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AIGA Design PodcastNavigating Intersections: Sahar Chung on Design, Performance, and InclusivityIn this insightful episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello are joined by Sahar Chung, Director of Product Strategy at Multiplayer. Sahar shares her unique career journey, from her early days as a NASA contractor to becoming a leader in the UX field. The conversation delves into the evolution of UX research as a strategic partner, the importance of building inclusive methodologies, and the critical role of relationship-building in design. Learn about Sahar's co-founding of Confetti Q&A, a platform for community-driven discussions on industry challenges. Connect with Sahar C...
2025-09-0951 minAIGA Design PodcastEmbracing Change: Helder Santo's Journey in Design and TechnologyIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello sit down with Helder Santo, a partner at Unnamed, to explore the dynamic intersection of design, technology, and performance. Helder shares his journey through the evolving landscape of digital marketing and design, highlighting key moments from his career at renowned creative agencies. The conversation delves into the concept of a regenerative design ecosystem, the challenges of venture building in creative agencies, and the transformative potential of AI in design. Helder emphasizes the importance of embracing change, building trust, and fostering innovation within teams and client...
2025-07-3044 minAIGA Design PodcastBeyond the Brand: Building Ideas Worth Rallying Around with Sunny BonnellIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Sunny Bonnell, Co-Founder & CEO of Motto, about the powerful intersection of design and performance. Sunny shares her nonlinear career journey, emphasizing the importance of stirring emotion and inspiring action through creativity. The conversation delves into the essentials of brand transformation, the significance of visionary leadership, and how the design ecosystem is rapidly evolving with technology. Sunny also discusses her book, 'Rare Breed,' which encourages leaders to embrace their unique and defiant traits as strengths, and introduces Vision Camp, a program aimed at cultivating...
2025-07-0836 minAIGA Design PodcastCatalyzing Change: Maria Fernanda La Rotta on Strategic Design for an Inclusive FutureIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Maria Fernanda La Rotta, co-founder and head of strategy at Switch Strategy, about her dynamic career journey and the mission of her company to champion inclusion and drive innovation. Maria reflects on the strategic value of a design MBA, her commitment to empowering the next generation through her teaching role at Parsons, and how Switch Strategy specializes in developing niche markets for growth. The conversation also explores the challenges and opportunities within the current market, the critical importance of strategic design in solving business prob...
2025-06-2447 minAIGA Design PodcastDesigning Memory: Exploring Syria’s Creative Legacy with Kinda GhannoumIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Kinda Ghannoum shares her captivating journey from architecture into the vibrant world of graphic design, emphasizing her passion for preserving cultural heritage through the Syrian Design Archive. Hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello discuss with Kinda the vital role design plays in documenting history, elevating cultural identities, and inspiring future creativity amidst political challenges.Kinda explores the nuanced relationship between her Polish and Syrian heritage, revealing how these cultural layers enrich her creative process and contribute to her distinct approach to...
2025-04-2129 minAIGA Design PodcastHumanizing Creativity Through Physical Design with Michael Kaye of SylvainIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview Michael Kaye, Chief Design Officer at Sylvain, to explore the intersection of design, branding, and the evolving creative landscape. Michael’s journey, driven by a compelling shift from fine arts to practical design, highlights his unique approach to creativity—balancing aesthetic expression with real-world functionality.Michael delves into the nuances of book cover design, illustrating how typography becomes a storyteller's essential tool and how book jackets can function as powerful mini-brands for authors. He emphasizes the importance of context, encouraging designers to deep...
2025-04-0354 minAIGA Design PodcastMaking Work Suck Less with Erin Shems, Ezippy Co., Creative Operations AgencyIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview Erin Shems, a creative operations leader and entrepreneur who has built a career on getting things done. Erin’s unconventional journey started early—first going to work, then going to school—and led her to industries she’s always been drawn to, from video games to toys.Erin is passionate about mental health and human-centered processes, advocating for workplaces where people can be their authentic selves—starting with how they dress and speak. She challenges the idea that authenticity and performance are opposites, instead proposing...
2025-03-0451 minAIGA Design PodcastHow to Work Less, Earn More with Karl SakasIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview author and consultant Karl Sakas ("Say Kiss”). Karl’s clients often call him their “agency therapist.” They discuss the challenges agency owners face, including misconceptions about agency ownership, pricing strategies, and the importance of understanding market rates. Karl shares insights on productizing services, revenue growth, and how to escape the daily grind of agency ownership. The conversation emphasizes the need for agency owners to work smarter, not harder, and to focus on their strengths while delegating tasks effectively. They also delve into various a...
2025-02-1851 min
AIGA Design PodcastCommunity Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn StuckerIn this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang interviews Jenn Stucker, Associate Professor and Chair of Graphic Design at Bowling Green State University. They discuss the importance of community engagement in design, the expanding definition of design as a profession, the role of design communities like AIGA in career development and standard setting, and more.
Key Topics and Themes:
Community Engagement in Design: Stucker shares her experiences incorporating community engagement into her design practice, including co-founding the AIGA Toledo chapter and leading community-based projects like “You Are Here” and “Sit & Tell.”
Expanding Definitio...
2024-08-1248 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesigning a Design Conference with Lee-Sean Huang (Special Episode)In this special episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang, Senior Director of Learning & Programs, takes listeners behind the scenes of the planning process for the 2024 Design Conference (Online, October 10-12).
How do we select speakers for the conference? Why are we doing an online conference this year, and what are the challenges and opportunities around that? And how is AIGA responding to the broader context of what is going on with design associations, conferences, and the industry at large?
Listen all the way through this special episode to get a coupon code for $50...
2024-07-0318 min
AIGA Design PodcastPivoting your Creative Business with Matthew McIverWhat does an evolving design studio look like and how do you make money while maintaining your passion?
In this episode, AIGA Member Matthew McIver, a creative entrepreneur and owner of Commence Studio, and Lee-Sean Huang, senior director of learning and programs at AIGA, unravel the intricacies of pivoting business models and pricing strategies. Join us as we we explore Matthew's entrepreneurial journey over the past 15 years, uncovering valuable lessons learned and the evolution of Commence Studio's approach to business and client relationships.
Topics include:
1️⃣ Entrepreneurial journey: Expl...
2024-05-2045 min
AIGA Design PodcastClip: Margins and Padding of Running a Studio with Matt McIverIn this preview clip, Matthew McIver and Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's senior director of learning and programs, discuss the important role of financial margins and padding in business. The AIGA Design Podcast will be going on a brief mid-season spring hiatus and return with our full episode with Matthew on May 20, 2024.
💼 Matthew McIver is a creative entrepreneur and owner of Commence Studio based in Reno, Nevada. Commence Studio is a B2B Brand and E-commerce Agency that helps purpose-driven companies be seen & heard.
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2024-04-0308 min
AIGA Design PodcastWhy design research is stuck with Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey ObuobiHas design research hit a plateau?
In this episode, Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi, two design researchers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and Lee-Sean Huang, senior director of learning and programs at AIGA delve into the challenges and explore the gap between personal and professional learning in design research.
Topics include:
the value of co-design catchphrases and why they keep resurfacing
the challenges and rewards of collaborating with marginalized communities on designing solutions that address their needs
how design and policy can...
2024-02-2047 min
AIGA Design PodcastWelcome to the 2024 Season of AIGA Design Podcast: MARGINSDesigning success outside the lines – AIGA's 2024 journey begins at the margins.
Welcome to the first episode of the 2024 season of the AIGA Design Podcast! Join Lee-Sean Huang, senior director of learning and programs at AIGA, as he explores the theme "MARGINS" and sets the stage for an exciting year of AIGA Design programming.
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2024-02-0506 minAIGA Design PodcastPentagram 50 at the 2023 AIGA Design ConferenceDebbie Millman interviews Pentagram partners Emily Oberman, Giorgia Lupi, Marina Willer, Natasha Jen, and Paula Scher. Recorded LIVE at the 2023 AIGA Design Conference in New York City!
2023-10-2850 min
AIGA Design PodcastFEED SWAP: Yellow Glitter, Collective Change and Community-Centered Design with Lee-Sean HuangFEED SWAP: Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's director of design content and learning, recently appeared on Steven Wakabayashi's Yellow Glitter Podcast to talk about collective change, community-centered design, his midlife career crisis, and more.
Listen/subscribe to the Yellow Glitter Podcast: https://yellowglitterpodcast.com/podcast/42-collective-change-and-community-centered-design-with-lee-sean-huang/
Stay tuned for new original episodes of the AIGA Design Podcast in September 2023.
Join us for the AIGA Design Conference in New York City, October 12-14. Get your tickets before the price increase on September 7. We will sell out. Online streaming tickets are also available. https://www.aiga.org...
2023-08-221h 03AIGA Design PodcastLearning with Ritesh Gupta, Useful SchoolWe are back for a special summer special edition of the podcast. We are catching up with Ritesh Gupta, founder of Useful School, which offers 12-week online pay-what-you-can classes in product design, branding, decolonization, and financial wellness aimed at beginner and advanced creatives of color. Applications to the Useful School fall cohort are due August 18, 2023. Learn more: https://www.usefulschool.com/
Listen to our original 2022 interview with Ritesh here: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/aigadesign/episodes/Design-Adjacent-with-Ritesh-Gupta--Founder-of-the-Useful-School-on-re-visioning-design-education--radical-changes--impact-of-design--and-finding-a-coach-e1jt5if
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2023-07-2036 minAIGA Design PodcastFrom the Archives: Matt Groening at the 2002 AIGA Design ConferenceIn this episode, we present a clip of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, speaking at the 2002 AIGA Design Conference in Washington DC. This footage has not been seen or heard publicly for over 20 years. Groening shares a story he had never told before, explains why he values design conferences, gives advice to fellow illustrators, reveals the namesake of Homer Simpson, and divulges some of the things the Fox Network censored from his shows.
Watch the video version of this podcast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/814432149/f56404d0b2
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2023-04-0413 min
AIGA Design PodcastHugh Dubberly on design as finding balance in systems and why problem solving is not enough"Thinking of design as problem-solving is an improvement over thinking of design as art, but as we move into a world of systems, the idea of solving a problem may be replaced by the idea of finding balance in a system..."
This clip from Hugh Dubberly is from a never-before-released interview conducted in 2019 at NC State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. Hugh will be teaching a workshop on Generative AI for Designers with Shelley Evenson, managing director of Song at the AIGA Executive Leadership Summit (Alexandria, VA, March 12-14, 2023).
Learn more and sign up for...
2023-02-0906 min
AIGA Design PodcastThe Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection with Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters (RECORDED LIVE in Seattle at the AIGA Design Conference)The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection spotlights teaching practices, research, stories, and conversations from a Black/African diasporic lens.
Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's director of design content and learning interviews editors Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters about the purpose, people, and processes behind the book. This episode was recorded live at the AIGA Design Conference in Seattle in October 2022.
Fast Company recently named The Black Experience in Design one of the best design books of 2022.
2022-12-0537 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Shauna Carey, Chief Executive Officer, IDEO.org on gratitude, social impact, finding the best solutions, challenges, curving paths, and small steps to the futureShauna Carey currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, leveraging her deep expertise in both design and social impact to oversee the strategy and vision for IDEO.org. Previously, in her role as Executive Design Director & Chief Communications Officer, Shauna worked alongside design teams and communities to surface insights to unlock new possibilities, create narratives that inspire action, and share stories about the impact of design. Over the past nine years at IDEO.org, Shauna has worked on projects and programs focused on advancing health equity, criminal justice reform, refugee rights, gender equality, and climate resilience. She also previously served...
2022-10-2525 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Rebecca Tegtmeyer and Marty Maxwell Lane on collaboration, importance of seeing people in person, shared values and goals, and working through challengesOur guests are authors of the book, “Collaboration in Design Education: Case Studies & Teaching Methodologies” which you can learn more about here: https://collabdesigned.com/.
Rebecca Tegtmeyer is a graphic design educator and practitioner. Through her active research, writing, making, and teaching agenda she investigates the role of a designer and the creative process through a variety of forms – from static to dynamic, time-based to print. Working both individually and collaboratively, she approaches design as a catalyst in facilitating systems that challenge and inspire – further extending the capabilities and responsibilities of a designer in today’s complex world. Cur...
2022-10-2033 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Zachary Kaiser, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University on design and technology, privacy, and writingZachary Kaiser is Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University, USA. His research and creative practice examine the politics of technology and the role of design in shaping the parameters of individual, social, and political possibility. His work has been featured in national and international exhibitions, and his writing, on topics ranging from the future of the arts in higher education to dream-reading technologies, appears in both scholarly and popular publications.
About AIGA Design Adjacent
AIGA Design Adjacent is a monthly podcast series with AIGA’s Executive Director, Bennie F. Jo...
2022-10-1836 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Camille Finan, Host and Producer of Remodel Your Life Podcast on false assumptions, finding allies in your space, over meeting expectations, and internalizing functionalityFor more than 25 years, Camille Finan has been building kitchens and helping women create something beautiful. She started her journey in a rather unexpected way though. She was a business development consultant and taught marketing to graduate students in California, and while she loved helping people start and grow small businesses, she didn’t feel she had the chance to be very creative with her hands. She shut down her business and went back to the basics. She dug ditches and hung drywall in the beginning but slowly over time, she realized she really loved carpentry and joined the ca...
2022-10-1344 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Paul Taylor, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, BrandOpus on cracked eggs and iconic brandsPaul Taylor is the Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner at global branding agency BrandOpus. Founded in 2007, BrandOpus creates meaningful and connected brand experience for some of the world's most revered brands. Fusing wisdom with wonderment, his role today is to lead all creative output across the London, New York, Chicago and Melbourne studios. Paul has served brand experience for a wide portfolio of brands including Nestlé, Kraft Heinz, McCain, Britvic and First Direct. His work has been recognized by the likes of D&AD, The Design Business Association, Pentawards and The Drum.
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2022-10-1137 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Chris Hervochon, Better Way CPA, virtual CFO for marketing and creative agencies and nonprofit organizationsOn this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent…Moving from hobby to work, taking advantage of the experts in your corner, value of a business coach, investing in yourself, making data work for you, and being helpful with Chris Hervochon, Better Way CPA, Virtual CFO for marketing and creative agencies and nonprofit organizations
Chris Hervochon, CPA, CVA is the sole proprietor of his CPA firm. Chris Hervochon provides outsourced accounting and tax preparation for small businesses and individuals. Before starting his own CPA firm, Chris spent ten years between forensic accounting and corporate accounting and finance. He has be...
2022-10-0636 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with AIGA Medalist Archie Boston on design spirituality, art, culture, and industry, learning for the sake of knowledge, capturing history, and helping others through designArchie is a nationally known art director, designer, author, business owner, and educator. He was chair of the Graphic Design Program at California State University Long Beach for 12 terms and was named Outstanding Professor of the Year in 2004. He has also operated his design-consulting firm, Archie Boston Graphic Design, since 1972. He was the first African American recipient of the prestigious AIGA Fellows Award from the Los Angeles Chapter of AIGA in 2007. The Fellows Award recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to raise the standards of excellence in practice and conduct within their local or regional design community...
2022-10-0440 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Llisa Demetrios, Chief Curator, Eames Institute on infinite curiosity, chain reactions, design as a method of action, addressing needs, creating connections, and sustainabilityLlisa Demetrios, the youngest granddaughter of Ray and Charles Eames, is a third generation maker, following in the footsteps of her creative legacy. Llisa is leading the Eames Institute as Chief Curator, and has previous experience as an Archivist at the MoMA, Eames Official, and has dedicated her life to keeping the Eames name present throughout design endeavors. Additionally, Llisa is on the Board of Directors for the Petaluma Arts Center, and is a passionate bronze sculptor.
About AIGA Design Adjacent
AIGA Design Adjacent is a monthly podcast series with AIGA’s Executive Director, Bennie F...
2022-09-2037 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Elise Schuster, Co-Founder and Executive Director, okayso on being a problem solver, standing the gap, creating safe spaces, and building a human first organization.Elise Schuster is a sexuality educator with 15 years of experience in youth development and pleasure-based sex education. Elise has a masters in public health from Columbia University with a specialization in sexuality and health. Elise began their work in public health at Physicians for Reproductive Health, training doctors to provide adolescent-friendly reproductive health care. They also spent many years teaching workshops at Babeland and having thousands of one-on-one educational pleasure-based sexual health conversations.
After their MPH, Elise spent almost a decade at a premiere NYC youth development center serving over 11,000 marginalized young people every year. Elise had...
2022-09-0642 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Margot Bloomstein, Author, Principal of Appropriate, Inc. on interpersonal relationships, leading with the human side, what a company can do to demonstrate trustMargot Bloomstein is one of the most prominent voices in the content strategy industry. She is the author of Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap and Content Strategy at Work: Real-World Stories to Strengthen Every Interactive Project and the principal of Appropriate, Inc., a brand and content strategy consultancy based in Boston. As a speaker and strategic adviser, she has worked with marketing teams in a range of organizations over the past two decades. The creator of BrandSort, she developed the popular message architecture-driven approach to content strategy. Margot teaches in the content s...
2022-08-2336 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Meg Mothershed, Strategy Guru and Wordsmith, Mothershed Design Co. on being an entrepreneur, what it means to be chief champion for yourself, work life balance and moreMeg Mothershed is the strategy guru and resident wordsmith for Mothershed Design Co., a boutique branding and web design studio based near Denver, Colorado. Having wanted to own her own business since she was six years old, joining her partner, Josiah, was a no-brainer. Meg combines her passion for entrepreneurship with a love of problem-solving to help small businesses. Meg manages all the nitty-gritty details of the business, as well as handles the copywriting for brands and websites.
About AIGA Design Adjacent
AIGA Design Adjacent is a monthly podcast series with AIGA’s Executive Director, Be...
2022-08-0928 minAIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Diana Barnes, Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin on unleashing storytelling in branding, human connectivity, and being the change you want to see in the worldDiana Barnes (DB) is the Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin. Under her leadership, Munchkin’s Brand Design team has won over 80 top international design awards for 360 designs, the highly coveted Red Dot Award among the latest. A passionate advocate for trees, animals, and the environment, she created and leads all Munchkin CSR initiatives such as partnerships with The Whale Sanctuary Project, Trees for the Future and IFAW (The International Fund for Animal Welfare) and Radiant Colors. Before joining Munchkin, she served as the Global Director of Brand Design for Dell, Inc. In this key role, she led...
2022-07-2634 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Art ChantryFireside Chat with design leader and 2017 AIGA Medalist Art Chantry and AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson. They discuss best practices and learnings from their career in representing yourself in your work and approaching graphic design as a language we all speak.
This episode was originally livestreamed as part of the third annual AIGA Portfolio Festival in July 2022.
2022-07-2052 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at PMI on articulating a vision, co-developing solutions, changing methodology, and having impactDave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, drives PMI’s growth strategy by working across the organization to define, test, and deliver solutions that enable individuals and organizations to create impact and propel change. Dave was the co-founder, President and CEO of ProjectManagement.com (formerly Gantthead.com), an online community for project professionals, established in 2000 and acquired by PMI in 2014. Since joining PMI, he has held several leadership roles, including dual role as Director of Digital Presence and CEO of ProjectManagement.com. Dave’s passion for project management led him to serve in multiple volunteer positions for PMI prior to beco...
2022-07-1233 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Ritesh Gupta, Founder of the Useful School on re-visioning design education, radical changes, impact of design, and finding a coachRitesh Gupta is the founder of Useful School, the world’s first pay-what-you-can online design school for people of color. He specializes in product design, product management, branding, typography, and growth analytics. Ritesh has collaborated or worked for companies including Wieden+Kennedy, Mother Design, 2 Shark Tank companies, Sagmeister & Walsh, R/GA and Cooper Hewitt. His work has been featured in Adweek, AIGA Eye on Design, It’s Nice That, Wallpaper, Print Mag, Brand New, The Dieline, and more. He is also a volunteer for Where Are The Black Designers?.
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AIGA Design Adja...
2022-06-2838 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Lisa Sasaki, Interim Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on field trips, creating connections between people and objects, and museums without wallsLisa Sasaki is currently the interim director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. The new museum was established by Congress in late 2020 as part of the Smithsonian. Lisa was appointed interim director in March 2021and before joining the Smithsonian, she was the director of the Audience and Civic Engagement Center at the Oakland Museum of California. Lisa was the director of program development at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) in Los Angeles from 2003 until 2012, where she directed major institutional projects. During her tenure at JANM, she supervised the museum’s curatorial, public programs, web, education and coll...
2022-06-1436 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Regina Bain on preserving a legacy, musical storytelling, clown class, and what it means to listen and respondRegina Bain is the Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM). She is an artist, leader, facilitator and program designer with over 16 years of experience building non-profit capacity for organizational growth. Before joining LAHM, she served as Associate Vice President of the Posse Foundation. Posse is a national leadership and college access program which helps to send teams of students or “Posses” to top colleges and universities. Regina is committed to social justice. She facilitates and trains others to facilitate conversations on social identity, leadership and group dynamics. She is currently the co-chair of Culture @3’s anti-racism subcom...
2022-05-3134 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Catherine Clark, Founder and Paul McDowall on changing spaces, designing around people, and not being perfectIn 2001, Catherine and Paul joined forces to create an original agency concept, built around the idea that true collaborative thinking and different perspectives can solve brand challenges holistically—and better. Together, with their talented team of brand architects, they partner with some of the world’s most forward-looking brands. Their strategic and creative guidance has helped brands better our world by tackling the important topics such as sustainability, health and wellness, and empowerment head on.
Catherine sets the vision for the business and shapes the strategic direction for the work. Growing up in Paris as a child of p...
2022-05-1747 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Michael Bierut, Partner at PentagramJoin AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with design industry leaders and innovators. These conversations seek to inspire dynamic new conversations in and outside of the design community. This episode's guest is Michael Bierut, Pentagram partner and AIGA Medalist.
Watch the video version of this episode here: https://vimeo.com/706622293
This episode was originally livestreamed during the AIGA Design + Business Conference 2022.
2022-05-1350 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Katrina Alcorn, General Manager, Design at IBMJoin AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with design industry leaders and innovators. These conversations seek to inspire dynamic new conversations in and outside of the design community. The guest in this episode is Katrina Alcorn, General Manager, Design at IBM. This Fireside Chat was recorded and streamed live at the 2022 AIGA Design + Business Conference.
Watch the video version of this interview here: https://vimeo.com/706580811
2022-05-0546 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Bret Recor on shifting the agency model, being a true partner, and environmental impactBret is an industrial designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is the founder and director of the award-winning design studio, Box Clever, which is renowned for creating physical products and experiences that delight consumers and build category-leading brands. The studio is responsible for designing best-selling products including Away luggage, Caraway cookware, and July air conditioners.
The San Francisco-based design practice operates at the intersection of industrial design, brand strategy, and investment. Bret’s expertise lies in balancing creative vision with real-world experience and engineering prowess. He understands the nuances of taking an idea from concept to market. Specializing in...
2022-05-0341 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Future Live with JoAnn Holmes on Intellectual Property and Web3This episode is a recording of an interactive livestream hosted by Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's director of design content and learning, in conversation with JoAnn Holmes, an IP and digital asset attorney and host of the "Your Business Ally" podcast. Jo helps creators develop smart Web3 strategies to monetize intellectual property. Her expertise helps clients navigate a range of IP and Web3 topics, including , NFTs, blockchain tech, regulations, taxes, and contracts.
Jo will also be doing a workshop on intellectual property and Web 3.0 at the AIGA Design + Business Conference, May 4-6 (Online). Join us: https://www.aiga.org/d...
2022-04-2833 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Minal Bopaiah on being stewards of equity, storytelling, and being a reluctant entrepreneurshipMinal is an author, speaker, and strategic consultant with more than 20 years of professional experience. Her areas of expertise include human-centered design, behavior change science, and the principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion as they relate to media, marketing and communications, and organization design.
As the Founder and Principal Consultant of Brevity & Wit, Minal is passionate about designing for equity. Her work includes working with NPR’s news managers to design a system for diversifying news sources. She is also the creator and facilitator for the DEI Executive Forum, a six-month cohort learning experience for general managers in...
2022-04-1942 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Steven Heller on first days, joys of incompetence, and the tentacles of designSteven is graphic designer, art director, design critic and author. He has held the position of senior art director at New York Times Book Review and is also a prolific writer, having authored and co-authored over 200 books about the history and practice of typography, illustration, graphic design, popular culture and propaganda. He also worked as an editor for the prestigious AIGA Journal of Graphic Design.
He is the co-founder and co-chair (with Lita Talarico) of the MFA Designer as entrepreneur program at the School of Visual Arts in New York, where he lectures on the history of...
2022-04-0545 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Matt Mullenweg on working remote vs distributed work, music, distractions, and augmented realityAbout Matt Mullenweg
Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, the Open Source software used by over 40% of the web, including this site. WordPress is a part of who Matt is; he can’t not work on WordPress. The company celebrated 15 years in 2018. The project touches a lot of people, something he’s recently begun to appreciate and he considers himself very lucky to be able to work on something he loves so much.
In late 2005, Matt left WordPress to found a company called Automattic, which is now the force behind WordPress.com, Jetpack, WooCommerce, Simplenote, Long...
2022-03-2246 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Brandi Parker on sustainability, evolving behaviors, future considerations, and designing recyclingJoin us for a new episode of Design Adjacent were we talk sustainability, evolving behaviors, future considerations, and designing recycling. What is the future of sustainable design and how do we implement realistic change? As Head of Sustainability at Pearlfisher, Brandi Parker, challenges designers to find answers to those questions.
About Brandi Parker
Brandi Parker is Head of Sustainability at Pearlfisher. Sustainability is fundamental to how Pearlfisher operates and creates, and is the foundation of the work of all of their teams. In her role, Brandi challenges Pearlfisher's designers to think about the end game...
2022-03-0842 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Thinking? Thank an Engineer.This episode is the audio version of Steven McCarthy's article in Dialectic (Volume III, Issue I): "Design Thinking? Thank an Engineer, read by Lee-Sean Huang.
Dialectic is an open access scholarly journal of thought leadership, education and practice in the discipline of visual communication design published by the AIGA Design Educators Community and Michigan Publishing.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3998/dialectic.14932326.0003.102
Abstract: The methodology of Design Thinking is pervasive across design disciplines, and to some degree business culture, with many crediting its origins to the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design — the “d.schoo...
2022-03-0143 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Maurice Cherry on analog and digital design, math, and the MetaversesAbout Maurice Cherry
Maurice is a designer, strategist and podcaster located in Atlanta, GA. He is principal and creative director at Lunch, an award-winning multidisciplinary studio he created in 2008 that helps creative brands craft messages and tell stories for their targeted audiences, including fostering relationships with underrepresented communities.
Maurice is also a pioneering digital creator who is most well-known for Revision Path, an award-winning podcast which is the first podcast to be added to the permanent collection of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Maurice’s projects and over...
2022-02-2245 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Pek Pongpaet on careers, writing code, power of play in problem solvingAbout Pek Ponpaet
Pek is the founder of Impekable, a digital product studio that helps enterprise and B2B SaaS companies create better products through user experience design. Impekable has designed and created products for X, Alphabet’s moonshot factory, Adobe, Twilio, Pentair, two startups acquired by Palo Alto Networks. Impekable has been recognized as one of America’s fastest growing businesses on the Inc. 5000 list 3 times in a row.
Prior to Impekable, Pek designed and developed next generation user interfaces at Accenture Technology Labs’ HCI group, and created interactive experiences for clients including Tesla and US...
2022-02-0842 min
AIGA Design PodcastSpecial Edition: More mentorship, please! But what does that mean?“Mentorship” is one one of those warm fuzzy words. We know we want it. We know it’s a good thing. But what exactly does mentorship mean, and how do we make it work for our own unique needs? How can we be more effective mentors and mentees?
We explore these questions in this special edition of the AIGA Design Podcast, where we revisit the voices of experts who have spoken to our community over the last few years. We also do a deep dive into AIGA NY’s Mentorship Program to understand what it takes to structure...
2022-02-0447 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent: Cheryl Heller on career changes, innovation, doing things the hard way, and being an entrepreneurCheryl Heller is a leader, designer, scholar, business strategist and an author. Her experience spans corporate, philanthropic, nonprofit, and academic worlds, and in each role and organization, she has created and grown groundbreaking programs. She founded two companies and created successful new programs at the School of Visual Arts in New York and Arizona State University. She has taught creativity to leaders around the world, helped grow clients’ businesses from small regional enterprises to multi-billion global market leaders, launched category-redefining divisions and products, reinvigorated cultures, and designed strategies for hundreds of successful entrepreneurs.
About Cheryl Heller
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2022-01-2542 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent with Gail Anderson: road trips, The Jackson Five, design, and investing your timeAbout Gail Anderson
Gail Anderson is an NYC-based designer, educator, and writer. She is Chair of BFA Design and BFA Advertising at the School of Visual Arts and the creative director at Visual Arts Press. She has served as senior art director at Rolling Stone, creative director of design at SpotCo, and as a designer at The Boston Globe Sunday Magazine and Vintage Books. She has taught at SVA for 30 years and has co-authored 15 books on design, typography, and illustration with Steven Heller.
Anderson serves on the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee for the US Postal Se...
2022-01-1140 min
Pieturzīmes#69 “Pieturzīmju” gada apskats: saruna ar Aigu VeckalniKā radās doma par raidierakstu “Pieturzīmes”? Kas klausītājus un sekotājus sagaida nākamgad?
“Pieturzīmju” gada apskata sērijā pārrunājām 2021. gadā sasniegto un piedzīvoto, kā arī 2022. gada ieceres.
Raidījumā Anna Šēfere intervē Aigu un runā par iecienītākajām “Pieturzīmju” sērijām, raidieraksta tapšanas aizkulisēm un gatavošanos sarunām, viesu izvēli, sadarbību ar citiem raidierakstiem, Aigas spēka un iedvesmas avotiem, kā arī daudz ko citu.
Anna Šēfere ir tulkotāja un raidieraksta “Pieturzīmes” aizrautīga klausītāja.
Raidījuma vadītāja Aiga Veckalne ir valodniece, aizrautīga tulkotāja un filo...
2021-12-301h 05
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Theresa Fitzgerald, VP Creative, Sesame WorkshopAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Theresa Fitzgerald, Vice President of Creative at Sesame Workshop.
Theresa Fitzgerald is vice president creative at Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street. She leads the in-house Brand Creative Services team dedicated to the mission of helping kids grow stronger, smarter and kinder.
Fitzgerald has spent more than 25 years developing creative to entertain, educate and engage young...
2021-12-2238 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Randy J. Hunt, former Head of Design at GrabAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Randy J. Hunt, Head of Design at Grab, where he leads a team of designers, writers, engineers, and researchers who create Southeast Asia’s Super App.
He has served as Head of Design at Artsy and VP of Design at Etsy. In 2014, Etsy was honored with the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award for Corporate & Institutional Achievement. Randy is the author of Pr...
2021-12-2144 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Alex Center, Owner, CENTERAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Alex Center, Owner of CENTER, a branding and design studio in Brooklyn, NY. Prior to opening his own studio, Alex worked for over a decade for The Coca-Cola Company where he led the strategy and design vision for the billion dollar beverage brands vitaminwater, smartwater and POWERADE. Over the years, Alex has designed packaging that has been in hands across the globe, created...
2021-12-2054 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent - Terry Irwin on wicked problems, shifting mindsets, and tangoOn this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent…
Terry Irwin is a professor in the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University and the Director of its Transition Design Institute. From 2009 until 2019, she was the Head of the School of Design, where she led the faculty in a redesign of curricula at the undergraduate, masters and doctoral levels to place design for society and the environment at the heart of all programs. In this episode of the AIGA Design Adjacent, Bennie Johnson talks with Terry about wicked problems, shifting our mindsets, waking up the knowledge we already have, an...
2021-12-1435 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent: Isaiah Steinfeld on entrepreneurship, mentorship, and the future of designIsaiah Steinfeld is a proven startup veteran and innovation leader with the unique ability to deeply empathize with the user/customer while creating a big product vision. In the entrepreneurial space, he focuses on innovation capability that helps identify, develop, and invest in new future-focused opportunities. In this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent, Bennie Johnson talks with Isaiah about entrepreneurship, mentorship, and the future of design.
About Isaiah Steinfeld
Isaiah Steinfeld has successfully built, launched, and scaled disruptive products and businesses (Lyft, Intuit Workforce) for over a decade. Steinfeld most recently participated in the On...
2021-11-3033 min
AIGA Design PodcastReStart: Nicole Belyna on human resources lessons from the pandemicNicole Belyna, SHRM-SCP is a field services director at SHRM and possesses more than 15 years in human resources, specializing talent management and leadership. In this episode of The ReStart from AIGA, Nicole and host Lee-Sean Huang talk about HR lessons learned from the first year and a half of the pandemic and ways for people managers to adapt and lead their teams forward.
Download the SHRM report referenced in the episode here: https://www.shrm.org/ResourcesAndTools/hr-topics/people-managers/Pages/2020-lessons-learned.aspx
This episode was originally published as a video recording on AIGA.org. You c...
2021-11-2227 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Judy Wert on design career pathsAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Judy Wert, Co-Founder, Wert&Co Executive Search. Judy has been working with the leadership of innovative companies for over 25 years. She has earned an international reputation as a pivotal force in executive search. A trusted authority in the world of design and business, Judy is also known for bringing an added dimension to her work—a humanistic approach—fostering deep relationships through empathy, intu...
2021-11-1942 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent: W. David Hubbard on the hows and whys of creativityW. David Hubbard is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Verizon. He leads Verizon’s marketing, intellectual property, and new media law and policy team. David also serves as general counsel for the philanthropic Verizon Foundation, dedicated to solving critical social issues in the areas of education, health care and energy management, particularly in underserved communities. In this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent, host Bennie Johnson talks with David about not only the creative field but his path and why creativity was instrumental in career and offers listeners an opportunity to hear how legal and marketing can work to...
2021-11-1629 min
AIGA Design PodcastReStart: Molly Murphy on using data to design hybrid experiencesMolly Murphy is Co-Managing Director of Gensler's New York office. Molly champions collaboration, design innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking. She co-founded the Digital Experience Design (DXD) practice, overseeing its operational strategy and implementation across multiple offices as well as co-founded Intelligent Places, the firm’s expertise in harnessing data analytics to advance performance of the built environment.
In our ReStart interview, Molly and host Lee-Sean Huang talked about using data to design hybrid experiences.
This episode was originally published as a video recording on AIGA.org. You can watch the captioned video here: https://www.aiga.or...
2021-11-0833 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent: Dominic Grijalva on finding creativity in a pandemic yearDominic Grijalva is a designer who primarily works on marketing and advertising projects that call for eye-catching imagery. His passions also lie in branding and identity design, as well as digital media projects that range from large scale such as digitally projected sets for theatre and live events to gifs and animations. Although California bred, he is currently living in Washington Heights, Manhattan and serves as Product Manager for TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda. In this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent, host Bennie Johnson talks with Dominic about finding creativity in a pandemic year, being a Hamilton fan, and Broadway.
2021-11-0242 min
AIGA Design PodcastReStart: Dr. Tracy Brower on hybrid work, happiness, and creativity.Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist who studies the sociology of work, future of work, workers, and the workplace. Tracy is a principal with Steelcase's applied research and consulting. She is also the author of the Secrets of Happiness at Work and Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work. She's a contributor to forbes.com and fast company among other publications.
Tracy and the ReStart host Lee-Sean Huang talked about hybrid work, happiness, and creativity.
The ReStart from AIGA is a new content series that helps the design community move forward from COVID by p...
2021-10-2927 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Robbie Tseng, Vice President, Growth Design at HBO MaxAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Robbie Tseng, Vice President, Growth Design at HBO Max.
This Fireside Chat was originally livestreamed on October 13, 2021. Watch the captioned video version here: https://www.aiga.org/inspiration/talks/robbie-tseng-fireside-chat-with-robbie-tseng
As the largest professional membership association for design, AIGA offers you deep personal connections with your community. Your membership dues are an investment in yourself, your profession, and a n...
2021-10-2539 min
AIGA Design PodcastDesign Adjacent: Abby Allen on the strategy of design and beauty of storytellingAbby Allen is the Founder of Neon Butterfly and as long as Abby can remember she has been fascinated with people and why they do what they do. In that vein she was drawn to the world of communications and has worked in advertising and marketing for over 15 years at some of the largest agencies across the country on brands like Twitter, Olay and Garnier. And just recently, she launched a new reimagine tomorrow project with Disney, reimaginetomorrow.disney.com, a platform amplifying underrepresented voices. In this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent, host Bennie Johnson talks with Abby about...
2021-10-1951 minAIGA Design PodcastA quick announcement and update: new content coming soonHi everyone! It's Lee-Sean here. I just wanted to give a quick update about what we're up to at AIGA in terms of podcasts. In short, we'll be expanding from just a single show Design Future Now to become an integrated channel for all of AIGA's audio content. We have a brand new series launching right here next week, so stay tuned for that.
We're also going to be providing audio versions of select webinars and livestreams, so you can listen to AIGA content on the go wherever you are. And for 2022, we will be working on a...
2021-10-1400 min
Pieturzīmes#61 Žurnālistika, dzeja un padomju cenzūra: saruna ar Silviju VeckalniNo vēstuļu nodaļas reportieres līdz galvenajai redaktorei? Kā apvienot darbu laikrakstā un radio? Un kā rast laiku un iedvesmu dzejai? Ko nozīmēja padomju cenzūra?
Raidījumā ar Silviju Veckalni runājam par žurnālistiku un literatūru, padomju cenzūru, Atmodas un barikāžu laika notikumiem, rakstītmīlestību, Aigas bērnību, kā arī daudz ko citu.
Silvija Veckalne ir bijusi “Rīgas Apriņķa Avīzes” jeb laikraksta “Darba Balss” žurnāliste, redaktora vietniece, vēlāk arī galvenā redaktore, laikraksta “Rīgas Balss” un “Radio Brīvā Eiropa” žurnāliste. Silvijai ir iznākuš...
2021-10-0750 min
Pieturzīmes#60 Onomastika jeb īpašvārdu pētīšana: saruna ar Laimuti un Paulu BaložiemKas ir onomastika un ko tā pēta? Kā laika gaitā ir mainījušies uzvārdi latviešu valodā?
Šis ir pirmais raidījums ciklā, kurā Aiga Veckalne tiksies ar viesiem, kurus vieno ne tikai zinātniskās intereses, bet arī radniecīgas saites.
Raidījumā ar onomastikas pētniekiem Laimuti un Paulu Baložiem runājam par baltu vienību, lietuviešu valodu un tās apguvi Latvijā, Laimutes un Paula valodniecības karjeru un darbu Somijā, personvārdiem un vietvārdiem latviešu valodā, to vēsturi, citvalodu ietekmi, somu valodu, kā arī daudz ko citu.
Laimute B...
2021-09-301h 14
AIGA Design PodcastReStart: Taking Collective Action with Educators Alex Robins & Annie LarsonIn this special ReStart episode of Design Future Live, Alex Robins and Annie Larson, part-time design educators at The New School and union representatives from the ACT-UAW Local 7902, speak to host Lee-Sean Huang about the challenges and opportunities faced by part time design educators and the power of collective action.
The ReStart from AIGA is a new content series that helps the design community move forward from COVID by posing salient questions and providing practical strategies
Watch the video version of this interview: https://www.aiga.org/inspiration/talks/alex-robins-annie-larson-challenges-and-opportunities-faced-by-part-time-design
ACT-UAW Local 7902, the union for NYU...
2021-08-1231 min
AIGA Design PodcastReStart: Teaching Roomies and Zoomies with Allan ChochinovThe ReStart from AIGA is a new content series that helps the design community move forward from COVID by posing salient questions and providing practical strategies. We are kicking off the series here on the podcast, and will be publishing interviews and panel discussions and other expert content across AIGA’s channels over the next few weeks.
In this episode, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Allan Chochinov about his research and experimentation dealing with the challenges of hybrid teaching, with some students in the room, and some students on Zoom..
Allan is an educator writer, sp...
2021-07-3025 min
AIGA ATL InsiderAIGA ATL with Brian Rice, Georgia PacificAIGA ATL Insider is a monthly series where we interview Atlanta in-house designers, learn about their teams and work, and discuss the themes that inspire them. This month, meet Brian Rice.
2021-06-211h 00
AIGA ATL InsiderAIGA ATL with Sam Zellefrow, Kimberly-ClarkAIGA INsider is a monthly series where we interview Atlanta in-house designers, learn about their teams and work, and discuss the themes that inspire them. This month, meet Sam Zellefrow, Global Design Manager, Kimberly-Clark.
2021-06-2158 min
AIGA ATL InsiderAIGA ATL Insider with William Treadwell, Floor & DecorThe AIGA ATL In-House Team hosted William Treadwell from Floor & Decor to learn how to build trust beyond labels, make mistakes that allow for breakthrough and how to foster a culture of inclusivity with William.
2021-05-1258 min
AIGA ATL InsiderAIGA ATL Insider with Jay Musselwhite, FLEETCORAIGA ATL Insider is a monthly series where we interview Atlanta in-house designers, learn about their teams and work, and discuss the themes that inspire them. This month, meet Jay Musselwhite, FLEETCOR’s Vice President of Creative Services.
2021-04-0558 min
AIGA ATL InsiderAIGA ATL Insider with Doug Sprinkle, Home DepotThe AIGA ATL In-House Team hosts Doug Sprinkle from The Home Depot to learn from Doug’s 15+ years of design experience.
2021-04-051h 00
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Ben Williams, R/GA Global Chief Experience OfficerJoin AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and R/GA Global Chief Experience Officer Ben Williams for a conversation about leadership in design. This Fireside Chat was recorded at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference.
This is the final episode of Design Future Now for 2020. We'll be back next year. Happy Holidays!
Design Future Now is produced by Lee-Sean Huang and AIGA, the professional association for design.
Follow us: @DesignFutureNow on Instagram and @DesignFutureNow on Twitter.
2020-12-0739 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Kayo Roehm, 3M Design OfficerAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and 3M Design Officer Kayo Roehm have a conversation about leadership in design at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference
2020-11-2736 min
AIGA Design PodcastFireside Chat with Dantley Davis, Twitter Chief Design OfficerAIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and Twitter Chief Design Officer Dantley Davis have a conversation about leadership in design at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference
2020-11-1832 min
The Boston DesigncastGet Down to Business with Matthew StummMatthew Stumm, owner of Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing sits down with us to talk design careers, being creative with your business strategy, healthcare, and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Stark / Raving Branding + Digital Marketing: starkravingboston.com
https://www.instagram.com/stark_raving_boston/
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join
2020-05-0735 min
AIGA Design PodcastGiorgia Lupi on Data HumanismThis episode is adapted from a webinar conversation that Design Future Now host Lee-Sean Huang had with Giorgia Lupi, an information designer, advocate for Data Humanism, and a partner at Pentagram.
Prior to joining Pentagram, Giorgia was a co-founder of Accurat, a data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York. She has been named One of "Fast Company's" 100 Most Creative People in Business, and she recently joined MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow.
She has spoken at conferences like TED and Adobe’s 99u and has exhibited her work at places incl...
2020-04-1624 min
AIGA Design PodcastAmanda Makulec on Communicating COVID-19 DataAmanda Makulec is a visual analytics advisor who uses visualization, storytelling, and design thinking to transform how teams and organizations use data. She shared her expertise with Lee-Sean Huang about how to design, visualize, and interpret data related to the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic.
Episode transcript with resource links: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-10
Amanda is the senior data visualization lead at Excella and holds a masters of public health from the Boston University School of Public Health. She worked with data in global health programs for eight years before joining Excella, w...
2020-04-0227 min
AIGA Design PodcastDavid Carroll on Data RightsDesign educator, data rights advocate, and recovering entrepreneur David Carroll talks with Lee-Sean Huang about the challenges that digital platforms pose to privacy, democracy, and beyond.
David Carroll is associate professor of media design and former Director of the MFA Design and Technology graduate program at the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design at The New School. He is known for legally challenging Cambridge Analytica and related companies in the UK courts to recapture his 2016 voter profile using European data protection law. Featured in The Great Hack (2019) on Netflix, his data quest h...
2020-03-1846 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign for Hire: Tactics for Building a Diverse Team with Julianna AkuamoahLearn from SVP of Human Resources, Julianna Akuamoah, about how to hire and support great diverse talent.
Julianna Akuamoah is the SVP of Human Resources at Arnold Worldwide where she develops strategy related to recruitment, talent management, retention, workplace culture, and more. With over 10 years of human resource experience within the marketing and advertising fields, she provides industry-specific thought leadership on Diversity & Inclusion. Her work has been covered by Adweek, Campaign, and The Ad Club. Julianna holds a degree in Neuroscience with a focus in Psychobiology from Wellesley College.
Arnold Worldwide: https://www.instagram.com...
2020-02-2040 min
AIGA Design PodcastPaul Pangaro on Design for/as ConversationPaul Pangaro, Professor of Practice at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute talks with Lee-Sean Huang of AIGA about design for conversation and design as conversation. How might designing better conversations lead to richer, more ethical interactions between humans and artificial intelligence?
https://hcii.cmu.edu/people/paul-pangaro
https://www.pangaro.com/
Episode transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-6/
Join us for the 20th AIGA Design Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 30 to April 1, 2020. For more information and to register for the conference, visit https://designconference.aiga.org/
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2020-02-1214 min
AIGA Design PodcastKim Erwin, healthcare delivery designer and researcherAre you a designer curious about working in healthcare? Or you already work in healthcare and are curious about the value of design to improve patient and provider experiences? Kim Erwin shares her wisdom and insights about the role of design and designers in the healthcare multi-system.
Transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-4/
Kim Erwin, MDes, is Associate Director of the Program for Healthcare Delivery Design at the University of Illinois Chicago, and research professor at the UIC School of Design. As Associate Director, Kim works with the UI Health System, o...
2020-01-2313 min
AIGA Design PodcastMiya Osaki and Tina Park, Healthcare Experience Designers, Educators, and Podcasters"So, how is that design?!" Miya Osaki and Tina Park, founders of Diagram Design, educators at the School of Visual Arts, and podcasters at Yah No Podcast talk with Lee-Sean Huang about the urgent need for design in healthcare and their unconventional paths to getting to where they are now.
Transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-3/
Miya brings her skills in interaction design, human-centered research, storytelling, and behavior design to create experiences that improve outcomes and empower patients. Prior to founding Diagram, Miya served as Director of Experience Design at Johnson & Jo...
2020-01-1541 min
AIGA Design PodcastJack Roberts, Cherokee author, designer, educator, and filmmakerJack Roberts talks to AIGA's Lee-Sean Huang about design, storytelling, leadership, and more.
Episode transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-2/
Jack Roberts is the founder and chief executive of storylab® the global narrativedesign® firm dedicated to transforming the human story. Through storylab® Jack consults Global Top 100s and Fortune 50 companies on narrative design®, storytelling, data synthesis, innovation, change design, communication design, media design, strategic design, business design, creative leadership and leading creatives. He is the inventor of the narrativedesign® framework which is a unique blend of design thinking and storytelling. storylab® uses the framewor...
2019-12-2339 min
AIGA Design PodcastSarah Gibbons and Jodi Forlizzi, AIGA Design Conference 2020 SpeakersSarah Gibbons, Chief Designer, Nielsen Norman Group, and Jodi Forlizzi, Professor and Geschke Director, HCII, Carnegie Mellon University, talk to Lee-Sean Huang about their work and how they have applied and expanded their expertise in communication design to the wider context of services and systems.
Both Sarah and Jodi are scheduled to speak at the 20th AIGA Design Conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 30 to April 1, 2020. For more information and to register for the conference, visit designconference.aiga.org.
Transcript: www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-1/
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2019-12-1715 minAIGA Design PodcastAIGA Design Future Now Extended TrailerSeason 1 Trailer Transcript
Tina Park: When we explain something like this, people say, "so how is that design?"
Lee-Sean Huang: Maybe that should be the name of the podcast, "So How Is That Design?
Jack Roberts: It's really an identity crisis. We had this shared struggle, this shared identity of designers against the world, and struggling for their say at the table and really working very hard for it. But it's not that different than so many other social movements.
Jodi Forlizzi: We are no longer designing one thing, but we're designing systems of interconnected services, people, and resources. That m...
2019-12-1602 minAIGA Design PodcastAIGA Design Future Now TeaserWhen we explain something like this, people say, "so how is that design?"
Maybe that should be the name of the podcast, "So How Is That Design?
It's really an identity crisis. We had this shared struggle, this shared identity of designers against the world, and struggling for their say at the table and really working very hard for it. But it's not that different than so many other social movements.
We are no longer designing one thing, but we're designing systems of interconnected services, people, and resources. That means that designers really need to shift the way that they...
2019-12-1500 minThe Boston DesigncastCoinage, Music and Papyrus with Chris CostelloChris Costello sits down with us to talk about his design journey from designing for bands to the infamous font Papyrus and work he's done for the US Mint.
AIGA Boston: boston.aiga.org
Become a Member: aiga.org/join
2019-08-2723 minThe Boston DesigncastDesigning for the Democratic Process featuring The Creative CabinetThe Creative Cabinet is a place where people with creative talent can lend their time and expertise to help progressive, grassroots candidates craft well designed and well communicated campaigns. At creativecabinet.org they match creative practitioners looking to get civically engaged with everyday citizens that share their values and have taken the bold step of running for office.
Michael Walsh is an art director and graphic designer with experience working for a variety of major brands like JetBlue, General Motors, Dunkin' Donuts and Bank of America. He is Co-founder and Creative Director of The Creative Cabinet.
S...
2019-05-2740 min
AIGA PodcastEpisode 06 - with Manas Jamakeyev at AIGA Office on 16-02-2019 (Russian)Episode 06 – with Manas Jamakeyev at AIGA Office 16-02-2019 (Russian language)
Warm welcome to our next guest - Manas Jamakeyev - who is Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu athlete and very experienced wrestler. Manas has started his wrestling career from early age and is still active competitor. He is currently BJJ purple belt from Checkmat Kazakhstan Team and participant and winner of many local and international tournaments (in Russian Language).
Follow him on Instagram @manychbjj77 /
Радушный приём нашему следующему гостю - Манасу Джамакееву – очень опытный борец и атлет по бразильскому джиу-джитсу. Манас начал свой путь с раннего возраста и до сих пор очень активный компетитор. На данный момент, Манас является обладателем фиолетового пояса по БЖЖ команды Чекмат Казахстан, активный участник и победитель различных турниров местного и международного значения (эпизод записан на русском языке).
Подпишитесь на его страницу в Инстаграм @manychbjj77
2019-02-181h 38The Boston DesigncastThe Future of Design Education with Heather ShawIt’s not a secret that technology is moving so fast it’s hard to keep up, especially design education. In the last few decades the way we think about design has dramatically changed so how are students keeping up? In this episode we talk to Heather Shaw, associate professor at Lesley university and graphic designer about design education, where it's been and where it's headed.
More about Heather: lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/heather-shaw
Lesley University's Instagram: www.instagram.com/lesleyuniversity/
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2019-01-2935 min
AIGA PodcastEpisode 00 - Marat & Olzhas at AIGA Office_2018_12_27 (Russian)Пробный эпизод записанный совместно с Олжасом и Маратом в офисе Международной Ассоциации Любительского Грепплинга (АИГА) РК, г. Алматы. В данном эпизоде обсуждаются идеи создания данного подкаста и обмен личным опытом и мнениями о начале бразильского джиу джицу и грепплинга в Казахстане.
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Trial episode with Olzhas and Marat discussing the ideas for making this podcast and sharing personal experience and different views on beginning of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu & Grappling in Kazakhstan. This episode is recorded at Amateur International Grappling Association (AIGA) of the RoK, Almaty city.
(in Russian language) To be continued...
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2019-01-0123 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign + Travel Part 2 feat. Abby Shobajo, AIGA Boston 2018 Emerge Scholarship WinnerThis is a part 2 to our episode Design + Travel. In this episode, we talk to design student and 2018 EMERGE Scholarship winner, Abby Shobajo. She shares her experience traveling to Copenhagen and how that has shaped her ideas of design.
Abby's Website: https://ashobajo.myportfolio.com/
Stir Copenhagen: www.stircopenhagen.com/
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2018-12-1918 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign Reflections with Mark JamesMark James is the Founder of Envision Design and teaches design at Lesley University. In this episode, he talks about his design process and philosophy and how they influence each other both in practice and in teaching.
Envision: http://www.instagram.com/envision_work
More about Mark: https://lesley.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/mark-james
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2018-10-2728 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign + Travel featuring Stephanie Grey of Stir CopenhagenStephanie Grey is a design educator at Framingham State University and Founder of Stir Copenhagen, a multi-sensory design tour of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Stir Copenhagen: http://www.stircopenhagen.com/
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2018-10-1729 minThe Boston DesigncastDesign Collections featuring Michael RussemMichael Russem is the curator of the Katherine Small Gallery. The gallery is dedicated to exhibits about graphic design and has a small offering of books about the same. Michael also collects all kinds of designs from Penguin Classics to stamps to Japanese matchbooks.
Katherine Small Gallery: https://ksmallgallery.com/
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2018-10-1025 min