Inside the Design Studio with David Peck
This podcast is where creativity meets real life—candid conversations on reinvention, identity, and designing a life that fits (with a bit of humor, because why suffer twice?).
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I sit down with designers, founders, artists, authors, and culture-makers—and sometimes go solo—to pull practical insights from real careers, real pivots, and real behind-the-scenes moments.
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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 resolution—as a practice. In this episode, I break down the ART method and introduce a new tool to help you find your word.
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 script—whether 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.
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 performative—and why some art sticks with us while everything else disappears.
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 grounded—not to escape what’s happening, but to think about it more clearly. I reflect on Michelle Obama’s recent interview, what it means to use a platform with intention, and why even familiar comfort shows don’t always land the same way depending on the moment we’re experiencing.
Episode 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 method—Assemble, Refine, Try—and share why I chose Amplify for 2026.
Episode 39. Popular to Popped Bubbles: Glinda, Elphaba & the Trouble With Being “Good”
Wicked: For Good reframes Oz as a story about truth, complicity, and what happens when performing “good” replaces living honestly.
Episode 3. Three Things Taylor Swift Can Teach Us
In this short episode of Inside the Design Studio, we delve into the wisdom and inspiration we can draw from none other than Taylor Swift. Join your host, David Peck, as he explores three invaluable lessons from Taylor's journey that can help us all in our creative and personal endeavors.
Premiere Episode | Unraveling the Threads: Why I’m Starting This Podcast
Welcome to the inaugural episode of Inside the Design Studio with me, David Peck! In this premiere, I dive into the motivation behind launching this podcast amidst his already bustling life as a designer, CEO/small business owner, and family man. Discover the breakthroughs, astrological nudges, and personal commitments that pushed me to finally hit record.
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