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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.
Designer at ConvertKit and YouTuber, Charli is passionate about side projects and helping creatives improve their craft and process.
Does using design freebies makes you any less of a designer? Listen to hear our thoughts on using elements other designers have made and are sharing for free. There is a time and place to use a freebie, we share how to use them to your advantage as a designer and when to avoid them. We also celebrate recording the 200th episode of the podcast!
In this week’s episode of Design Life we discuss how direct is being too direct with feedback and general workplace communication. With remote working and working from home in full swing, we have lost the office cooler moments and lunch time chit chat that help us navigate communication at work and give us an insight into how our work and contribution is being received by those around us. It can be difficult to get the tone right when communicating predominantly through email. Fear of being misunderstood can mean we over do the pleasantries and the most important message can be lost. We share how we keep our emails in check while being direct, empathetic and genuine.
You might wonder how much of yourself you should bring to work and how can you build friendships with the people you work with? We have built friendships of varying strengths in our workplaces and in this episode we share our success stories, the part company culture has to play in building friendships and the influence friends at work have had on our career.
"Design Life is inspiring, motivating and thought-provoking. A must-listen for people in all stages of their creative careers!"
"Packed with quality conversation about the process of design and hurdles of the creative community. It has become part of my commute!"
"Loved the Design Life episode on confidence and the sentiment that it comes from experience not always skill - keep working, keep improving"
"I highly recommend this week’s episode of Design Life! Extremely relatable experiences with being overwhelmed, and solid advice."
"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."
