My Life In Design Podcast
How did some of the some of the world’s best designers, strategists, and agency leads, get into design? How did they know it was even a thing they could form a career around? I’m Claire Blyth, founder of design focussed PR agency Red Setter. I’ll be speaking to some of my favourite people in design to talk about how they got where they are today.
Episodes
58 episodes
Julia Beardwood - Founder of Beardwood&Co
This week Claire sat down with Julia Beardwood, founder of New York agency Beardwood&Co, to hear her unconventional journey into design, via mathematics and marketing, to advertising, then the switch to branding at Landor.She shares the...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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47:20
Dick Powell - Co-Founder of Seymour Powell
This week on the podcast Claire sat down with Dick Powell, co-founder of product design and innovation agency Seymour Powell, to talk all things design. Dick talks about everything from design education to founding a business, working on design...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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44:34
Fe Amarante - Founder and Principal of Experimenta
This week Claire meets up with Fe Amarante founder and principal of Experimenta, whose career spans major companies like Coca-Cola, Danone, and The Hershey Company. Now running her own agency, Experimenta, focusing on sustainable creativity, sh...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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42:41
Ian Ritchie - Designer & Co-Founder JKR
This week Claire meets up with design legend Ian Ritchie to talk about his life in design, from his early experiences of earning his way with signwriting, to art school and the evolution and growth of design agency JKR. Ian shares h...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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1:04:51
Jolene Delisle - Founder and Creative Director of New York’s The Working Assembly.
This week Claire sits down with Jolene Delisle, founder and creative director of New York’s The Working Assembly. Jolene shares her journey into the design and branding industry, from internships, to founding The Working Ass...
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Season 6
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Episode 4
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32:21
Fred Gelli, co-founder and CEO of Tatil
This week, Claire meets up with Fred Gelli, co-founder and CEO of Brazil’s largest independent design agency, Tatil. Fred shares his journey from engineering, to discovering his passion for design and co-founding an agency, and wo...
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Season 6
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Episode 3
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51:09
Joanne Chan - CEO of Turner Duckworth
This week Claire catches up with Joanne Chan CEO of Turner Duckworth.Joanne shares her journey from fine arts to the world of design and working with some major brands like Coca-Cola and Amazon. She talks about how her backgr...
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Season 6
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Episode 2
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1:00:06
Domenic Lippa - Pentagram partner (and Chair). LIVE at the London Design Festival.
My Life in Design is back - recorded LIVE at the London Design Festival with designer Domenic Lippa, Pentagram partner (and chair) and Festival design director.Earlier this week we had the absolute pleasure of hosting a LIVE podcast rec...
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Season 6
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Episode 1
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51:28
Mauro Porcini, Senior VP and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo.
In the final episode of the series, Claire sits down with Mauro Porcini, Senior VP and Chief Design Officer at PepsiCo.Mauro shares his journey of how he discovered design as a career, and how he arrived at PepsiCo with an ambition to re...
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Season 5
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Episode 10
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1:00:21
Ekaterina Solomeina, co-founder of Future London Academy.
This week, Claire sits down with Ekaterina Solomeina, co-founder of Future London Academy. Ekaterina shares her life in design from Russia to London, from agency to in-house. She shares her discovery of design as a career through early experien...
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Season 5
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Episode 9
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50:06
Alex Moulton - Chief Creative Officer at Trollbäck+Company
This week on Claire sits down with Alex Moulton, chief creative officer at Trollbäck+Company in NYC. Alex shares his life in design, from filmmaking and sonic branding, to full brand experience.Links:
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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48:28
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Alex Center - Founder of CENTER.
This week Claire sits down with Alex Center, founder of design agency CENTER. Alex shares his life in design, from a dream internship working on the New York Knicks, to his time at the Coca-Cola Company building iconic drinks brands like vitami...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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46:17
Joshua Breidenbach - Co-Founder of Rice
This week Claire chats with Joshua Breidenbach, from Vietnam’s Rice. Joshua shares his life in design, from early family influences, to the messages of punk music, and a pivotal project with Coca-Cola that marked the official founding of Ri...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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45:52
Joy Nazzari - Founder of DNCO
This week on ‘My Life in Design’ Claire catches up with Joy Nazzari of DNCO to discuss her life in design, and her unusual route into the industry from a start in tech investment banking. Joy shares stories from her child...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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56:37
Hamish Campbell, VP Executive Creative Director of Pearlfisher NYC.
This week Claire chats with Hamish Campbell, VP executive creative director of Pearlfisher NYC. Hamish recounts his life in design and how a love for art evolved into a career in graphic design, blending the precision of engineering with the cr...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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38:47
Kerry Bolt and Shaun Bowen - co-founders of B&B studio
This week Claire chats with Kerry and Shaun, co-founders of B&B Studio, about their journeys into design and the founding of their award-winning studio. They share insights into their first client, Bear, which went on to win the DBA Grand P...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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56:03
Emily Rickard, CEO of BUCK
This week Claire meets up with Emily Rickard, CEO of BUCK. Emily talks about her career journey, from filmmaking aspirations to fashion journalism and TV production in Australia, to leading a global creative powerhouse that is BUCK....
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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35:32
Mary Lewis, Creative Director of Lewis Moberly.
In the first episode of the new series, Claire meets up with design legend Mary Lewis, creative director of Lewis Moberly. Mary talks about her early years living on a farm and her fascination with branded goods. Going to art college and then m...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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1:16:12
Dines - Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Studio BLUP
In the final episode of the series episode, Claire meets up with digital artist Dines, co-founder and chief creative officer of Studio BLUP. He shares his journey from discovering his passion for design at a young age to establishing a successf...
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Episode 10
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54:59
Marina Willer - partner at Pentagram
This week Claire meets up with Marina Willer, partner at Pentagram. Marina talks about growing up in a creative house in Brazil and being influenced by the politics and injustice there at the time. She talks about moving to the UK to study at t...
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Episode 9
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41:49
Cat How, Founder & ECD of How & How.
This week Claire meets up with Cat How, Founder & ECD of branding agency How & How. Cat talks about her route into design through journalism, ecommerce, and shared office spaces. She discusses her experience at Central St Martins studyi...
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Episode 8
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39:36
Rejane Dal Bello of Studio Rejane Dal Bello.
This week Claire meets up with Rejane Dal Bello. Rejane talks about how she thought she’d be a dentist as a child but found a love of art on an exchange year in the US. She talks about her time at NYC’s School of Visual Arts being taught by Mil...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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43:43
Stefan Sagmeister - Design Hero
This week Claire meets up with a personal design hero of hers – Stefan Sagmeister. Stefan talks about his experiences of working with Lou Reed and The Rolling Stones, On the importance of finding something in your life that you’re good at, and ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:02:24
Alan Dye and Nick Finney, founders of NB Studio
This week Claire meets up with Alan Dye and Nick Finney, founders of NB Studio. They talk about their ‘apprenticeship’ at Pentagram and how they founded NB Studio in the pub next door! Some great tips for young designers too.Links:<...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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47:43
Sean Thomas, Executive Creative Director of JKR
This week Claire meets up with Sean Thomas, Executive Creative Director of JKR. Sean talks about how art was his sanctuary at school, his first roles in agencies Pearlfisher and The Core, through freelance and to JKR. Links:
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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52:35
