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What is the job of a designer, and how can I become a designer? We interview leading designers to find out. Good design has the power to improve the world and our experience of it. Bad design can add to the world’s growing problems. Work In Design aims to inspire the next generation of designers, engineers, and problem solvers to tackle issues relative to their lifetime and beyond. If you’re a young creative person and you’re wondering what jobs could suit you after school, or perhaps you’d ...
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Furniture Design and Design Education with Dr Lynn Jones
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Today I’m joined by Dr Lynn Jones. A doctor of furniture no less as Lynn holds a Phd in furniture design. Lynn’s business, ‘Lynn Jones Associates’ specialises in career advice for the furniture industry and searching for specialist staff. Lynn spent spent 30 years as a furniture design educator, running the Masters level furniture design course at …
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Today I’m joined by Michael Omotosho. Michael is an Industrial Designer based in Bradford, Yorkshire. He’s worked as a freelance designer, launched his own products and now works for Jaguar Land Rover in innovation. Michael was educated in Nigeria before moving to the UK and has experience with convincing his support network that design is a ‘prope…
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Design and Entrepreneurship with Zoe de Pass
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Today I’m joined by Zoe De Pass. Zoe has worked across interior design, furniture design, trend analysis and fashion. Today, Zoe’s known predominantly for her work on social media as ‘dress like a mum’, working with big brands such as Marks & Spencer and Samsung. Zoe also squeezes in running her own eyewear brand and being a mum of 3! This episode …
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Interior Design & Creative Direction with Fiona Kennedy
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Today I’m joined by Fiona Kennedy. Fiona’s been working in design for over 20 years and is currently a leader in design at Education First (EF). EF operates schools in over 100 countries and has over 50,000 employees. I’m excited to hear about what role design plays in such a huge organisation and of course I want to know how Fiona got design in th…
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Today I’m joined by Stefan Bench. Stefan is a Senior Industrial Designer at one of the most iconic Architectural practices in the World. Foster and Partners have changed the urban landscape globally with buildings ranging from stadiums, to airports, museums and skyscrapers. There are too many to iconic buildings to name but perhaps people will reco…
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Industrial Design & Creative Direction with Kirsty Whyte
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Today I’m joined by Kirsty Whyte. Kirsty has been working for over 10 years in various disciplines in design. She is currently a Brand and Design Director and has held previous roles as Director of product innovation and Creative Director. On top of all of this Kirsty has also founded her own luxury watch brand and Design studio. Kirsty has had a b…
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Design Careers with Fabrizio Cocchiarella
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Today I’m lucky to be joined by not only a designer but a degree and masters level educator. This is an important episode as we’ll get some perspective from working as a designer and also some insight into design education after school. Fabrizio Cocchiarella, Fab as most people call him studied design right through to Master’s level at the Royal Co…
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Ric Frampton has been working as a designer for the best part of 20 years. He’s worked at 2 of the leading furniture manufacturers in the UK and in 2018 he took the plunge and begin his own design consultancy. I’ve known Ric a long time and I’m excited to talk about his journey. Hopefully we can take some tips on a successful design career and star…
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Today I’m joined by Zefa Mongan. Zefa is Associate Director at MCM, based in London. MCM is a design practice specialising in architecture, interior design, workplace strategy and behavioural change. Zefa is passionate about encouraging a new generation of designers, which is how we originally introduced. So … I’m excited to learn about Zefa’s care…
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Good design has the power to improve the world and our experience of it. Bad design can add to the world’s growing problems. We must inspire and equip the next generation of designers, engineers, and problem solvers to tackle issues relative to their lifetime and beyond. Design is perhaps one of the more niche careers that is difficult to gain insi…
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