{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Space by Stansons","title":"Know your self-worth, building confidence through career reinvention with Sonja Bannerman","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2224,"description":"✨ Subscribe to Show Notes for more from Space by Stansons at https://www.stansons.co.uk/space ✨\nThis week on Space by Stansons, Guy sits down with Sonja Bannerman, Project Designer at Morgan Lovell, to explore confidence, personal brand and the importance of designing workplaces with their own identity.\nSonja reflects on being made redundant twice and how those experiences changed the way she approached her career. She shares why knowing your self-worth, speaking with confidence and being yourself became central to finding the right role and culture, rather than simply taking the first opportunity available.\nThe conversation also looks at personal brand and putting yourself out there as a designer. Sonja explains why she stopped worrying about whether every LinkedIn post performs, why sharing what genuinely interests you can help people understand who you are, and how inspiration can come from other designers, travel, hospitality and everyday experiences.\nTurning to workplace design, Sonja discusses the growing use of colour, pattern, tiles, wallpaper and richer residential influences in commercial interiors. She explains how thoughtful placement of brand colours can create impact without overwhelming a space, why meeting rooms do not all need to look the same, and how different areas should create different feelings for the people using them.\nSonja also shares why she does not want to be known for one fixed design style. From calm, Scandinavian-inspired interiors to bright, technology-led workplaces, she is focused on challenging herself, listening closely to clients and creating spaces that feel individual rather than copy and paste.\nWhether you are building your career, developing your personal brand or designing workplaces, this episode is a reminder to back yourself, stay curious and create spaces that reflect the people and culture behind them.\nIn this episode:\nKnowing your self-worth and rebuilding confidence after redundancy.\nWhy being yourself matters...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/nJPvj68bReSmAJ9SKY527RT_ixrcvU7rvF8C76NLhRE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83YmI1/MjI5ZTcwNDQ4YmVi/MGQzZjQ0NWVhZmIy/MzJjMy5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}