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.
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.
Episodes
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Nov 15, 2022 • 32min
271: Annual planning as a design leader in tech
It's that time of year again, time to start the annual planning for 2023. As a design lead in the tech industry, it can be difficult to know how to bring your team together to share their ideas or where to start with the planning so in this episode we share how we're tackling annual planning with collaboration in mind.
Nov 7, 2022 • 32min
270: Positioning your portfolio for a design manager role
Trying to make the move from designer to manager? In this episode we chat about how to make your portfolio presentation speak for itself.
Oct 31, 2022 • 31min
269: Fitting in socially in the workplace
Building relationships with your colleagues at works takes time and patience. This week on the podcast we answer a listener question about how we've built strong relationships within our teams, both remotely and in person.
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Oct 17, 2022 • 33min
268: A real look into today's design interview process
A real look into today's design interview process, what is it like trying to get a job in this economy?
Oct 10, 2022 • 33min
267: How much did Charli earn this year?
On Design Life we like to talk openly about money when we can, including our annual income reports! This time it's Charli's turn.
Oct 5, 2022 • 28min
266: Femke quit her job!
Femke quit her job! After a year in her current role Femke is moving on to an exciting new opportunity. Listen to a deep dive into the thought process and the practical steps involved in the move.
Sep 26, 2022 • 30min
265: Adobe is buying Figma? Let's talk about it
News of Figma being acquired by Adobe has everyone talking, today on Design Life we share our thoughts on what this means for one of our most used design tools.
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?
