Yannis Konstantinidis just flew back from New York with a Grand Clio, but he isn't here for the victory lap. Twenty years into running an animation studio, he thinks roughly nine-tenths of the industry he grew up in is quietly disappearing, and that the part worth saving is the part you can see someone bled to make. We get into costly signalling, cathedrals, why AI output feels like an insult before it feels like a threat, and the strange proposal that the behind-the-scenes might be the real product now. There is also a long detour into Philip Glass, musical theatre, chicken pie, and a Ryan Adams cover that will sneak up on you. It is one of the more openly philosophical conversations on the show so far, and worth your full attention.
Yannis Konstantinidis is the founder and creative director of Nomint, an animation and creative studio whose recent BBC Winter Olympics trailer just won the Grand Clio, and he thinks the next era of the industry belongs to visible effort.
Trails Will Blaze: https://nomint.com/news/view/bbc-x-nomint
Where to find Yannis Konstantinidis:
Website: https://nomint.com/
Instagram: yannisandfriends
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