Episodes
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about custom furniture design, the purpose of scale models and why creative lighting design can be so much fun!Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Custom furniture design - Lighting design in the apartment - The purpose of scale models - Creating a scale model of your home - Lego Bonsai tree + cars - Intentional model making - Creative lighting designAll the links, all the time!...
Published 04/12/24
Published 04/12/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about getting ready for Singapore, Muji closing in Square One and we contemplate what it's like being a designer at Ikea. Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Getting ready for Singapore! - Efficiency of public transport - Psychology of travel - Muji closed in Square One! - Preparing for a Muji order - Being a designer at Ikea - Ikea hacksAll the links, all the time! Industrial...
Published 04/10/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about design goals in your portfolio, defining an efficient project brief and why it is important to show off what you enjoy doing!Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - You can't focus on everything - Design goals for your portfolio project - What is your project for? - Defining a project brief - Keep it concise! - Show what you enjoy doingAll the links, all the time! Industrial...
Published 04/05/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about preparing for the eclipse, Design Theory YouTube channel and the importance of adding design context for your project.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Construction on the roads - Preparing for the eclipse - Portfolio review videos - Design Theory - Effective portfolio design - Design context for your projectsAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity &...
Published 04/03/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about Dylan's book idea project "Australia Exposures", developing stories into a photo book and the power of cross polinating creative streams.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Australia exposures - Taking photos all the time on your phone - Developing stories along with your photos - The power of the written word - Travel sketches - Cross polinating creative strea,sAll the links,...
Published 03/22/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about learning through adversity in school, craving the design process again and discovering the best ways to work as a team.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Bad, snowy weather - Different skills in your friend groups - Learning through adversity - Going against the grain - Craving the design process againAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity &...
Published 03/20/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about feeling satisfied in our jobs, designing our dream job experiences and reflecting on what we want out of our creative careers & life.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - We hate winter - Feeling satisfied in a job - Designing our dream job - How do we find creative direction? - Navigating multiple ideas - What is our dream job? - Using time to reflect on our design goals -...
Published 03/06/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about Teenage Engineering, 2024 Design trends and armchair theories about the color orange. Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - New headphones - Teenage Engineering - 2024 design trends - Somegreythings.com - Armchair theories on the color orange - Becoming a clock guy - Dieter RamsAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial Design...
Published 03/01/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about bad driving weather, Zak's design deep dive, feeling comfortable with the Adobe system.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Thunderstorms in February - Bad driving weather - Models for Vegas - Zak's design deep dive - Paying for Adobe Creative Cloud - Feeling comfortable with AdobeAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial...
Published 02/28/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about Zak's new discovery at ikea, dedicating a whole roll of paper to one project and the economics of sketchbooks.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Ikea trip! - Sketching on a big roll of paper - Sketchbook economicsAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial Design related business inquiries: Big Design Company Website:...
Published 02/09/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about Dylan's speed skating lessons, Death Stranding 2 and an update on the new show schedule.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Dylan's speed skating - Death Stranding 2 is out! - Playing Death Stranding again - Becoming a gamer? - Busy season at workAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial Design related business inquiries: Big...
Published 02/07/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat getting back into industrial design, working in a team environment and catering to your own professional interests.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Getting back into ID - Knack design studio - Working in a team environment - Catering to our own professional interests - Niche to get richAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial...
Published 01/26/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about food at weddings, finding your sub-niche and doing the projects that you want.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Food at a wedding - Dyl is in is pear era - Finding your sub-niche - Waiting for the people to come to you - Doing projetcs you enjoy - Thoughts on the commute - Diluting the design market - Low quantity, high value work - Working as a team All the links, all the...
Published 01/23/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about knowing when to stop, Keither Herring & KAWS at the AGO and Dieter Rams' design book.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Knowing when to stop - Books from the holidays - Kieth Herring at the AGO - KAWS at the AGO - Dieter Rams - a complete work - The art of death stranding - The Creative Gene - Makehastecorp.comAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity...
Published 01/19/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about working late nights in the garage, freelance model making and knowing how to kill it in your niche.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Working the late hours in the garage - Kangasaur drawings - Models to build in 2024 - Freelance model making - Adding soul to your models - Productize yourself course - some thoughts - Kill it in your nicheAll the links, all the time!...
Published 01/16/24
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about our Christmas plans, making baby steps with Dylan's website progress and second guessing your creative decisions.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Working the late hours - Christmas plans - Baby steps with creating a website - Figuring out where to start - Cleaning up your digital scans - Using mockups on our website - Generative Fill & Mockup creating - Second guessing...
Published 12/12/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about the Design Joy course "Productize Yourself", setting yourself up for success and why investing in yourself is the best decision you can make. Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Design Joy course - Productize Yourself - Brett Williams designer - Setting yourself up for success - Benefits of doing online courses - Making it all worth it All the links, all the time! Industrial...
Published 12/08/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about designing walnut furniture for the apartment, making edits to the Squarespace website and Zak's model making updates. Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Dyl's minimal lifestyle - Walnut furniture design - DIY standing desks - Making edits to Dylan's website - Finding momentum - Model making with ZakAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity &...
Published 12/05/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about having vast design interests, creating a mood board out of your own work, experimental projects.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Live thinking with Zak - Having vast interests - Portfolios vs websites - Instagram IS your portfolio - Creating a mood board of your own work - Experimental projects are important - Visiting the AGOAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design,...
Published 11/24/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about Dyl's adventure at a book signing, building a custom website and the challenges of making an industrial design portfolio. Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Dyl's adventures to get a book signed - Sketching kangasaurs - Are websites still worth it? - It's easy to design something complex - Making a design portfolio - Professional vs student projectsAll the links, all the...
Published 11/21/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about PC part design, design programs on a PC and Dylan decides whether or not to go with a specced out laptop or a PC.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - PC Build - PC Part design - The process of building a PC - Design programs on a PC - Bare bones UX design - Windows 11 - Building a PC vs a stacked laptopAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity &...
Published 11/10/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about the October hiatus, Muji & Uniqlo and Dylan's creative progress with Kangasaur art.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - The October hiatus - Finishing sketchbooks with Kangasaur art - Muji vibes - Shopping experience at Uniqlo - The PC buildAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For Industrial Design related business inquiries: Big...
Published 11/07/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat Dyl's Kangasaur painting project, doing work for yourself vs working for a client and understanding how many balls you can juggle at a time.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Kangasaur project - Dyl's creative fuel - Doing work for yourself vs a client - Ideas are cheap - When you think work will take longer than it does - How many balls can you juggle? - InktoberAll the links, all...
Published 10/06/23
Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! Today we chat about concept art for The Creator, Jason Encabo on Ash Thorp's podcast and a quote from Virgil Abloh.Industrial Design, Creative Inspiration & Personal Projects! - Dune concept book - Concept art for The Creator - Oats Studios films - Jason Encabo on Ash Thorp's podcasy - Finding your creative fuel - A quote from Virgil AblohAll the links, all the time! Industrial Design, Creativity & Inspiration! For...
Published 10/03/23