Designer in your Pocket | Juls Christie-Clark

The Honest Designer Diaries

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The Honest Designer Diaries is a podcast about what it actually feels like to work in design. Hosted by Juls Christie-Clark (Designer in your Pocket) a brand designer and design educator based in Glasgow with over 30 years in the industry, each episode is a chat with a designer about a real experience or situation from their career. Sometimes it might be difficult, sometimes career-changing, sometimes funny, and sometimes it’s the kind of thing you only talk about properly once you’ve found another designer who gets it. Guests will include designers at all different stages of their careers, fr...

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Designer in your Pocket | Juls Christie-Clark

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Bad clients and blurry boundaries with Bhavini Lakhani | EP005 08.07.2026 57:53

I’m chatting with graphic designer Bhavini Lakhani about the client red flags we really should trust sooner, especially when we’re freelancing and trying to keep everyone happy. We talk about what happens when a project starts feeling off before it has even properly begun, from scope changes and last-minute timelines to contracts that are definitely not the NDA they were meant to be. Bhavini share...

Canva vs Adobe our honest experience as creators with Darren Meredith | EP 004 01.07.2026 45:45

I’m chatting with my lovely pal Darren Meredith about something we’ve both been asked about quite a lot, our experience working with Canva and Adobe as creators. And just to say this right at the start, this isn’t a “which design tool is better” episode. This is much more about what it’s actually like behind the scenes when you create content, build an audience, get invited into brand programmes,...

The Friday freelance experiment with Teresa Ferreira | EP 003 24.06.2026 43:19

In this episode of The Honest Designer Diaries , I’m chatting with Teresa Ferreira , founder of Ferrrgood Studio , about leaving her role as Head of Design at the Financial Times and building something of her own. Teresa had what many designers would probably see as the big, impressive, “you’ve made it” kind of job. But after seven years at the FT, and a pandemic-induced bit of rethinking, she sta...

Going freelance before you feel ready with Rachel Cartledge | EP 002 24.06.2026 30:39

In this episode of The Honest Designer Diaries , I’m chatting to Rachel Cartlidge , a freelance graphic designer and illustrator based in Edinburgh. Rachel left university thinking she had her next step sorted. She had a junior designer role lined up, had signed for a flat, and was away travelling before she was due to start. Then, two weeks before her start date, the role fell through. So we chat...

Welcome to The Honest Designer Diaries | EP 001 14.06.2026 3:35

Episode 1: Why I’m Starting The Honest Designer Diaries The Honest Designer Diaries is a podcast about what it’s actually like to build a life and career as a designer, beyond the nice work we share online. Hosted by Juls, a brand designer and design educator from Glasgow with over 30 years in the industry, each episode is a real chat with designers about the situations, decisions and wobbles that...