The Designer's Tightrope

Most professions have standard behaviors, expectations and dress codes, but designers have a particular challenge of living their own brand or even being the visual representation of a brand within a company. We explored what this tie to presentation does to designers' internal identity and social pressure. How we feel we have to dress, what hobbies are “better” and even what products we can work on to meet this standard. This pressure competes with designers’ curiosity and space to venture out into less explored or less glamorous products. How do we celebrate taste, style and trends for the fun explorations they are without pigeonholing designers into a uniform facade and losing our range?  More show content: beyondraypodcast.com