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Design Life is a podcast about design and side projects for motivated creators. It was born after your hosts, two serial side project addicts, saw a gap in the podcast market for a conversational show about design and the issues young creatives face, that was hosted by two women.
Marketing designer at ConvertKit and with 100K subscribers on YouTube, Charli speaks at conferences and runs her own online store
Designer at Uber, Femke writes about creative self-help and achieving your goals. She also interviews under-rated creatives on Medium
What are design principles and how do they differ from design systems? In this episode we answer your questions about design principles and offer some direction as to how you can begin to define them for yourself.
Dealing with office politics? This episode of Design Life has you covered. We’re taking a break this week from our recent design focused episodes to answer a listener query - how best to deal with office politics. It can be tricky to keep a clear head when your work is impacted by factors outside of your control but doing so can make all the difference to your productivity.
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In this episode of Design Life, we discuss running design sprints. In the Product/UX community for the last couple of years, design sprints have been growing in popularity. As a UX designer herself, Femke has run a couple of mini design sprints at Uber and found them useful. We talk about the what, why and how of design sprints and give you the steps you need to introduce them at your workplace.
"I highly recommend this week’s episode of Design Life! Extremely relatable experiences with being overwhelmed, and solid advice."
"Design Life is inspiring, motivating and thought-provoking. A must-listen for people in all stages of their creative careers!"
"Loved the Design Life episode on confidence and the sentiment that it comes from experience not always skill - keep working, keep improving"
"Packed with quality conversation about the process of design and hurdles of the creative community. It has become part of my commute!"
"Design Life is one of the highlights of my week. Recorded in a conversational style, the Podcast is full of insights, advice and topics on design. I love it!"
"Design Life is a breath of fresh air in this noisy market of design podcasts. Charli and Femke share past experiences, failures, and aspirations."
