Design Life

Femke and Charli explore personal branding, discussing strategic planning, controlling perceptions, and objectives it can help achieve. They highlight its importance for designers, evolving personal brands, and managing discrepancies. The conversation covers authenticity, leveraging strengths, and navigating social media impact on personal branding. Anecdotes on freelancing, unexpected recognition, and aligning personal brand with offerings are shared, emphasizing reputation building and self-expression within organizations.

Charli and Femke give an elaborate reply to one of the listener's requests: whether deadlines should be taken seriously. The hosts share real stories of how they approached deadlines in different projects, how unrealistic deadlines should be handled, what to do in situations when a deadline cannot be met, how to discuss deadlines and set reasonable expectations, and how one's perspective on them changes depending on their role in the project. Show Timestamps:01:13 Intro02:34 Charli’s workshop and life updates04:21 Femke’s life update07:01 Question submission from a listener about deadlines07:14 Femke and Charli share how they approach deadlines in different situations11:52 What is the importance of deadlines?17:02 Charli elaborates on why she does not like fake (buffer) deadlines19:00 Situation when the deadline is absolutely non-negotiable26:08 Femke and Charli discuss milestone approach to projects rather than working towards one big hand off29:08 Conclusion Show links:Charli's live workshop in New ZealandFemke’s course “Product strategy for designers”Share your topic suggestions for the show with us at hello@designlife.fm

Guests Charli and Femke share their experiences with burnout in creative professions. They discuss signs of burnout, recovering by dropping side projects, and importance of diversifying daily activities. Topics include impact on career choices, defining healthy balance, and avoiding over-investment in work. Personal hobbies are also explored as a means of leisure versus monetization.

Join us as we dive into our career and personal goals for 2024. From organizing in-person meetups and upcoming courses to exploring new hobbies like creative writing and sewing, we're sharing our visions and passions for the year ahead. Get inspired for your own creative journey!

The hosts discuss the importance of consistent copywriting and content in design projects, the challenges without a dedicated copywriter, the collaborative effort needed between designers and PMMs, maintaining consistency in the copywriting process, and the importance of aligning marketing and design.

The hosts recap their experience at a conference, including highlights, personal catch-up, and feeling motivated. They discuss course enrollment, meeting graduates, and making changes based on feedback. They reflect on a live event experience, express gratitude to sponsors, and discuss plans for future events. They highlight the support of tools for the design community, desire for a bigger venue and sponsors, and recommend attending the design conference. They express excitement for conferences, share insights, and express gratitude to sponsors.

Are you attending a design conference this summer? In this episode we share our favourite tips for making the most of the conference experience to maximise learning, connection and most importantly - fun!

Preparing for a feature launch as a designer is such an exciting time! To see your work come to fruition brings with it a fantastic feeling, but it's not always plain sailing. In this episode we discuss the highs and lows of working on feature launches as a designer.

Today on the Design Life podcast we are answering a listener question from an engineer, who is looking for advice on how to validate a design and communicate this with the relevant stakeholders.

Wondering if you are on the right path in your design career? Fear not, we have a very reassuring conversation this week on the podcast! Hear all about how we've used the design career checkpoint to help reflect on our careers and set new goals.