Design Guy - Premier Episode Overview

We live in a design-driven age. We've witnessed a productivity revolution and the spawning of vast amounts of new products and services. Along side of that, we see the rise of design as the ______ or competitive advantage, the differentiator, really, that allows business to stake out and hold unique market positions longer.

The other amazing phenomenon that's occurred is this power-to-the-people shift that places creation tools in the hands of us all. Desktop publishing, of course, is old, old news by now. But across the board, whether your arena is the graphic arts or publishing or music or film, the cost of entry and the ease with which people from all walks of life can participate has become ______.

So, there's a sense in which everyone is a designer, or at least it feels that way. We're all design guys, and I mean that in a gender neutral way, of course. The impetus for this new program, therefore, is to recognize these facts, and help make the principles of design accessible to professionals and ordinary folks, ______.

Now, there's lots of stuff out there about design, including podcasts. So, why this one? Well, often, these programs focus on technique. Others keep us abreast of industry ______.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, If you learn only methods, you'll be tied to your methods, but if you learn ______ you can devise your own methods.

My own background is ______ design.

So, whether you're engaged in print or web or film, or anything else, a lot of these concepts will apply because they transcend the ______ you're working in.

But, what I intend to do, is to point to the pictures we've all got in our ______.

My aim is to keep each episode brief, so that in mere minutes we can get a new concept under our ______.

And hopefully, over the course of time, some ______ will appear above your head and you'll have some new tools to apply to your craft and some markers to guide you on your way.

What is the main aim of the new design program introduced in the show?

What is highlighted as the competitive advantage in the design-driven age mentioned in the text?

How does the text describe the shift that has occurred in terms of creation tools?

In the text, what does Ralph Waldo Emerson suggest people should learn in order to devise their own methods?

What does the speaker aim to impart in the podcast?

According to Ralph Waldo Emerson, what should one learn in order to devise their own methods?

How does the speaker plan to discuss visual media in an audio format?

What is the main purpose of the podcast in making design principles accessible?

Why are the concepts discussed in the podcast applicable to various media?

What is the speaker's goal in keeping each podcast episode brief?