Work In Design

• Furniture Design and Design Education with Dr Lynn Jones

  Today I’m joined by Dr Lynn Jones. A doctor of furniture no less as Lynn holds a Phd in furniture design. Lynn’s business, ‘Lynn Jones Associates’ specialises in career advice for the furniture industry and searching for specialist staff. Lynn spent spent 30 years as a furniture design educator, running the Masters level furniture design course at Buckinghamshire University.Lynn has also been a practicing designer, previously to teaching and as part of gaining her Phd, one output being an award winning chair that has been in production for 20 years. It’s fair to say that Lynn knows a lot about learning creativity and starting a career in furniture design. Lynn has 2 young creative daughters herself and is passionate about supporting graduates in their first career steps.

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• Industrial Design with Michael Omotosho

  Today I’m joined by Michael Omotosho. Michael is an Industrial Designer based in Bradford, Yorkshire. He’s worked as a freelance designer, launched his own products and now works for Jaguar Land Rover in innovation. Michael was educated in Nigeria before moving to the UK and has experience with convincing his support network that design is a ‘proper job’! I’m excited to hear how Michael has overcome barriers and built his career in design.This episode was recorded live at New Designers 2023 exhibition in London.

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• Design and Entrepreneurship with Zoe de Pass

  Today I’m joined by Zoe De Pass. Zoe has worked across interior design, furniture design, trend analysis and fashion. Today, Zoe’s known predominantly for her work on social media as ‘dress like a mum’, working with big brands such as Marks & Spencer and Samsung. Zoe also squeezes in running her own eyewear brand and being a mum of 3! This episode was recorded live at New Designers 2023 exhibition in London, where Zoe exhibited in 2002 after studying 3D design at University. I’m excited to hear about how she’s turned her design education to a wide variety of job roles and her own business.

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• Interior Design & Creative Direction with Fiona Kennedy

  Today I’m joined by Fiona Kennedy. Fiona’s been working in design for over 20 years and is currently a leader in design at Education First (EF). EF operates schools in over 100 countries and has over 50,000 employees. I’m excited to hear about what role design plays in such a huge organisation and of course I want to know how Fiona got design in the first place.I’m Kieron Bakewell, the host and founder of Work In Design. I’ve worked as a designer since 2003. In 2005 I co-founded the furniture company naughtone. My skills and passions are predominantly in design, although I have picked up business skills along the way! During 2020 in my role as design director at naughtone, I was prompted to look at the diversity within the design department at naughtone. Ultimately it was not a diverse group. I did not consider this intentional, rather a more accurate representation of those actually applying for roles in design. This got me thinking more broadly about how anyone finds their way into design careers? Working in design has been immensely rewarding for me on so many levels. The people, travel, challenges and feeling like you can make a change and contribute in a meaningful way. If I can, I’d now like to help others find their way into and enjoy this fantastic vocation. Hopefully they’ll help solve tomorrow’s problems along the way. Visit workindesign.co.ukhttps://www.ef.co.uk/ Education Firsthttp://www.sevilpeach.co.uk/ Sevil Peach Architects

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• Industrial Design with Stefan Bench

  Today I’m joined by Stefan Bench. Stefan is a Senior Industrial Designer at one of the most iconic Architectural practices in the World. Foster and Partners have changed the urban landscape globally with buildings ranging from stadiums, to airports, museums and skyscrapers. There are too many to iconic buildings to name but perhaps people will recognise buildings such as the gherkin in London, various Apple stores worldwide and the Lusail stadium that hosted the final of the recent football world cup.As well as architecture, Foster and Partners design products for their own buildings and also for manufacturing clients. This is where Stefan comes in.Stefan has worked as a designer for over 20 years, beginning with his own furniture business and then working as a designer for a number of other business before making his way to Fosters.I consider Stefan to be a true designer who has followed his passion to organisations where he can focus solely on design. I’m excited to find out how Stefan has navigated his career and of course how he got started.I’m Kieron Bakewell, the host and founder of Work In Design. I’ve worked as a designer since 2003. In 2005 I co-founded the furniture company naughtone. My skills and passions are predominantly in design, although I have picked up business skills along the way! During 2020 in my role as design director at naughtone, I was prompted to look at the diversity within the design department at naughtone. Ultimately it was not a diverse group. I did not consider this intentional, rather a more accurate representation of those actually applying for roles in design. This got me thinking more broadly about how anyone finds their way into design careers? Working in design has been immensely rewarding for me on so many levels. The people, travel, challenges and feeling like you can make a change and contribute in a meaningful way. If I can, I’d now like to help others find their way into and enjoy this fantastic vocation. Hopefully they’ll help solve tomorrow’s problems along the way. Visit workindesign.co.ukhttps://www.fosterandpartners.com/ https://www.glennhowells.co.uk/ https://www.designweek.co.uk/ https://www.heatherwick.com/

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