Pocket Notes
Pocket Notes
Podcast Description
Field recordings from creative micro-businesses exploring sustainable and regenerative practices.
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Each episode focuses on sustainable and regenerative practices taken by diverse creative micro-businesses, with episodes highlighting unique business journeys such as Taylor Yates transforming waste leather into luxury handbags, Belfast Bow Co.'s commitment to using scrap materials for new products, and Hundred Studio's innovative approaches toward experiential design. Themes also delve into community engagement, local cultural initiatives, and the personal challenges faced by entrepreneurs.
Field recordings from creative micro-businesses exploring sustainable and regenerative practices.
Recorded at the Taylor Yates store on Bushmills village’s Main Street.
Karen, Ellen and now – Tom – are the family business Taylor Yates. They are redefining what it means to be a modern luxury brand through creating thoughtful handbags with a beautiful purpose, as well as expanding to a wider range of lifestyle products.
Taylor Yates has progressed from starting out in The Designerie’s creative shared space to having their own store and they have ambitions to grow their studio and repurpose waste leather through technology. In our conversation, Karen shares the process behind designing and creating their bags and the experiences and inspirations that have shaped how her and Ellen have developed the business.
You’ll hear the buzzy and busy background of an active store, so get ready to step into the world of Taylor Yates!
Visit tayloryates.com or follow them on Instagram at @tayloryates.co and read their upcoming Substack tayloryates.substack.com
Created by: Karishma Kusurkar
With guest: Karen Yates (Taylor Yates)
Music I Use: Bensound.com/royalty-free-music
License code: Q15AD6FX7EGPRIHE
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