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Make and Design with Carina Gardner

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Carina Gardner, Ph.D. unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design.  She was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware, sewing patterns to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs and die cutting files for Silhouette while teaching other designers how to create meaningful businesses with their design work.
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Daily or near-daily
Episodes
578
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Category
Design
Number of listeners
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Audience: Under 4K / month
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Cadence: Active weekly
Reply rate: Under 2%

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Episode 551 Clarity Over Creativity

Tue Feb 03 2026

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Creativity often gets all the attention, but clarity is what actually moves ideas forward. In this episode, Carina explores why clarity matters more than creativity when you are building meaningful work, making decisions, and leading a business or creative practice. This episode is for designers, artists, and entrepreneurs who feel busy but unfocused and want a calmer, more intentional way to move forward. Get Carina’s new bookThe Intentional Design Year here:  Paperback: https://amzn.to/43XTRLG Hardback: https://amzn.to/4isrefm Prompt Journal Paperback: https://amzn.to/4osha7J Prompt Journal Hardback: https://amzn.to/4rvrG0u Links to help new designers: What’s New: https://www.carinagardner.com Design Bootcamp: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp University of Arts & Design: http://uad.education Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intentional

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Creativity often gets all the attention, but clarity is what actually moves ideas forward. In this episode, Carina explores why clarity matters more than creativity when you are building meaningful work, making decisions, and leading a business or creative practice. This episode is for designers, artists, and entrepreneurs who feel busy but unfocused and want a calmer, more intentional way to move forward. Get Carina’s new bookThe Intentional Design Year here:  Paperback: https://amzn.to/43XTRLG Hardback: https://amzn.to/4isrefm Prompt Journal Paperback: https://amzn.to/4osha7J Prompt Journal Hardback: https://amzn.to/4rvrG0u Links to help new designers: What’s New: https://www.carinagardner.com Design Bootcamp: http://www.carinagardnercourses.com/designbootcamp University of Arts & Design: http://uad.education Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intentional

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#9774
Top 19.5% by pitch volume (Rank #9774 of 50,000)
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4.9
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Reviews
47
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Publish cadence
Daily or near-daily
Active weekly
Episode count
578
Data updated
Feb 10, 2026
Social followers
46.5K

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United States
Language
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Latest episode date
Tue Feb 03 2026

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What is Make and Design with Carina Gardner about?

Carina Gardner, Ph.D. unravels the everyday joys and dilemmas of design, making, and business. This inside scoop into fabric design, paper design, die cut design, and crafting will help bring more creativity and joy in your life. Carina Gardner is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design.  She was the Creative Director of Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou. She has designed everything from dishware, sewing patterns to bracelets under her brand. She currently designs fabric for Riley Blake Designs and die cutting files for Silhouette while teaching other designers how to create meaningful businesses with their design work.

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