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Let's Talk Design
by Roman Cherfan
Let's talk Design connects valuable design insights with whoever wants to listen. We discuss the trends in Design, education, and ground-breaking technology and just get to know the people who drive our industry forward. Come along for the ride and refine your skills and design mindset in the process.
Episodes
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AI Without the Hype - Luke Pierce on What Businesses Really Need to Know - LTD
In this episode of the Let’s Talk Design Podcast, we sit down with Luke Pierce, founder of Boom Automations and AiAllstars, to explore how businesses can unlock the real return on investment of AI. Luke’s journey from logistics and supply chain engineering to building two AI-focused companies…
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How to Build Hardware Products Smarter and Faster | Keesjan Engelen, Titoma
In this episode of Let’s Talk Design, we sit down with Keesjan Engelen, founder and CEO of Titoma (Time To Market), a company that helps businesses design and manufacture complex electronic devices. With nearly 30 years of experience in Taiwan and China, Keesjan has worked at the intersection of...
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Fadi M. Abul Hussen - Product Design, Branding Strategy & Creative Identity
In this episode, we chat with Fadi M. Abul Hussen, a product designer and branding specialist with over 30 years of experience. From industrial design and 3D modelling to brand identity and packaging, Fadi shares his journey of transforming ideas into market-ready products. The role of surface...
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Emma Carter - Leadership, Innovation & The Future of Experience Design
In this episode, we sit down with award-winning design leader Emma Carter to explore her 20+ year journey in experience and strategy design, team leadership, and digital transformation. Emma shares insights on building design maturity across organistaions, how to work in a team environment and…
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Sabrina Schoenborn - Mechanical Engineering, Medical Device Design & Quantum Sensing
In this episode, we chat with Sabrina Schoenborn, a mechanical engineer working at the intersection of medical design and emerging technology. From developing the world's first arthroscopic robot to her current work in quantum sensing at Q-CTRL. Sabrina shares her journey, the challenges of...
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Rohan Primrose – Industrial Design, Injection Molding & Creo - CAD modelling
Episode with Rohan Primrose – Industrial Design Consultant& Founder of équipe design & consulting In this episode, we sit down with Rohan Primrose, a seasonedindustrial designer and owner / consultant at équipe design. With over 30 years of experience; from startups to $30B global corporations,...
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Richard Kirk - Architecture, Urban Design - City planning - Organic architecture - LTD
This week on Let's Talk Design I met with Richard Kirk. Richard is an architect and urban designer located in Brisbane. Richard is the founder of Kirk Studio which is an innovative architecture firm that combines use of traditional and modern materials to create a range of prominent projects...
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Marty Brown - Multidisciplinary design, how to boost creativity, design in nature - LTD
This week I met with Marty Brown. Marty is a multidisciplinary designer and founder of Secret Agency, a consultancy that tackles all aspects of a successful product launch. Throughout Marty's career he has worked for a range of organisations as well as starting Hollowway a boutique australian…
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Chris Thomson - Design Entrepreneurs, Venture capital, Startups - Lets Talk Design #30
Join me this week as I chat with Chris Thomson, an acclaimed industrial designer and co-founder of the innovative filmmaking accessory brand, Syrp. After honing his craft at 4 Design, Chris transitioned into entrepreneurship, where he’s not only created products but also actively invests in...
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Boris Brawer - Consumer electronics manufacturing, startup success l Lets Talk Design
On this week's episode of ‘Let's talk Design’ I met with Boris Brawer, CEO of the hardware manufacturing company ‘Made studio’ in Taiwan. Boris career as a design engineer varies greatly, from his time in Europe working for a range of consultancies, then shifting to his career in Asia leading him...
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Adam Barlow - Resmed, Purpose Design Lab | Lets Talk Design
On this weeks podcast I met with Adam Barlow. Adam is an Industrial Designer who started his career in the UK as a designer/model maker. Adam then moved his career to Australia to take a position at Resmed where he worked in a variety of roles and subject matter over the span of 13 years.…
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Ashley Marsh-Croft - Breville Product development manger - Large scale manufacturing - design process optimasiation | Lets Talk Design
On this week's episode of Let's talk Design, I discussed all things design with Ashley Marsh-Croft Product development manager at Breville. Ashley's background as a designer was developed working for prominent design organisations such as Tiller Design, 4 Design, as well as an internship with…
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Lincoln Black - Medical design/DFM, advanced materials, ergonomics | Lets Talk Design
Medical design/manufacturing, advanced material science, clinician-to-designer interactions, ergonomics On this week's episode, we have Lincoln Black. Lincoln started his career off at Avantech, exposing himself to a range of projects in a consultancy environment. Then moving on into the field of...
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Ed Ko - Nostalgia, Emotional Design, Design meetups, Organic design, and AI | Lets Talk Design
This week on Let’s Talk Design I met with Ed Ko. Ed’s career has spanned an interesting balance of Design practice as well as education. He started off his career working for prestigious Sydney consultants such as Vert Design and Alquemy. Then he moved to work as a tutor/lecturer at UNSQ, working...
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S02 E08 René & Elliot @ Furnished Forever - Lets Talk Design
This week on Let’s Talk Design I met with René Linseen and Elliot Bastianon from Furnished Forever. René and Elliot 6 years back now joined forces with a common passion for furniture, combining their backgrounds in Art and Design to create unique and visually stunning Australian-made pieces.…
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S2 E08 - Bojan Smiljanic - Lets Talk Design
This week on Let’s Talk Design I met with Bojan Smiljanic. Bojan has beat a different drum with his design career focusing on guiding start-ups towards success through strategic and physical design. In the podcast, Bojan discusses his time living in China and how it changed the way he looked at...
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S2 E07 - John Klinkenberg - Lets Talk Design
This week on Let’s Talk Design I met with John Klinkenberg. John has worked for a range of big-name organisations such as Rhino-Rack, Orica, Design Anthology, and currently the Melt in Newcastle. On the podcast, we discuss John’s experiences where he mentions the variety of organisations has…
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S2 E06 - Spencer Nugent - Lets Talk Design
This week on Lets Talk Design I met with Spencer Nugent, founder of the widely popular ‘Sketch-a-day’ educational channel. Spencer's passion for sketching has led him to write a range of popular books as well as become an educator on Hector Silvas's Offsite online design education course. On the...
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Dan Armstrong - Lets Talk Design - S02 E05
This week on Lets Talk Design I met with Dan Armstrong, Founder of Formswell Design in Canberra. Dan paved his career at his time working for Breville, after moving to Canberra and starting his consultancy Formswell. In the Podcast, we discuss Dan's career as an industrial designer where he lays...
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'Products designed for harsh environments' with Jonathan Tighe - Head of ID at Intellidesign - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Jonathan Tighe, Head of Industrial Design at Intellidesign. At Intellidesign Jonathan works on a range of commercial-grade products for the Agricultural, Defence, Medical, and other key commercial segments. Intellidesign operates out of Brisbane, manufacturing a large portion...
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S02 E03 - Sara Pontoppidan - Lets Talk Design
This week I met with Sara Pontoppidan, Design Director at Clandestine Design Group. Sara moved to Australia from Europe to start her career in design. She moved from CMD Strategy Design & Innovation and then moved on to Counterspace Design in Melbourne. Over the last 6 years, she has worked her…
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'Graduate designers talk graduating' with Henry Shaw - Industrial designer at Schneider Electric - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Henry Shaw. Henry is an upcoming Adelaide-based Industrial Designer who recently was awarded the Industrial/Product Design Graduate of the Year Award for SA/NT by The Design Institute of Australia. Following his recent graduation Henry has moved on to working for Schneider...
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'Diverse Automotive Design'' with Sam Payne - Design manager at Fordyno - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Sam Payne. Sam is an automotive designer who has worked for organizations such as JCB, Industrial Design Alliance, Design Q, and currently Fordyno. In these roles, he has worked across a variety of projects designing everything from furniture to VTOL airplanes. In his current...
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20th Podcast special! - With Rafael Gomez, Angus Chapman, Sara Pontoppidan and Neil Davidson
This week is the podcast's 20th episode anniversary so I thought I would do something special! We have Rafael Gomez, Head lecturer at QUT, Angus Chapman Senior design manager at Topconn, Sara Pontoppidan Industrial Design Director at Clandestine Design Group, and Neil Davidson CEO of Clandestine...
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'The future of Industrial Design' with Christoph Koch - Advanced CAD Lecturer at QUT - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Christoph Koch. Chris is a lecturer is QUT who teaches an advanced understanding of CAD. Chris also focused on understanding the role of an industrial designer in the coming world through his PHD. In the podcast, we discuss the past nature of ID and how our role could evolve…
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'Making the leap to freelance projects’ with Joey Zeledon - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Joey Zeledon. Zoey is an industrial designer who has worked for a range of organisations such as Clark Footwear, HP, Continuum, Smart Design, and more. His broad range of experience and strong community presence has instilled his place within the global design scene. More...
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'The language of design’ with Sophia Pavona – Innovative US architect- Lets talk ID
This week I met with Sophia Pavona. Sophia is an US based architect who started her career working for William Rawn Associates, Architects. Recently she has established her architecture practice SO-ZHA. In the podcast we discuss the language of design and how we can communicate interdisciplinary....
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'Taking a design approach to leadership' with Angus Chapman - Senior manager at Topcon - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Angus Chapman. Angus is a Brisbane-based Industrial Designer who has worked for a range of in-house and consultancy design teams over his long career. Currently, Angus works for Topcon, where uses his design background to positively influence his design team. At Topcon, Angus...
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'A new generation of designer' with Henrik Svanvig - UK based Automotive Designer - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Henrik an upcoming UK-based automotive designer. Henrik has worked for organisations such as Raptee Energy and currently VITAL, instilling his place in the Industry. During the podcast, we discuss a range of topics. We considered how automotive design has changed. We also...
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'A passion for teaching design' with Levi Swann - QUT lecturer, and Design researcher - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Levi Swann. Levi is a QUT lecturer, who has taken a real-world approach to his teaching, preparing his students for the industry while implementing a teaching style that ensures his students stay engaged and driven. Levi is also part of a range of design research projects…
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'Designing the cars of the future' with Saurabh Shah - Automotive designer at McLaren, Ford, Jaguar, VW - Lets talk ID
This week I met with Saurabh, a visionary Automotive Designer based in the UK. Saurabh has worked as an automotive designer for a number of years, working with well-known companies such as McLaren, Jaguar, Lamborgini, VW, Ford and more recently the electric vehicle company ZEEKR. Saurabh prides...
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'What is good Design? with Dr. Brandon Gien - CEO of Good Design Australia - Lets talk ID
This week I meet with Dr. Brandon Gien, CEO of Good Design Australia, Deputy CEO of the Australian Design Council, and Senator and Past-President of the World Design Organization (WDO), the global body for Industrial Design.Throughout Brandon's career, he has been a passionate advocate for…
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'Giving guidance to those who are willing to listen ' with Anson Cheung - Previous partner at Bould Design - Working with organistions like META, Google, ROKU - Lets talk ID
For this podcast, I met with Anson Cheung to discuss his career working as an industrial designer for technology hardware products in Silicon Valley. Anson was previously a partner at the successful firm Bould Design, where he worked on projects for organisations such as Roku, Google Robotics,...
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'Top tier Australian Design' with Nathan Pollock - Founder of Katapult Design - Lets talk ID
Nathan Pollock is the founder of the very successful Australian Design firm 'Katapult Design', with locations in Melbourne, Sydney and Byron bay. In the podcast, he discusses the nature of his professional life and how he is stepping back to allow the next generation of designers to emerge.…
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'Leveling up education' with Hector Silva - Founder of Online Industrial design course Offsite - Lets talk ID
I really enjoyed my time chatting with Hector Silva. Hetor has taken the initiative in creating an online Industrial Design course. His course 'Offsite' is targeted at people from all levels of Industrial design, spanning a non-designer to a seasoned professional. During the podcast he discusses...
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'Redesigning the Manufacturer to Designer Relationship' with Jeremy Bogan - EP.8 - Let's talk ID
This podcast features Jeremy Bogan, a man in a unique situation. He is a manufacturer currently operating from Shenzhen, China, who was born in Australia. This situation allows him to speak to the barriers between Designers and Manufacturers, offering insights into how we might optimise this...
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Michael DiTullo - Designer for Nike, Jordan, Polk - Let's talk Design
This week we have Michael DiTullo. Michael is a US-based Industrial designer who has worked with a plethora of high-profile clients spanning decades. He works to innovate through his designs, always bringing something new to the table. His diversity and commitment to his projects have led to him...
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David Shaw - The interelationship between Art and Design | Lets Talk Design
David Shaw is the director of 'Street and Garden' a Brisbane-based urban furniture design company and a member of the Design Institute of Australia. In the podcast, he discusses his background and the process he follows when designing furniture that not only suits the location but transforms the...
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EP-5 'Elevating Australian ID' with Neil Davidson - Lets talk ID
Last week I was lucky enough to have Neil Davidson on the podcast. We discussed a range of topics portrayed from the perspective of his successful design consultancy. Specifically, we discussed the skills he has noticed Designers are missing, and what we can do to fill his perceived education…
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EP-4 'Educating designers of the future' with Rafael Gomez - Lets talk ID
In this podcast, Rafael Gomez, Head lecturer at QUT discusses the nature of design education. He mentions how education has evolved to meet the demands of the real world, and how he sees the field adapting in the coming years. His passion for design is infectious, inspiring his students not by...
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EP-3 'Advocating for designers like you' with Greg Meyer - Lets talk ID
In this podcast, Greg Meyer from the Design Institute of Australia discusses who the DIA is and how they work to build community within Industrial Design. Greg also discusses his career where he has worked with prominent organisations such as Colgate, Energiser, Caterpillar, and Rio Tinto. Where…
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EP-2 'Form follows Function' with Anton Ruckman - Lets talk ID
Today we have a 'classic' Industrial Designer who has had a long career spanning multiple countries. He discussed the lessons he has learned along the way, and where he sees the future of design. Hope you enjoy it and don't forget to subscribe to stay up to date with the new podcasts. Instagram:...
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EP-1 The thrilling/terrifying time of being a post-grad student - Let's talk ID
For episode one, I have Kenny Lin, Liam Luski, and Augustine Jogy on to give insights related to their recent graduation from Industrial Design at QUT. Throughout the podcast, we discuss the positives and negatives of our education, whilst giving valuable information that would benefit a current…
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Let's talk Design connects valuable design insights with whoever wants to listen. We discuss the trends in Design, education, and ground-breaking technology and just get to know the people who drive our industry forward. Come along for the ride and refine your skills and design mindset in the process.
HOSTED BY
Roman Cherfan
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