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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: http://dxsaigon.com/podcast/dxp-024 https://youtu.be/yBFEHgc0Vs0 https://sefu.jp/switch-bag/ 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