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Designing for Children's BestAfter what kids think: visiting Sarah, 16, in PakistanIn this season, we’re on a journey of exploring how kids understand design, children’s rights, and what we can learn from their unique insights, context, and perspectives. Hope these conversations spark ideas and action, amplifying the impact of youth voices in the world we’re designing together.Our first stop: Pakistan, where Sarah, 16, kindly invites us into her reality — where some things we consider basic, like meeting with a friend in a park, aren’t obvious at all. On top of design and children's rights, you'll hear strong ideas on education, lessons in gratitude, and making an...2025-05-0947 min
Designing for Children's BestCrafting equitable play spacesAre you ready to enrich your understanding of play and spaces that allow equitable child experiences?
In this episode we are joined by Marie Williams to reflect on the urgency of prioritizing play and moving beyond conventional ideas and aesthetics of play tools.
Emphasizing the importance of play experiences, we discuss the value of transferring knowledge, sharing diverse stories, and co-designing with children—without relying solely on our interpretations.
What a perfect way to close out the first season!
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Guest: Marie Williams
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Designing for Children's BestPlay, physicality and AIWhat is play, playfulness, and physicality? What are their practical sides and applications in the AI Era? What boundaries should we set to ensure AI is sensitive to children's playful minds?
In this episode, we are joined by Yesim Kunter, play expert and futurist, to discuss these serious questions, looking at AI as a Human+AI interplay.
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Guest: Yesim Kunter
Host: Polina Lulu
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www.playtoinnovate.com
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Designing for Children's BestBuilding a Positive Digital Future for Kids, with Kids—TogetherPeek into the Joan Ganz Cooney Center’s approach for prioritizing children’s best interests, leveraging their unique insights, and positively impacting the work of children’s tech and media creators.
In this episode, Michael Preston, Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop, shares the wonders of partnering with kids and each other. Discover how the Cooney Center Sandbox, a design and innovation lab, plays a pivotal role, serving as a place where children and adults engage creatively to together foster a positive and inclusive digital world for children.
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Designing for Children's BestChildren and fashion: learning through clothesWhat can children tell us through their interactions with everyday clothes? And what can they learn about themselves and others through clothing? Why and how can young people inspire a more ethical fashion industry driven by D4CR principles? It takes no less than three experts to address these questions through the analysis of collaborative experiences of co-creation with children. Let’s embark into their journey and explore with us the learning power of clothes!
Join us on this exploration with Aude Le Guennec, Design Anthropologist, Design Anthropologist, co-curator “Dressed for School” (in partnership with the French Nation...2024-01-1252 min
Designing for Children's BestStrategies for using the D4CR principles in diverse contextsGet inspired by how the D4CR principles are being applied in various organizations and academia. From inclusivity to the impact of digital technology, we explore the challenges and opportunities in different industries.
As an expert in play and designing for children and a co-founder of D4CR, Krystina provides unique insights into creating impactful experiences for children that address their present needs and pave the way for a better future.
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Guest, Krystina Castella
Host, Polina Lulu
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Designing for Children's BestCo-creating with children in public space as design activism250 children wrote a 40 meters long message saying “WE HAVE RIGHTS, WE DESIGN THE FUTURE” expressing with chalk their thoughts, opinions, and feelings. What a fantastic way to celebrate Children's day!
In this episode we talk with Clara Vieira Rodrigues, the leader of D4CR Porto Chapter, about this powerful event, as well as about co-creating with and for children in public space as an act of community involvement and design activism.
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Designing for Children's BestPlay in the New Children's Hospital in CopenhagenThis episode is about systemic integration of play and playfulness into Denmark’s New Children’s Hospital - Mary Elizabeth’s Hospital in Copenhagen. One of the D4CR co-founders, Caser Mathiesen is the lead play designer of the hospital’s internal design team. Casper describes the systemic approach to play and concrete examples of how this approach manifests in enhancing the overall experience for children, their whole families and the hospital staff.
*** Links to the guest***Casper’s linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmathiesen/
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Designing for Children's BestApplying children’s rights for better business and designApplying children's rights in design for kids is a win-win-win, for the company, for the product and for the children. It’s the smartest thing to do from a business perspective. This is the culture today. Millennial parents really care about ethical design. You can see that in different parts of their lives, including what they give to their children. If the product is safe, private, child-centered, age-appropriate, allows play and learning (these things are all part of child rights) - you are actually giving your product a huge advantage with this group of audience.
And it’s ea...2023-07-1130 min
Designing for Children's BestSpeculative Design & the future of Children’s Rights in digital productsIn this episode we talk about the use of Speculative Design in exploration of the future of Children’s Rights in digital products. Michelle Bruce, a star designer from D4CR’s Berlin local chapter walks us through the methods and the outputs of the workshops they have been running with both adults and children in the room.
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Michelle Bruce https://www.linkedin.com/in/michbruce/
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http://designingforchildrensrights.org/2023/06/12/podcast-episode-3-speculative-design-the-future-of-childrens-rights-in-digital-products/
2023-06-1225 min
Designing for Children's BestWhat's (age) appropriate?Age appropriate is a trendy and widely used term in designing for children. This term is also sometimes unfortunately, overused or even abused, both intentionally and unintentionally. In this episode, we'll learn from and with a special guest who is my go-to expert on the topic. We'll dive into what age appropriate refers to it's history and research where and how it is used today, as well as how we can recognize well-made age appropriate practices, products, and solutions, and make better choices in our work.
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Designing for Children's BestDesign for kids - design for impactWelcome to Designing for Children’s Best, a podcast about how to turn our best intentions into outstanding child experiences. In this very first episode we are introducing Designing for Children’s Rights association that is behind this podcast, our mission statement, as well as taking an in-depth look at why it is important to have children as stakeholders and what impact it creates. Our guests today are Jonna Tötterman and Petter Karlson, two of the core heroes that have been at the heart of the D4CR community from the start.
2023-04-1242 min
Radio Button - פודקאסט על עיצוב מוצרפרק 76 ענבל ורמוס | למצוא את המשמעות שלי כמעצב.תיהודית וענבל ורמוס דברו בפרק האחרון על *למצוא את המשמעות שלי כמעצב.ת*. כדי להבין על מה מדבר הפרק, נתחיל מלהסביר מה עושה ענבל. אז ענבל היא product designer ב-dueto, חברה בארגון D4CR, וממובילות קהילת FemtechIL וקהילת WE. ענבל בוחרת להתעסק בהרבה דברים, כאשר כל אחד מהם נבחר בקפידה, ונותן משמעות יומימית לעשייה שלה.
ענבל בוחרת עבודות והתנדבויות לפי מה שמחזק את העקרונות שהיא מאמינה בהם. השאלה המעניינת שנידונה בפרק היא האם יש עבודה שנותנת משכורת, ולצד זה התנדבות שנותנת סיפוק? או האם אנחנו יכולים להגיע למצב בו העבודה והעקרונות שלנו ישתלבו באופן מושלם? האם נעשה עבודה טובה יותר כמעצבים אם אנחנו באמת ובתמים נאמין במוצר?2022-02-2225 min
Legal Design PodcastEpisode 14: Designing for Children's Rights with Jonna TöttermanFulfilling the needs of end-users and involving them in the design process are fundamental principles of design. How well are these ideals applied when designing for children? By law children have a right to participate and a right to be heard in matters that concern them. However, it seems that there is a systemic bias excluding kiddos from our society to restricted areas, “kids’ corners”, that are not really designed with children in mind. The reality is that children use most of the same tools, services and apps adults use. When children’s perspectives are not taken into account as part...2021-05-3047 min