A Bit Of This, A Bit Of That: Year-End Design Debrief
From Design Principles Pod by Sam Brown, Ben Sutherland and Gerard Dombroski
December 9, 2025 · 44 min · Season 2 · Episode 17
About this episode
The episode reflects on the year's design experiences, discussing successes and failures while celebrating community support.
Send us Fan Mail Year-end is when the honest stuff bubbles up: what we built, what broke, and what we’ll try differently next time. We raise a glass to the community that’s carried this show and jump straight into the craft and chaos of design life—part celebration, part hard-won field notes. We start with the real costs and protections behind small studios: trusts, liability, and why construction firms fold faster than architects who keep overheads lean. From there, the stories turn tactile...
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Hosts: Sam Brown, Ben Sutherland, Gerard Dombroski
Topics covered
- year-end review
- design challenges
- small studios
- community support
- construction firms
- design life
Keywords
- design
- year-end
- small studios
- construction
- community
- challenges
- celebration
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