
Mel Castán
Mel Castán is a Mexico City-born, Barcelona-based motion designer, illustrator, and community builder; Sr. Motion Designer, creative wellbeing advocate, and co-founder of the Barcelona animator community Frames by Friends.
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Aug 24, 2026
Dare to let ideas have a home - Melissa Castan
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Mel CastánGUEST
So I started Side Project because after working with Frames by Friends for so long, and it took a direction of networking for professionals, but I started to get more interested into people, into how they process not only their work but life in general, and how they need to be connected in a more human and deep way instead of just big networking events.

Mel CastánGUEST
So I just saw that Barcelona was quite full of places where you can do great networking but maybe can feel sometimes a little bit shallow for people that needs more depth.

Mel CastánGUEST
So I started Side Project exactly because I felt like, wow, I have an idea of like my life shouldn't be a side project.

Mel CastánGUEST
My life is how I eat, how I work, how I approach life, how I manage my relationships.

Mel CastánGUEST
So how can I create a space for people where they can share more than just their professional paths and a little bit more about themselves as creatives, probably with neurodivergencies, probably as being migrants that are struggling and trying to figure out their careers in other places.
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39:42Radim MalinicHOST
So as opposed to mass networking events, what is the format of the Side Project? What happens in the room?