Design Life Podcast

Overview

Design Life is a podcast hosted by Charli Prangley and Femke van Schoonhoven, two women in tech who discuss design, side projects, and the challenges young creatives face. It fills a gap in the podcast market for a conversational, women-hosted show focused on real creative issues.

Unlike solo-host or interview-format design podcasts, Design Life centers on candid dialogue between two practicing designers — a Creative Director and a Design Lead — sharing lived experiences, failures, and goals.

Key Benefits

• Listeners get honest, experience-based advice on landing promotions, managing side projects, and building creative confidence.
• Episodes are released consistently, with the archive exceeding 325 episodes as of early 2026.
• The conversational format makes complex career and design topics accessible and relatable, not lecture-style.
• Hosts bring active industry roles — Charli as Creative Director at ConvertKit and Femke as Design Lead at Gusto — grounding every topic in current practice.
• Listener reviews highlight it as motivating and thought-provoking across all stages of a creative career.

How It Works

Visitors browse recent episodes on the homepage, select an episode, and tap "Listen Now" to stream directly. Topics are submitted by the community via the Submit a Topic page, and listeners can support the show by becoming a Patron.

Use Cases

• Junior designers looking to build confidence and understand career progression in tech companies.
• Freelance creatives juggling side projects alongside full-time roles who want practical time-management strategies.
• Product designers seeking peer-level conversation about real design challenges rather than polished expert interviews.
• Design students or recent graduates who want insight into what working in design actually looks like day-to-day.
• Design community members who want to suggest topics and shape the direction of future episodes via the Submit a Topic feature.

Why Choose This Product

Design Life suits motivated creators who want candid, career-relevant conversation rather than tutorial content or executive interviews. The show is best suited to designers early-to-mid career who value authentic peer dialogue and community input.