Sobre este podcast
"Design Downtime" celebrates the joys of living a balanced creative life outside the pixels and wireframes.
Join your host, Guy Segal, a design director, on this journey to redefine what it means to be a successful design professional, as each episode features a conversation with a talented design expert, delving into the world beyond their design screens and uncovering the passions that fuel their imagination.
We invite you to break free from the shackles of hustle culture and embrace the full spectrum of human experience – because life is too precious to be spent only in pursuit of productivity.
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- Design Overtime: The Cost of Caring: Accessibility, Burnout, and Finding Yourself Again (with Anna E. Cook) · 40 minIn this conversation, Anna E. Cook and I talk about what happens when the work that defines you stops being the work you're hired to do. Anna traces the systemic forces pushing…
- Natalya Shelburne Loves the Psychology of Creativity · 28 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 16It's the season 5 finale and we're going whimsical, when Natalya Shelburne joins us to talk about the psychology of creativity. She makes a case for why creativity is not a…
- Dave House Loves Old VWs · 28 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 15You're guaranteed to catch the Love Bug, when Dave House joins us to talk about his love of old Volkswagens. He shares how owning and restoring old air-cooled VWs filled a gap…
- Araxie Miller Loves JRPGs · 31 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 14Get ready to be swept away to a world of magic and giant swords, when Araxie Miller joins us to talk about her love of Japanese role-playing games. She explains what sets them…
- Stephanie Tuerk Loves Learning Languages · 26 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 13No need to break your Duolingo streak, when Stephanie Tuerk joins us to make a case for learning languages. She traces her journey from high school French to PhD-era German to…
- Andy Bell Loves The Legend of Zelda · 29 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 12It's dangerous to go alone! Take this episode where Andy Bell joins us to talk about his lifelong obsession with the Legend of Zelda. He explores what makes the franchise…
- Lisa Carey Loves Brian Eno · 24 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 11In this episode, Lisa Carey joins us to share her decades-long appreciation for Brian Eno. She introduces us to Eno the musician, producer, visual artist, and one of the…
- Erin Casali Loves Illustrating · 32 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 10A picture is worth a thousand words when Erin Casali joins us to share about her illustration practice. She reflects on not being able to visualize images in her mind, which…
- Jenny Dee Brecheisen Loves Barrel Racing · 28 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 9Saddle up and start your stopwatch, when Jenny Dee Brecheisen joins us to talk about her passion for barrel racing. She shares how it completely transformed her life, from city…
- Luke Murphy Loves Being in a Band · 34 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 8It's not all mosh pits and crowdsurfing when Luke Murphy joins us to talk about nearly 20 years of band life. They talk about the sharp contrast between recording an album and…
- Odette Jansen Loves City-Building Games · 27 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 7We built this city, or rather Odette Jansen did, as she joins us to explore her deep love of city-building games. She talks about being drawn to games with genuine depth and…
- Jarvis Moore Loves Sneakers · 24 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 6It's time to lace up when Jarvis Moore joins us to talk about his love for collecting sneakers. He shares how it grew from a childhood longing into a curated collection that…
- Sam Gordashko Loves to DJ · 31 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 5Get ready for the beat to drop, when Sam Gordashko joins us to talk about her love of DJing. She traces her journey from recording mixtapes off the radio as a kid to spinning…
- Helen Gaskell Loves Writing Romantic Fiction · 42 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 4Love is in the air, when Helen Gaskell joins us to talk about writing rom com novels. She shares the story of her accidental path to publishing — from writing a fan letter to a…
- Mike Perrotti Loves Plants · 39 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 3Get your fill of chlorophyll, when Mike Perrotti joins us to talk about his passion for plants. He shares how a therapist's recommendation to add greenery to combat seasonal…
- Daniel Sanchez Griborio Loves Karate · 27 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 2It’s time to wax on, wax off as Daniel Sanchez Griborio joins us to talk about his lifelong love of karate. He describes how his parents enrolled him at age five, and how the…
- Mike Monteiro Loves Listening to Records · 37 min · Temporada 5 Episódio 1In the first episode of season 5, Mike Monteiro is "still listening to wax, he's not using the CD" when he joins us to share about his lifelong love of vinyl records. From his…
- Design Overtime: The Design Process Is Not Dead — It Just Feels That Way (with Pavel Samsonov) · 1 h 15 minIn this conversation, host Guy Segal and returning guest Pavel Samsonov challenge the recurring claim that the design process is dead — arguing that for many, it was never really…
- Design Overtime: Agile, Design, and the Gap Between Promise and Practice (with Pavel Samsonov) · 1 h 30 minIn this inaugural episode, Pavel and I dig into the history and dysfunction of Agile, not to relitigate waterfall vs. Agile, but to examine why modern Agile practice has drifted…
- Vitaly Friedman Loves Techno · 33 min · Temporada 4 Episódio 16It’s the season 4 finale and we’re celebrating at 150 bpm, when Vitaly Friedman joins us to talk about his lifelong journey through techno music. It all began in Belarus when, as…
