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Design Life

Design Life

Charli Prangley, Femke Van Schoonhoven

Design Life is a podcast about design and side projects for motivated creators. It was born after your hosts, two serial side project addicts, saw a gap in the podcast market for a conversational show about design and the issues young creatives face, that was hosted by two females. This show aims to tackle the big issues designers face like getting paid, overcoming a creative block or managing time, to name a few. We want to open up discussion about things we wish we heard people talk about when we were studying, and we want to chat to you about the joys and the frustrations of working in the tech industry by day, and on our passion projects in the rest of our waking hours. We hope that by doing so, Design Life will give you a dose of motivation or inspiration when you need it.

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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Design Life episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Design Life for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Design Life episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Design Life - 221: Building design team culture
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05/03/21 • 30 min

Today on Design Life we chat about building design team culture. A strong culture can help your team to have more impact in your company. Building design team culture improves how you get the work done and how you operate as a team, it can also make your team a more enjoyable place to work. We also discuss how Charli's approach to team building has changed since she became a manager.

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Design Life - 190: Creating design processes and workflows
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06/24/20 • 28 min

Today on the Design Life podcast, we’re talking about processes and design operations. Writing briefs, developing processes and reviewing workflows are all part of the job, but sometimes it can feel like that’s all we do as designers! If your daily to-do list has shifted away from design, it might be time to start delegating. In this episode we discuss how to use your initiative to accelerate your success, when to improve a process and how to delegate effectively.
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Design Life - 116: An alternative approach to networking
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03/12/18 • 34 min

Networking is a vital part of your design career, but at conferences or meetups it can be hard to drive a meaningful conversation. In this episode we discuss ways to move beyond ‘what do you do?’ when talking to new people at an event and share some examples of times when connecting on a deeper level has paid off for us.

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Design Life - 172: Fulfilling your potential
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12/11/19 • 29 min

Is the weight of your potential weighing you down? Potential can be both a blessing and a curse. When you feel fulfilled, you are able to focus on the task at hand and complete your best work. If you possess a greater potential than the task at hand requires, over time, completing this task will leave you feeling unfulfilled. In this week’s episode, inspired by Charli’s blog post, we go deep and talk about how fulfilled we feel right now, the weight of potential and getting unstuck.

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Design Life - 132: User Testing in the design process
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08/06/18 • 38 min

User testing, or usability testing, can help designers get to know their user even better. It can reveal insights into the use of the product or site that the team otherwise might never know. In this episode we discuss how user testing at Uber works, and how user testing can help to further develop designer’s empathy for the user, benefitting designers and the design process at the same time.

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Design Life - 129: When do you know it’s time to move on?
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07/09/18 • 32 min

It’s easy to get stuck in the same routine – same job, same tasks, same projects. However there comes a time when maybe it’s time to move on to something new. In this episode we discuss experiences we’ve had with moving on to new endeavours, and how you know you’re ready for a change.

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Design Life - 183: Design reviews and getting feedback
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04/21/20 • 33 min

Design reviews can seem a bit like a holy grail but using them to the designer’s advantage to create a successful project is key. We dive deep into the processes in place for formal and informal design reviews and crits where we work and share what we have learned from giving and receiving feedback.

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Design Life - 114: Creators Guilt
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02/26/18 • 31 min

Do you ever feel guilty when you’re not spending time creating? It turns out, many creatives do. In this episode we discuss this guilt and why it’s irrational, and how to cope with it.

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Design Life - 104: The future of our design careers
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11/27/17 • 37 min

Where do you want to be in your career in five years time? How about ten years time, or thirty? In this episode we discuss the future of our careers and what we want to achieve as designers. You’ll learn a little more about us and our goals, and hopefully we’ll get you thinking about what you want out of your career too so that you can make sure you’re on the right path.

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Design Life - 198: Making friends at work
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09/08/20 • 28 min

Thanks to Webflow for sponsoring this episode! Webflow gives designers the power of code in a visual interface, and both of your Design Life hosts love using it for their personal sites.

Get 10% off any new annual Webflow plan using the code “designlife” at http://wfl.io/designlife

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FAQ

How many episodes does Design Life have?

Design Life currently has 300 episodes available.

What topics does Design Life cover?

The podcast is about Ux Design, Tech, Graphic Design, Freelancing, Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Design, Podcasts, Technology and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Design Life?

The episode title '221: Building design team culture' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Design Life?

The average episode length on Design Life is 34 minutes.

How often are episodes of Design Life released?

Episodes of Design Life are typically released every 7 days, 3 hours.

When was the first episode of Design Life?

The first episode of Design Life was released on Nov 30, 2015.

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