
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!
Episodes
103 episodes
Designed for Life - In conversation with Senior Lecturer in Primary Education Janine Pavlis
In this episode, we focus on primary education, specifically design and technology education in the primary phase. Our guest in this episode is Senior Lecturer in Primary Education at St.Mary's University, Twickenham, Janine Pavlis.
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59:09

Designed for Life - In conversation with Aakeen Parikh
Dr Aakeen Parikh is a mechanical engineer with a background in research, design, sustainable technologies, and social impact. She currently works as the Project Manager for the Vehicle Future Hub at Imperial College London. Aakeen discovered en...
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57:48

Designed for Life - Live at Simon Langton Boys School, Kent (Part 2)
In this, the second episode of a two-part mini-series, we continue exploring the journey of school design and technology leaders and departments as we visit and speak with staff, students, and parents at Simon Langton Boys' Grammar School in Ca...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:06:13

Designed for Life - Live at Simon Langton Boys School, Kent (Part 1)
In this episode, we continue exploring the journey of school design and technology leaders and departments as we visit and talk with staff, students, and parents at the Simon Langton Boys Grammar School in Canterbury, Kent. Before a...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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58:13

Designed for Life - In conversation with Dean Kamen & Chris Hatherall
This is a big episode for Designed for Life, as we proudly reach number 100! We are delighted to have Dean Kamen, an American engineer, inventor, and businessman, on the show. Dean is known for his inventions of the Segway, iBOT, and Slingshot ...
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59:51

Designed forn Life - Live at Newstead Wood School
How do you build a successful design & technology department from the ground up with an entirely new staff? What curriculum changes should you make at KS3, KS4 and KS5 to ensure you stretch and challenge what are undoubtedly very bright stu...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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1:16:51

Designed for Life - In conversation with Marisa Kurimbokus IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2024
In this episode, we are delighted to welcome Marisa Kurimbokus, who was announced as the IET Young Woman Engineer of the Year 2024 at the end of last year. In the podcast, we follow Marisa's journey from primary school, where a teac...
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59:58

Designed for Life - Live at Arts University Bournemouth
In this episode, we take the podcast on the road to Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and talk with YouTube stalwarts Brothers Make, Louise Dennis, Curator at MoDiP (Museum of Design in Plastics) and Will Strange, Senior Lecturer and Course Lea...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:00:33

Designed for Life - In conversation with Titi Oliyide
Growing up with a love of mathematics, Titi thought a career as a maths teacher was beckoning until a conversation with one of her sister's friends opened up the possibility of becoming an engineer. A comment that stood out for me in this conve...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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55:55

Designed for Life - 2024 Wrapped Compilation
Somehow, another year has passed, and it's time to look back on Designed for Life across 2024. Over the year, we released sixteen new episodes, reached over 31,000 streams, reached new audiences in Asia and America and, most importantly, got to...
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1:05:54

Designed for Life - In conversation with Hepzi Rattray
Imagine accidentally being put off from a career in engineering by your brilliant grandfather who, without realising, made a career in the sector sound unreachable. Hepzi Rattray is a structural engineer with the global engineering company Ramb...
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Season 4
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Episode 13
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51:30

Designed for Life - In conversation with Barnabas Shelbourne
Barnabas is the CEO of The Greenpower Education Trust. This charity works with young people nationally to introduce them to using their STEM education in a very practical way to create battery-driven vehicles that then compete in regional and n...
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58:28

Designed for Life - In conversation with Maria Dunbar (Leith's Education)
In this episode, we turn to Food and Nutrition in the school curriculum and look at the challenges facing this aspect of National Curriculum education. Over the last few weeks, I have been fortunate to be introduced to Leith's Education and wal...
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Season 3
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Episode 12
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59:16

Designed for Life - In conversation with Dr. Hilary Leevers
In this week’s episode of Designed for Life, we are fortunate to speak with Dr Hilary Leevers, the Chief Executive of Engineering UK. We break from the usual show format to explore some of the data surrounding entry to engineering as a ...
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Season 3
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Episode 11
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55:25

Designed for Life - In conversation with Jonty Deeley Williamson
Talk about battery power and people's attention automatically turns to electric vehicles, but in reality, this is one sector of a rapidly growing market. With this growth, there is an increasing need for young people to enter the sector and hel...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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57:38

Designed for Life - In conversation with Nick Ford
In this episode, we talk with Nick Ford, founder of the design studio Pipsqueak and IP development specialist. Nick talks us through his school education, which took place at a time when neurodiversity was not so easily recognised or accounted ...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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58:36

Designed for Life - In conversation with Bill Williams
In this episode, we start a series in which we will talk with Design & Technology Association Trustees about their careers to date and the reasons why being a Trustee of the Association and being connected to its work is important to them.&...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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51:24

Designed for Life - In conversation with Alex Ball BA (Hons) New Designers 2024
This is the first episode with young graduates met recently at New Designers 2024 in London. Alex graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University with a second-class BA (Hons) in Product Design. I was struck by the simplicity of ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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36:57

Designed for Life - In conversation with Trudi Barrow
In this episode, we are delighted to converse with Design education specialist, advisor, teacher and CLEAPSS consultant Trudi Barrow. It seems like a strange statement, but we rarely have a design and technology teacher and leader on th...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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52:28

Designed for Life - In conversation with the Textiles Skills Centre (Report released April 24)
In this episode, we are delighted to talk with Dawn Foxall and Roy Ballam about the recently released paper commissioned by the Textiles Skills Centre, 'Unravelling the Fabric of Textiles Education'. As we seek to ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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53:38

Designed for Life - In conversation with Gordon Fraser (Marloe Watch Co)
In this conversation, we follow Gordon Fraser, Co-founder of the Marloe Watch Company, on his journey from a difficult school experience to co-founding a successful British-designed watch company. With his Co-founder Oliver, whom ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:02:57

Designed for Life - In conversation with Claire Holman
In this episode, we are in conversation with Claire Holman, modelmaking professional and lecturer at Arts University Bournemouth. We follow Claire's journey from a fairly nomadic start as her family moved first to Zambia and then to Eng...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:04:23

Designed for Life - In conversation with Sophie Hague
This episode sees us in conversation with Sophie Hague - 2022 RSA Student Award winner and UX Designer. Sophie found school difficult, not so much academically, but she found it over-stimulating, crowded and overall, just not an enjoyab...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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55:36

Designed for Life - In conversation with Josh Myers (Founder Denimolite)
Denim jeans have become an integral part of modern-day life. The majority of us own at least one pair (I personally have to confess to seven)! But how are these garments made? At what cost to the environment? And when they reach end of li...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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51:05

Designed for Life - In conversation with Amanda Riley
Amanda was somewhat destined to work in fashion from an early age. Influenced by her grandmother, who placed her in front of a sewing machine at age eight, she quickly learned how to use the machine and how to make her own clothes. Her grandmot...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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