Founder of Kodu. Honest conversations with the founders, designers and engineers turning ideas into things you can hold.
With Mark Tapscott
When was the last time a car company asked you what you actually wanted in the car before they built it?
Phil Staunton · D2M Product Design
Phil on building a consumer pushchair brand from scratch, what actually happens after you land the dream retail listing, and the lessons he took from a failure that looked like success.
Watch & listenFelicity Boyce · Koroyd
Material scientist on factory-floor learning and the long road to building tubular core technology that actually ships.
Watch & listenSid Shaikh · Fieldwork Robotics
Building a raspberry-picking robot, and what agricultural automation teaches you about edge cases that don't sit still.
Watch & listenRob Hallifax · Windfall Energy
Designing compact home batteries for renters and flat-dwellers, and why most of the market quietly ignored them.
Watch & listenChris is the founder of Kodu, a recruitment company embedded in the world of industrial design, product engineering and hardware-led teams. Now he's turning that network into a podcast.
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