tomorrow's designers

EP13 // Damian Mycroft, Senior Design Director, Coca-Cola We get an exclusive, behind-the-scenes look into the workings of the global design team at Coca-Cola. We uncover how they design so successfully for such a global market, how their design language and principles are changing, and what role the next generation of designers can play in leading Coca-Cola's design team into the future! Fergus Inns LinkedIn Damian Mycroft LinkedIn tomorrow's designers website

EP12 // Paul Edwards , Head of Advanced Design, Airbus We uncover the differences, similarities and functions of in-house design teams compared with agencies and consultancies. We also discuss the top key skills for junior designers when entering into these teams. Show Notes: Fergus Inns LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/fergus-inns Link to Russell Beard's blog, 'Four Beards': https://www.fourbeards.co.uk/all-articles/ Link to Product Powwow Podcast: https://productpowwow.transistor.fm/

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.

EP10 // 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.

EP09 // 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/

EP08 // 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

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.

EP06 // Rod Mountain, world leader in healthcare design and innovation and 30-year consultant surgeon. We discuss how we as young designers can really learn from the medical profession, as well as how we can truly up-skill in the art of empathy. We also uncover the designers true superpower that is ignorance.

EPISODE 05 (Part 2): Lena Kul, ex-Lead Design Recruiter and now UX Researcher at Miro. In this Part 2, we chat about landing your first design role as well as how to craft the perfect job search strategy. If you're keen to understand how to stand out to hiring teams, stop getting rejected from cold applications and gain some insight into where design hiring might be heading, this episode will be perfect.

EPISODE 04: Ozlem Tuskan, founder of The Resilient and a global brand, strategy and foresight expert of over 20 years.We try and unpack how we as designers can thrive and find opportunity in uncertainty, rather than fear it. We also discuss how to design your own luck and uncover and act on serendipitous moments as they come by.