Inside the Design Studio with David Peck
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I sit down with designers, founders, artists, authors, and culture-makersāand sometimes go soloāto pull practical insights from real careers, real pivots, and real behind-the-scenes moments.
Expect thoughtful takes on creativity and designing a life you love, with enough humor to keep it from feeling like homework. No perfection requiredājust smart conversations you can actually use.
45. Find Your Word: The Practice That's Kept Me Grounded Through Every Reinvention
For nearly a decade, I've used one word to guide my year. Not as a resolutionāas a practice. In this episode, I break down the ART method and introduce a new tool to help you find your word.
44. Voice Notes: Rewriting the Script - Taylor Swift, Winter Olympics, and Bad Bunny
Taylor Swift broke her own pattern, Olympic athletes navigated representing a divided country, and Bad Bunny forced America to confront a 70-year-old conversation about Puerto Rico. This week is about rewriting the scriptāwhether it's your own narrative, a national identity, or a story we've been telling wrong for decades. When you're confident in your vision, you can change the plan mid-stream and create with what you're given, not what you wish you had.
43. Voice Notes: Things That Matter - Catherine O'Hara, Mattering, and the Roseberrys
This week I'm thinking about Catherine O'Hara, a conversation on Oprah's podcast, and the Roseberry siblings. The unexpected through-line? Performance versus being performativeāand why some art sticks with us while everything else disappears.
42. Voice Notes: A Hard Week
This week felt especially heavy. In this episode, I share three moments from pop culture that helped me stay present and groundedānot to escape whatās happening, but to think about it more clearly. I reflect on Michelle Obamaās recent interview, what it means to use a platform with intention, and why even familiar comfort shows donāt always land the same way depending on the moment weāre experiencing.
41. Word of the Year 2026: How I Design My Year on Purpose
Resolutions have never really worked for me. Instead, I use one Word of the Year as a design principle for my life and work. In this episode, I walk you through my ART methodāAssemble, Refine, Tryāand share why I chose Amplify for 2026.
Episode 39. Popular to Popped Bubbles: Glinda, Elphaba & the Trouble With Being āGoodā
Wicked: For Good reframes Oz as a story about truth, complicity, and what happens when performing āgoodā replaces living honestly.
36. Who Are YouāReally?
From being āfour nationalities in a weekā to faith and immigration, this solo episode asks why we whiteāknuckle labels, how othering spreads, and what changes when we loosen our grip.
33. Tariffs, Textiles, and Truth: What It Really Means to Make in America
Resolutions have never really worked for me. Instead, I use one Word of the Year as a design principle for my life and work. In this episode, I walk you through my ART methodāAssemble, Refine, Tryāand share why I chose Amplify for 2026.
Episode 27. What's My Word of the Year? A Reflection on the Past and Intentions for 2025
Join David as he explores his annual tradition of choosing a word of the year. Discover his journey through abundance, expansion, possibility, consistency, and effortless ā and learn his powerful 2025 intention: determined.
Episode 22. I'll Always Have Paris: From Versailles to Bar Hemingway (and Kate Moss)
David returns to Paris to visit friends and attend the Paris College of Art board meeting, reflecting on how his 4.5-year experience there transformed his life and design perspective.
Episode 18. Breaking Binary: Creative Ways to Expand Your Thinking
Explore how binary thinking limits our creativity and relationships. Discover practical ways to embrace nuance, challenge assumptions with curiosity, and see conflict as an opportunity for growth.
Episode 17. Unlock Your Inner Creative: 3 Unexpected Ways to Ask 'What If?' and Spark Creativity
Resolutions have never really worked for me. Instead, I use one Word of the Year as a design principle for my life and work. In this episode, I walk you through my ART methodāAssemble, Refine, Tryāand share why I chose Amplify for 2026.
Episode 6. LIVE! Designing a Career You Love | University of Houston Talk
A live talk recorded at the University of Houston on designing your career, finding your unique purpose, and harnessing the power of mindset to create the life and career you love.
Episode 3. Three Things Taylor Swift Can Teach Us
David Peck explores three powerful lessons from Taylor Swift: you don't have to be the best to succeed, doing what you love fuels endless creation, and haters are inevitable.
Premiere Episode | Unraveling the Threads: Why Iām Starting This Podcast
The podcast is officially here! In this premiere episode, David Peck introduces Inside the Design Studio and reveals why he's launching now, how he broke through perfectionism, and what designing your life really means. Perfect for creatives seeking intentional living.
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