The Variable Design Podcast
1) Top 10 questions of young designers ANSWERED with Jon Bennett
This is the first of many episodes where we dive into addressing the top 10 questions young industrial designers face. What skills are most important for a successful career in industrial design?Stude...Show More
2) Stand Out!- How to be more memorable and more valuable to companies as a designer.
There's a sea of industrial designers out there, how can you stand out? Everyone is trying to stand out... but how can you actually do it?Skill StackingWe talk about the ins and outs of skill st...Show More
3) YOU - the problem and the solution. Breaking out of a rut as an industrial designer
I used to enjoy my job, and now it's terrible. I aspire to be a great industrial designer, but I feel like I'm pigeon holed in my current role. I'm not growing as a creative. I feel stu...Show More
YOU - the problem and the solution. Breaking out of a rut as an industrial designer
49:06 | Nov 28th, 2023
4) Banger actually a bust? How to handle times when you're not proud of your design work.
You won't always be able to give something 100%... heck sometimes 50% is all you've got. What do you do when you want to hit a home run, but you feel like you've struck out? In this ep...Show More
Banger actually a bust? How to handle times when you're not proud of your design work.
1:00:41 | Oct 5th, 2023
5) You don't know what you don't know- with Jack Marple
In this episode we jump on a call with Jack Marple, the Assistant Director of Design at Enlisted in Salt Lake City Utah to discuss design education and the top things that keep young (and old) designe...Show More
6) Design traps we fall for and how to navigate feedback with professionalism.
In this episode of The Variable Design Podcast we dive in and discuss Sushant Vohra's LinkedIn post: If you are a design student in 2023 don't fall for these 12 traps ↘1) Being first in your...Show More
Design traps we fall for and how to navigate feedback with professionalism.
56:30 | Sep 22nd, 2023
7) The Art of Design- with Steve Cozzolino
Steve Cozzolino, an award winning and distinguished industrial designer with over 25 years of consulting experience, earned a BFA in Industrial Design from the University of Notre Dame in 1993. Early...Show More
8) UGLY DESIGN ON PURPOSE- With Joey Zeledón
About Joey:Prior to starting his own practice, Joey led design teams over the past 15 years while working for companies like Clarks, Continuum, Smart Design, Steelcase, and HP. His design work has bee...Show More
9) Experience Design is Not (only) Digital, with Brian Roderman
Recognized as 1 of the 50 most notable designers over the last 50 years, Brian Roderman is the President and Co-Owner of IN2 Innovation, an experience innovation design agency that provides a global r...Show More
10) A Designer's Guide to Unconsciously Sabotaging Yourself
There are a number of ways that we as creatives can inadvertently keep ourselves away from progress. In this episode we talk about common ways we shoot ourselves in the foot as industrial designers, h...Show More