Design and Whine

When was the last time we were inspired? How do we get inspired? What does it feel like to be inspired? What kills inspiration? Cool Basquiat video: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G9pnE0bnfE⁠

What is our design process? Do we even have one? What's the best "handoff" we've experienced? How do we both approach deadlines and time management? How do we handle tasks?

Rapid fire questions and our reflections on 2023. What books have you read?What did you learn this yearWhat was your favourite and least favourite thing this year?What are your New Year resolutionsOur hopes for the podcastStupid ideasFree ideas for side projects See you all in the New Year!

A response to an industry existential crisis More bullet points are available on request.

Tune in to learn how Au was once paid €600 to not design a logo, or how Luis paid £3000 for a business that failed before it even started. Or maybe how Au messed up her friend's travel blog, or when Luis accidentally emailed his CEO some particularly blunt feedback.

It turns out that we've both lost jobs, been promoted to managers without wanting to, and had to make career switches with our backs against the wall. Join us in this episode where we talk about our past experiences of bad career stuff happening and how we navigated it. Bonus points to Au for using a quote from Frozen in here.

What was your first conference? Did you enjoy it? Was it fun, scary? Did yo meet anyone that you're still in touch with? Conferences can be pretty overwhelming even for the more extroverted amongst us, but they are seemingly something we need to do in order to "climb the ladder". We're both unsure about how much weight is put on them, both for the privilege angle, but also because maybe we can just be happy with the work we do and enjoy that1

We met via networking! Despite it being something that we're all told to do in order to progress in our careers, it can feel a little gross. In this episode we talk about the different forms of networking, what you can do if you really don't want to engage in it, and admit that privilege plays an unfortunately large part in most of this.

Stacking efforts

It's hard. We've been there, you've been there. Let's answer some important questions to get you started:

We both listen to a lot of podcasts, buy courses we never take, and get bored with circular conversations about how to craft the perfect component, pick the right border radius, and construct accessible colour palettes. So we decided to make our own show where we will try as little as possible to talk about the pixel-pushing side of design. We’re aiming to talk about things like finding a job, working hours, burnout, change management, side projects, work friendships, and basically all the stuff you don’t get taught about until you experience it first-hand. Each episode will be under 30 minutes, and if you like it we will keep this up. If you have any suggestions for episode topics, let us know!