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Design Life

Design Life

282 Episodes • By Charli Prangley, Femke Van Schoonhoven • designlife.fm
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 ai ...more
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282: Reliving our Config experience
Thank you Config for a fantastic conference! In this... more
Aug 14 2023 29m
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281: How to make the most of a design conference
Are you attending a design conference this summer? I... more
Jul 24 2023 31m
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280: Preparing for a feature launch as a designer
Preparing for a feature launch as a designer is such... more
Jun 20 2023 28m
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279: Validating design solutions
Today on the Design Life podcast we are answering a ... more
May 15 2023 32m
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278: Are you on the right path in your design career?
Wondering if you are on the right path in your desig... more
May 2 2023 30m
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277: Learning throughout different stages of your design career
This week on Design Life we’re chatting about learni... more
Apr 17 2023 28m
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276: Managing in different directions
Find yourself in a new role and managing in differen... more
Apr 3 2023 29m
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275: The realities of being a manager AND an IC
In this episode of Design Life we chat about managin... more
Mar 20 2023 32m
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274: Are you inexperienced if you don't name your layers?
Are you an inexperienced designer if you don't name ... more
Feb 27 2023 28m
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273: Our thoughts on the state of the design industry
In our last episode of 2022, we share our thoughts o... more
Dec 12 2022 30m
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272: Deciding what side projects to tackle in 2023
Planning your side projects for 2023? If you're thin... more
Dec 5 2022 33m
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271: Annual planning as a design leader in tech
It's that time of year again, time to start the annu... more
Nov 15 2022 31m
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270: Positioning your portfolio for a design manager role
Trying to make the move from designer to manager? In... more
Nov 7 2022 31m
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269: Fitting in socially in the workplace
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Oct 31 2022 30m
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268: A real look into today's design interview process
A real look into today's design interview process, w... more
Oct 17 2022 33m
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267: How much did Charli earn this year?
On Design Life we like to talk openly about money wh... more
Oct 10 2022 33m
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266: Femke quit her job!
Femke quit her job! After a year in her current role... more
Oct 5 2022 28m
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265: Adobe is buying Figma? Let's talk about it
News of Figma being acquired by Adobe has everyone t... more
Sep 26 2022 29m
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264: Design education and conferences, on a budget
Getting buy in to help build design team culture can... more
Sep 12 2022 30m
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263: How we communicate async at work
Today on Design Life we answer a listener question a... more
Sep 5 2022 36m
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262: What makes a good design manager
This week on the podcast we're answering a very whol... more
Aug 15 2022 29m
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261: What it's like to work in six week cycles
Do you use six week cycles where you work? Today we'... more
Aug 8 2022 30m
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260: Taking a sabbatical
In this episode we chat about Charli’s recent sabbat... more
Aug 1 2022 28m
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259: Shipping a new design system!
Femke recently shipped a new design system and today... more
Jul 18 2022 32m
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258: Retaining the joy of side projects with Honest UX Talks
Listen to the Honest UX Talks episodeFollow Honest U... more
Jun 13 2022 37m
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