DXP-024: Tung Khi / Crazy Monkey
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Videogames, VJing, and Growing A Motion Graphics Studio
Tung Khi is the founder and creative director of Box, a motion graphics design studio based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
special note: Tung has a thick accent, so we highly recommend watching the video version of this episode: There are subtitles you can read-along with and examples of Box's motions graphics are projected on the wall behind us throughout the interview. You can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/yBFEHgc0Vs0
Tung's Links:
- https://www.theboxcollective.tv/
- https://www.instagram.com/theboxcollectivevietnam/
- https://www.crazymonkey.vn/
- https://www.instagram.com/tungcrazymonkey/
Software Tung Uses:
- https://www.notch.one/
- https://smode.fr/
Podcast Links:
Table of Contents:
00:00 - Teaser
01:09 - What is the Box Collective
03:22 - Tung's Early Career
07:24 - From Employee to Company Owner - Using Your Connections
09:10 - Team Growth, New Offices, and New Branding
11:56 - Where to Find Box on The Internet
14:13 - Typical Box Work and Box Clients
18:18 - Tung'Style
23:13 - Chuck Csuri
24:09 - Projecting on Murals
25:12 - Differences between Hanoi and Saigon
28:20 - Personal Work vs Corporate Work
30:50 - Scaling a Creative Company
32:38 - Typical Staff Background
33:46 - Good Clients vs Bad Clients
36:12 - Video Games: Arcades and Emulators
38:07 - The Story of The Switch Bag
38:59 - Consequences of Aging
44:02 - The Joe Rogan Experience and Elon Musk
45:05 - Tesla vs Vinfast
49:54 - Why Starbucks and McDonalds struggle in Vietnam
53:27 - The Nintendo Switch: Reigniting Videogame Love
57:06 - Design of The Switch Lite
58:04 - Crossplay - Fortnite and Fantasy Strike
1:00:09 - Unity vs Unreal
1:03:17 - Software Used for Motion Graphics and VJing
1:04:33 - Outro
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