Design Life
Episodes
023: Being your own worst critic
25 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Critiquing your own work is an important skill to learn, especially when it comes to side projects. When you set yourself a brief, you have to learn t...
022: Long term thinking and planning
18 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We always want to be moving forward and progressing towards our goals. In this episode we discuss long term thinking and the importance of setting goa...
021: Overcoming lack of motivation
11 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Motivation is vital to working on side projects, and a positive mindset is key to staying motivated. In this episode we discuss how these things work ...
020: How to push through Creative block
03 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Creative block is scary. It’s something that every creative goes through, and it’s something that tends to sneak up on you. In this episode we dis...
019: How to find Inspiration
28 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Inspiration isn’t just a pretty image you find on Dribbble, it’s a way of looking at things in a new light. In this episode we discuss what it mea...
018: The role of a side project in your career
21 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Side projects can be an important and useful part of your career path. They can also be a huge distraction from your day job if you let them. In this ...
017: Stress management
14 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re having a heart-to-heart about stress and how we deal with it. We discover that for us a lack of control (be that of technology or ot...
016: Prioritising tasks for personal projects
07 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At work we have managers, co-workers or clients relying on us to get things done. When it comes to our personal projects we often don’t have the sam...
015: Facing Imposter Syndrome
29 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Imposter syndrome, that feeling that you’re not good enough for what you’re doing, affects many creatives and it can be hard to overcome. In this ...
014: How to get up early
22 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
On week days, we get up early to fit in a couple of hours work on side projects before we begin our day jobs. In this episode we chat about how we shi...
013: Attracting Clients
15 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re talking about why it’s better to attract clients than go out and approach them yourself. We think it’s the best way to get a pro...
012: Work/Life Balance
08 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For those of us with many things on the go, the traditional work/life balance is more of a work/life/side project balance. Dividing our time between t...
011: Positioning yourself as a designer
01 Feb 2016
Contributed by Lukas
There comes a point in every designer’s life where they decide what kind of designer they’re going to be. In this episode we chat about the differ...
010: Working with people who aren't designers
25 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
As designers we work with a wide range of people on projects: copywriters, clients, developers, project managers and more. The diversity is awesome an...
009: Making and Managing Time
18 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
You only get 24 hours in a day. How you use it is up to you. In this episode we talk in depth about how we structure our days and manage our time (and...
008: Setting goals for side projects
11 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re talking about side project goals and their value. You’ll hear what our own goals are for our projects and how they’ve chan...
007: Finding motivation and staying focussed
04 Jan 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We all struggle with motivation and focus at times; whether it’s for a design school project you’re just not connecting to or perhaps a side proje...
006: Taking action on your ideas
28 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
As creatives we find that coming up with ideas is easy, but acting on them to make them a reality is the hard part. It’s awesome but overwhelming, h...
005: Working for free in exchange for exposure
21 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
We’re tackling a hot topic in this episode: doing design work for free in exchange for exposure. It’s a big issue in the design industry as it dev...
004: Should you have a personal brand?
14 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re talking about the importance of having a personal brand, and how it’s more than just a logo; it’s the essence of everythin...
003: The self taught vs. formal education debate
07 Dec 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we’re talking about learning design, and discussing whether designers should get a formal education or teach themselves. We go throu...
002: Who we are
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
Get to know us in this episode as we discuss our jobs, passions and paths to becoming the designers we are today. We chat about why we love working in...
001: Why have a side project?
30 Nov 2015
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of Design life, we discuss one of our favourite topics: side projects. What makes a side project more than a hobby? How can they ...