So we've been away for a (long) while. We could come up with an elaborate an excuse, but the real reason is that when you get out of a habit it's difficult to get going again.So this is the first step in that direction!Join us as we update

Episode 16 - Research and Users

Jun 1st, 2015 49m 10s

So why should you work with your users? This week we start talking about working with users throughout the design process. A pretty flowing conversation which we will certainly come back to! We also talk about FM radio coming to an end and stem

Episode 15 - Talking Upwards

May 13th, 2015 38m 31s

This week we talk about how to give internal feedback to your company, and a wee bit about 3D Printing, Service v Product and Reddit video.Daniels mic went a bit funny, but I promise we'll nail the audio soon.. It's only been 15 Episodes, aft

Episode 14 - Special Report from Chi

Apr 29th, 2015 39m 57s

This week Daniel is sitting far, far away in South Korea, visiting the Chi conference! We talk interaction and what it can mean to be a designer at a conference.Following up with some discussion of Google's latest venture, and EE's new chargi

Episode 13 - All Change!

Apr 13th, 2015 33m 11s

So we were away for quite a lot longer than two weeks. There are many and varied reasons for this, some of which we talk about in this weeks A Non Linear Approach To:No matter how good the reasons, we still need to buck up our ideas, and we p

Episode 12 - Make Works with Fi Scott

Feb 1st, 2015 49m 53s

The first episode of our second season! We're off to a great start with a wonderful guest; Fi Scott of Make Works. We talk simplicity, interfaces and manufacture.We had slight microphone problems, but it's a work in process as you know.

Episode 11 - New work places

Dec 15th, 2014 36m 15s

It's our wrap up show before the Christmas break. We talk emotional (or unemotional) robots, designs place in Britain, working in different environments and other stuff too! Have an awesome Christmas, and we'll be back in mid-january!

Episode 10- The Scariest Things for a Young Designer

Dec 1st, 2014 38m 46s

This week we're talking scary stuff... How much do I charge? What if they don't pay? What if my client is wrong?We're all young designers, we all have fears. In this episode we share some of our fears, and some fears from our wonderful contri

Episode 9 - Ethics & Education! with Norman MacNally

Nov 17th, 2014 42m 43s

Episode 9 - Ethics & Education! with Norman MacNally by A Non Linear Approach To:

Episode 8 - Book Club: Playing to the Gallery

Nov 2nd, 2014 29m 36s

This Episode we discuss Lenovo's purchase of Motorola, touch on Tim Cook and have a good chat about Greyson Perry's book; Playing to the Gallery!

Episode 7 - Why run your own shop. With Jamie Sunderland

Oct 19th, 2014 38m 7s

A Non Linear Approach To: Starting your own Business right out of Uni.We also talk about the FastCompanys Design Innovation awards, disruptive (literally) civilian uses for drones and sexism and threats in the games industry.Don't forget ou

Episode 6 - Ten people you should listen to!

Oct 6th, 2014 39m 55s

A Non Linear Approach To: 10 people you should pay attention to!We also talk about the new GoPro4 and Facebook’s perspective on people (their users) and john geeks out over medium.Links mentioned in this weeks episode:People:Lee Verou |

Episode 5 - Book club: What is a designer?

Sep 22nd, 2014 29m 38s

Our first book club episode! Right back in episode one we said we were going to read What is a Designer, by Norman Potter. We followed through and here are a few our thoughts on the book, a little discussion and the reasons why you (yes, you) s

Episode 4 - Graphics!

Sep 8th, 2014 34m 15s

In this weeks A Non Linear Approach To we run deep about the role of Graphics in Design, discuss the Swedish right wing riots and the launch of the new Apple iPhones (and Sir Jony/Jonathan Ive).

Episode 3 - How to Get Better with Jeni Lennox

Aug 25th, 2014 50m 27s

Time for episode three, and we’ve got our first guest! We’d like to introduce Jeni Lennox, a new service and product designer, a design manager and an educator. With Jeni we talk about rap, flow, lawnmowers and hairbrushes, all in our “how to g

Episode 2 - A first crack at getting work

Aug 10th, 2014 33m 6s

So welcome back - It's episode two and we all made it!In this episode we chat about storytelling in advertising, the correctness of blocking internet advertising, the removal of TLA's, impenetrable terms and the anonymising of names in the US

Episode 1 - An Introduction

Jul 29th, 2014 33m 46s

So this is it, this is the start, the launch, from here we begin the great adventure!First we introduce our brave, handsome heroes and examine a chart of what is to be explored!All right, it’s not all that. Not yet. But we’re Daniel and Joh

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