Ossos do Ofício Podcast

On the Ossos do Ofício podcast, our co-founder Miguel Barbot interviews entrepreneurs and professionals working in the cultural and creative sectors, discussing what is particular about their businesses and sharing stories and experiences that may inspire and prove useful to anyone thinking of venturing into these fields.

The podcast is mostly in Portuguese, but you will find a translated transcript of each episode in the blog posts we publish as episodes are released.

The podcast is available in the most common platforms, including Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

  • In the first episode of Ossos do Ofício, Miguel Barbot talks to Joana Correia, a type designer with fifteen years' experience and the founder of Nova Type Foundry.

    We talked about her career, from her early work with Google Fonts to her collaboration with The Type Founders in the United States, and above all about what is rarely discussed: how much it actually costs to design a typeface, how long it takes before it starts to pay off, and how you build a sustainable business in a market that is global but niche (and dominated by large platforms).

    The conversation covers sales and licensing channels, the industry's shift towards subscription models, and what all of this means for independent foundries, many of them micro-businesses.

    At the end of the episode, Joana explains how Ligado Studio came about, founded with Paley Dreier to support type designers and foundries in developing their businesses.

    In this post in our journal you can read the interview in English. Here you can find a Portuguese transcription of this episode.

  • In the new episode of Ossos do Ofício, Miguel Barbot talks to Hugo Branco, musician and producer, artistic director of VIC // Aveiro Arts House.

    We talked about how he took a family house that had been closed for twelve years and was at risk of being sold, and turned it into a creative ecosystem spread across five floors. Who pays the bills at the start, how long it takes before there is any room to do anything else, and how you sustain a cultural project without continuous funding?

    The conversation covers the guest house that finances part of the operation, the relationship with Aveiro's cultural fabric and the multiple projects that are now an essential part of Aveiro's underground.

    At the end of the episode, Hugo talks about VIC NIC, the house's record label, about the work of conserving the legacy of his grandfather, Vasco Branco, and of the rest of the family, including his mother, the poet Rosa Alice Branco. And about his own musical projects, such as Piurso.

    In this post in our journal you can read the interview in English. Here you can find a Portuguese transcription of this episode.