Best Gday Design Life Podcasts (2024)

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Ep. 14: Embracing Your Creative Persona: A Conversation with G'Day Frank 1:15:49

8h ago1:15:49

1:15:49

Curious about the life behind the persona of G'Day Frank? Join Michael Janda on this episode of What the Helvetica as he interviews the creative genius Regan Mackerel. They dive deep into the art of personal branding, the hurdles of social media algorithms, and the balancing act of family life with content creation. Discover the highs and lows of R…

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Ep. 13: Scaling Creativity with Dan Janssen of Lincoln Design Co. 1:11:54

1h ago1:11:54

1:11:54

Ever wondered what it takes to build a successful design agency from the ground up? Join host Michael Janda as he sits down with Dan Janssen of Lincoln Design Co. for an insightful conversation about the highs, lows, and everything in between. Discover how Dan navigates the creative process, develops standout brands, and scales his agency while tac…

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Ep. 12: Art at Scale: How Daniela de Castro Transforms Spaces with Her Unique Murals 1:12:58

12d ago1:12:58

1:12:58

Renowned fine artist and muralist Daniela de Castro joins host Michael Janda to share her inspiring creative journey from Venezuela to the U.S. She delves into her distinctive artistic process, emphasizing the recurring theme of hands in her work. Known for her large-scale murals and intricate hand paintings, Daniela also provides valuable insights…

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Ep. 11: Freelance Freedom: Elisabeth Mayr on Life as a Digital Nomad 1:15:30

1M ago1:15:30

1:15:30

You may have dreamt of becoming a digital nomad, but what is it really like? Let's explore the ins and outs of digital nomad life in this episode of ‘What the Helvetica?’ with Michael Janda and Elisabeth Mayr. They discuss Elisabeth's journey as a freelance UX designer, educator, and podcast host. Discover her experiences traveling the world as a d…

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Ep. 10: How Building Genuine Relationships Fuels Creative Success... with Destyn Patera 1:10:50

2M ago1:10:50

1:10:50

Is it possible to build an agency culture that values integrity while at the same time, aligns with your business values? Destyn Patera from Lensea, a film and videography agency in Pensacola, Florida, joins Michael Janda to explore this topic. Destyn shares his unique journey into filmmaking, his take on integrity-driven business practices, and ho…

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Ep 9: From Pro Footballer to Multi-Million Dollar Agency Owner | Danny Allen Page's Journey 54:53

2M ago54:53

54:53

In this episode of 'What the Helvetica?', Mike Janda chats with Danny Allen-Page, an agency owner, former pro footballer, and Instagram influencer with 61,000 followers. They dive into Danny's incredible journey, from growing his new agency from nothing to $3.5 million in just five months, tackling the challenges of coaching and mentoring, and bala…

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Ep 8: Unlocking the Power of Audio Branding with Drop Music Branding 1:07:38

3M ago1:07:38

1:07:38

Music branding? If you haven't heard about this before... join Mike Janda in this exciting episode of What the Helvetica? as he sits down with the creative minds behind Drop Music Branding—Gabo, Dal, and Mau. Discover the fascinating world of audio branding, how it complements visual branding, and why it’s crucial for building a strong, memorable b…

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Ep 7: Exploring the Impact of AI on Digital Art with Christina McKay 58:54

3M ago58:54

58:54

Join host Mike Janda in an insightful conversation with digital artist Christina McKay as they delve into the world of vehicle wraps, creative processes, and the evolving role of generative AI in art. Christina, the founder of Curvaceous Wraps, discusses her journey, the challenges she faces, and how she integrates AI for inspiration while emphasiz…

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Ep 6: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome and Embracing Vulnerability with Jenna Gribble 1:03:57

3M ago1:03:57

1:03:57

This episode features a heartfelt and enlightening conversation between Mike Janda and guest Jenna Gribble, a successful agency owner grappling with imposter syndrome amidst her achievements. Jenna shares her initial foray into graphic design, overcoming setbacks, and the constant pursuit of learning. Both speakers touch on the importance of vulner…

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Ep 5: The Art of Copywriting in a Design-Centric World with Lois McKenzie 1:14:18

4M ago1:14:18

1:14:18

In this Episode 5 of 'What the Helvetica?' host Mike Janda and guest Lois McKenzie dive into the heart of what makes copywriting a critical aspect of marketing, even in an AI-driven age. The episode unpacks the value of authentic connection, human-driven content, and the art of storytelling in business. Mike and Lois explore how creative integrity …

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Ep 4: 04 Scaling Strategies for Creative Business with Chris Thomas 1:09:50

4M ago1:09:50

1:09:50

In this episode of 'What the Helvetica?', Mike Janda and Chris Thomas dive into Chris's journey of starting and scaling his agency. They chat about the growing pains of hiring the first employees and the ups and downs of growing a business. Chris shares the pros and cons of partnering and how he navigated through different challenges over the years…

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Ep 3: Building Your Dream Agency Studio with Veronique Zayas 1:12:48

4M ago1:12:48

1:12:48

Creating and customizing your own workspace is key if you want to succeed in the creative industry. In this video, Michael Janda and Veronique Zayas share their tips on making workspaces that boost creativity and productivity. They talk about taking smart risks, being adaptable, and adding personal touches to your space. By sharing their experience…

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Ep 2: The Big Problem with Social Media in 2024 with Eva Alordiah 39:45

4M ago39:45

39:45

What is the big problem with social media in 2024? Are you falling into this trap on Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok? Join Michael Janda and Eva Alordiah as they dig into this topic from marketing intuition to the impact of AI on monetization. Their conversation delves into branding, storytelling, and the evolving landscape of social media. Gain val…

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Ep 1: The Mental Health Struggles of Creative Entrepreneurs and Freelancers with Caerus Kourt 1:11:38

5M ago1:11:38

1:11:38

Is your business destroying your mental health? Ever felt you're always struggling emotionally and mentally in your creative business or freelance career? You are not alone! In this episode, Michael Janda and Cyrus Kourt delve into the emotional toll of running a creative business. They discuss the unique challenges creatives face, from managing un…

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Welcome to "What the Helvetica?" 0:52

5M ago0:52

0:52

Join Mike Janda and some amazing entrepreneurs to discuss the ups and downs and big wins and epic fails of being a creative entrepreneur. What the Helvetica? will unveil insights you might not find anywhere else.By whatthehelvetica

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EP 37 - The end of Two Red Chairs 6:13

3+ y ago6:13

6:13

Don’t worry, it’s still going to exist, but the Two Red Chairs podcast name is going to be retired and transition to be called the G’day Design Life podcast with a new season of content. Still keeping the same content and the format going, just under a different name given I no longer sit in a red chair any more that was the calling card for the sh…

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EP 36 - Two thing we need to talk about 38:30

3+ y ago38:30

38:30

This week it’s just me, Frank, sharing my thoughts on two particular topics I’ve covered in my content over on my @gdayfrank account on Instagram and even LinkedIn. The first of which is about dealing with instances of negative feedback and interactions from people. They could be clients, fellow designers or other people online that have nothing be…

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EP 35 - Taking the business owner leap and giving back - w/Brandi Sea 41:31

3+ y ago41:31

41:31

In this week’s episode, I’m chatting with American branding designer and coach, Brandi Sea from Albuquerque-Santa Fe. In our chat, Brandi shares her design life story that took her from agency life as an in-house creative, to starting her own business and since giving back to fellow creatives in in-house design roles or as creative entrepreneurs to…

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EP 34 - Finding fulfilment in doing what you love - with Danielle Clarke 47:18

3+ y ago47:18

47:18

In this week’s episode, I’m chatting with British branding designer, Danielle Clarke from Derbyshire, UK. In our chat, Danielle shares her story of becoming a design business owner and scratching that itch to start her business during the pandemic last year. It came out of realising the unhappiness in unfulfilling jobs that Danielle was in but then…

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EP 33 - Frank’s problems #2 17:45

3+ y ago17:45

17:45

This week it’s just me, Frank, sharing a design business problem for your to learn from. Back in episode 19, the first episode of 2021, I shared a problem I had of line item pricing a proposal that had a client tick off deliverables they deemed unnecessary. For the second edition of my problems to learn from, this one happened recently to me and it…

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EP 32 - Less time accounting, more time creating - with James Fuller from Hnry 39:51

3+ y ago39:51

39:51

This week’s episode I’m chatting with the founder and CEO of Hnry - James Fuller from Wellington, New Zealand QUICK CAVEAT - Hnry is a service that is currently limited to Australian and New Zealand based business owners. But do reach out to their team if you want them to look at a bringing their service to you country. So these guys at Hnry do thi…

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EP 31 - Living a design and business life with systems - with Marianne Børresen 45:59

3+ y ago45:59

45:59

This week’s episode I’m chatting with Norwegian branding designer and strategist, Marianne Børresen from Oslo, Norway. In our chat, Marianne shares her design life journey that led her to Interbrand at the start of her design career after university and took her through a raft of experiences working in agency life. Until finding her feet after a he…

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EP 30 - How does one start a design conference? - with Matthew Haynes 56:09

3+ y ago56:09

56:09

This week’s episode I’m chatting with an extraordinary Aussie designer, Matt Haynes who runs TDC - @the.design.conference up in Brisbane, Australia in June (16-18th). Now this episode is next level because Matt shares a tonne about his life and philosophy for it. Having started out in life as a professional baseball player and even making it to the…

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EP 29 - Only ONE logo option? - with Waldemar Perez 28:09

3+ y ago28:09

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EP 29 - Only ONE logo option? - with Waldemar Perez This week’s episode I’m chatting with fellow branding designer Waldemar Perez from San Juan, Puerto Rico, about the impact that presenting only one logo option to his clients has made on his design process. I’m very aligned myself with Waldemar’s strategy to only show client’s one finished concept…

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EP 28 - The impact strategic thinking has - with Richard Ajayi 19:38

3+ y ago19:38

19:38

This week’s episode I’m chatting with fellow branding designer Richard Ajayi from Lagos, Nigeria, about his transition of implementing strategic thinking into his branding process. For his process and client’s success, implementing brand stategy has allowed Rich to become a better designer and more trusted parter with his clients. To be able to sol…

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EP 27 - Stepping into the spotlight for business success - with George Mussett 21:43

3+ y ago21:43

21:43

This week I’m sitting down in the proverbial red chairs with supermum and creative business owner, Georgia ‘George’ Mussett. As a fellow Aussie branding designer, George shares with us her story of how she’s built her own sustainable creative business. In our chat we cover the impact stepping into the spotlight had when showing up on camera for her…

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EP 26 - Becoming a brand strategist - with Stef Hamerlinck 30:50

3+ y ago30:50

30:50

This week I have a conversation with fellow branding designer, turned brand strategist, Stef Hamerlinck from Belgium. Stef shares his journey of how he discovery brand strategy and his transition of thinking from being a designer to uncovering what strategy means to him and for the clients he has worked with. Both in the businesses he’s worked for …

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EP 25 - Quiting a dream job at Disney to start a design business - with Amy Kuo 22:26

3+ y ago22:26

22:26

I am once again extremely proud and privileged to have another equally inspiring woman on the Two Red Chairs podcast. Amy Kuo, all the way from Orlando, Florida (USA) joined me on the proverbial red chair to share her story about how she started her design business Author Brand Studio. Now you might think, why would you quit a dream job at Disney? …

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EP 24 - Self taught creative turned designer - with Loz Chai 27:37

3+ y ago27:37

27:37

I’m always in awe of my fellow creatives who are self-taught. Many of whom are far better designers than I am, which makes me really question that $30k design degree even more… that I’m still paying off. This week is an inspiring, authentic and down to earth conversation with a fellow Aussie designer, Loz. She’s had a hard road to get to where she …

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EP 23 - Email blunders and internships - with Jeremy Mura 15:35

3+ y ago15:35

15:35

Who hasn’t sent an email that wasn’t supposed to be sent? Maybe it went to the wrong person or you included the wrong people. Well this is what happened to fellow Sydney designer, Jeremy Mura when he was an intern designer and made a blunder sending his bosses a CC’d email chain that shouldn’t have been forwarded on 🙈 To connect with Jeremy, find h…

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EP 22 - The challenges of landing a design job after graduating design school - with Max Goodwin 35:38

3+ y ago35:38

35:38

It’s a hat-trick of Canadian’s to join me on the red chairs! Max Goodwin is with me this week to share his recent story of finding his feet in a design job. It’s a story many of us will have tried and maybe failed or succeeded. But what Max did (in addition to changing the line of work he did from Engineering to Design) at the same time as sending …

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EP 21 - Firing a problem client - with Nick McGraw 35:56

3+ y ago35:56

35:56

Well what do we have here…another Canadian? Nick McGraw from McGrawesome Design is this weeks guest in the second red chair. Sharing a story I heard him talk about in a Clubhouse chat a couple of weeks ago. Which was about how he overcame a troublesome client that left Nick with no other choice but to part ways, refund the money and learn from that…

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EP 20 - Don’t be talked into work you don’t want to do - with Julian Rotondo 13:18

3+ y ago13:18

13:18

We are back with guests on Two Red Chairs with this new format of sharing design and business stories with one another to learn from, be inspired by, relate to or even avoid some of the pitfall experiences we have as creatives. And my first guest for 2021 is Julian Rotondo from Montreal, Canada. Julian shares his story of a recent problem client wh…

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EP 19 - Don't price each deliverable in a proposal 10:49

3+ y ago10:49

10:49

This is our my podcast episode back into the red hot chair after a lengthy hiatus last year. But it’s back with a new direction and a new cover art design! The new direction for this podcast is about sharing stories to help others learn from mistakes we’ve made, be inspired by each others processes and celebrate one another’s success. So in this fi…

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EP18 - The Logo Package Express - with Michael Bruny-Groth 51:02

4y ago51:02

51:02

Learn about the new Logo Package Express 2.0 for Adobe Illustrator--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP17 - Why Facebook groups can be toxic - with Mia Fileman 50:56

4y ago50:56

50:56

Why Facebook groups can be toxic--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP16 - What is UX Design? with Tony Daussat 1:06:09

4y ago1:06:09

1:06:09

Understand what UX design is and what a UX designer does--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP15 - Maintaining our creativity with Jess Horsfall 1:05:46

4+ y ago1:05:46

1:05:46

Maintaining our creativity for ourselves as designers--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP14 - Where has Frank been? 29:47

4+ y ago29:47

29:47

A quick catchup of where I've been and what I've been up to--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP13 - Design contracts with confidence with Riz from Foundd Legal 48:45

4+ y ago48:45

48:45

Design contracts with confidence--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP12 - Preparing our design business for market uncertainty 32:26

4+ y ago32:26

32:26

🎙 The 12th episode of Two Red Chairs - a G’day Design Life podcast, is LIVE! In this episode I’m chatting with just myself for the first time on the Two Red Chairs podcast about what we can do as designers in the current climate we are all experiencing...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message…

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EP11 - Success vs. Status with Shane Carroll 47:41

4+ y ago47:41

47:41

Success vs. Status - Which do you need more of as a designer--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP10 - Creating a healthy mindset with Mario Quezada 32:19

4+ y ago32:19

32:19

Creating a healthy mindset as creative entrepreneurs--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP9 - How to price your work as a designer with Michael Janda 56:14

4+ y ago56:14

56:14

🎙 The 9th episode of Two Red Chairs - a G’day Design Life podcast, is LIVE! In this episode, I’m chatting with the extremely knowledgeable, experienced, design educator at large and all-round nice dude, Michael Janda about all things pricing.As...--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message…

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EP8 - How can designers collaborate with big brands? 42:50

4+ y ago42:50

42:50

Frank talks brand partnership deals with Brandon Groce--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP7 - How can designers market themselves on Instagram 34:53

4+ y ago34:53

34:53

Frank and Shane Carroll talk through an approach for creating content on Instagram--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP6 - Frank and Jacob Cass talk logo design, blogs, newsletters and affiliate marketing 43:27

4+ y ago43:27

43:27

Frank talks with logo designer and branding aficionado, Jacob Cass--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP5 - Interview with Apple logo designer, Rob Janoff 23:36

5y ago23:36

23:36

My special guest for this episode is Rob Janoff, the man who designed the Apple logo back in 1977 for Steve Jobs when working as an Art Director for Regis McKenna advertising in Palo Alto, California. Rob was kind enough to sit down for this interview to talk design, critique, process and of course, the Apple logo. Which capped off a busy few days …

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EP4 - Frank and Diana Briceño talk about standing out as a designer on social media 41:08

5y ago41:08

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Frank and Diana Briceño talk about standing out as a designer on social media--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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EP3 - Frank and Connor Fowler discuss if our design prices should be shown on our website 1:00:04

5y ago1:00:04

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EP3 - Frank and Connor Fowler discuss if our design prices should be shown on our website--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gdaydesignlife/message

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