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Who does design belong to, and who is it for? How does it serve us—all of us—and how can we learn to better understand its future, and our own?
On Design As— podcast from Design Observer—we’ll dig into all of this and more, in conversation with design leaders, scholars, practitioners, and a range of industry experts whose seasoned perspectives will help illuminate the questions as well as the answers. In our first season, we considered the topics of Culture, Complexity, and Citizenship in terms of their impact on the design practice and also in terms of how they themselves are being shaped by design today. In season two, recorded at the Design Research Conference 2024 in Boston, we gathered new round tables to discuss Design As Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, and Pluriverse. Plus, our bonus episodes are exclusive recordings of conference panels!
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Design As Trust | Design as Doubt features Lee Moreau in conversation with TB Bardlavens, Ryan Powell, Terry Williams-Willcock, and Ellie Kemery. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As Fast | Design As Slow features Lee Moreau in conversation with Ruth Schmidt, Albert Shum, David McGaw, and Ruth Kikin-Gil. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As is back! Starting September 9th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you’ll hear discussions about Responsible AI from technologists, educators, designers, and industry leaders plus bonus episodes directly recorded at the Shapeshift Summit hosted by the Institute of Design May 2025 in Chicago. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even m...
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of With Intent, from the Institute of Design with Anamitra Deb recorded at the Shapeshift Summit. You’ll hear more from the Summit throughout our season! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshi...
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of Technical Difficulties, from Liz Gerber. You’ll hear more from Liz later on in our season! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.
In this finale episode of Design As, host Lee Moreau reflects on the season, and also includes an exclusive interview with famed designer Don Norman, recorded at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024. A full transcript of the show, plus more bonus content, can be found here Looking to be the site of the next season of Design As? Get in touch here!
Design As Pluriverse features Lee Moreau in conversation with Renata Marques Leitão, Frederick van Amstel, and Lesley-Ann Noel. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Hear more from Lesley-Ann Noel and Frederick van Amstel on Season 1 of Design As Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
Design As Humanity features Lee Moreau in conversation with Susan Fabry, Laura Forlano, Mahsa Ershadi, and Sheng-Hung Lee. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out the Design Observer hosted job board. Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
Design is well positioned as a driving force in many business organizations, large corporations especially, codified in roles like Chief Design Officer or Head of Design. Design is directly involved in, and often leading, the process of shaping the vision and the strategy of a company. Still, design is often intended more as a practice—at different levels, from new product development to design thinking—and less as a systematic, both fundamental and applied, research approach, thus limiting i...
Design As Discipline features Lee Moreau in conversation with Mariana Amatullo, Elizabeth Christoforetti, and Maria Risueño. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out another show from Design Observer, The Design of Business | The Business of Design, soon launching its 12th season! Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Co...
Design As Visualization features Lee Moreau in conversation with Dietmar Offenhuber, and Paolo Ciuccarelli. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Design Observer is always accepting pitches! Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
In this bonus episode of Design As you’ll hear information designer and Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi who will share her unique and, at times, deeply personal data visualization work, focusing on her ongoing recovery from Long Covid. Three and a half years and two subsequent infections later, Lupi’s recovery was the catalyst for an influential data visualization project recently published as a Visual OpEd in the New York Times. Following Lupi’s presentation, she will discuss her work in conv...
Design As Care features Lee Moreau in conversation with Jadalia Britto, Rachael Dietkus, Sofie Hodara, and Giorgia Lupi. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. Subscribe to Design Observer’s newsletters The Observatory and Equity Observer here. Click here for a full transcript of the show plus even more content on Design Observer's website. Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Con...
Design As Governance features host Lee Moreau in conversation with guests Shin-pei Tsay, Geoff Mulgan, and Chelsea Mauldin. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
Design As is back! Starting January 7th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you’ll hear discussions on six new key words — Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, & Pluriverse — plus two exclusive bonus episodes directly recorded at the Design Research Society conference this past summer! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even mo...
On this final episode of the season, Shari Davis, Oliver Escobar, Lily Tsai, and Lee Moreau finish their discussion on citizenship and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com. Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design community working to accelerate the future of commerce through experi...
On this episode, Shari Davis, Oliver Escobar, Lily Tsai, and Lee Moreau begin a discussion on our final topic of the season: citizenship and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com. Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design community working to accelerate the future of commerce through ...
On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau finish their discussion on complexity and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com. Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design community working to accelerate the future of commerce through experience and innovat...
On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau discuss complexity. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com. Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design community working to accelerate the future of commerce through experience and innovation. Find out more at careers....
On this episode of "Design As" Alicia Cheng, Lee Moreau, Lesley-Ann Noel, and Frederick van Amstel conclude their discussion of culture and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com. Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast player. Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design community working to accelerate the future of commerce thro...
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