This is The Goods

By Mike Rowe 👨‍🔧Arts Design

This is The Goods episodes

June 25, 2020 E06.1 - How To Make Memories That Last Lifetimes
Go behind the scenes of Theme Parks and learn how once in a lifetime experiences are made.
Meet Peter Marshall, an incredibly imaginative creator with over 15 years working in Architecture, Video Game Design, 3D Visualisation, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and now Entertainment Design.
Learn how Peter weaves storytelling through physical, digital, and virtual worlds and creates fully immersive, magical, once in a lifetime experiences.
While it felt like only 30 minutes, our conversation lasted over 2 hours. So, this episode will be released in 3 parts, all at once. Each part will be about 45 minutes. So, you can listen at your own pace, or all at once. You get to choose.
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Please enjoy episode 6.1!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
45 min
May 26, 2020 E05 - Design at The Edge Of Evolution and Environment
Explore Speculative Design, and BioDesign with Ollie Cotsaftis, RMIT University School of Design Industry Fellow and Lecturer.
Ollie's work sits at the intersection of human evolution, the built environment, and creative biotechnologies.
His research addresses climate resilience, and social innovation in speculative urban futures, and has most recently started a column on speculative, and critical design for the This is HCD network.

For show notes, transcripts and more, please visit thisisthegoods.com
If you like the show, would leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It'll take about 60 seconds, and will help me draw even more insanely interesting guests.
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Please enjoy episode 5!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
1 hr 12 min
March 31, 2020 E04 - How to design a profitable software startup
Today, you'll meet Steve Schoeffel, Co-Founder of Whimsical - a visual workspace made for teams.

Steve's a designer who's passionate about remote work, craftsmanship, and building the future.

In this episode, you'll discover why Whimsical stayed self-funded, the secrets behind their growth, and how they decide what to design and build.
This is my longest episode so far, and there's surprise waiting for you at the end.
For show notes, transcripts and more, please visit thisisthegoods.com
If you like the show, would leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It'll take about 60 seconds, and will help me draw even more insanely interesting guests.
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Please enjoy episode 4!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
1 hr 42 min
February 04, 2020 E03 - How to Design Furniture For The Digital Age
Meet Adam Harrigan, Senior Industrial Designer at Koala.
Learn how Koala design beautiful furniture that is strong, simple to assemble, and made for the digital age.
Explore why getting your hands dirty is so important, how good mentors can shape your design process, and why research is crucial to Koala's success.
For show notes, transcripts and more, please visit thisisthegoods.com
If you like the show, would leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It'll take about 60 seconds, and will help me draw even more insanely interesting guests.
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Please enjoy episode 3!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
1 hr 10 min
October 13, 2019 E02 - How to Navigate Strange Career Paths and Design The Future
Today, you'll meet Izzie Colpitts-Campbell, User Experience Design Lead at Shopify.

In this episode, we explore Izzie's path into design, how art and technology influence her work and what it's like to design for a developer experience.

This episode offers a lot of fresh ideas for emerging User Experience Designers.

For show notes, transcripts and more, please visit thisisthegoods.com
If you like the show, would leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It'll take about 60 seconds, and will help me draw even more insanely interesting guests.
Now that's all said, let's get into it.
Please enjoy episode 2!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
1 hr 3 min
October 05, 2019 E01 - User Experience Design in The Video Game Industry
Today, you'll meet Anna Brandberg, Senior User Experience Designer on Candy Crush Saga - the puzzle game loved by millions around the world.

In this episode, you'll discover how video games are made as we discover all the lessons Anna's learned in her career as a User Experience Designer in the games industry.

This episode offers so much practical advice for emerging Designers excited by the games industry,

For show notes, transcripts and more, please visit thisisthegoods.com
If you like the show, would leave a review on Apple Podcasts? It'll take about 60 seconds, and will help me draw even more insanely interesting guests.
Now that's all said, let's get into it.
Please enjoy episode 1!
- Mike 👨‍🔧
1 hr 13 min