🎨 Spencer embraces the concept of "mileage" in design, emphasizing the importance of repetition and constant practice.
29:44 🛠 Inspired by a visit to the American Military Museum, Spencer repurposed military-grade materials for his designs.
32:28 👜 Bobby Chang, founder of Incase, becomes Spencer's mentor, guiding him in starting his own brand and providing valuable advice.
38:26 💡 After a trip to China with Bobby Chang, Spencer decides to build his own factory in LA, kickstarting the journey of Killspencer.
40:13 🤝 Bobby Chang becomes an angel investor, supporting Spencer's vision for Killspencer without taking any equity.
42:29 👝 Killspencer is a leather goods brand specializing in bags, backpacks, and cases, crafted with a minimalist utilitarian aesthetic in its LA-based factory.
45:25 🌐 Killspencer focuses on making bags indestructible, offering repairs and improvements, reflecting their commitment to quality.
47:29 🌐 Spencer emphasizes the purity of vision, unwillingness to compromise, and the cost associated with sourcing the best components and overseeing the entire production process.
48:26 🌐 Spencer believes doing what you love and doing it right will bring financial success, emphasizing the priceless value of overseeing the manufacturing process in real-time.
51:16 🌐 Spencer discusses the trade-off between profitability and maintaining hands-on involvement in design, production, and distribution, emphasizing the nobility of slow fashion and design.
55:12 🌐 Spencer talks about building a world around his interests, the challenges of making everything himself, and his passion for making shoes, furniture, and exploring various creative avenues.
58:51 🌐 Spencer expresses enthusiasm for collaborations with big brands, stating his support for such initiatives.
I love the pace of this. Definitely need a part 2!
Don't get me wrong I love the futur. This channel taught me a lot. But the summary of this video is: spawn in the USA, in a good family,
start your life with 2 amazing parents, in general have so much luck that 99.99% of the world population will never have... And you will do great! Really nothing surprising or inspiring here tbh. The guy doesn't even seem all this much considering his background and where he grew up, he's just a regular dude. Which is OK. But I don't know, maybe even Chris had different expectations about this. I prefer the other chats on this channel
We don’t get a choice on who are parents are or where we are born. Let’s leave that out of the equation. Spencer has a singular vision and focus. I think that’s cool.
Reading win without pitching manifesto right now. Made me love this channel even more.
It’s a good book!
Sad to say, I had no idea who Spencer was until this interview. Thank you for sharing the conversation. So looking forward to see what you come up with in Spencer’s lab, Chris!
Super inspirational for me too. Mr. Do, There are many subtle ways that your natural curiosity and interest in exploring what is interesting, this is one of the best interviews I've seen in a while. This guest, his story, staying committed to having him as a guest, and guiding the conversation to let the story come out while also keeping track of that balance to be hands off and steering makes me feel grateful that I caught this video. It's hard to explain how good the ideas in this interview are.
Thank you so much.
A great, interesting and inspirational interview. My father had a leather business from the 1950’s or earlier to about 1989 in Boston . He made leather brief cases and other items. I did not have the interest to take it over . I wish my father me and Spencer could have met . I have a Graphic Communications B.A.(Graphic Design) .
This was indeed a ride on the whild side! ❤️🔥😤
great mind.
Loved the conversation, took heavy notes. Whatever Chris and Spencer create will be absolute fire.
Thank you
Soo cool man. Reminds me of San Diego in that time frame at my shop printing surf lams in Mission Beach at the Boardwalk. All the actionsports advancing around at the time. California lifestyle is all that fun and games in business. A happy adventure pushing limits. Great conversation. Well done. Thank you.
Inspiring!!!!
A couple of days ago I've discovered The Futur and this is the very first video I've watched completely. More to learn in the future with The Futur...
Nice, what was the video that made you discover us?
@@thefutur I've discovered this channel by made a prompt on chatgpt.
Loved the talk. Cool to see someone inspired like Spencer make it.
My goal is to have enough disposable income to afford the Spec Ops bag now.
We’re here to feast of knowledge sir ✅
All I do for 8 hours a day, more please!
What a great talk, Chris! I love it when you talk to industrial designers, as I identify myself waving from graphic to start learning product/automotive design, but keeping a huge passion for graphic design. Bring more professionals from industrial and automotive design to have more of those insightful conversarions with! Allow me to suggest Frank Stephenson, former BMW designer, that would be quite a conversation. He got a really fun YT channel here.
I hope to have more on the show.
Wow listening to this about the skateboard break here in New Orleans January 12th on shark tank a group of guys just pitch a break for skate boards. Are a skateboard with brakes 😅
I like the way he says little with alot and alot with little.
I liked my own comment
I just introduced words of my choice into your mind. And there's nothing you can do about it
Based on how often this guy thinks 'it's cool', he should start making winter clothes.
The best thing about this and the only thing that helped me learn something was Chris's ability to interview. When the interviewee brought up that people with a sports background have the best ability to learn things, Chris's approach was brilliant "I've never heard anyone say that before...".
I appreciate your guest's 'doer attitude' and it inspires me. Don't get me wrong, I don't wanna be rude towards anyone, but mostly this episode just pissed me off.
The majority of designers who are looking for their own path in the industry don't have starting points like this. This guy is the walking definition of a privileged person. A happy, intact and wealthy family, both parents have a designer background, a grandfather who is a TV star, a 'genius' and obviously loaded since he payed for his education just like that. On top of that dude find's a billionaire mentor and just flies to China to visit his factory and play some golf. Golf? Well, yeah, of couse! Afterall this guy grew up playing golf - just like any other regular guy. Not to mention that his golf buddy ended up funding his business.
And I get the feeling this guy doesn't even seem to understand the impact of his own starting points and even though I know it's not only about it - all the luck along the road to this day.
I’m a little different. I was definitely the artist that transitioned to design. With that I’ve had to develop discipline to be better.
Awesome
s/o to the balloons
1st
Interesting story. If I had to say 1 thing I learned from here it's: JUST DO IT! Just start. Open the file. Start making things.
That’s it!
Video title doesn’t fit the content. The video is a biography, nothing wrong with that as people find inspiration in others journeys, but I feel the title is click bait & doesn’t sit right with the content.
I love your channel because it doesn’t usually do click bait titles. They’re usually honest & on point with the content.
You do you, Chris, I’m just giving some audience feedback.
What title do you think we should use?
So the summary is a person with means , coming from a family that isn't struggling from week to week. Grandfather was mr.wizard.
Respect to his skills, but yea privilege allows success.
If that’s what you want to take from the story, power to you 💙
@thefutur Chris do entirely means well, but he's very out of touch from people without privilege ($) or access. Most end up stuck working the circus, and few get the privilege of the hard work ever being recognized except by more work without increased pay.
I can appreciate that after many decades of success happening it can skew what's expected, but it's exceptionally rare.
See if you can find anyone born after 84 that without being exploited, abused, and without a random event shifting everything if you can find any that had their hardwork actually pay off.
oh god how many times does he repeat you know 😣
Been watching for over 5 years now. First Boring video I've watched. The interviewee wasn't really interesting. Just boring.
Came to the comments to see if anyone else noticed. Incredibly dry. Dude seemed to go on and on about not so relevant info. And what kept getting me was how amazed he was at things he had done that really wasn’t all that amazing. Makes my personal experience seem superhuman!