The Live Design Project

The Live Design Project A global design initiative where clients save, mentors find talent, and juniors gain experience 💡🦉

19/06/2026

Your 3D renders might not be the flex you think they are 👀

We sat down with Emily Marzocchi on Design After Class, and she broke down exactly what reviewers are actually looking for in a portfolio. Hint: it’s not your render skills.

🎧 Watch till the end, then catch the full episode in the link in our bio.

If you've ever looked at a real client brief and thought "I'm too junior for this", read on.Villa Emmeline started exact...
12/06/2026

If you've ever looked at a real client brief and thought "I'm too junior for this", read on.

Villa Emmeline started exactly there. It's the winning kitchen proposal by Reine Jaber and she put her hand up before she felt fully ready. She mapped the space around the kitchen triangle, zoned it into wet, cold and hot areas, and worked the small problems most people walk straight past: an awkward step solved with a closed pantry, a two-sided credenza serving both the kitchen and the dining room, fluted glass keeping the light moving through to the corridor.

Here's the thing about feeling too junior: the brief doesn't care how many years you've got. It cares whether you've thought it through.

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Join Reine and many other junior designers taking the lead on real client projects with TLDP, gaining experience before graduation. Apply now at https://thelivedesignproject.com/landing-junior/ ✍️

Alghero, on Sardinia's northwest coast, terracotta rooftops, sharp Mediterranean light, kitchens that earn their keep ☕V...
22/05/2026

Alghero, on Sardinia's northwest coast, terracotta rooftops, sharp Mediterranean light, kitchens that earn their keep ☕

Villa Emmeline is a 23m² kitchen designed by Aisyah Radhiah for a holiday rental on the island. The palette pulls from the island vernacular: white shaker cabinetry, brass detailing, a black stone counter for grounding, reeded glass that filters the Sardinian light, and exposed beams left in their original character.

Then the surprise: a bifold cabinet that conceals an entire breakfast nook, lined in warm oak and lit from within. Closed, it disappears. Open, it's the warmest corner in the room.

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Join Aisyah and many other junior designers taking the lead on real client projects with TLDP, gaining experience before graduation. Apply now at https://linktr.ee/TLDP ✍️

21/05/2026

Year 1 of interior design practice is mostly absorbing things no you did not learn at school. This is the kind of thing TLDP Juniors work through with Mentors every project, partly so when it hits, it lands a little softer.

Which one hit hardest? Drop the number 👉

What working with TLDP can look like as a Junior:→ Claudia designs the bedrooms. client loves them. → Scope extends to t...
13/05/2026

What working with TLDP can look like as a Junior:
→ Claudia designs the bedrooms. client loves them.
→ Scope extends to the corridors.
→ One of our other Juniors takes it from sketch to the first submission without a single round of revisions.

Junior designers deserve real scope, real client exposure, and real portfolio wins. If you know you deserve this, apply in the 🔗 link in our bio for studio experience that actually counts.

Project briefs at TLDP look a lot like the ones you've been doing in school 🤝Same structure. Same skills. Just a real cl...
07/05/2026

Project briefs at TLDP look a lot like the ones you've been doing in school 🤝
Same structure. Same skills. Just a real client, a real space, and a real budget on the other side.

If you've put together a school project brief, you've already done most of this.
Applications for our Summer Internship intake are open at the link in bio →

your CV shouldn't sound like everyone else's ChatGPT prompt. 👀a recruiter can tell. a hiring manager can tell. and it's ...
23/04/2026

your CV shouldn't sound like everyone else's ChatGPT prompt. 👀

a recruiter can tell. a hiring manager can tell. and it's costing graduates their shot.
swipe to hear exactly why authenticity is still the thing that gets you hired, straight from someone who's been on both sides of the table.

🎧 full episode in bio

21/04/2026

Hear it from Geeta on how your cover letter may be more important than your CV & portfolio.

This clip from our podcast Design After Class, we talk about why cover letters still matter, what they actually do, and how junior designers can use them to make their application feel more thoughtful, intentional, and worth opening.

If you’ve ever thought “does anyone read cover letters anymore?” This one’s for you.

🎧 episode 1 is waiting in the link in our bio for those who want to know what gives employers the ick when reading applications

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