Karuna Scheinfeld

Allison Ross

Michelle M. Rose

Raphael Bemporad

Worth Making 02: Raphael Bemporad

STRUKTUR IS...... the only peer to peer creative community that clears safe spaces to radically share ideas for forward thinking creators in art, music and design.We believe in elevating, supporting, nurturing and connecting the people who are creating the things that don’t yet exist in the world. We’ve made buildings. We’ve made hiking boots. We’ve made typefaces. We’ve made deathrock albums. We are a community with a passion for growth, curiosity, and creativity.We believe in the generosity of knowledge and the power of culture collisions and collaboration. We are the free-thinkers, the innovators, the communicators and the makers. Together we hunt for problems to solve, we say the things that need to be said and we change what is broken in the world. We are a the creators — artists, musicians and designers — who believe that creativity shared is momentum gained for all. We trash conventions by colliding our experiences, inspirations and processes to unleash new approaches to creativity, innovation and progress.We are Struktur.

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Constructing A Creative Life: A Live Online Podcast

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Worth Making is a monthly live conversation series (recorded as a podcast) about the architecture of a creative life... the invisible scaffolding that helps you stay true to your work and support yourself in a shifting economy.Hosted by Karuna Scheinfeld, Allison Ross, and Struktur Society founder Michelle Rose, each gathering is candid, specific, and human: a blueprint-meets-backstage-diary conversation about what’s usually offstage... money, time, boundaries, support, identity, and the tradeoffs that shape the version of “success” people see from the outside.This is about building a life with creative meaning: how you keep faith with your vision, care for your people (and yourself), and design structures that make the work possible over years, not just seasons. THE SHOW FLOWPart 1 (60 min | recorded): a live podcast-style conversation happening in real time on Zoom. You’ll join as an audience member (not on camera), with the option to contribute reflections in the chat. Part 2 (30 min | unrecorded): the recording stops, cameras can come on if you choose, and we shift into a more private salon: live Q&amp;A + networking. A safe container for deeper questions, real constraints, and honest “how do we do this?” dialogue.We get into:<ul><li>Business models, income streams, pricing, deal structures</li><li>Routines, boundaries, schedules, energy design</li><li>Collaborators + support (assistants, partners, childcare, tools)</li><li>Identity + story: how you narrate your work to yourself and others</li><li>Adapting to change: platform shifts, client changes, market weirdness</li></ul> EPISODE 02: Raphael BemporadThis Friday on Worth Making, we’re joined by Raphael Bemporad, Founding Partner of BBMG, a New York City branding and social innovation consultancy focused on helping organizations grow while creating positive social impact. Raphael has led branding and marketing work for companies including Target, The North Face, Eileen Fisher, CLIF Bar, The Estée Lauder Companies, Nespresso, and Disney, and has also partnered with nonprofits and mission-driven organizations such as the ASPCA, Ford Foundation, OceanX, Planned Parenthood, Rainforest Alliance, and WNYC.In this episode, we’ll dig into what it really takes to build and keep building a creative business with values. We’ll talk about why Raphael started BBMG, how the economics of the work have evolved over time, and what it looks like to navigate pivots along the way, including the complicated behind-the-scenes parts. We’ll also explore the personal side, including family balance, staying inspired, and how music and art play a role in sustaining a creative life.We’ll also touch on Raphael’s side project, The Resilience Collective, which is centered on practicing resilience and collective imagination in the face of accelerating change, including environmental disruption, AI transformation, and social division.We’re especially excited to have Raphael because he holds the human side of creative leadership with so much clarity. This moment asks something different from all of us. With AI reshaping how we work and how ideas move through the world, and with so many systems in flux at once, creatives and designers are not just responding to change, they are uniquely positioned to shape what comes next. The stories we tell and the futures we design right now truly matter, and Raphael has a grounded way of naming just how big this inflection point is. WHO IT'S FORMid-career and senior creatives: designers, strategists, writers, creative directors, studio owners, small agency founders, brand/creative leads, and multi-hyphenates, especially those in transition, refining what “success” means now. Also welcome: earlier-career creatives who want a realistic view of the road ahead, and adjacent folks who support creative work. Join us live... you’ll leave with a clearer picture of how real creative leaders are making this work, and more options for designing your own. ABOUT STRUKTUR SOCIETYStruktur Society is a multimedia publishing and community platform tracking and translating how creativity, business, and technology shape culture in the age of AI, across design, art, and music. Through writing, podcasting, and live events, we share insights, prompts, and practices for modern creative leadership.Follow <a href="https://www.struktursociety.com/" title="https://www.struktursociety.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Struktur Society</a> on <a href="https://struktursociety.substack.com/" title="https://struktursociety.substack.com/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Substack</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@struktursociety" title="https://www.youtube.com/@struktursociety" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">YouTube</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/struktursociety/" title="https://www.instagram.com/struktursociety/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Instagram</a>, and now on <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/struktursociety.bsky.social" title="https://bsky.app/profile/struktursociety.bsky.social" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Bluesky</a>.

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