Design Life
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.
Latest episodes
Sep 12, 2022 • 31min
264: Design education and conferences, on a budget
Getting buy in to help build design team culture can be difficult - this week we answer a listener question about how to create opportunities which promote design education for your team and foster a great design culture, on a budget.
Sep 5, 2022 • 37min
263: How we communicate async at work
Today on Design Life we answer a listener question about all the asynchronous communication methods we use at work.
Aug 15, 2022 • 30min
262: What makes a good design manager
This week on the podcast we're answering a very wholesome listener question, what makes a good manager and how can an IC help support a new manager to do their best?
Aug 8, 2022 • 31min
261: What it's like to work in six week cycles
Do you use six week cycles where you work? Today we're gonna talk about this way of breaking up work throughout the year which we recently discovered we both use in our companies.
Aug 1, 2022 • 28min
260: Taking a sabbatical
This podcast episode discusses the benefits and logistics of taking a sabbatical, including how to plan and organize one. The hosts also talk about alternative forms of vacationing, the importance of disconnecting from work, and the value of taking breaks between roles.
Jul 18, 2022 • 33min
259: Shipping a new design system!
Femke recently shipped a new design system and today on Design Life we are discussing the highs and lows of taking on such a project!
Jun 13, 2022 • 37min
258: Retaining the joy of side projects with Honest UX Talks
Listen to the Honest UX Talks episodeFollow Honest UX Talks:🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks👩💻 instagram.com/anfisign👩🏻💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies
May 30, 2022 • 31min
257: Collaboration between senior and junior designers
This week on Design Life we chat specifically about collaborating with designers of a different level. Maybe you’re a junior designer collaborating with a senior designer for the first time or vice versa, we discuss which skills you need to make collaboration seamless.
May 23, 2022 • 29min
256: Conducting design audits
How can you make the most of a design audit? Keep consistency in mind, improve popular assets and implement recommendations.
May 16, 2022 • 28min
255: The pay gap between product and marketing designers
Today we are chatting about a topic very near and dear to our hearts, the pay gap between marketing/brand designers and product designers. What is causing the gap and how can we work towards closing it?
