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Cover art of Canva's 'Design Surfaces' podcast, featuring the words 'Design Surfaces' appearing in different colours

My interview on the Canva design podcast

November 10, 2024May 12, 2024

Baby’s first podcast appearance β€” product, content design, naming things, and Shakespeare.

Tags content design, podcast
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My Media Diet, Debut Edition

March 31, 2024March 31, 2024

The movies, books, TV and newsletters I enjoyed in summer 2024.

Tags books, movies, my media diet, newsletters, tv
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The logical fallacy haunting content design

August 26, 2024March 29, 2024

Once you see it, you can’t un-see it.

Tags content design
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IG commenters are content designers now

August 26, 2024March 15, 2024

There are dozens of us! Dozens!!

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Rhetorical devices, ranked

September 20, 2023June 25, 2023

Learn these turns of phrase to join a club occupied by Shakespeare and Taylor Swift.

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Valentine Watkins

Val is a content designer interested in tech, wine and internet economics. Say “hey” sometime on Bluesky, Threads or micro.blog.


From Val's blog

  • My interview on the Canva design podcast
  • My Media Diet, Debut Edition
  • The logical fallacy haunting content design
  • IG commenters are content designers now
  • Rare wine review: $500 Bordeaux masterclass

From Val's social media

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