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
66 episodes
Laura Stein - Chief Creative Officer at Bruce Mau Design.
This week Claire sat down with Laura Stein, Chief Creative Officer at Bruce Mau Design. Laura’s work has earned recognition from D&AD and Cannes Lions. Beyond the studio, Laura has served on the board of the Advertising & Design Club of...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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30:19
Spencer Buck, Founder and Chief Creative Officer - Taxi Studio
This week, Claire sat down with Spencer Buck, founder and chief creative officer of the global brand consultancy, Taxi Studio.Spencer discusses the impact of support from key people in his life, from his parents, to art teachers, to indu...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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46:29
Debbie Millman - Renowned Designer, Author, Illustrator, Educator, & Host of Design Matters Podcast.
This week, Claire met up with Debbie Millman, the renowned designer and the host of Design Matters. Debbie hosts one of the world's longest-running podcasts and the OG design podcast, which has featured nearly 700 influential creatives...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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1:00:35
Design Industry Leader - Jonathan Sands OBE
This week Claire met up with with design industry leader Jonathan Sands, former chair of Elmwood, who led the international brand design consultancy for 40 years, completing a management buyout in 1989 and selling the global business in 2021.&n...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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47:30
Vuokko Aro - Chief Design Officer at Monzo
This week Claire caught up with Vuokko Aro, the Chief Design Officer at Monzo. She helps the bank’s leadership team use design as a strategic lever across the company as it scales. This all helped Monzo win Marketing Society brand of the year i...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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53:42
Kwame Taylor-Hayford - Co-Founder of Kin & D&AD President
In the first of a new season, Claire sat down with Kwame in front of a live audience in New York to share his life in design… so far. Kwame is the first US D&AD President, and also the co-founder of Kin, a creative company that ...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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36:35
Henry Steiner, Founder of Steiner&Co
In the final episode of this series, Claire has the honour of speaking to Henry Steiner, founder of Steiner&Co, also known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Graphic Design. Fresh from being the subject of a recent exhibition at the M+ gallery in ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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28:49
Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe - Co-Founders of Wiedemann Lampe.
This week Claire meets up with Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe, who co-founded the design agency Wiedemann Lampe. They share their lives in design and the evolution of their studio working in the cultural space and the skill of being able to art...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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1:01:59
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
