Barriers to Entry

Bobby Bonett, Andrew Lane

bte@sandowdesign.com

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Booking Overview

Barriers to Entry is a design innovation show focused on how architecture, design, and creative industries should prepare for the future. Guests are typically builders and leaders in design technology and emerging tech strategy, with a practical emphasis on how tools like artificial intelligence affect real workflows and decision-making. For PR pros, it’s a strong fit for experts who can credibly translate tech trends into design and industry impact.

Metrics

Episodes: 61

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.5/5.0

Estimated listeners: <1k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

Instagram: 1.6k followers

Contact Information

bte@sandowdesign.com

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Host

Bobby Bonett - Chief Growth Officer at SANDOW DESIGN GROUP.

Andrew Lane - Co-founder of digby. Hosts the Barriers to Entry design innovation podcast.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Design-industry leaders (architecture/design firms), design technology builders, futures/foresight practitioners, and AI educators/strategists who can connect emerging tech to practical design workflows and industry adoption.
Required Achievements:  
Published books (e.g., futures/design titles), Leadership roles in design technology or AI strategy (e.g., within major firms/tech orgs), Founder/educator track record and audience growth in design/AI literacy, Recognized internal or external thought leadership around generative AI in design

Recent Guest Discussions

Nick Foster - Designing Beyond Trends; Preparing For The Future Without Prediction; Emerging Technologies (including Ai) And Practical Future-thinking.

Stacy Thorwart - AI Literacy For Designers; Practical Adoption; Leadership/culture For Experimentation; Ai’s Role In Workflows And Agent/digital Collaborator Futures.

Michael Villegas - How Early Creative Influences Shape Tech/design Thinking; Generative AI As A Creative Assistant; Experimentation Speed, Client Communication, And Custom Tool-building.

Recent Topics

Design, Architecture, Innovation, Emerging Tech, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Barriers to Entry
:

Amra Tareen, CEO & Co-Founder, ALL3D.AI

June 24, 2026

“Spinning Cycles”This week Andrew welcomes Amra Tareen, serial entrepreneur and CEO of ALL3D.AI, for a conversation that starts with laundry—and never really leaves it. Across four startups and two decades of building at the intersection of design, e-commerce, and emerging technology, Amra has mastered the art of the pivot: reading the spin cycle, knowing when to hold on, and knowing when to let the machine do its thing.Amra traces the through-line from her early days scaling Decorist’s 3D vi...

The Future Mundane with Nick Foster RDI

June 12, 2026

How do we prepare for the future without trying to predict it? Recorded at NeoCon, Andrew Lane speaks with futures designer Nick Foster, former head of design at Google X and author of Could, Should, Might, Don’t. Together, they explore how designers can think beyond trends and forecasts, challenge assumptions about emerging technologies like AI, and imagine futures that are not just possible, but practical and meaningful.This episode was recorded in the NeoCon Podcast Lounge Powered by SURRO...

Stacy Thorwart, Founder, The Intelligent Designer

June 03, 2026

Beyond the PromptThis week Andrew welcomes Stacy Thorwart, AI educator, founder of The Intelligent Designer, and a fast-growing voice in the design technology space whose social platforms now reach tens of thousands of designers learning how to navigate AI.After years working with designers at Steelcase—and later helping lead global AI strategy—Stacy stepped into entrepreneurship to help the design industry move beyond curiosity and fear toward practical adoption. Her platform and community f...

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