Designed for Life

About Designed for Life

This is the official podcast of the Design and Technology Association. 'Designed for life' aims to entertain, inform and inspire, bringing the worlds of business and industry together. Design and Technology is a wide-ranging curriculum subject that, along with qualifications in other facilitating subjects, can open doors to students across an ever-increasing breadth of career. England was the first country in the world to introduce this subject to its mainstream curriculum offer in 1988. Where we led others, have followed and in various guises, it is now taught in countries around the world including India, Australia, China, USA, France and Finland. This podcast consists of a series of short, informal conversations with people from across the worlds of education, industry and design. The intention is to help to link business, industry and education, as the solutions to tomorrows problems are being educated today!

Publisher

Tony Ryan CEO Design & Technology Association

Category

arts · education · kids & family

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

23 Aug 2020

Latest episode

9 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

120 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   9 Oct 2026

   Designed for Life - Greener Futures with Samsung Solve for Tomorrow

   The Design & Technology Association is proud to enter its second year supporting Samsung's Solve for Tomorrow competition. Solve for Tomorrow is a free-to-enter, tech-for-good competition which empowers students aged 11-18 to solve real-world problems in one of three carefully selected design contexts. Its objective is to empower young people, regardless of their background, to develop the future-ready skills required not just for employment, but for modern life. In this podca...

2. 

   10 Sept 2026

   Designed for Life - Live at New Designers 2026

   For the second year running, I am delighted that Designed for Life was recorded live at New Designers in London in early July. I know some listeners won't be familiar with New Designers (https://www.newdesigners.com/), so what is it, and why is it so important? New Designers is the UK's leading annual graduate design exhibition, showcasing the work of over 2,500 emerging designers across disciplines like product design, textiles, graphics, and contemporary crafts. Held in London e...

3. 

   21 Aug 2026

   Designed for Life, in conversation with Phil Cotton - Learn by Layers

   3D printing has gone from strength to strength in recent years within UK schools and is now firmly established as one of the major tools used by students to fast prototype. The majority of D&T departments now have at least one printer, and with the market now dominated by Bambu Lab, these new machines are making 3D printing available to all (including many students now having their own machines at home); it is clear that the use of 3D printing will continue to grow and develop withi...

Who has been a guest on Designed for Life

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Andrew Denford
• Janine Pavlis
• Aakeen Parikh
• Titi Oliyide

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

14 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 32 / 100

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Quality

44

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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