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The Futures Archive: The Disco Ball Mar 29, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's the first episode from the new season of The Futures Archive. So what are the relationships between design and pleasure? And how can we design the most pleasurable experiences? Lee Moreau and Rachel Lehrer discuss the disco ball and the importance of embodied design with additional insights from Änne Söll, Nadine Hubbs, Gary Hunt, and David Rose.
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From the Archive: Kevin Bethune Mar 08, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's an episode from our archives that you might not have heard yet, with an introduction from your new co-hosts, Dana Arnett and Kevin Bethune. Kevin's new book "Reimagining Design" is out later this month from MIT Press. The Design of Business | The Business of Design will return with new episodes this spring.
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From the Archive: Sara Hendren Feb 22, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's an episode from our archives that you might not have heard yet. Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, and professor at Olin College of Engineering. When we spoke with her in 2019, she talked about her work at the intersection of art, engineering, accessibility, and motherhood. Sara is also one of the co-hosts of season two of The Futures Archive which will be released in March 2022.
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From the Archive: Dmitri Siegel Feb 08, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's an episode from our archives that you might not have heard yet. Dmitri Siegel is vice president of global brand at Sonos.
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The Futures Archive: The Ball Jan 25, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's an episode from our new show, The Futures Archive. What do you think about when you think about a ball? About play? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Saeed Arida discuss the ball, play, and learning, with insights from Josh Chetwynd, Kimberlie Birks, AnnMarie Thomas, and students from the Elliot K-8 Innovation School in Boston.
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From the Archive: Caroline Wanga Jan 04, 2022

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here's an episode from our archives that you might not have heard yet. Caroline Wanga is the Chief Executive Officer of Essence Communications Inc. When we spoke with her in 2019, she talked about her work in her role as chief culture, diversity, and inclusion officer and vice president of human resources at Target. Also, this was the first episode of Ellen McGirt’s co-hosting. Ellen just announced her newest project, Sweet Equity Media — make sure to check it out!
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From the Archive: Forest Young Dec 21, 2021

While we are busy making season ten of The Design of Business | The Business of Design, here’s an episode from our archives that you might not have heard yet. Forest Young is the Sr. Director of Global Brand design at Rivian. When we spoke to him back in 2018 he talked about his work at Wolff Olins with Uber.
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From the Archive: Scott Frankel + David Korins Nov 30, 2021

Scott Frankel is the composer of Broadway musicals including "Grey Gardens" and "War Paint". David Korins, who designed the sets for "War Paint", runs David Korins Design, which works on theater, concerts, television, and other productions.
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From the Archive: Lee Moreau Nov 16, 2021

Lee Moreau is President of Other Tomorrows, a design and innovation consultancy based in Boston, and a Lecturer in MIT’s D Minor program. He is also the host of a new podcast from Design Observer, The Futures Archive, where each episode he is joined by a new co-host to discuss the design history of an object and unpack different aspects of human centered design. To hear more from Lee, find it on Apple podcasts, or where ever you listen!

Introducing The Futures Archive Nov 02, 2021

The Design of Business | The Business of Design will be back with season 10 and new hosts soon! In the mean time, we think you might like the newest podcast from Design Observer: The Futures Archive. Our new podcast looks at the history of human-centered design with a critical eye to its future. We'd love for you to subscribe, and you can do so at Apple podcasts, or your favorite podcast app.
Do you remember when you learned to brush your teeth? On this episode of The Futures Archive Lee Moreau and Harry West discuss the toothbrush, toothbrushing, and over-learned behaviors. With insights from National Museum of Dentistry Curator Dr. Scott Swank, Kirsten Ostherr + Jadalia Britto.

S9E12: Jessica Helfand + Ellen McGirt Oct 19, 2021

Jessica and Ellen listen back to highlights from Season 9, and hand off hosting duties to Dana Arnett and Kevin Bethune, who will be taking over in Season 10.

S9E11: Avery Willis Hoffman Oct 05, 2021

Avery Willis Hoffman is a writer, director, producer and curator. Hoffman recently joined Brown University as the inaugural artistic director of the Brown Arts Institute.

S9E10: Quemuel Arroyo Sep 21, 2021

Quemuel Arroyo is the first ever chief accessibility officer at the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority.

S9E9: Deborah Willis Sep 07, 2021

Deborah Willis is an artist, curator, and a professor at New York University. Her most recent book is The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship.

S9E8: Jan Diehm Aug 24, 2021

Jan Diehm is a journalist at Polygraph and The Pudding.

S9E7: Lotenna Enwonwu Aug 10, 2021

Lotenna Enwonwu is the global executive creative director at Coursera.

Connect 4: Design Bridges Aug 03, 2021

Check out the first episode of Connect 4: Design Bridges, a new show about mentorship from Design Observer and Connect 4: Networking for Equality in Design. On this episode, creative director Jonathan Jackson talks with Avalon Garrick, a design student at Mercy College. If you like what you hear, subscribe to the Connect 4: Design Bridges feed wherever you get your podcasts or check them out at https://designobserver.com/podcast-connect4.php The Design of Business | The Business of Design will be back soon. Connect 4: Design Bridges was produced by Hawk and Paw Productions in collaboration with Mercy College, Pentagram, and Design Observer. The theme music was composed by Isabel Sanchez.

S9E6: Elizabeth Hargrave Jul 20, 2021

Elizabeth Hargrave is an American game designer whose games include Wingspan, Mariposas, and Tussie Mussie.

S9E5: Lucia Lucas Jul 06, 2021

Lucia Lucas is a baritone who made her U.S. debut in 2019 at Tulsa Opera as Don Giovanni.

S9E4: Na Kim Jun 22, 2021

Na Kim is an associate creative director at the book publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

S9E3: Astra Taylor Jun 08, 2021

Astra Taylor is an artist, activist, and founder of the Rolling Jubilee and the Debt Collective. Her latest book is Remake the World: Essays, Reflections, Rebellions.

S9E2: Melanie Keen May 25, 2021

Melanie Keen is the director of Wellcome Collection.

S9E01: Ellen Mirojnick May 11, 2021

Emmy-award winner Ellen Mirojnick has designed film costumes since the 1980s and most recently is the lead costume designer for the Netflix series Bridgerton.

S8E12: Nikil Saval Dec 29, 2020

Nikil Saval is a Pennsylvania state senator and the author of Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace.

S8E11: Allissa Richardson Dec 22, 2020

Allissa V. Richardson is a journalist and an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Southern California.

S8E10: Rosanne Somerson Dec 15, 2020

Rosanne Somerson is president of the Rhode Island School of Design.

S8E9: Kat Vellos Dec 08, 2020

Kat Vellos is a UX designer, facilitator, and connection coach.

S8E8: Nina Cooke John Dec 01, 2020

Nina Cooke John is founder and principal of Studio Cooke John, and also teaches at Parsons School of Design.

S8E7: Maurice Woods Nov 24, 2020

Maurice Woods is a principal designer at Microsoft and the founder and executive director of Inneract Project.

S8E6: Lisa Nakamura Nov 17, 2020

Lisa Nakamura is the founding director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan.

S8E5: Kelly Walters Nov 10, 2020

Kelly Walters is the founder of the multidisciplinary studio Bright Polka Dot and an assistant professor of communications design at Parsons School of Design.

S8E4: Ari Melenciano Nov 03, 2020

Ari Melenciano is an artist, creative technologist, educator, and the founder of Afrotectopia, a social institution fostering interdisciplinary innovation.

S8E3: Maxwell Anderson Oct 27, 2020

Maxwell Anderson is the president of the Souls Grown Deep Foundation and Community Partnership.

S8E2: Deanna Van Buren Oct 20, 2020

Deanna Van Buren is the co-founder of Designing Justice Designing Spaces, a nonprofit working to end mass incarceration by building an alternative infrastructure.

S8E1: Maurice Cherry Oct 13, 2020

Maurice Cherry is the host of Revision Path and the principal and creative director at Lunch.

S7E12: Janelle Monáe Jan 14, 2020

Janelle Monáe is a singer, songwriter, actor, and producer.

S7E11: Paola Antonelli Dec 24, 2019

Paola Antonelli is senior curator of the department of architecture and design at the Museum of Modern Art.

S7E10: Elizabeth Alexander Dec 17, 2019

Elizabeth Alexander is president of the Mellon Foundation.

S7E09: Mark Bloomfield + Shaun Borstrock Dec 10, 2019

Mark Bloomfield is a jewelry designer and the founder of Electrobloom. Shaun Borstrock is associate dean for business and innovation at the University of Hertfordshire.

S7E8: James Rhee Dec 03, 2019

James Rhee is executive chair and CEO of the fashion brand Ashley Stewart as well as the founder and president of the investment firm FirePine Group.

S7E7: Daniella Zalcman Nov 19, 2019

Daniella Zalcman is a documentary photographer and the founder of Women Photograph.

S7E6: Courtney Cogburn Nov 12, 2019

Courtney Cogburn is a professor at the Columbia School of Social Work and the co-creator of 1000 Cut Journey.

S7E5: George Gendron + Patrick Mitchell Nov 05, 2019

George Gendron is writer in residence at MIT’s integrated design and management program. Patrick Mitchell runs Modus Operandi Design.

S7E4: Vivianne Castillo Oct 29, 2019

Vivianne Castillo is senior design researcher at Salesforce.

S7E3: Sara Hendren Oct 22, 2019

Sarah Hendren is an artist, design researcher, and professor at the Olin College of Engineering.

S7E2: Gene Lee Oct 15, 2019

Gene Lee is senior vice president of customer experience and design at Mailchimp.

S7E1: Caroline Wanga Oct 08, 2019

Caroline Wanga is chief culture, diversity, and inclusion officer and vice president of human resources at Target.

From the Archive: Georgia Lupi Jun 25, 2019

Giorgia Lupi is a partner in the design firm Pentagram and an artist whose data-driven work is at MOMA in New York.

From the Archive: Forest Young Jun 18, 2019

Forest Young is head of design and a global principal at the branding consultancy Wolff Olins who recently completed the Uber redesign.

From the Archive: Lee Moreau Jun 11, 2019

Lee Moreau is Vice President of Design at EPAM Continuum, a global design and innovation consultancy based in Boston. He is also a visiting lecturer at MIT where he teaches design strategy and innovation.

S6E12: Todd Bracher May 14, 2019

Todd Bracher is founder and creative director of Todd Bracher Studio.

S6E11: Valerie Casey May 07, 2019

Valerie Casey is head of design at Walmart.

S6E10: Bon Ku Apr 30, 2019

Dr. Bon Ku is assistant dean for health and design at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia.

S6E9: Isolde Brielmaier Apr 23, 2019

Isolde Brielmaier is the executive director of arts culture and community at Westfield World Trade Center.

S6E8: Mauro Porcini Apr 16, 2019

Mauro Porcini is chief design officer at PepsiCo

S6E7: Valla Vakili Apr 09, 2019

Valla Vakili is head of Citi Ventures Studio, an incubator for financial services.

S6E6: Archie Lee Coates IV Apr 03, 2019

Archie Lee Coates IV is a founder of multidisciplinary creative studio Playlab, Inc., and executive director of Friends of +POOL.

S6E5: Kerby Jean-Raymond Mar 26, 2019

Kerby Jean Raymond is the founder and CEO of the fashion label Pyer Moss.

S6E4: Reneé Seward & Chester Jenkins Mar 19, 2019

Reneé Seward teaches communication design at the University of Cincinnati and is the founder of See Word Reading. Chester Jenkins is a partner in Constellation, which creates new typefaces, and Village, a coop that publishes them.

S6E3: Cindy Chastain Mar 12, 2019

Cindy Chastain is senior vice president of customer experience and design at Mastercard.

S6E2: Billie Tsien Mar 05, 2019

Billie Tsien is the co-founder of Tod Williams Billie Tsien architects, which works on buildings for museums, universities, and the Obama Presidential Center.

S6E1: Errol Morris Feb 26, 2019

Errol Morris is a filmmaker whose documentaries include Gates of Heaven, The Thin Blue Line, and American Dharma.

S5E12: Dmitri Siegel Dec 18, 2018

Dmitri Siegel is vice president of global brand at Sonos.

S5E11: Renata Souza Dec 11, 2018

Renata Souza Luque is the creator of Thomy, an insulin kit for children with Type 1 diabetes.

S5E10: Eddie Opara Dec 04, 2018

Eddie Opara is a multidisciplinary designer and a partner at the design firm Pentagram.

S5E9: Manuel Lima Nov 27, 2018

Manuel Lima is a UX design manager at Google and the founder of the website Visual Complexity.

S5E8: Todd Waterbury Nov 20, 2018

Todd Waterbury is the chief creative officer of Target.

S5E7: Susannah Drake Nov 13, 2018

Susannah Drake is the founder of DLANDstudio, a landscape architecture and urban design firm.

S5E6: Lorna Solis Nov 06, 2018

Lorna Solis is the founder and CEO of Blue Rose Compass, a nonprofit that helps gifted refugees develop their potential.

S5E5: Forest Young Oct 30, 2018

Forest Young is head of design and a global principal at the branding consultancy Wolff Olins.

S5E4: Mariana Amatullo Oct 23, 2018

Mariana Amatullo teaches strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design at The New School.

S5E3: Ellen Lupton Oct 16, 2018

Ellen Lupton is the curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian Design Museum.

S5E2: Jon Iwata Oct 09, 2018

Jon Iwata is executive in residence at the Yale School of Management and a senior advisor to IBM.

S5E1: Lisa Smith Oct 02, 2018

Lisa Smith is vice president of brand design at Chobani.

From the Archive: Ashleigh Axios Sep 25, 2018

When Ashleigh Axios joined the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy in 2012 she wasn’t sure how she would fit in.

From the Archive: Leslie Koch Sep 18, 2018

A conversation with Leslie Koch, who revitalized Governor’s Island, an abandoned military post in New York Harbor into a public park.

From the Archive: Deborah Berke Sep 11, 2018

Deborah Berke is the founding partner of Deborah Berke Partners, designer of 21c Museum Hotels, and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

From the Archive: Audrey Gelman and Emily Oberman Sep 04, 2018

Audrey Gelman is co-founder and CEO of The Wing, a social club and co-working space for women. Pentagram partner Emily Oberman worked on the brand identity.

From the Archive: Neri Oxman Aug 28, 2018

Neri Oxman leads the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab. She treats art, science, and engineering as part of design.

From the Archive: Danny Meyer and Paula Scher Aug 21, 2018

Danny Meyer is the founder of Shake Shack. Paula Scher designed its graphic identity.

S4E12: Jessica Dimmock May 08, 2018

Jessica Dimmock is a photographer and filmmaker. Her latest project is the Netflix documentary series Flint Town.

S4E11: Andrew Essex May 01, 2018

Andrew Essex is the author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come.”

S4E10: Abbott Miller Apr 24, 2018

Abbott Miller is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

S4E9: Karin Fong Apr 17, 2018

Karin Fong is a founding member of Imaginary Forces, a creative company specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy.

S4E8: Somi Kim Apr 10, 2018

Somi Kim is senior director of healthcare solutions at Johnson & Johnson Design.

S4E7: Lisa Strausfeld Apr 03, 2018

Lisa Strausfeld is an information architect and data visualisation pioneer. Her studio is InformationArt.

S4E6: Margaret Gould Stewart Mar 27, 2018

Margaret Gould Stewart is vice president of product design at Facebook.

S4E5: Heather McIntosh Cassano Mar 20, 2018

Heather McIntosh Cassano is director of user experience at Google, leading a team focused on workplace apps.

S4E4: Ben Watson Mar 13, 2018

Ben Watson is the chief creative officer of Herman Miller, the furniture and workspace design company.

S4E3: Arthur Cohen Mar 06, 2018

Arthur Cohen is CEO and co-founder of LaPlaca Cohen, a strategy, design, and marketing firm for the cultural world.

S4E2: Kevin Bethune Feb 27, 2018

Kevin Bethune is vice president of Strategic Design at BCG Digital Ventures.

S4E1: Stella Bugbee Feb 20, 2018

Stella Bugbee is the editor in chief and president of New York Magazine’s The Cut.

S3E12: Vishaan Chakrabarti Dec 19, 2017

Vishaan Chakrabarti is the founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism and the author of A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for Urban America.

S3E11: Melissa Harris Dec 12, 2017

Melissa Harris is editor at large of the Aperture Foundation and the author of A Wild Life: A Visual Biography of Photographer Michael Nichols.

S3E10: Randy Hunt Dec 05, 2017

Randy Hunt is the head of design at Artsy and the former VP of Design at Etsy.

S3E9: Natasha Jen Nov 28, 2017

Natasha Jen is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

S3E8: Ravi Naidoo Nov 21, 2017

Ravi Naidoo is the founder of Interactive Africa as well as Design Indaba, an annual conference in Cape Town.

S3E7: Liz Danzico Nov 14, 2017

Liz Danzico is creative director for NPR, where she guides both visual design and user experience.

S3E6: Scott Frankel + David Korins Nov 07, 2017

Scott Frankel composes musicals including Grey Gardens and War Paint. David Korins designed the sets for War Paint, Hamilton, and many other productions.

S3E5: John Maeda Oct 31, 2017

John Maeda is global head of computational design and inclusion at Automattic and the author of the annual Design in Tech report.

S3E4: Timothy Geithner Oct 24, 2017

Timothy Geithner was Secretary of the Treasury from 2009 to 2013. He chairs the Program on Financial Stability at the Yale School of Management.

S3E3: Lucienne Roberts Oct 17, 2017

Lucienne Roberts runs the studio LucienneRoberts+ and the publisher GraphicDesign+.

S3E2: Claire Weisz Oct 10, 2017

Claire Weisz is is the principal-in-charge of WXY, an architecture and design practice focused on innovative approaches to public space, structures, and cities.

S3E1: Giorgia Lupi Oct 03, 2017

Giorgia Lupi is the co-founder and design director of Accurat, a data-driven studio, and an artist whose work is at MoMA.

S2E12: Dana Arnett + Patrick Palmer May 16, 2017

Dana Arnett is a vice chairman and a founding partner of VSA Partners, a branding and marketing company based in Chicago. Patrick Palmer leads the strategy practice at VSA.

S2E11: Khoi Vinh May 09, 2017

Khoi Vinh is a principal designer at Adobe.

S2E10: Robert Brunner May 02, 2017

Robert Brunner is a founder of Ammunition, a design firm based in San Francisco. He has designed products from the Apple PowerBook to Beats by Dre headphones.

S2E9: Ashleigh Axios Apr 25, 2017

Ashleigh Axios is the design exponent at Automattic and a former creative director for the White House’s Office of Digital Strategy.

S2E8: Teddy Blanks Apr 18, 2017

Teddy Blanks is a co-founder of CHIPS, a Brooklyn-based design studio, who specializes in film titles.

S2E7: Grace Jun Apr 11, 2017

Grace Jun is the executive director of Open Style Lab, a nonprofit that aims to make fashion accessible to people with disabilities.

S2E6: Michael Rock Apr 05, 2017

Michael Rock is founding partner and creative director of 2x4, a global design consultancy. He has worked with brands including Nike, Prada, Target, and Kanye West.

S2E5: David Rockwell Mar 28, 2017

David Rockwell is the founder and president of the architecture and design firm the Rockwell Group and a theatrical set designer.

S2E4: Lee Moreau Mar 21, 2017

Lee Moreau is a principal at Continuum, a global innovation design firm.

S2E3: Bobby C Martin Jr Mar 14, 2017

Bobby C. Martin, Jr., is a founding partner of the agency OCD | The Original Champions of Design.

S2E2: Neri Oxman Mar 07, 2017

Neri Oxman leads the Mediated Matter research group at the MIT Media Lab.

S2E1: Audrey Gelman and Emily Oberman Feb 28, 2017

Audrey Gelman is co-founder and CEO of The Wing, a social club and co-working space for women. Pentagram partner Emily Oberman worked on the brand identity.

S1E12: Teddy Goff Jan 10, 2017

Teddy Goff was the digital director for Barack Obama’s 2012 reelection effort and an adviser to Hillary Clinton in 2016.

S1E11: Steve Duenes Jan 03, 2017

Steve Duenes is an Assistant Editor at The New York Times who oversees a team of visual journalists.

S1E10: Danny Meyer and Paula Scher Dec 20, 2016

Danny Meyer is the founder of Shake Shack. Paula Scher designed its graphic identity.

S1E9: Jay Parkinson Dec 13, 2016

Dr. Jay Parkinson is the founder of Sherpaa, an online medical practice.

S1E8: Leslie Koch Dec 06, 2016

Leslie Koch was the president and CEO of the Trust for Governors Island.

S1E7: Susan Sellers + Cynthia Round Nov 29, 2016

Susan Sellers was creative director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cynthia Round was its senior vice president of marketing and external relations.

S1E6: Douglas Powell Nov 22, 2016

Douglas Powell is a Distinguished Designer at IBM. He directs a global effort to bring human-centered design to IBM.

S1E5: Bruce Cohen Nov 15, 2016

Bruce Cohen is an Oscar-winning film producer and president of the board of directors of the American Foundation for Equal Rights

S1E4: Barry Nalebuff Nov 08, 2016

Barry Nalebuff teaches at the Yale School of Management. His specialty is game theory and its application to business strategy.

S1E3: Deborah Berke Nov 01, 2016

Deborah Berke is the founding partner of Deborah Berke Partners, the architect of the 21c Museum Hotels, and the Dean of the Yale School of Architecture.

S1E2: Molly Barton and Julian Yap Oct 25, 2016

Molly Barton and Julian Yap are cofounders of Serial Box Publishing, which develops original episodic fiction.

S1E1: John Bielenberg Oct 18, 2016

John Bielenberg is a designer, entrepreneur and imaginative advocate for a better world.

S1E0: Trailer Oct 14, 2016

A quick preview of Season 1, with Michael Bierut, Jessica Helfand, and a few of their guests.