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Thomas Girard – Finding Creativity in Unexpected Places
Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦
1 hour 1 minute 47 seconds
3 months ago
Thomas Girard – Finding Creativity in Unexpected Places
Thomas Girard brings a thoughtful lens to design, creativity, and resilience 🌍 — sharing why processes matter 🧠, and how the quiet work of reflection can shape the future of design 🚀.
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Episode Chapters:
00:00 – The Processes and Methods Around Design 02:26 – How Living Internationally Shaped Thomas’s Design Lens 05:03 – Growing Up with Photographer Greg Girard 06:49 – Why Airports Feel Like Home 12:50 – Preparing for a Two-Minute TEDx Talk 19:21 – Advice for First-Time Public Speakers 23:39 – The Strength of Design Education Today 26:38 – How Design Continues Despite Tech Layoffs 28:43 – Can Designers and AI Coexist? 35:22 – Lessons from Running 200+ Podcast Episodes 48:53 – Life or Death Typography: Why It Matters 58:58 – Beliefs That Changed Over a Career
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Who is Thomas Girard?
Thomas Girard is a design educator, writer, and speaker whose work bridges creativity, innovation, and resilience 🌍.
He has:✅ Delivered keynotes at UXIndia and Sorbonne University ✅ Earned multiple Emerging Scholar awards for his contributions to design ✅ Authored the memoir Son of Greg Girard✅ Built UNIQUEWAYS, a podcast uncovering different perspectives on success and creativity
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Find Thomas Girard here:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/onthomas/Podcast: https://uniqueways.ca
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Brave UX with Brendan Jarvis 🇺🇦
Unpacking the stories, learnings and expert advice of world-class UX, design and product management professionals, Brendan Jarvis is on a mission to help you to create better products.
