Design Your Life with Vince Frost

This is the fifth instalment of the (Re)Design Your Life series which explores how the lives of individuals across the globe are getting on, how their lives have changed, what their coping mechanisms are and insights into what the future holds for us. In this episode Vince chats with Andrew Tuck, the editor of internationally acclaimed magazine Monocle. Andrew has been the editor of Monocle since launch in 2006. Since then he has been central to the development of all of Monocle’s editorial projects including the radio station, Monocle 24, and their move into book publishing. Andrew also presents shows across Monocle 24, including his own weekly programme about city living, The Urbanist. He is a regular speaker at conferences on urbanism, quality of life and the media. Vince and Andrew discuss why the property industry needs to take note of the current changes but might not want to rush to apply them yet as well as the increasing need for companies to take their employees health and wellbeing much more seriously in the future.  The pair also delve into a multitude of other topics surrounding Monocle magazine such as how it creates the right global balance with its stories, its surpassingly strong Australian contingent, how the magazine is currently responding to the global pandemic and the interesting variety of readers which the publication attracts.  Enjoy!  Monocle Magazine Design Your Life Take the Design Your Life Survey!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DYL X D&AD Impact series with Black Pencil Winners – Harmless Guns In the fifth and final instalment of our exclusive series with D&AD, Vince chats with Faustin Claverie the chief creative officer of TBWA Paris and lead on the project, Harmless Guns. TBWA Paris worked closely alongside French 3D printing manufacture Dagoma to tackle the proliferation of 3D printed weapons. They did this through the search and collection of hundreds of weapon blueprints via online forums. Over 400 weapon parts were modified by Dagoma’s team, rendering them harmless through slight, undetectable changes to varying weapon parts. The files were then spread across the deep web and tracked over the course of 8 months. In that time over 13,000 harmless guns were downloaded by users across the world. Listen in as Vince and Faustin discuss why the project was so successful, some of the hysteria around creating harmless guns and what the future holds for TBWA Paris. Enjoy! TBWA Paris D&AD- Harmless Guns Design Your Life Take the Design Your Life Survey!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the fourth instalment of the (Re)Design Your Life series which explores how the lives of individuals across the globe are getting on, how their lives have changed, what their coping mechanisms are and insights into what the future holds for us. In this episode Vince chats with Mike Walsh, author and CEO of Tomorrow, a global consultancy on designing companies for the 21st century. As an international nomad and futurist, Mike advises some of the world’s biggest organisations on digital transformation and disruptive innovation in this new era of machine intelligence. Mike travels over 300 days a year worldwide: researching trends, collecting case studies and presenting on the future of business and leadership. His most recent book, The Algorithmic Leader: How to be smart when machines are smarter than you, offers a hopeful and practical guide for reinventing leadership and organisations in the modern world. Mike and Vince delve into the future of our world particularly the massive changes that will occur post pandemic. One such shift will be the increased implementation of AI which has the potential to create mass unemployment unless properly readied for. Mike outlines a number of ways in which individuals can prepare for the changes which will inevitably occur and how you can walk a completely new career path. The pair also touch on the resilience of the human race, the polarisation of science and information in today’s world, how interconnected differing cultures actually are and the importance of accepting data. Enjoy! The Algorithmic Leader Design Your Life  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DYL X D&AD Impact series with Wood Pencil Winners – Meet Q In the fourth instalment of our exclusive series with D&AD, Vince chats with Emil Asmussen the creator of Meet Q, the world’s first genderless voice for AI. The project was launched alongside Copenhagen Pride and has since received immense global coverage from the BBC, Fox News, The Guardian, The World Economic Forum and was even selected as a research partner for the UN Women program. Many of us are unaware that gender bias has long been engrained within society and technology companies are only further cementing this issue through the placement of specific voices for different roles. Meet Q is an example of what the future holds if we break down gender stereotypes; a future of ideas, inclusion, positions and diverse representation in technology. Listen in as Vince and Emil discuss navigating the intricacies of creating a genderless voice from design, narrative to physical construction and how despite the immense praise there was some backlash from an unlikely source, right wing conspiracy movement QAnon. The pair also touch on the difference in creative journey when a project is self-initiated and when it is client led. Enjoy! Meet Q - The Genderless Voice - D&AD Emil Asmussen Design Your Life Take the Design Your Life Survey here!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the third episode of the (Re)Design Your Life series which will explore how the lives of individuals across the globe are getting on, how their lives have changed, what their coping mechanisms are and insights into what the future holds for us. In this episode, Vince chats with good friend Jonathan Ellery about how his career as an internationally acclaimed designer, new work process innovator, artist and publisher has prepared him for the events surrounding COVID-19. Founded some twenty years ago the independent design studio, Browns, has continually received accolades and world-wide recognition to their name with featured clients including FIFA, Channel 4, Design Council and BAFTA. In 2005 the publishing arm, Browns Editions, was formed from a fascination with the materiality of books, manifesting with an on-going series of collectible artist publications. In addition to this Ellery began his own multi-faceted art journey.  Ellery’s method of thinking is focused on (re)defining a new work process, one that is immersed in freedom as opposed to being driven by a finite selection of known working parts. This considered approach has aroused attention in the art, design and publishing industries, specifically in Japan, where the distinction between such fixed categories has long been disregarded. Where will this lead us? How can this approach be used to (re)design a different future?   Browns Design London  Browns Editions  Jonathan Ellery  Under One Roof Design Your LifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the second episode of the (Re)Design Your Life series which will explore how the lives of individuals across the globe are getting on, how their lives have changed, what their coping mechanisms are and insights into what the future holds for us. In this episode, Vince chats with Sarah Wilson the author of I Quit Sugar about how her career as a journalist, best selling author and social activist, prepared her for the COVID-19 experience. Sarah began her extremely successful career with News Corp where she quickly became the magazines youngest opinion columnist at the age of 24. By 29, she was appointed as Editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, before moving onto to host the first season of MasterChef in 2009. To this day it is the most watched show in Australian history. Sarah touches on the current worldwide situation saying “for anyone who is out there, working at home and is used to working in an office environment where you are guided by meetings and various things which tell you what to do next, accept and acknowledge that is a real adjustment. It is not a bad adjustment thought. I say, game one. Let’s see what the hell comes out of this”. Along with her expert advice, Sarah also shares her tips and inner thoughts as how to repurpose your anxiety to unlock and channel creativity, finding your purpose and navigating the uncertain.   Sarah Wilson Design Your Life  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DYL X D&AD Impact series with Wood Pencil Winners – See Sound 'We want to get you guys on the biggest global stage we want to get you out there with the likes of your competitors. No one knows who you are and thats a shame and I think thats what we did its been an incredible for us as a whole collective internally but also for Wavio to be finally able to get the recognition they deserve for the incredible work they are doing' In the third episode of our exclusive series with D&AD, Vince chats with Kristen Bell & Corinne Feight. The pair work for world renowned healthcare advertising agency, Area 23. A business which aims to dismantle the barriers that stand in the way of true innovation. Their project See Sound has the goal of providing sound equality for the 466 million people world-wide who are currently deaf or hard of hearing. Their smart home hearing system aims to provide users with much needed situational awareness in the home. When a sound occurs, See Sound uses its database collated from YouTube clips to make a prediction which then alerts the user on their device with a vibration and a message.  Listen in as Kristen & Corinne explain the dramatic event that lead to the See Sound's inception a long with an open minded business move which partnered them up with then competitor Wavio.  Enjoy!  D&AD - See Sound  See Sound | Wavio  Design Your LifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Certainly the world will be a different place after COVID-19, but there are ways we can design positive outcomes for the future, not just for ourselves but for future generations to come.  This is the first episode of the (Re)Design Your Life series which will explore how the lives of individuals across the globe are getting on, how their lives have changed, what their coping mechanisms are and insights into what the future holds for us.  In this episode, Vince chats with Penny Locaso about how her role as a ‘Happiness Hacker’ has prepared her for the COVID-19 experience. Penny left a successful 16-year corporate career, relocated her family from Perth to Melbourne, left an 18-year relationship and started her own purpose-driven company with the sole intent of positively impacting the lives of others. She’s quite used to drastic life changes. “Focus on what you can control, not what you can’t”, she says. “You can’t control the situation, but you can always control how you respond to a situation”, she says, “which will impact your mindset. Accept the things you can’t change and ask yourself, ‘how am I going to make sure each day is the best day it can be?’” A well of sound advice and positive guidance, Penny also shares how she’s adapted her business, BKindred, to virtual working, and how the current need for human connection is actually helping to level the professional playing field. BKindred  Design Your LifeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DYL X D&AD Impact series with White Pencil Winners – Don’t Look Away ‘We need to move beyond thinking of gun violence as a gun control problem and more of a behavioural change issue.’ – Oriel Davis-Lyons In the second episode of our exclusive series with D&AD, Vince chats with Oriel Davis-Lyons, Creative Director of Droga 5 in New York and creator of Don’t Look Away. The initiative asks the question – if you think of gun violence as an epidemic rather than a second amendment right, are there different ways to tackle it? While current legislation focuses on gun restriction and regulation for short-term gain, Don’t Look Away looks at influencing real behavioural change, for long-term impact. In a society that’s experiencing statistic fatigue when it comes to gun violence, the campaign places graphic picture warnings on ammunition packets, similar to those found on tobacco packets, in an attempt to educate and confront gun owners with the risks of owning a gun. Listen in as Oriel shares how the experience of his six-year-old practising school lockdown drills led him to embark on the long-road to get his solo initiative into the public realm.   Don't Look Away Design Your Life Oriel Davis-Lyons  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

DYL X D&AD Impact series with White Pencil Winners - The Lion's Share Fund ‘The future is not something which is coming towards us, it’s whatever we do next.’ - Rob Galluzzo In the first episode of our exclusive series with D&AD Vince chats with Rob Galluzzo the Executive Producer of Sydney-based production company FINCH and the co-founder of animal conservation initiative The Lion’s Share. The charity aims to direct half-a-percent of a participating company’s media buy towards wildlife conservation when they use an animal in their advertising. With US$120 billion spent on advertising, that included animals last year globally, what seems like a small fee can go a long way to making a big difference. The initiative is co-founded by the United Nations, fully supported by David Attenborough and has been highly awarded, winning a D&AD White Pencil and a Grand Prix at the Cannes Lion. Listen in as Vince and Rob discuss the process behind getting such an ambitious operation off the ground, how $50,000 stopped 200 elephants a year being poached and what’s next for the growing charity.   https://www.thelionssharefund.com/content/thelionssharefund/en/home/ https://designyourlife.com.au/ https://www.frostcollective.com.au/ https://www.finchcompany.com/ https://www.dandad.org/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.