My Life In Design Podcast

Nov 20 2024 59 ep. 49 mins 10

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How did some of the some of the world’s best designers, strategists, and agency leads, get into design? How did they know it was even a thing they could form a career around? I’m Claire Blyth, founder of design focussed PR agency Red Setter. I’ll be speaking to some of my favourite people in design to talk about how they got where they are today.

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Henry Steiner, Founder of Steiner&Co

Nov 20 2024 28 mins

In the final episode of this series, Claire has the honour of speaking to Henry Steiner, founder of Steiner&Co, also known as the ‘Father of Hong Kong Graphic Design. Fresh from being the subject of a recent exhibition at the M+ gallery in Hong Kong, 90-year-old Henry shares his long and insightful journey in design, starting with being awe-struck by a piece of packaging desi

Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe - Co-Founders of Wiedemann Lampe.

Nov 13 2024 61 mins

This week Claire meets up with Benji Wiedemann and Alex Lampe, who co-founded the design agency Wiedemann Lampe. They share their lives in design and the evolution of their studio working in the cultural space and the skill of being able to articulate intangible things.They share their share the impact of starting their careers in the dot.com boom era of the early noughties… and

Julia Beardwood - Founder of Beardwood&Co

Nov 06 2024 47 mins

This week Claire sat down with Julia Beardwood, founder of New York agency Beardwood&Co, to hear her unconventional journey into design, via mathematics and marketing, to advertising, then the switch to branding at Landor.She shares the secrets behind her transition into the world of brand design (and her move to New York from the UK via Paris) The importance of honesty and dir

Dick Powell - Co-Founder of Seymour Powell

Oct 30 2024 44 mins

This week on the podcast Claire sat down with Dick Powell, co-founder of product design and innovation agency Seymour Powell, to talk all things design. Dick talks about everything from design education to founding a business, working on designs for spaceships, and what ‘brand’ actually means to him. He shares his early interest in design and its evolution from architecture to

Fe Amarante - Founder and Principal of Experimenta

Oct 23 2024 42 mins

This week Claire meets up with Fe Amarante founder and principal of Experimenta, whose career spans major companies like Coca-Cola, Danone, and The Hershey Company. Now running her own agency, Experimenta, focusing on sustainable creativity, she shared her life in design so far. Fe talks about the evolving perception of in-house creative roles and their potential for fulfilment, th

Ian Ritchie - Designer & Co-Founder JKR

Oct 16 2024 64 mins

This week Claire meets up with design legend Ian Ritchie to talk about his life in design, from his early experiences of earning his way with signwriting, to art school and the evolution and growth of design agency JKR. Ian shares his story of JKR, from co-founding, to the challenges and the big decisions made to enable success. He talks about the relationship between design and ad

Jolene Delisle - Founder and Creative Director of New York’s The Working Assembly.

Oct 09 2024 32 mins

This week Claire sits down with Jolene Delisle, founder and creative director of New York’s The Working Assembly. Jolene shares her journey into the design and branding industry, from internships, to founding The Working Assembly in 2017 with the goal of supporting the start-up scene in New York at the time. Jolene talks about her commitment to supporting emerging brands, especia

Fred Gelli, co-founder and CEO of Tatil

Oct 02 2024 51 mins

This week, Claire meets up with Fred Gelli, co-founder and CEO of Brazil’s largest independent design agency, Tatil. Fred shares his journey from engineering, to discovering his passion for design and co-founding an agency, and working on major projects including the 2016 Rio Olympics, the Rio Carnival, and a 17-year collaboration with Coca-Cola. He talks about his informative ex

Joanne Chan - CEO of Turner Duckworth

Sep 25 2024 60 mins

This week Claire catches up with Joanne Chan CEO of Turner Duckworth.Joanne shares her journey from fine arts to the world of design and working with some major brands like Coca-Cola and Amazon. She talks about how her background in fine arts helped lead to success in the competitive design industry.How brands need to evolve and what distinguishes a truly iconic logo from the rest

Domenic Lippa - Pentagram partner (and Chair). LIVE at the London Design Festival.

Sep 18 2024 51 mins

My Life in Design is back - recorded LIVE at the London Design Festival with designer Domenic Lippa, Pentagram partner (and chair) and Festival design director.Earlier this week we had the absolute pleasure of hosting a LIVE podcast recording of ‘My Life in Design’ as part of the London Design Festival. Marking the 50th episode and start of series 6, Domenic sat down with host