Diversity in publishing and turning Disney down twice, with Dapo Adeola artwork
The Creative Boom Podcast

Diversity in publishing and turning Disney down twice, with Dapo Adeola

  • S2E32
  • 1:09:27
  • January 25th 2021

Dapo Adeola is an award-winning designer and illustrator who creates fun and upbeat characters and images that challenge expectations around gender and race. He's also the co-creator of the best-selling children's picture book, Look Up. Here, we talk about carving a career out of art and design, the importance of representation and why kindness and compassion will keep you sane. We also discover why Dapo had to turn down Disney twice.

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