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D'Wayne Edwards on Design Loving Work and Reimagining Education
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Since he was a child, D’Wayne Edwards has had an incredible gift to draw what he sees. At age 17, he won a Reebok design competition, beating out professionals and college students nationwide. Since then, D’Wayne has built an incredible career and reputation as an elite designer and creative.
In this episode, you’ll hear D’Wayne’s Water the Bamboo story about how he built his career and eventually launched his own design school during a sabbatical at Nike.
Episode Highlights:
- 00:45 - How growing up in Inglewood, California shaped D’Wayne
- 02:31 - How one TV Guide magazine inspired his design career
- 07:46 - What happened when he entered into a design contest and won
- 09:29 - How to respond to “negaholics” and people who discourage
- 11:43 - The role his brothers played in his growth
- 18:21 - How loving your work is a “gift and a curse”
- 22:55 - What the design process is like
- 27:10 - How vision plays a role in creativity and design
- 31:24 - Letting things come to you
- 33:06 - Aha moment in the design community
- 37:02 - Advice to D’Wayne’s younger self
- 42:51 - What D’Wayne is most proud of after launching Pensole
- 45:55 - Who inspires D’Wyane
- 50:45 - How one sabbatical from Nike turned into a design school
Order the Water the Bamboo Book at https://amzn.to/3mPxcZu
Order the What's Going Well? Book at https://amzn.to/3rBePLy
Guest at a Glance
Dr. D’Wyane Edwards is a veteran shoe designer, and one of six designers ever to design an Air Jordan (21 and 22) in its 1st 23-year history. Edwards is also the founder of Pensole Footwear Design Academy.
Learn more about D’Wayne Edwards
Learn more about Greg Bell
More than just a motivational speaker, Greg Bell is a Portland, Oregon based thought leader, business consultant, and leadership coach. His popular books, What’s Going Well? and Water The Bamboo: Unleashing The Potential Of Teams And Individuals, have inspired an array of organizations, from Fortune 500 companies like Nike, Disney, and Comcast, to the Portland Trail Blazers and Division I NCAA athletic teams like the Oregon Ducks Football and the Gonzaga Bulldogs Basketball.
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