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Daydreaming and Other Unconventional Career Lessons with Jude Pullen
Season 3 Episode 6
Most careers follow a path. Jude Pullen chose not to.
“I like being intellectually promiscuous; finding new tribes, then coming back with fresh ideas…
1 year ago
Why Most Design-Led Founders Fail (And How to Avoid It) | Jordan Nollman, Sprout
Season 3 Episode 5
Most founders obsess over the product. Jordan Nollman says that’s the wrong game.
“We don’t just design the product. We design the tribe around it.”
In…
1 year ago
$1,000, a Suitcase, and a Portfolio: How Stuart Lee Built Prime Studio on Grit and Relationships
Season 3 Episode 4
From Scarborough to Midtown Manhattan, Stuart Lee’s journey is one of grit, curiosity, and unshakable design intuition. In this episode, Chris sits d…
1 year ago
From Prototype to 200k Products: The Embr Labs Story with Sam Shames
Season 3 Episode 3
“What happened was just the market need was so strong… it kept pulling us forward.” — Sam Shames
In this episode, Chris sits down with Sam Shames — m…
1 year ago
How to Launch a Consumer Tech Product That Actually Matters with Emilie Williams
Season 3 Episode 2
“It wasn’t just about a new product — it was about a new category.”
In this episode of Why Design, I speak with Emilie Williams, industrial designer …
1 year, 1 month ago
How Brett Lovelady Helped Shape Modern Industrial Design (and Why He’s Still Just Getting Started)
Season 3 Episode 1
“The goal was always to amplify design’s value — not just make pretty stuff.”
We’re kicking off Series 3 with a true heavyweight in the world of indu…
1 year, 1 month ago
How to Stand Out in a Crowded Job Market | Bonus Episode
Season 2 Episode 17
Episode Summary
In this special live episode, Chris Whyte, founder of Kodu and host of Why Design, delivers an energetic and insight-packed session to…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why Nick Ford Drove a Lorry Over a Prototype (and What It Taught Him About Design)
Season 2 Episode 16
“We weren’t going to prove durability with a spreadsheet — we needed to drive a lorry over it and watch what happened.”
In this final episode of Serie…
1 year, 3 months ago
Why 97% of Hardware Startups Fail (and How to Avoid It) with Sera Evcimen
Season 2 Episode 15
"97% of hardware startups fail. And a lot of the time, it’s the same mistakes repeated over and over again."
In this episode of Why Design, I’m joined…
1 year, 4 months ago
Designing a Better Future with Seaweed: Georgios Gkotsis on Replacing Plastics at Scale
Season 2 Episode 14
“There’s a huge amount of innovation in sustainable materials—but very few are truly built around the problem.”
In this episode of Why Design, I’m joi…
1 year, 4 months ago