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Two Red Chairs
by G'day Design Life
Two Red Chairs - a G'day Design Life podcast. Hosted by Frank, this is a podcast for design business owners, design freelancers and in-house designers to share their experiences and listen to those of others, to become better designers and business owners. Each episode will dive into a key learning point from an anecdotal story that has shaped Frank and his guest's design life, to become better designers and business owners.
Episodes
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EP 37 - The end of Two Red Chairs
Don’t worry, it’s still going to exist, but the Two Red Chairs podcast name is going to be retired and transition to be called the G’day Design Life podcast with a new season of content. Still keeping the same content and the format going, just under a different name given I no longer sit in a…
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EP 36 - Two thing we need to talk about
This week it’s just me, Frank, sharing my thoughts on two particular topics I’ve covered in my content over on my @gdayfrank account on Instagram and even LinkedIn. The first of which is about dealing with instances of negative feedback and interactions from people. They could be clients, fellow...
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EP 35 - Taking the business owner leap and giving back - w/Brandi Sea
In this week’s episode, I’m chatting with American branding designer and coach, Brandi Sea from Albuquerque-Santa Fe. In our chat, Brandi shares her design life story that took her from agency life as an in-house creative, to starting her own business and since giving back to fellow creatives in...
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EP 34 - Finding fulfilment in doing what you love - with Danielle Clarke
In this week’s episode, I’m chatting with British branding designer, Danielle Clarke from Derbyshire, UK. In our chat, Danielle shares her story of becoming a design business owner and scratching that itch to start her business during the pandemic last year. It came out of realising the…
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EP 33 - Frank’s problems #2
This week it’s just me, Frank, sharing a design business problem for your to learn from. Back in episode 19, the first episode of 2021, I shared a problem I had of line item pricing a proposal that had a client tick off deliverables they deemed unnecessary. For the second edition of my problems…
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EP 32 - Less time accounting, more time creating - with James Fuller from Hnry
This week’s episode I’m chatting with the founder and CEO of Hnry - James Fuller from Wellington, New Zealand QUICK CAVEAT - Hnry is a service that is currently limited to Australian and New Zealand based business owners. But do reach out to their team if you want them to look at a bringing their...
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EP 31 - Living a design and business life with systems - with Marianne Børresen
This week’s episode I’m chatting with Norwegian branding designer and strategist, Marianne Børresen from Oslo, Norway. In our chat, Marianne shares her design life journey that led her to Interbrand at the start of her design career after university and took her through a raft of experiences...
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EP 30 - How does one start a design conference? - with Matthew Haynes
This week’s episode I’m chatting with an extraordinary Aussie designer, Matt Haynes who runs TDC - @the.design.conference up in Brisbane, Australia in June (16-18th). Now this episode is next level because Matt shares a tonne about his life and philosophy for it. Having started out in life as a...
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EP 29 - Only ONE logo option? - with Waldemar Perez
EP 29 - Only ONE logo option? - with Waldemar Perez This week’s episode I’m chatting with fellow branding designer Waldemar Perez from San Juan, Puerto Rico, about the impact that presenting only one logo option to his clients has made on his design process. I’m very aligned myself with…
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EP 28 - The impact strategic thinking has - with Richard Ajayi
This week’s episode I’m chatting with fellow branding designer Richard Ajayi from Lagos, Nigeria, about his transition of implementing strategic thinking into his branding process. For his process and client’s success, implementing brand stategy has allowed Rich to become a better designer and…
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EP 27 - Stepping into the spotlight for business success - with George Mussett
This week I’m sitting down in the proverbial red chairs with supermum and creative business owner, Georgia ‘George’ Mussett. As a fellow Aussie branding designer, George shares with us her story of how she’s built her own sustainable creative business. In our chat we cover the impact stepping…
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EP 26 - Becoming a brand strategist - with Stef Hamerlinck
This week I have a conversation with fellow branding designer, turned brand strategist, Stef Hamerlinck from Belgium. Stef shares his journey of how he discovery brand strategy and his transition of thinking from being a designer to uncovering what strategy means to him and for the clients he has...
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EP 25 - Quiting a dream job at Disney to start a design business - with Amy Kuo
I am once again extremely proud and privileged to have another equally inspiring woman on the Two Red Chairs podcast. Amy Kuo, all the way from Orlando, Florida (USA) joined me on the proverbial red chair to share her story about how she started her design business Author Brand Studio. Now you...
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EP 24 - Self taught creative turned designer - with Loz Chai
I’m always in awe of my fellow creatives who are self-taught. Many of whom are far better designers than I am, which makes me really question that $30k design degree even more… that I’m still paying off. This week is an inspiring, authentic and down to earth conversation with a fellow Aussie...
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EP 23 - Email blunders and internships - with Jeremy Mura
Who hasn’t sent an email that wasn’t supposed to be sent? Maybe it went to the wrong person or you included the wrong people. Well this is what happened to fellow Sydney designer, Jeremy Mura when he was an intern designer and made a blunder sending his bosses a CC’d email chain that shouldn’t…
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EP 22 - The challenges of landing a design job after graduating design school - with Max Goodwin
It’s a hat-trick of Canadian’s to join me on the red chairs! Max Goodwin is with me this week to share his recent story of finding his feet in a design job. It’s a story many of us will have tried and maybe failed or succeeded. But what Max did (in addition to changing the line of work he did…
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EP 21 - Firing a problem client - with Nick McGraw
Well what do we have here…another Canadian? Nick McGraw from McGrawesome Design is this weeks guest in the second red chair. Sharing a story I heard him talk about in a Clubhouse chat a couple of weeks ago. Which was about how he overcame a troublesome client that left Nick with no other choice…
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EP 20 - Don’t be talked into work you don’t want to do - with Julian Rotondo
We are back with guests on Two Red Chairs with this new format of sharing design and business stories with one another to learn from, be inspired by, relate to or even avoid some of the pitfall experiences we have as creatives. And my first guest for 2021 is Julian Rotondo from Montreal, Canada....
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EP 19 - Don't price each deliverable in a proposal
This is our my podcast episode back into the red hot chair after a lengthy hiatus last year. But it’s back with a new direction and a new cover art design! The new direction for this podcast is about sharing stories to help others learn from mistakes we’ve made, be inspired by each others…
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EP18 - The Logo Package Express - with Michael Bruny-Groth
Learn about the new Logo Package Express 2.0 for Adobe Illustrator
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EP17 - Why Facebook groups can be toxic - with Mia Fileman
Why Facebook groups can be toxic
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EP16 - What is UX Design? with Tony Daussat
Understand what UX design is and what a UX designer does
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EP15 - Maintaining our creativity with Jess Horsfall
Maintaining our creativity for ourselves as designers
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EP14 - Where has Frank been?
A quick catchup of where I've been and what I've been up to
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EP13 - Design contracts with confidence with Riz from Foundd Legal
Design contracts with confidence
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EP12 - Preparing our design business for market uncertainty
🎙 The 12th episode of Two Red Chairs - a G’day Design Life podcast, is LIVE! In this episode I’m chatting with just myself for the first time on the Two Red Chairs podcast about what we can do as designers in the current climate we are all experiencing...
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EP11 - Success vs. Status with Shane Carroll
Success vs. Status - Which do you need more of as a designer
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EP10 - Creating a healthy mindset with Mario Quezada
Creating a healthy mindset as creative entrepreneurs
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EP9 - How to price your work as a designer with Michael Janda
🎙 The 9th episode of Two Red Chairs - a G’day Design Life podcast, is LIVE! In this episode, I’m chatting with the extremely knowledgeable, experienced, design educator at large and all-round nice dude, Michael Janda about all things pricing.As...
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EP8 - How can designers collaborate with big brands?
Frank talks brand partnership deals with Brandon Groce
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EP7 - How can designers market themselves on Instagram
Frank and Shane Carroll talk through an approach for creating content on Instagram
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EP6 - Frank and Jacob Cass talk logo design, blogs, newsletters and affiliate marketing
Frank talks with logo designer and branding aficionado, Jacob Cass
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EP5 - Interview with Apple logo designer, Rob Janoff
My special guest for this episode is Rob Janoff, the man who designed the Apple logo back in 1977 for Steve Jobs when working as an Art Director for Regis McKenna advertising in Palo Alto, California. Rob was kind enough to sit down for this interview to talk design, critique, process and of...
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EP4 - Frank and Diana Briceño talk about standing out as a designer on social media
Frank and Diana Briceño talk about standing out as a designer on social media
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EP3 - Frank and Connor Fowler discuss if our design prices should be shown on our website
EP3 - Frank and Connor Fowler discuss if our design prices should be shown on our website
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EP2 - Frank talks with Pitchproof CEO, Ryan Hayward
Frank talks with Pitchproof CEO, Ryan Hayward
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EP1 - Frank talks sales and social media with Shane Carroll
Frank talks sales and social media with Shane Carroll
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Two Red Chairs - a G'day Design Life podcast. Hosted by Frank, this is a podcast for design business owners, design freelancers and in-house designers to share their experiences and listen to those of others, to become better designers and business owners. Each episode will dive into a key learning point from an anecdotal story that has shaped Frank and his guest's design life, to become better designers and business owners.
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Two Red Chairs - a G'day Design Life podcast. Hosted by Frank, this is a podcast for design business owners, design freelancers and in-house designers to share their experiences and listen to those of others, to become better designers and business owners. Each episode will dive into a key learning...
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