Inside the Design Studio with David Peck

This week's Voice Notes: three things I can't stop recommending, and one celebrity who lost me. Brené Brown and Adam Grant's new podcast The Curiosity Shop , the tradwife thriller Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke, and...

It's been a minute. If you've noticed, the podcast has been sporadic at best for the first part of this year — and I want to explain what's been happening. The short version: I was writing a book. Not the one I told you...

<p > At 30 weeks pregnant, Rayna Reid Rayford walked into a Houston ER in excruciating pain. They sent her home. Dehydration, they said. She came back a week later, still in agony. Same diagnosis. Same dismissal.</p> <p...

<p> For nearly a decade, I've used one word to guide my year. Not as a resolution. As a practice.</p> <p > And it's changed how I make decisions, navigate transitions, and design a life that actually fits.</p> <p > Most...

<p > This week, I'm thinking about three things that all have something in common: rewriting the script. Sometimes it's a script someone else wrote for you, sometimes it's your own script that you decide to change, and...

<p > This week I'm thinking about three things in pop culture that have an unexpected through-line: Catherine O'Hara's comedy, a new book about mattering, and the Roseberry siblings' creative partnership.</p> <p > What...

<p >This week felt especially heavy.</p> <p >In this Voice Notes mini-episode, I'm sharing a few reflections and pieces of pop culture that helped me stay present and grounded—not to escape what's happening, but to...

<p >Last year, my Word of the Year episode was my most-listened-to show, bar none. So we're doing it again for 2026—but this time, I'm pulling back the curtain on how I actually choose that one word and use it to design...

<p>What do Houston's most legendary art patrons and fashion's most famous ponytail have in common? In this episode, Paris-based journalist and biographer William Middleton—author of Double Vision: The Unerring Eye of...

<p >Let's be honest: Glinda's bubble was cute until it wasn't. And "good" was working for her… until it really, really wasn't.</p> <p >In this episode, I break down Wicked: For Good the same way Glinda breaks down...

<p >What happens when your biggest career high collides with your hometown's worst nightmare?</p> <p >In this episode, I sit down with jewelry designer Jill Reno, whose path to Paris Haute Couture Week started with...

<p >In today's episode, recorded LIVE!, I'm joined by my longtime friend, Australian hairdresser, and salon owner David Bamford—a man who once rocked twin blue mohawks, won international awards by surprise, and opened a...

<p >Ever worn a label that felt perfect—until it started itching like a bargain-bin T-shirt? Same.</p> <p >In this episode, I unwrap the identities I've collected (and returned) over the years:</p> <p >The week I was...

<p >What do fashion tariffs, Blake Lively's alleged text-message nuclear codes, and Instagram's sneaky Discover feed have in common? They all escalated—fast.</p> <p >Welcome to the inaugural "Well, That Escalated…"—the...

<p >I'm joined once again by my friend, writer, podcaster, and self-proclaimed Colleen Hoover expert Laura Max Rose for a conversation that's part literary therapy session, part red carpet roast, and part adaptation...