Best Studio D Podcast Production Podcasts (2024)

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Design Education Reimagined: A Conversation with David Houston from the V&A 1:04:16

1h ago1:04:16

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I chat with David Houston, team leader for schools and colleges at the V&A South Kensington. David shares his passion for design education and the pivotal role museums play in inspiring young minds. We delve into the V&A's innovative programmes, including DesignLab Nation and V&A Innovate, which br…

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“The Product IS Community” with Neil Weitzman of PORCH 23:45

3d ago23:45

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Today we welcome to the show Neil Weitzman, CEO and Co-Founder of PORCH and Founder amd Fractional CRO of revenue•x. Neil is a go-to-market operator who understands that “revenue is everything.” He builds and scales teams within SaaS, DaaS and tech businesses, while helping CEO’s, founders and executive teams build and execute robust GTM strategies…

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🔒 Rethinking Craft in D&T: Beyond Skills to Capability 13:52

6d ago13:52

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I explore the nuanced role of craft in design and technology education. I reflect on a recent conversation with Nicky Dewer, which prompted me to examine the complexities surrounding hands-on learning in our subject. I argue against the notion of teaching high-level craft sk…

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Why Teachers Should Shape the D&T Curriculum: A Conversation with Amanda Mason and Ciaran Ellis 33:28

7d ago33:28

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I sit down with Amanda Mason and Ciaran Ellis to discuss their involvement in the Redesigning D&T project. We explore their motivations for joining the initiative and the valuable insights they've gained along the way. Amanda, a secondary school teacher in the Northeast of England, shares how the p…

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"The insights are where the magic lives" with Quin Sandler of Plantiga 25:00

10d ago25:00

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On this episode of What The Tech, we welcome Quin Sandler, Plantiga’s Co-founder and CEO. Quin's team is on a mission to optimize human performance, resilience and recovery through the monitoring and analysis of biomechanics—that is, a person’s unique movement patterns. The Plantiga platform combines an advanced sensor insole that measures how a pe…

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From School to Studio: Exploring Product Design Education with Jim Dale 31:13

13d ago31:13

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I sat down with Jim Dale, Head of Product Design at Nottingham Trent University, to explore the evolving landscape of design education. Jim shared fascinating insights into how university courses are adapting to prepare students for the diverse world of modern product design. We delved into the tra…

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"Earned and Learned" with Diraj Perkash Goel of Get Fresh Ventures 20:30

18d ago20:30

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Today we welcome onto the show founder-extraordinaire Diraj Perkash Goel, Managing Partner and Founder of Get Fresh Ventures. At Get Fresh, Diraj and his team have played a pivotal role in launching over 200 startups onto paths of significant growth and profitability. His tenure at technology giants such as Hootsuite and Vision Critical has given h…

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Empowering D&T Teachers: Challenges, Solutions, and Opportunities with Ryan Ball 40:35

29d ago40:35

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I had the pleasure of interviewing Ryan Ball from the D&T Association. Our conversation centred around the current state of the design and technology teaching workforce in England. Ryan shared his insights from visiting numerous schools across the country, highlighting the enthusiasm of primary sch…

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"Just start doing it" with Simon Knauber of Glass Canvas 21:02

30d ago21:02

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We welcome Simon Knauber, Director of Finance and HR at Glass Canvas, which is a faith-tech and consulting company behind ministry products for the Church, including Tilma Parish and Tilma Diocese. Their software is more than just technology, but a way to create more ministry impact by helping dioceses and parishes serve their people better and cre…

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"Failure can be good!" with Chris Hobbs of TTT Studios 33:00

1M ago33:00

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Today I am stoked to welcome to the show Chris Hobbs, President of TTT Studios. Through Chris’ leadership, TTT Studios has grown to become a powerhouse in the Vancouver tech community, creating digital experiences for customers that innovate and leave a lasting, positive impact on every user’s journey. What sets TTT Studios and Chris apart is their…

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Balancing Theory and Practice: Exploring the Differences Between D&T and 3D Design at GCSE Level with Holly and Harkit 50:32

1M ago50:32

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I spoke with Holly Maxwell, a curriculum advisor for the Leigh Academy Trust, and Harkit Janagel, head of design and food at Strood Academy, about the differences between GCSE Design & Technology and GCSE 3D Design. We delved into the challenges teachers face when choosing between these qualificati…

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"Look outside The Valley" with Tim Sprinkle of Venture Capital Marketing 22:54

1M ago22:54

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Today we welcome to the show Tim Sprinkle, Managing Director of Venture Capital Marketing, where Tim and his team have worked with almost 50 VC firms to help drive an average 20-30% increase in Assets Under Management (AUM) year-over-year. While this is impressive on its own, Tim has an expansive career in the tech and startup space, including more…

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Bridging the Gap: Insights on D&T Education from School to University 35:33

2M ago35:33

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I interview Milly Kearns, a final year Product Design student at Nottingham Trent University. Milly shares her experiences studying Design and Technology (D&T) in school and how that led her to pursue product design at university. We discuss the differences and similarities between D&T at school ve…

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“GPS for your career” with Hamoon Ekhtiari of FutureFit AI 18:42

2M ago18:42

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Today we welcome to the show Hamoon Ekhtiari, Founder and CEO at FutureFit AI. At FutureFit AI, Hamoons’s team uses over 350 Million global talent profiles, live labor market data and projections, and proprietary algorithms to help workers navigate career transitions. Their team works with Fortune 500 companies, governments, and workforce developme…

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Primary Perspectives: Shaping the Future of D&T Education 42:33

2M ago42:33

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Send me a message. In this episode of the Talking D&T podcast, I interviewed Janine Pavlis, a lecturer at St Mary's University in Twickenham, London, who specialises in primary design and technology education. We discussed the current state of D&T in primary schools, including the statutory requirements, the typical structure of lessons, and the im…

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"No more black boxes" with Dmytro Grechko of Deskree 25:40

2M ago25:40

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We welcome to the show Deskree Founder and CEO Dmytro Grechko. At Deskree, their mission is to make software development accessible to everyone by breaking down traditional barriers and empowering people to turn their ideas into reality. This can be a gamechanger for any entrepreneurs who may have the vision to build an amazing product, but lack th…

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Applied Series Recap: My Top 5 Fashion Tech Takeaways with Peter Jeun Ho Tsang 9:27

2M ago9:27

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Wrap Up with 5 Key Fashion Tech Takeaways We wrap up our 'Applied' podcast series with a reflective finale. Host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang tell us his top 5 key takeaways from navigating business growth, how to get through challenging times as a fashion tech startup, through to tech and humans coming together. This episode highlights the passionate voice…

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Bridging the Gap: Connecting Craft, Design, and Technology in Schools 27:16

2M ago27:16

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Send me a message. In this episode of the Talking D&T podcast, I had the pleasure of interviewing Nicky Dewar, the Director of Learning and Skills at the Crafts Council. We discussed the importance of craft in design and technology education and the challenges faced by schools in incorporating hands-on making experiences for students. Nicky shared …

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🔒 The Art of Balancing Engagement and Learning in Design and Technology Lessons 11:39

2M ago11:39

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I reflect on the conversation published earlier this week with Tony Ryan about the various industry contexts developed by the Design and Technology Association for Key Stage 3 pupils in England. I explore the complexities that teachers face when designing a unit of work, par…

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"Level the playing field" with Ilya Brotzky of VanHack 17:02

2M ago17:02

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We're thrilled to welcome VanHack CEO Ilya Brotzky on the show. At VanHack, Ilya and his team are on a mission to create a borderless world for tech talent by connecting the world’s top software engineering, design, and digital marketing talent with some of the leading innovating businesses in North America. With more than 450,000 members from over…

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Applied Series: It is Possible to Turn Waste into Fabric with AltMat's Shikha Shah 39:15

2M ago39:15

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Why Agricultural Waste? Shikha Shah, with her rare blend of scientific expertise and compassionate leadership, tells us her transition from consultancy to building biorefineries to turn plant waste into textiles usable for the fashion and beyond. Coming to the realisation that if there's enough food in the world, then there's also enough waste in t…

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Reimagining Design and Technology Education: The D&T Association's Innovative Approach 43:25

2M ago43:25

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Send me a message. Early this year I had the pleasure of interviewing Tony Ryan, the Chief Executive of the Design and Technology Association. In this episode, Tony shared exciting updates about the association's initiatives to support and advance design and technology education in the UK. We discussed the "Reimagined" program, which focuses on dev…

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🔒 Nurturing Collaboration and Support Networks in D&T Education 11:40

3M ago11:40

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I wanted to delve into the topic of collaboration, support, and networks for design and technology teachers. Drawing inspiration from the successful model of the Food Teachers Centre, I discussed the importance of creating spaces where teachers can collaborate and share idea…

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"A true circular economy" with Amanda Horn of Loless Blue Beauty 40:33

3M ago40:33

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We welcome welcome Serial Ideator, Brand Builder, Founder and Ocean Advocate Amanda Horn onto the show. Amanda is the founder of Loless Beauty, a sustainable shave and body care company that’s reimagining beauty products and personal care routines to use less water, less plastic and less waste, creating the next wave of eco-conscious consumers. And…

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Applied Series: The (Im)Possible Formula of On-Demand Fashion With Dr. Kitty Yeung 43:37

3M ago43:37

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Incubating Inside Microsoft's Garage When host, Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, first met Dr. Kitty Yeung she was a quantum physicist by day and a fashion technologist by night. Kitty's fashion tech journey was structured via a global Microsoft hackathon where she and a group of intrapreneurial colleagues decided to take on the mammoth task of solving fashion…

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Addressing the Challenges and Opportunities in D&T Education: Insights from Dave Parry 37:57

3M ago37:57

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I sit down with Dave Parry, Design and Technology Advisor at CLEAPSS, to discuss the current state of D&T education in England and explore potential ways to shape its future. Dave shares his insights from visiting numerous schools and highlights some of the main challenges the subject faces, includ…

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🔒 Rethinking D&T: Practical Strategies for Fostering Ethical and Sustainable Design 9:04

3M ago9:04

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I reflect on my thought-provoking conversation with David Spendlove from Tuesday's episode. David's radical ideas about design and technology education, particularly his challenge to move away from unsustainable consumerism and embed critical thinking about values and politi…

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Applied Series: Cutting Edge Unlocking Efficiency with Digital Pattern Precision with N-Hega's Eliane Yeung 26:36

3M ago26:36

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AI & Pattern Cutting Whilst the art of fashion pattern cutting is still rooted in flat drawings done by hand, artificial intelligence is bringing the practice into contemporary design and produce development processes. N-Hega is a company that taps into AI to help brands to achieve results such as lay planning optimisation, waste reduction, and bri…

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Rethinking Design and Technology Education for a Sustainable Future: A Conversation with Professor David Spendlove 45:05

3M ago45:05

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Send me a message. In this episode, I interview David Spendlove, a professor at the University of Manchester, about his radical thinking on design and technology education. Spendlove reintroduces his concept of "Design and Technology 2.0," which aims to create a new conceptual space for rethinking the subject without the baggage of its current form…

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“Collaborative Commerce” with Daryl Hatton of ConnectionPoint 24:28

3M ago24:28

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Today we welcome ConnectionPoint Founder and CEO Daryl Hatton onto the show! At ConnectionPoint, Daryl and his team have built the next-generation technology powering a suite of digital fundraising platforms that help organizations, businesses, and individuals create a positive impact in the world. Their solutions ease the process of collaborative …

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🔒 Making Sense of the Design & Technology Curriculum Aims 13:28

3M ago13:28

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I dive into the aims of the Design and Technology National Curriculum in England. I discuss the four main aims as they are currently written, analyzing what each one entails and how they contribute to the overall purpose of the subject. I explore the first aim, which focuses…

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Applied Series: Fashion Stores of the Future with Fit:Match, Cappasity & ShowcaseX 33:17

3M ago33:17

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Building Tech Better Retail Experiences Joining Von N. Ruzive and Peter Jeun Ho Tsang, co-authors of Fashion Tech Applied, are Hillary Littleton, Head of Marketing at FIT:MATCH, Elina Minina, CBDO at Cappasity, and Charles Wilders, CEO at Showcase X, to discuss how retail experiences are being augmented by technologies. The panel unpacks how tech l…

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Decoding England’s D&T Curriculum 22:05

3M ago22:05

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Send me a message. This week’s episode is part of the Shaping D&T series, running from April to August 2024, where i interview a variety of people and discuss the current state and future of design and technology (D&T) education. This week it’s just me exploring the current national curriculum for D&T in England, which has undergone several iterati…

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🔒 Shaping the Future of D&T Education: Lessons from the Past 11:33

3M ago11:33

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I delve into the historical context and the reasons behind my decision to start the "Shaping Design and Technology Education" series. I reflect on the conversations and committees formed to discuss the state and future of D&T education in England, drawing parallels to the de…

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"Every job is a climate job" with Sophia Wennstedt of Blip Energy 21:45

3M ago21:45

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Today I am thrilled to welcome onto the show Sophia Wennstedt, Co-Founder & CEO of Blip Energy. At Blip, Sophia and her team are on a mission to redefine home batteries to increase energy resilience for both individuals and communities. By designing a product to work without typical installation constraints, Blip Energy is able to add millions of o…

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Applied Series: Creating Digital Storytelling Magic for Luxury Fashion with Holition's CEO Jonathan Chippindale 48:04

3M ago48:04

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Turning Ideas into Fashion Storytelling Diamonds Jonathan Chippindale made his luxury marketing name in the world of fine jewellery at De Beers prior to launching his creative tech studio, Holition. The magnetic pull of Jonathan's "Willy Wonka-esque" genius, has allowed him to tap into the transformative power of digital storytelling in the luxury …

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Shaping the Future of Design and Technology Education in England 7:29

3M ago7:29

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Send me a message. In this introductory episode of the second series of my Talking D&T podcast for 2024, I discuss the focus of the upcoming series on shaping design and technology education in England. The series, running from April to August 2024, will feature international speakers sharing their perspectives on the subject in their respective co…

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Applied Series: Engineering Circular Fashion by Disassembling Products with Resortecs' Cédric Vanhoeck 31:14

3M ago31:14

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From Engineering to Fashion Imagine a world where your clothes are as easy to recycle as paper and plastic. That's the vision Cedric Vanhoeck, founder and CEO of Resortecs, is turning into reality, and in this latest episode, host Peter Jeun Ho Tsang and Cédric discuss how Cedric's original career path of engineering led him to sorting out one of t…

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"Enabling meaningful work" with Peter Monteza of MyARC 21:47

4M ago21:47

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On this episode we welcome CEO and Co-Founder of MyARC, Peter Monteza. At MyARC, their mission is to power fitness creators to get their fans fit and make a purposeful living while doing so. They’ve done this by creating a platform that enables fitness content creators to train their fans interactively at scale, from anywhere in the world. MyARC ta…

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"Don't wait for the right time" with Mila Banerjee of Pronti AI 23:40

4M ago23:40

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Mila Banerjee, CEO and Tech Lead at Pronti AI. At Pronti, Mila and her team are looking to help Apparel and Accessory retailers access their share of the nearly $1 trillion dollar personalization *opportunity* that’s out there. They do this by giving retailers access to unique consumer purchase intent data that’s historically been just out of reach…

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🔒 Unraveling the Complexities of Motivation in Design and Technology 10:23

4M ago10:23

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this follow-up episode to my conversation with Phil Jones about Remke's paper on intrinsic motivation, I delve deeper into the concepts of motivation and expectancy, drawing from my doctoral research and my chapter in the "Learning to Teach Design and Technology" book. I explore the distinction between …

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Applied Series: What It Means to be the World's #1 Fashion School with John Lau at London College of Fashion 36:45

4M ago36:45

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Becoming Dean of Academic Strategy at London College of Fashion The North West of England is not necessarily associated with fashion, but the small town where John Lau grew up is where it all began. From reading his first copies of Vogue, to working in America and China in John's early fashion career, to now becoming the Dean of Academic Strategy a…

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Talking with Phil Jones about Intrinsic Motivation and 21st-Century Learning 26:40

4M ago26:40

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Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I interview Phil Jones, a full-time D&T teacher and subject leader at a school in Merseyside, who is also a part-time doctoral student at Liverpool John Moores University. Phil shares his experience as part of the organizing committee for the PATT (Pupils' Attitude Towards Technology) conference an…

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🔒 From Access FM to Layton's Values: Frameworks for Exploring Design 15:41

4M ago15:41

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. In this episode of Talking D&T, I delve into the complex topic of teaching children to understand and articulate the agency and values inherent in designed objects. Inspired by my recent conversation with Alice about object agency, I reflect on the challenges and importance of equipping students with the k…

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"Hustle and Get Traction" with Roy Pereira of Unified API 27:59

4M ago27:59

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Today I’m thrilled to welcome to the show self-proclaimed serial entrepreneur and Techstar Roy Pereira. Roy is currently the CEO of Unified, the integrations-as-a-Service platform for B2B SaaS companies. With their Unified APIs, developers can integrate just once to add multiple software systems to their products from categories like HR, ATS, CRM a…

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Applied Series: My Virtual Fashion Stores Increase Consumer Engagement 10x with Emperia's CEO Olga Dogadkina 33:34

4M ago33:34

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Building Virtual Fashion Stores The promise of an £80K deal that would never have happened until Olga met her technical co-founder on LinkedIn. Emperia was born. Specialists in building virtual stores for fashion brands, Olga and Peter dig deep into the retail, marketing, and creative strategies necessary to bring virtual spaces to life that resona…

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Alice Hellard on the Ethical Dimensions of Design Education (part 2) 43:05

4M ago43:05

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Send me a message. In this episode, Alice Hellard and I explore the impact of design on our lives and society. Alice's work highlights the importance of design education in navigating modern complexities, emphasising student agency and the dynamic relationship between humans and their environment. We talk about how objects like smartphones influenc…

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🔒 Exploring the Intersection of Space and Values in Design Education 7:51

4M ago7:51

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Subscriber-only episode Send me a message. Have you ever walked into a corporate foyer and felt as though you've stepped into a modern-day cathedral, with its grandeur either welcoming you or intimidating you? Now imagine that as a learning space for D&T... Join Alison in this episode as she explores that potential connections between space, values…

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"Innovation Can't Be Random" with Steven Forth of Ibbaka 28:43

4M ago28:43

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Today I am thrilled to welcome to the show Steven Forth, Co-Founder and CEO of Ibbaka. At Ibbaka, their focus is on helping SaaS companies set pricing models that align with the true value they deliver, helping drive increased revenue, profitability and customer retention in the process. Through both the Ibbaka Valio Platform and through consulting…

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Applied Series: Why It's So Hard to Solve Fashion's Fit Problem with 3DLOOK's Vadim Rogovskiy 29:27

4M ago29:27

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Fashion's Big Fit Problem This episode features Vadim Rogovskiy, CEO of 3DLOOK, in which he takes us through how he discovered that fashion is the industry with the biggest pain to get body measurements and fit right. Starting from a tech perspective, in which he confesses is not necessarily the best process for starting a business, Vadim takes lis…

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