Designed for Life

This is the official podcast of the Design and Technology Association. 'Designed for life' aims to entertain, inform and inspire, bringing the worlds of business and industry together. Design and Technology is a wide-ranging curriculum subject that, along with qualifications in other facilitating subjects, can open doors to students across an ever-increasing breadth of career. England was the first country in the world to introduce this subject to its mainstream curriculum offer in 1988. Where we led others, have followed and in various guises, it is now taught in countries around the world including India, Australia, China, USA, France and Finland. This podcast consists of a series of short, informal conversations with people from across the worlds of education, industry and design. The intention is to help to link business, industry and education, as the solutions to tomorrows problems are being educated today!

Podcasting since 2020 • 113 episodes

Designed for Life

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Designed for Life - In conversation with Ilā Kamalagharan

Ilā is a British artist, producer and vocalist. When you are approached by an agent stating, "Would you like to speak with an artist who operates at the intersection of quantum computer music, AI and the human voice, well, you kind of say...

April 21, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 3 • 1:09:09

Designed for Life - In conversation with Leia Milburn

Leia Milburn is an industrial designer working at Tone Product Design in London. Leia was born in London but grew up in Hong Kong and Singapore. Her father is a D&T teacher and trained as a furniture designer, so she was raised around stron...

April 19, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 4 • 57:33

Designed for Life - Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

The countdown is on – the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow competition closes on 1st February 2026! This podcast takes on a different format as we talk to Jessie Soohyun Park, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility for Samsung Electronic...

January 16, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 2 • 40:30

Designed for Life - In conversation with Brad Scott, Principal Designer at Applied Design Works, New York

On the first day of 2026, and if we are honest, a touch later than planned due to the Christmas break, we are delighted to open the New Year with a conversation with the Co-founder of Applied Design (https://helloapplied.com), one of New York's...

January 01, 2026 • Season 6 • Episode 1 • 56:26

Designed for Life - In conversation with Amazon Mechatronics Engineering Apprentice Olivia Lane

One pattern that has repeated across the 108 podcasts published since Designed for Life launched in the summer of 2020 is the role of serendipity in aligning people and their careers. Today's podcast is a case in point. Driven by a ...

December 05, 2025 • 1:02:22

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