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ReStart: Taking Collective Action with Educators Alex Robins & Annie Larson Aug 12, 2021

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In 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 adjuncts and New School part-time faculty, student workers, and health service employees: https://actuaw.org/index.html

ReStart: Teaching Roomies and Zoomies with Allan Chochinov Jul 30, 2021

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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. 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, speaker, and advocate for the power and capacity of design. He's the founding chair of the MFA in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

How to Teach Hybrid with Zoom and Almost No Money (Short Version!) https://chochinov.medium.com/how-to-teach-hybrid-with-zoom-and-almost-no-money-short-version-950eb22846a6
How to Teach Hybrid in the Fall with Zoom and Almost No Money (LONG VERSION) https://chochinov.medium.com/how-to-teach-hybrid-in-the-fall-with-zoom-and-almost-no-money-8a21bbb9a980
MFA Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts https://productsofdesign.sva.edu/
https://www.allanchochinov.com/
Transcript of the episode https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pie4celdn19fu6/Allan_Chochinov_DFN-Restart.pdf?dl=0

Navigating the disruptions in design education with Lefteris Heretakis Jul 24, 2021

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This episode is adapted from a livestreamed conversation between Lee-Sean Huang and Lefteris Heretakis on the challenges and opportunities in design education.

Lefteris Heretakis is a designer and lecturer. Since 1996, Lefteris has worked as a visual communicator with a wide range of clients ranging from startups to multinationals.

He’s currently teaching design at IE University in Madrid Spain. His reflexive research is focused on the real-world challenges in education and the unprecedented shifts that have taken place over the past 20 years.

Lefteris is also the host of two podcasts: the Design Education Talks podcast by the New Art School and the Designer Talks Podcast by the Chartered Society of Designers.

And also since 2019, Lefteris has been organizing the Design Education Forum, a two-day international event that brings practitioners from all over the world to share their experiences teaching art and design.

Watch the video recording of the original, unedited livestream interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOFuk_GIyLA
Design Education Talks Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-education-talks/id1500384360
Designer Talks Podcast: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/designer-talks-podcast-1858280

Esther Mun on the joy of staying small and making tangible things Jun 23, 2021

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Esther Mun co-founded Little Fury Design in 2006 with her partner Tina Gaudin. Little Fury is an independent design studio of artists that specializes in creative strategy, branding, packaging, and illustration. Esther is a graduate of the school of visual arts SVA in New York, where she earned a degree in graphic design. Before starting Little Fury Design, Esther worked at pentagram and at Duffy and partners.

Links to things referenced in the episode:

Little Fury Brand + Packaging Design: https://www.littlefury.com/
Little Fury's visual resume: https://www.littlefury.com/resume
Little Fury on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlefurydesign/
Lil' Cake Toppers: https://www.instagram.com/lilcaketoppers
Art and Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura: https://amzn.to/3zTJvvG
The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker: https://amzn.to/3xJzxuU

This episode of Design Future Now was originally recorded as a video livestream. Watch the original unedited video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCgJMvdDU8&t=32s

R. Michael Hendrix on What Musical Minds Teach Us About Creativity and Innovation Jun 03, 2021

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R. Michael Hendrix is the author of Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation, co-written with Panos A. Panay. Michael is also a partner and global design director at IDEO. He teaches entrepreneurship at the Berklee College of Music. In this episode of Design Future Now, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Michael about lessons and mindsets from music that designers and other creative leaders can incorporate into their work.

Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation: https://amzn.to/3wV0Q5a
Podcast transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PReSqrgfIJGvmC1U9tsTLHpx81bgv1uI/view?usp=sharing
Original video livestream version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/C76pLdXQd_U
R. Michael Hendrix on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmichaelh
R. Michael Hendrix on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmichael

Links to work referenced in the episode:

USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy: https://iovine-young.usc.edu/
Steve Stoute, The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy: https://amzn.to/3cfkBfJ
Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back: https://amzn.to/2SP3A5c
Björk, Biophilia: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bj%C3%B6rk-biophilia/id434122935

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Fireside Chat with Ben Williams, R/GA Global Chief Experience Officer Dec 07, 2020

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Join 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.

Fireside Chat with Kayo Roehm, 3M Design Officer Nov 27, 2020

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AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and 3M Design Officer Kayo Roehm have a conversation about leadership in design at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference

Fireside Chat with Dantley Davis, Twitter Chief Design Officer Nov 18, 2020

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AIGA 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

Lee-Sean gives an update and discusses design and storytelling with Anne-Laure Fayard Oct 21, 2020

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Hi everyone! It's been awhile. COVID-19 shook up our production plans, and we have pivoted to focus on the Design Future Live show on the @AIGADesign Instagram, Wednesdays at 1 pm Eastern.

Tune in to this special bonus episode to get a quick update from Lee-Sean and learn how to get a discount code for the upcoming AIGA Design Conference, November 9-14, now 100% online.

Lee-Sean also shares the story of his professional journey and shares thoughts on design and storytelling in our crossover with the Design Thinking Roundtable podcast hosted by Anne-Laure Fayard. Anne-Laure is Associate Professor of Innovation, Design and Organizational Studies at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering and faculty advisor to the NYU chapter of Design for America.

Subscribe to the Design Thinking Roundtable podcast on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/designforamerica

Or on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/43BX6v41muO31yYRSG0oxL?si=Z0_tHH7UTFSW0CIBsvR_EQ

Bobby Alexis and Roger Manix on Play May 15, 2020

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In this final episode of season 1, we hear from Bobby Alexis and Roger Manix, co-founders of a new company called Ludolo, which helps remote teams increase creativity, productivity, and develop a sense of belonging, through play.

We talked about the importance of play even during a pandemic, the neuroscience behind play, the challenges and opportunities of starting up during a crisis, and more.

Design Future Now is a production of AIGA, the professional association for design.

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