Getting played is not nice. Getting played by deceptive design is even worse. Designers use their knowledge to shape the way we communicate, understand and experience certain products or services. This is not a way we support using creativity for.

In this episode we're bringing dark patterns to the stage — the sneaky, manipulative design tricks that apps, shops and streaming platforms use to steal your time, your money and your attention without you even realising it.

From breaking down exactly how companies are messing with you, to the famous doom scrolling that ate your Sunday, to the supermarket strategies designed to make you see what they want you to see.

We dive into:

🕳️ Drip pricing, roach motels and other tricks with terrifyingly accurate names

📱 How social media keeps you scrolling way longer than you planned

🛒 Supermarket layouts, eye-level shelves and the checkout trap

🔒 Privacy zuckering, yes, it's named after exactly who you think

⚖️ What the EU is doing about it and how ethical design is fighting back

Knowledge is your best defence. Everything you need to know for the next time an app tries to trick you.

Stay safe out there & embrace the chaos 🌀

Did you come up with something really cool at 2am, you love it, and now you're wondering if this could actually be a thing? Monetise? Advertise? Overwhelming thoughts that spiral in your head and probably won't let you sleep tonight?

Once again, we have been there, cried those tears and had those doubts.

Baby steps little padawan, if you have an idea in mind, the strategy is more or less set and you want to showcase it to the world, a nice branding is exactly where you could start to test those waters.

We are breaking down branding in the most human way possible, just the real stuff that actually makes a brand feel like you and keeps it consistent even when your business starts to grow.

From understanding what three little words can do for your entire visual identity, to why big brands and your handmade earring business actually have more in common than you'd think.

We dive into:

🎨 What branding actually is and why a logo alone won't cut it

✏️ How to find your three brand words and why they change everything

🖋️ Fonts, colours and spacing, the rookie mistakes and how to avoid them

📱 How to stay consistent on social media without losing your mind 🛠️ Free tools that get you started without spending a cent

Do you have an idea / a brand or wondering how to showcase it to the world?

Write us to drawmelikeafrenchie@gmail.com and Guille will review whatever you have and try to help you with the next steps, he is THAT nice.

Enjoy the mess, embrace the chaos 🌀

We get it, we've been there and we've done that.

Life can be pretty messy sometimes. Back pain can appear just because you sneezed in a weird way, and your to-do list probably has a to-do list.

Normally in situations like this, we'd hear that you need to meditate or work out more often. Did you eat your protein? Have you been grateful enough lately? We believe there are other ways of finding yourself and channelling those days.

What if the thing you actually need is just... to make something? Something you can point to at the end of the day and say "I did this. It's not perfect, but it's fully mine."

In this episode we're making the case for creativity as your new favourite coping mechanism, and if you've heard the previous episodes, you'll know by now that "I'm not creative" is not a valid excuse around here. So let's do it.

From using boredom as a mindfulness weapon to managing expectations around your New Year's resolutions, if any of this sounds like you, jump in. We're starting soon.

We dive into:

🧠 The flow state: your brain's happy place and how to get there fast

✏️ Why making things with your hands is basically free therapy

📵 The phone-down, mind-open trick that unlocks your best ideas

🎨 How to use creativity to actually manage stress and anxiety

🌱 Tiny habits that bring your creative spark back

Hear you very soon — and embrace the chaos 🌀

Okay real talk. When you were a kid you could turn a cardboard box into a spaceship, give your Barbies a full dramatic love life, and genuinely believe that Santa made it all over the world in one night.

You were THAT kid. An absolute creative machine.

And then somewhere between school, deadlines, and someone comparing your drawings to your sibling's, you just... stopped.

In this episode we will go full nostalgia mode and get into the good stuff. From imaginary friends and a very rich inner world that still haunts us at family dinners, to Barbies and Kens getting caught mid-scene.

We are not taking questions at this time.

But honestly? This one hits different. Because somewhere between the laughing we actually figure out why creativity doesn't disappear, it just gets buried under all the serious adult nonsense we pile on top of it.

We will talk about:

🧸 Why you were basically a creative genius as a kid and nobody told you

😬 The feedback that wrecked you, and why it was always from someone you loved

🎨 Why being obsessed with the final result is quietly killing your creative joy

🧠 Flow state, imaginary friends and dancing across the road like nobody's watching

✏️ How ten minutes a week can genuinely bring it all back

Guillermo is still walking on the raised pavement bricks like a child. We are all him. Be like him.

Your creativity isn't gone babe. It's just waiting for you to stop being so serious.

Embrace the chaos 🌀

Okay so. we listened back to Episode 1 and absolutely hated it. Wrote pages of notes. Rewrote the whole script and had to tell ourselves to just ship it. And here we are doing a whole episode about perfectionism because apparently we can't help ourselves.

If you've ever had a project living rent-free in your drafts folder for three months, a portfolio you're this close to finishing, or a creative idea so precious you're scared to actually make it, pull up a chair, we need to talk.

We get into the ugly truth about perfectionism: how it's basically just fear in a trench coat, why creatives suffer from it harder than most, and how Tinder (yes, Tinder!) is lowkey the best crash course in letting go of impossible standards.

We will talk about:

✏️ Perfectionism vs. procrastination. Same energy, different excuses

🤝 Why your partner/flatmate is the WRONG person to ask for feedback

📱 Dating apps and creative projects, more in common than you think

🚢 The very unsexy but very necessary art of just shipping the damn thing

No script. No plan. Just two designers, a microphone, and way too much self-awareness.

Embrace the chaos 🌀

You know that voice in your head that whispers "they're going to find out you have no idea what you're doing"? Yeah. We know her well.

In the very first episode of Draw Me Like a Frenchie, we (Louise and Guillermo, nice to meet you) will crack open a gin bottle, sit down in front of a microphone for the first time, and tackle the one thing every creative mind knows intimately, the imposter syndrome.

From navigating brutal design feedback to pretending you're Beyoncé's alter ego before a big presentation, this episode is equal parts therapy session, serious expertise, and a warm hug for anyone who's ever felt like the least qualified person in the room.

We will talk about:

🎨 Why design is one of the hardest fields to shake imposter syndrome

💬 The emotional gymnastics of being empathetic AND thick-skinned at the same time

🦸 Alter egos, Superman postures, and other totally legitimate confidence hacks

💛 Self-compassion, reframing fear as excitement, and embracing the mess

This podcast is for you little creative head, if you ever talked to yourself out of something you deserved, come over.

We may not have all the answers., but we do have gin.

Embrace the chaos 🌀