Make and Design with Carina Gardner
Carina Gardner, Ph.D. unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design. She was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware, sewing patterns to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs and die cutting files for Silhouette while teaching other designers how to create meaningful businesses with their design work.
Podcasting since 2021 • 578 episodes
Make and Design with Carina Gardner
Latest Episodes
Episode 551 Clarity Over Creativity
Creativity often gets all the attention, but clarity is what actually moves ideas forward. In this episode, Carina explores why clarity matters more than creativity when you are building meaningful work, making decisions, and leading a business...
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Episode 550 Attention is Limited
Designers often think they need more talent, better tools, or the perfect strategy. But what if the real issue is attention?In this episode, we explore why attention is one of your most limited creative resources and how splitting it bet...
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Episode 549 Dishing the Tea with Lori Whitlock
Carina has fellow designer Lori Whitlock on to talk about Japan and design! Learn how both of us started our businesses! You can watch the entire episode at youtube.com/carinagardner<...
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Episode 548 Goal Setting Made Simple
Carina walks you through simple ways to make goal planning productive. Sometimes we overcomplicate the process of creating goals and this episode makes it feel easy and fun!Get Carina’s new bookThe Intentional Design...
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Episode 547 Real Results from a University of Arts & Design Student Brenna Powell
Carina talks with Brenna Powell about lessons learned from Design Suite and now as a University of Arts & Design student. These are lessons every designer can relate to!Learn more about Brenna on all her feeds at crafting w...
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