The Variable Design Podcast
The Variable Design Podcast is an innovator's guide to all things related to product design, industrial design and manufacturing. It's a collection of interviews with industry experts who share their uncensored advice in order to help the next generation of designers and entrepreneurs take their ideas from conception to fruition. Episodes cover aspects of industrial design, graphic design, marketing, engineering, and manufacturing to give listeners key insights on how to successfully develop and sell a product in today's marketplace.
Podcasting since 2020 • 45 episodes
The Variable Design Podcast
Latest Episodes
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?Students are keen...
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54:57
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 stacking with the help of Sush...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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56:05
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 stuck but I don't know how to get out of my rut. ...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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49:06
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 episode we breakdown strategies for handling these kinds...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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1:00:41
You don't know what you don't know- with Jack Marple
In this episode we jump on a call with Jack Marple, the Associate Director of Industrial Design at Enlisted in Salt Lake City Utah to discuss design education and the top things that keep young (and old) designers from having job-winning presen...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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