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WHY DESIGN? — 69 episodes

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Why Bob Schwartz Walked Into GE Healthcare Carrying 50 Dream Catchers

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No Engineering Degree. No Prototype. He Signed Up for CES Anyway | Floyd Freeman

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What Building the Production Machine Teaches You About the Design | Matt Batchelor

4

Why Getting Into John Lewis Still Wasn't Enough | Phil Staunton

5

Why the best hardware careers look like wrong turns from the outside | Felicity Boyce

6

Why the Softest Fruit is the Hardest Engineering Problem, And Robotics’ Potential | Sid Shaikh

7

Why Half the Country Can't Access Clean Energy, And What’s Changing | Rob Hallifax

8

Why Nobody Fixed This $12 Billion Surgical Problem, Until Now | Liz McGloughlin

9

Why the Worst Thing You Can Do Is Be the Designer Everyone Wants You to Be | Dan Salisbury, Automata

10

Why Fertility Treatment Is Broken (And What Needs to Change) | Tess Cosad on Building Béa Fertility

11

From Folding Bikes to Electric Aircraft: The Design Philosophy of Mark Sanders

12

The Quiet Discipline Behind Long-Lasting Design Businesses with Paul Metaxatos

13

Why Design Should Take Over the World: A Conversation with Tylan Tschopp

14

How Paul Marshall Built Rapid Fluidics into a Global Microfluidics Partner Through Curiosity and Good Engineering

15

Leading with Purpose: How Will Butler-Adams Scaled Brompton into a Global Icon

16

Designing Play: How Rémi Bigot Built Bitpong and a Creative Hardware Studio in Berlin

17

How FutureWave’s Joachim Blends Engineering, Intuition & Innovation Across Mobility, Tech & Robotics

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Designing at Scale: How Rich Thrush Turned Curiosity into a Career Across Brands

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Dr Vicky Lofthouse: Why Context Matters More Than ‘Less Plastic’ in Sustainable Design

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From BBC to Newlane: How Dom Cotton Built What Everyone Said Was Impossible

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Why the World Needs Designers Now More Than Ever With Dan Harden, CEO of Whipsaw

22

From Brain Surgery to Breakthrough: How Kenny Perkins Built the First E-Bike Helmet for Kids

23

How Jordan Diatlo Went From Layoff to Leadoff

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From Basement to 8-Figures: Reekon Tools & the Future of Hardware with Christian Reed

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Daydreaming and Other Unconventional Career Lessons with Jude Pullen

26

Why Most Design-Led Founders Fail (And How to Avoid It) | Jordan Nollman, Sprout

27

$1,000, a Suitcase, and a Portfolio: How Stuart Lee Built Prime Studio on Grit and Relationships

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From Prototype to 200k Products: The Embr Labs Story with Sam Shames

29

How to Launch a Consumer Tech Product That Actually Matters with Emilie Williams

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How Brett Lovelady Helped Shape Modern Industrial Design (and Why He’s Still Just Getting Started)

31

How to Stand Out in a Crowded Job Market | Bonus Episode

32

Why Nick Ford Drove a Lorry Over a Prototype (and What It Taught Him About Design)

33

Why 97% of Hardware Startups Fail (and How to Avoid It) with Sera Evcimen

34

Designing a Better Future with Seaweed: Georgios Gkotsis on Replacing Plastics at Scale

35

Why Most Hardware Startups Fail (and What Damon Bonser, CEO of British Design Fund Looks for Instead)

36

“You Quoted What?!” – Josh Valman on Pricing, Growth, and Painful Lessons

37

The Missing Skill in Design? Tim Perry on Why Commercial Awareness Matters

38

Making Space for Makers: How Michael Korn's Blue Garage is Empowering London’s Hardware Community

39

How to Design for Everything from Pizza Ovens to Gas Safety Devices with Hugo Martin

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From Sewage to Science: How Claire Trant and Untap Health Are Revolutionising Disease Detection

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From Meditation to Innovation: How Stefan Chmelik Designed a Breakthrough Stress-Relief Device

42

From Magician to Design Director: Nick Chubb’s Design Journey

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Inside Level: How Nichole Rouillac is Creating Meaningful, Inclusive Design

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Lessons from War Zones to Dyson: Tom Parsons' Journey to Founding Aetha Design

45

How Bebello is Redefining Parenting: Andrew Carr on Time-Saving and Sustainability

46

The Future of 3D Collaboration: Oluwaseyi Sosanya’s Vision Behind Gravity Sketch

47

Benn Klewpatinond on how he's building a thriving consultancy through story telling and personal branding.

48

Announcement! The Design Journeys Podcast is changing in January!

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From LEGO to Quarterre: Nick Mannion’s Journey Through Product, Place, and Play

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From Burnout to Breakthrough: Tracy Sharp’s Journey to Sharp Minds

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How Fred Russell-Pavier Brings Cutting-Edge Stability to Micro-Mobility at SuperSmith

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Michael König on Revitalising Iconic Brands Through Storytelling and Design Leadership

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Building a Brand Around Purpose and Simplicity with Oliver Murphy

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Consulting for Impact: Michael Bambino on Design and Brand Strategy

55

Tim Maclean | From Dyson to Founding a Design Consultancy: Lessons in Innovation and Resilience

56

Mark Joynson-Bickerstaffe on Designing with Purpose: Sustainability and Leadership in Product Development

57

Dale Backus on lessons learned building SmallHD to a market leader, selling and starting again.

58

From Kohler to Blendjet: William Gordon's Design Journey

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Tim Sharpe on how design can be a strategic advantage for non-design companies.

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Emily Moyer on Embracing AI and The Importance of Relationship Building and Networking for Industrial Designers

61

From Engineer to CEO: Ashley Sayed's Journey in Product Development Improving Supply Chains with SupliChainPro

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Tim Morton on The Importance of Constraints in Physical Product Design

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Adrian Berry on the Challenges and Lessons in Business Development for Design Consultancies

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Lea Stewart on Fulfillment and Growth in Your Work and Learning from Design Horror Stories

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Improving Medical Devices for Home Use: Dr. Kristi Bartlett's Research - The Power of User Insights in Design and Innovation

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Chris Johnson on his time at Speedo, FactoryDesign and writing his book "Design, Lead, Succeed"

67

Stefan Bridges' journey from designing Concorde interiors at FactoryDesign to Head of Design at Redbull

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The importance of inclusive design and how passionate people propel mission-led businesses towards their goals with Tom Malloy - Principal Designer and Inclusive Design Lead at Elvie

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Geoff Baldwin | People, Places and Things | Working at IDEO and IDEO.org, setting up his own consultancy and sports business, overcoming doubt and imposter syndrome and much more!