My Life In Design Podcast

About My Life In Design Podcast

How did some of the some of the world’s best designers, strategists, and agency leads, get into design? How did they know it was even a thing they could form a career around? I’m Claire Blyth, founder of design focussed PR agency Red Setter. I’ll be speaking to some of my favourite people in design to talk about how they got where they are today.

Publisher

Claire Blyth

Category

arts · business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

6 Apr 2022

Latest episode

22 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

102 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   22 Oct 2026

   Bryan Edmonson - Founder & Creative Director of SEA

   This week Claire is joined by Bryan Edmondson of London based design studio SEA, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary. He’s lectured in universities around the UK, speaks at conferences globally such as D&AD, Birmingham Design Festival and Northern Design Festival. He has work held at museums including the Cooper-Hewitt in New York City; and has created and worked with brands such as Jamie Oliver, EMI, Monotype, Adidas, Rolls-Royce, Christie’s, Nokia and GF Smith. In this episode, B...

2. 

   15 Oct 2026

   Anthony Burrill - Graphic Artist, Printmaker & Designer

   This week Claire is joined by graphic artist, printmaker and designer Anthony Burrill. He’s renowned for his ability to distill ideas into simple yet striking forms. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the V&A, the Design Museum in London and the Cooper-Hewitt in New York; and been exhibited internationally at institutions such as the Royal Academy in London, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and the Triangle in Milan. He’s spoken globally at design conferences in c...

3. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Irma Boom - Book designer - 100th episode!

   This week Claire is joined by legendary bookmaker, Irma Boom, who marks our 100th episode in the series. Irma Boom is the most widely renowned and laureated book designer in the world today. She's commonly known as the 'Queen of Books', having created around 600 of them. In her bold, experimental style, she challenges the convention of traditional books in both physical design and printed content. She was the youngest ever recipient of the Gutenberg Prize, and since has received over 50 more ...

Who has been a guest on My Life In Design Podcast

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

• Emma Barratt
• Laurence Bendjenad
• Michael Johnson
• Jessie McGuire
• Sarah Williams

Reach and audience

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Apple Podcasts (US)

4.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.8 / 5

34 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 40 / 100

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Quality

46

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

85

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