the road to becoming a design-preneur // Brendan Hutchieson
EP11 // Brendan Hutchieson, Founder of Play&Co.
We chat about the honest, un-filtered truth of starting a design agency, and how we as young designers can think about embarking on our own design entrepreneurship journey. We also uncover what small agencies look for when hiring junior designers.
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the honest truth behind the junior design job market // Wayne Euston-Moore
EPISODE 10: Wayne Euston-Moore, Founder of Black Dot, a world-leading design recruitment specialist.
We discuss the no-BS truth behind the junior design job market right now, and why so many junior designers are struggling to secure jobs right now.
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a masterclass in building designer resilience // Dr. Rebecca Price
EPISODE 09: We welcome Dr. Rebecca Price, a world leading design researcher, Professor of Transition Design at TU Delft and co-founder of Resilient Designers.
We discuss the physiological impact that designing has on us as humans, and how we can reframe vulnerability as a superpower. We also get Rebecca's expert guidance on how we can build resilience into our daily work as designers.
Link to 'Resilient Designers' Handbook:
https://resilientdesigners.com/
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how to find originality in a trend-driven world // Gray Dawdy
EPISODE 08: Gray Dawdy, YouTuber + freelance Industrial Designer.
We chat about navigating inspiration overload, finding originality as the next generation of designers as well as the importance of authenticity in both personal and professional life. We also attempt Vogue 73 (design trend) Questions with Gray.
Link to Gray's YouTube Channel
Link to tomorrow's designers website
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Adobe's guide to becoming a design evangelist // Rufus Deuchler
EPISODE 07: Rufus Deuchler, Director of Worldwide Creative Cloud Evangelism @ Adobe.
We discuss how we as young designers can evangelise our own design work leveraging the power of storytelling and social media. We also chat about the emerging design tools of the future and how we need to balance automation + efficiency with the need for deep, human creativity.
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