Voice of Design

We sit down with Max-Beverton Palmer, Head of Tech and Society at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss his work helping policy-makers address challenges around the world.Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the current crisis:Digital Policy for a Lockdown: How Tech Can Help Us Adapt to a Radically Altered WorldA Price Worth Paying: Tech, Privacy and the Fight Against Covid-19 EPISODE LINKSMax on TwitterNarratives of Hate: The Spectrum of Far-right Worldviews in the UKDiversify by June SarpongThe Bretton Woods Conference, 1944Sky parental control design    This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com

We get the band back together! Our lawyer Gabe Levine joins us to reminisce about contract negotiations past and discuss the fundamentals of negotiation for designers, or anyone, really. ----more----EPISODE LINKSGabriel Levine | LinkedInMatchstick | Lawyers for creative businessMatchstick | Service Agreement Field ManualRunning From the LawWelcome to the age of surveillance capitalism | The Guardian   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com

Accessibility consultant and trainer Elle Waters joins us to talk about the importance of inclusive design, and why we aren’t there yet.----more---- EPISODE LINKSLevel AccessUniversal design - Wikipedia There's also a transcript available here.   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com

Yonah Camacho Diamond, union organizer with the Communications Workers of America explains how unions works in the US. We discuss why tech workers might want to consider organizing and the process for doing so.----more---- EPISODE LINKS  Communications Workers of AmericaCWA District 9AFL-CIO  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com

John Hanawalt, designer and co-founder of the Queer Design Club, returns to Mule to tell us about his work to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and foster community, and especially the Queer Design Count.----more---- EPISODE LINKS  John Hanawalt​​John on MediumQueer Design Club​​Stitch FixDesign Census 2019The Queer Design CountDiversity at Dropbox tweet   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com