"Design Mindset, Yanko Design's weekly podcast, treats the creative process as something you can actively shape rather than something that just happens to you. Each episode digs into the habits, mental models, and practical tools that move designers from tentative to decisive, from endlessly tweaking to actually shipping work. Now in its fourteenth episode, the show is starting to feel like a standing studio critique in audio form, where process and mindset get equal billing with aesthetics."
"This week, host Radhika Seth speaks with Reid Schlegel, Design Director at RS.D and educator at Parsons School of Design, whose career spans consultancy work at Smart Design and collaborations with brands like OXO. Reid is fluent in everything from loose Sharpie sketches to VR, CAD, and photorealistic rendering, but what really defines his work is how he teaches others to use visualization as a confidence engine. Not the confidence to defend a final deck, but the quieter confidence to show rough, uncertain ideas early."
Design Mindset frames the creative process as an active practice that can be shaped through habits, mental models, and practical tools. The series emphasizes faster and clearer visualization to help designers move from tentative tweaking to decisive shipping. Reid Schlegel, Design Director and educator, demonstrates fluency across sketches, VR, CAD, and photorealistic rendering and prioritizes visualization as a confidence engine. He teaches showing rough, uncertain ideas early rather than polishing them privately. Rapid visualization workflows—from napkin sketch to KeyShot render—accelerate feedback, reduce internal doubt, and make better choices, encouraging designers to take bolder risks and ship work.
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