Make and Design with Carina Gardner
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Make and Design with Carina Gardner is a arts podcast hosted by Carina Gardner. It has 587 episodes, with the latest published April 2026.
Carina Gardner, Ph.D. unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design. She was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware, sewing patterns to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs and die cutting files for Silhouette while teaching other designers how to create meaningful businesses with their design work.
arts ·en ·587 episodes
Episode 560 The Anatomy of A Product That Sells
Episode 559 How To Do A Spring Edit of Your Shops
Episode 558 4 Lessons I Learned About Design Leadership
557 The Key 3 Things Who Are Winning Are Doing
556 Build Your Own Defined Design Process
Episode 555 Business Breakthroughs with Elizabeth Chappell
Episode 554 How YOU Need to Transform To Become Who You Want To Be
Episode 553 Real Confessions of What Is Happening With Design Suite and the University of Arts & Design
Episode 552 The Simple Truth About Owning A Business
Episode 551 Clarity Over Creativity
Episode 550 Attention is Limited
Episode 549 Dishing the Tea with Lori Whitlock
Episode 548 Goal Setting Made Simple
Episode 547 Real Results from a University of Arts & Design Student Brenna Powell
Episode 546 Your Year of Intention
545 - A Sneak Peek At Our Family Life During the Holidays
544 - Four-C Model of Creativity
543 - End of Year Tribute to Lindsay Bowerman
542 - Is AI Cutting Down Idea Diversity? The Troubling Results of One Study
541 - Abundance Thinking + A Book Recommendation
540 - Pulling Back the Curtain on Virtual Conferences
Episode 539 - Lessons I Recently Learned From a Plumber
Episode 538 - Julie Thompson’s Gluten-Free Breakthrough with Foundations Built from Design Suite
Episode 537 - Want to Crush 2026? Here’s Why I Start Planning in October
Episode 536 - I'm A Designer. Now What?
Episode 535 - The Startling Truth About What AI Is Doing To The Design Industry
Episode 534 - Feeling Behind? Listen to This
Episode 533 - The Locked Drawer
Episode 532 - Negotiation Secrets Every Designer Needs with Carina Gardner & Susie Tomenchuk
Episode 531- Feeling Invisible? 3 Marketing Layers You Need
Episode 530 - Is It Too Late To Start A Design Career?
Episode 529 - Designing While Momming - How I Built My Business With Kids At Home
Episode 528 Design Advice I Would Give My Younger Self
Episode 527 Why Does Creative Potential Suffer?
Episode 526 How to Price Your Design Work When You're Just Starting Out
Episode 525 Design Entrepreneurship & Leadership Skills You Can Learn to Do NOW with Vincent Wanga
Episode 524 Designing for Profit: Why Some Creatives Make It and Others Don’t
Episode 523 3 Mistakes New Designers Make (and How to Avoid Them)
Episode 522 Income for Designers: What Really Works in 2025
Episode 521 From Hobby to Business: Turning Your Design Skills Into Cash
Episode 520 How to Become a Graphic Designer and Work from Home
Episode 519 Dishing the Tea with Event Coordinator Sarah Cannon
Episode 518 Pull the Weeds, Water the Roots: How to Grow a Business That Lasts
Episode 517 The Marketing Dilemma for Designers
Episode 516 Dishing the Tea with Daughter Felicity
Episode 515 The Grasshopper and The Ant
Episode 514 Recap of the Design Business Conference
Episode 513 Drowning in Too Much Too Do
Episode 512 Dishing the Tea with Daughter Felicity
Episode 511 Simple Traffic Tricks with Pinterest with Nadalie Bardo
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