The designerati podcast

Helen Arvanitakis is spearheading a new design ecosystem based in Greenwich London comprising of 16 buildings designed by 8 architectural practices. Designed to support the business needs of creatives post pandemicA consultant for creative businesses on all areas outside of design I’m interested in Helen’s views on the commercial business practices adopted within the design and creative sector.  Let’s meet Helen----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Kia Stanford is a vibrant award winning interior designer and the creative director of the London based luxury residential interior design studio Kia designs. Let’s find out more about Kia!----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ewald Damen creative director and partner of Virgile + Partners has two dream dinner dates; Frida Kahlo and Andy Warhol, widely considered as progressive free thinkers and wildly creative.  I’m curious to discover what he has in common with both. A man born in the Netherlands and then spent his formative years living in the US, London, Rotterdam and Amsterdam who now sites his globally influenced background as guiding his professional journey.  Let’s learn more about how exposure to different cultures can lend itself to success in business and designWho are you Ewald?----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pippa Nissen is a global architect and theatre designer with a client list that reads like a whose who including: the National portrait gallery, the Fitzwilliam museum, wordsworth Grasmere museum amongst many others.A woman who publicly revealed that it took her until 40 to genuinely believe she was working in the right space, I’m curious how her powerful revelation came about.Let’s meet Pippa.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The acoustics market is expected to reach 17.3 billion USD by 2027 and Frankie and his team are trail blazing with their playful and inspiring sustainable acoustical solutions.With a multicultural pedigree from South Africa and Dubai what are the qualities needed to design in this space and are different design solutions required for different countries and their cultural and climatic differences?Let’s meet Frankie----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Luke Pearson an industrial designer and one half of the successful design innovation practice: Pearson Lloyd.  A man known for his mission to simplify the world using design as the vehicle to challenge ideas and problems. Who believes a competitive advantage is born from a deep understanding of human behaviour and the way furniture makes people experience a space.  Let’s meet the man committed to his interrogation of the word why? and the co-creation of curious relationships. To find out more, what it takes to be of the 3 design companies hired to work for London underground and the man famous for fitting airbags into his design for Virgin Atlantic’s upper-class suites.  And my personal favourite,  a shower valve that means you don’t get your arm wet when turning it on.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Frankie Boyle is a very cool and industry favourite lighting designer.  She claims her passion for the industry began early on age 7 when diagnosed with a development language disorder.  She then noticed that lighting creates different emotions in peopleFrom a high busy career designing the lighting schemes for 1.5 meter diamonds and costumes at Glastonbury, Frankie openly admits her work life balance is something of a challenge. An advocate of woman’s rights and a lover of the Guilty Feminist podcast crew.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Chris Duffy has a piece of furniture he designed in the Louvre.  Yes, the world famous museum in Paris where the Mona Lisa sits!His designs started life from his kitchen back in 2002 and these were then sold on market stalls in Spitalfields and Camden. Fast forward to nowadays and his iconic award-winning designs are cherished by the hip and trendy cool crowd.  Taking his design inspiration from a George Bernard shaw quote, ‘we don’t stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.’ Let’s have a chat with the designer who claims his only philosophy is to design items that get him excited.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Alex Beaugeard, director of design for Lanserring, is our first naval architect on the Designerati podcast with an track record for designing super yachts. He has a masters in industrial design, a prestigious career including designing furniture for the Linley brand, and is an award-winning kitchen designer.Alex discusses the valuable relationship between emotion and geometry and why historical perspectives about design could help improve the quality of our lives.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The oxford dictionary describes ‘imitation as the sincerest form of flattery’, while Oscar Wilde disagrees venamently,  describing ‘imitation as the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.’It would seem our very own Queen agrees with both Oscar and my next guest Dids Macdonald who magnificently received an OBE for her services to interior design.  Dids cofounded ACID (Anti copying in design) and her work has made history by changing many reforms and legislation in this field.Let’s find out more from the woman changing the legal rules to end copying in the design industry.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow designerati on socialsInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/designeratiuk/Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@designeratiukFacebook - https://www.facebook.com/designeratiUKTwitter - https://twitter.com/designeratiUK----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------