Make and Design with Carina Gardner

Carina Gardner, Ph.D.
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Booking Overview

A design-and-business show led by Carina Gardner that blends practical creativity guidance with how designers can build profitable, meaningful brands. Guests tend to be creative entrepreneurs and design-industry professionals sharing real-world approaches, education, and craft-focused business lessons.

Metrics

Episodes: 593, Frequency: Weekly, Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k, Gender skew: Female, Location: USA
Instagram: 36.0k followers
30s Ad: 30 - 38, 60s Ad: 37 - 45, CPM Category: Education

Contact Information

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Description

Host

Carina Gardner, Ph.D. - Carina Gardner, Ph.D. is the founder and CEO of the University of Arts & Design. She previously served as Creative Director for Cartabella Paper Co. and MiniLou, and has designed products across di...

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Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Creative entrepreneurs and practitioners in design/crafting (e.g., quilting, paper/fabric/die-cutting/pattern design) and/or graduates/affiliates of the University of Arts & Design; may also include teachers, MFA students, and founders with demonstrable product/business experience.
Required Achievements:  
Built and run a craft/design business (often with teaching or digital product offerings), Developed/design patents or proprietary design products (e.g., pantographs, die-cut files, patterns), Academic credentials related to design education (e.g., MFA or UAD degrees/certificates), Experience designing for established brands or teaching other designers

Recent Guest Discussions

Barbie Mills - What Makes Her Work Stand Out; Building A Unique Creative Business For Real Profits; Pantograph Design; Using Tips/strategies To Grow. Katie Winn - Experience With The University Of Arts & Design; What Stands Out About Starting/learning Within A Design Business Education Framework.

Recent Topics

Design, Craft, Entrepreneurship, Business, Education, Paper, Fabric, Die Cutting, Product Design, Creative Business

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Make and Design with Carina Gardner
:

Episode 567 How One Small Tip Tripled Barbie Mills' Business | H+H Americas 2026

May 19, 2026

Carina Gardner sits down with Barbie Mills, founder of the Quilting Mill, at H+H Americas 2026 in Chicago.Barbie has been longarm quilting since 2012 and designs modern digital pantographs for computerized longarm quilters. She sells her designs to quilters around the world and teaches pantograph design. She is also an MFA student at the University of Arts & Design.In this episode, Barbie talks about what makes her work stand out, why building a unique creative business is the key to real...

Episode 566 University of Arts and Design Masterclass: What No One Tells You About Starting a Design Business

May 12, 2026

Join Carina today in this special episode where she talks about the 3 Gaps for designers, the three things no one tells you, and the research behind design and business education. Furthermore, Carina interviews graduate Katie Winn who talks about her experiences at the University of Arts & Design.Learn more about UAD's degrees and certificates at www.uad.education.  Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intentional

Episode 564 Don't Let Them Fool You. Everything is Always Changing.

May 05, 2026

Be wary of anyone who gives you a strategy and tells you it always works because if there is one thing Carina has learned it is that everything changes. Today Carina is at the H + H Show and she talks about the evolution of shows during her time in this business and changes she continues to see in the design and art industries. What’s New: https://www.carinagardner.comUniversity of Arts & Design: http://uad.education Get my free gift to you here: https://www.designsuitecourses.com/intenti...

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