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On the design attitude: the perspective of a practitioner-scholar

Nov 13, 2026 32 min

Mariana Amatullo is a practitioner-scholar, academic leader,and design strategist with a global practice. She is currently the National Dean of the School of Architecture, Art and Design at Tecnologico De Monterrey. Previously, she was Professor of Strategic Design and Management at the School of Design Strategies at Parsons where she also held a series ofVice-Provost roles at The New School. Before The New School, Mariana co-founded and led the award-winning Design matters social impact department at the Art Center College of Design in California. Mariana's teaching, mixed methods research and consulting emphasize the role of design as a cognitive approach for transforming organizational culture and driving societal impact. Mariana is the recipient of numerous design and socialinnovation awards like Fast Company’s Co-Design 50 designers Shaping the future. In this episode, Mariana shared her journey from Humanities, Art History to a practice in design and a PhD in Management, and now being the National Dean of theSchool of Architecture, Art and Design at Tecnologico De Monterrey. The common thread across her diverse experiences and projects (at the intersection of design, sustainability, social innovation and organizational learning) is curiosity.She explained us the origins of the term practitioner-scholar and why she adopted it to describe her work as a boundary-spanner. Mariana described how she extended Boland and Collopy's concept of design attitude in her research on how designers reacted to challenges. She discussed the 5 dimensions of the design attitude: tolerance to ambiguity, empathy, creativity, connecting multiple perspectives, and engagement with aesthetics. Last, we talked about Mariana's perspective as an educator. She stressed the importance of nurturing inquiry, critical thinking and creativity by protecting reading, conversations and making. To learn more about Marianna's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariana-victoria...

Social Innovator in Residence: Suhayla Bazbaz Kuri

Jun 1, 2026 34 min

Suhayla Bazbaz Kuri is a Mexican political scientist dedicated to human rights, social justice and participatory democracy. She founded Community Cohesion and Social Innovation in 2009 to strengthen community ties and promote inclusive, rights-based, community-led development across Mexico. Passionate about collective action, Suhayla combines research, advocacy, and capacity-building to amplify community voices. Suhayla leads regional initiatives such as #LetThemKnowThatWeKnow, addressing power and information asymmetries affecting Indigenous and Afro-Mexican peoples, women, youth, people with disabilities and persons in mobility in decisions about their territories and megaprojects. She also participates in Latin American collectives that advocate for authorities, businesses and financial institutions to meet their human rights obligations, and engages in demonstrations and dialogues on institutional violence against women. Suhayla was the Spring 2026 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Suhayla on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suhayla-bazbaz-kuri-63b94112/ Learn more about Community Cohesion and Social Innovation: https://cohesioncomunitaria.org/ Credits: Host: Anne-Laure Fayard Post-production: Valter Gouveia Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier Recorded at the Fidelidade Creative Studio, Nova SBE

Legislative theatre: A creative civic practice to engage citizens and policy makers in social change

Apr 12, 2026 39 min

Katy Rubin is a Legislative Theatre practitioner and strategist based in the UK, and founder of The People Act hub for creative civic practice. She works in partnership with local and national governments and community groups to co-create equitable and innovative public policy. She currently collaborates with cities around Europe to design policy initiatives on multiple issues such as housing and health care. Katy is also a Senior Fellow with People Powered: Global Hub for Participatory Democracy; a Senior Atlantic Fellow at the LSE; and former executive director of Theatre of the Oppressed NYC. Her Legislative Theatre work with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority was awarded the International Observatory of Participatory Democracy’s 2022 award for Best Practice in Citizen Participation. In this episode, Katy explained the origins (from Augusto Boal's Theatre of the Oppressed) and practices of legislative theatre that she describes as a participatory democracy process that’s joyful, inclusive, and accessible. She highlighted the value and importance of being serious about fun as fun allows people to collaborate and stay engaged over time. Katy stressed the importance to think beyond ideation, and make sure that things are in place for policies to be implemented. For her, it is key to success of legislative theatre as a community-based policy-making. Last, we talked about how it was essential to acknowledge power dynamics and create the conditions for (counter-) balancing them if we want to develop truly participatory approaches. To learn more about Katy's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katyrubin/ and check her website: https://www.katyrubin.com/ and the People Act website: http://www.thepeopleact.org/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Valter Gouveia Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Tales of the field: Wreetu, Changing the Period Narratives in Bangladesh

Mar 31, 2026 15 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with In this episode, we talked with Sharmin Kabir, a social entrepreneur in Bangladesh. Sharmin shared with us how she founded Wreethu in 2016 with the goal to create a gender-equitable safe place for girls and women by educating them about their Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and changing the Period narratives. She talks about her human-centered approach, working with the girls in the community to develop the first comic book on puberty and period for girls. Very aware that gender-equity requires a cultural shift, she emphasizes her community-centered approach to the systemic nature of the problem: she involves young boys, fathers, and community leaders in order to create deep sustainable change. To learn more about Wreethu, check their website: https://wreetu.org/ Follow Sharmin Kabir on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmin-kabir/ Conception, Voice, Sound design, and Post-Production: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Music : Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Designing for Justice-centered Futures and Collective Liberation

Mar 3, 2026 32 min

Hanieh Khosroshahi is an independent design consultant, researcher, and community organizer working in pursuit of people and the planet. Her work spans multiple sectors from international development and public health to women’s rights and technologies. She also worked in many geographies including Canada, Rwanda, Tanzania, Nepal, and Afghanistan. She applies principles and methods of Human-centred Design, participatory research, and systems thinking to design, test, and scale innovative and impactful solutions, both online and offlineHer mission is to advance the health, opportunities, and rights of those on the margins, with a particular focus on youth and women in under-served and low-resource settings, from or with roots in the global majority. In this episode, Hanieh shares with us the journey that led her to English Literature, Visual Arts and Journalism to Human-Computer Interaction and UX design, to her work today at the intersection of design, social change and community organizing. She shared her perspective and work on participatory design and decolonizing practices, providing us with a sense of what designing for collective liberation and justice-centered futures looks like. Community, care and relationships are at the core of her work as a researcher, a designer and a social activist. To learn more about Hanieh's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haniehk/ and check her website: https://hanieh.me/ Learn about Thousand&One, a global, feminist community co-founded by Hanieh. It supports Women of Colour to thrive in their personal and professional lives.: https://thousandone.org Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Valter Gouveia Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Tales of the field: Raise Your Voice, A Strategy Game for AI in Humanitarian Work

Dec 23, 2025 17 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with with Shane Casey, Creative Lead, and Fergus Gleeson, Research Lead in Applied Human Sciences, at The Dock, Accenture’s global innovation center in Dublin, who share the outcome of a research project Accenture did with CARE International in order to understand the challenges and opportunities of AI in the Global South. We talked about the design and development of Raise Your Voice, a strategic game to create participatory engagement of communities in the Global South, and give them a voice in the development and governance of AI. They highlighted the value of games for inclusive and participatory engagement in humanitarian and development contexts, and beyond. To learn more about the research done by Accenture with Care International on AI and the Global South: https://www.careinternational.org.uk/news-stories/ai-and-the-global-south-making-ai-more-ethical-and-effective-through-inclusive-participation/ About the game: https://www.100archive.com/projects/raise-your-voice To download the game: https://github.com/Accenture/raiseyourvoice Conception: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Voice, Sound design, and Post-Production: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Music : Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Human-Centered Design for Public Sector Innovation

Dec 14, 2025 33 min

Jorge Lagarto, founding member and currently Director of LabX – Center for Innovation in the Public Sector. After starting his career working in consulting and project management, he spent many years in the public sector, particularly in the areas of innovation, digital transformation, and servicedesign. He holds a degree in Environmental Engineering and a specialization in eLearning Pedagogy and Instructional Design. In this episode, Jorge shares with us the journey that led him to co-found and lead LabX. He highlights the importance of understanding the diverse needs of all citizens in order to create inclusive public services. He shares with us the multiple roles LabX play: from developing projects (from research to implementation) to creating capability (through training), supporting innovation teams and nurturing an ecosystems of innovation labs. He shares some of the challenges associated to innovation in the public sector but also shares the value of the design process in creating meaningful solutions and trigerring culture change. To learn more about Jorge's work, follow him on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorge-lagarto-7a712468/⁠ and check LabX's website: ⁠https://labx.gov.pt/o-labx/?lang=en⁠ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

An Invitation to Citizen

Nov 8, 2025 31 min

Jon Alexander, a Storyteller, Strategist, and Visiting Fellow atHarvard University. Jon started out in advertising and co-founded in 2014 with Irenie Ekkeshis a consultancy, the NewCitizen Project which works with organisations across sectors to explore what it would mean to treat people as citizens, not just consumers. In 2022, he published a book, Citizens, which won numerous book of the year awards, was reviewed by the Financial Times as an “underground hit”, selected by the World Economic Forum for its CEO Book Club. Jon wears a few other hats: as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Manchester, a Senior Associate at the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, a founding member of the OECD's Innovative Citizen Participation Network, and a member of the Advisory Councils of DemocracyNext, the Apolitical Foundation, and the Democracy and Culture Foundation. Jon holds three Masters degrees spanning humanities and business. In this episode, Jon reflects on his journey from advertising to starting a consultancy The New Citizen Project to writing a book and become an author, public speaker and actionist. He reflects on human history as a journey from subject to consumer to citizen. He proposes a definition of citizen as a practice rather than status and as verb as a noun. He explores how storytelling is not only a way to inspire and agitate, but also a form of action. He shares many inspiring stories that can help imagine a citizen future. Jon highlights the value of collaborations especially at the intersections, and invites us to embrace a citizen-centered design approach. To learn more about Jon's work, follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-alexander-11b66345/ and check his website: ⁠https://jonalexander.net/⁠ Two references he shared with us in the podcast: Using Emergence to Take Social Innovation to ScaleMargaret Wheatley and Deborah Frieze Navigating Societal Change through Design by Sara Gry Striegler and Julie Hjort. Credits...

Social Innovator in Residence: Pushpa Joshi

Oct 30, 2025 31 min

Pushpa Joshi is a young activist from Nepal with over a decade of experience advancing Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR), adolescent sexuality, and gender equality at national and international levels. She co-founded YoSHAN(Youth-led SRHR Advocacy Nepal), where she leads youth-centered, feminist initiatives. An experienced educator, Pushpa has trained healthcare providers on rights-based SRHR services, supported teachers in delivering human rights-based sexuality education, and empowered thousands of young people in advocacy and movement building. Her work emphasizes structural reform, intersectionality, and creating inclusive spaces, especially for marginalized communities. Beyond her activism, Pushpa also uses photography and filmmaking to amplify gender justice and lived experiences. Pushpa was the Fall 2025 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Pushpa on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pushpa-joshi-31b881a4/ Credits: Host: Anne-Laure Fayard Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier Recorded at the Fidelidade Creative Studio, Nova SBE

Design for human-wildlife coexistence

Oct 12, 2025 34 min

Francesco Cara, a designer, educator and curator. Francesco explores what it means to design in the current epoch, the Anthropocene, marked by climate disruption, unstoppable biodiversity loss and growing social inequality, with a focus on two domains: digital sustainability and human-wildlife coexistence. Francesco is an activist for AlGore's Climate Reality Project and for the Right to Repair. He taught ecodesign at Politecnico di Milano and IED Milano. He had various leadership roles in design at Nokia, Sapient,IconMedialab in Finland, France and the UK, and co-founded one of the earliest User-Centered Design studios in Europe, CB&J in Paris He curated Climate Space festival with Ludovico Einaudi and Ponderosa Music & Art. Francesco has a MSc and a PhD in Cognitive Science from the University of Edinburgh. In this episode, Francesco reflects on his journey and how he went from cognitive science "in vitro" to cognition "in the wild", and design; and within design: from Human-centered design to ecodesign and human-wildlife coexistence. Francesco argues that design has a fundamental role to play in finding solutions and a new balance. He highlights the limits of ecodesign, noting that reducing social and environmental impact is not enough. He proposes a fundamental worldview shift, from considering human beings as apart from and in a position of superiority to placing human beings back within the web of life. Through several inspiring stories, he illustrates how we can create the conditions for positive relationships between people and the living world to occur. Last, he discusses his work as an activist and engaged researcher, which aims to provide more positive narratives of a future where humans live in harmony among themselves and with the living world. To learn more about Francesco's work, follow him on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/francescocara and check his website: medium.com/@frakara Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design...

Design Beyond Things: From Experience to Policy Making

Jun 24, 2025 30 min

Dima Boulad, a designer and problem solver moved by positive impact with more than 14 years of experience. Dima is currently the Head of Design Research for the Dubai Design Lab, which is part of Dubai Future Foundation. Prior to that role she led the Design Research Team also at the Dubai Design Lab. She also worked as Innovation Design Manager for EY and has worked on multiple projects as an independent design consultant. The projects she worked on includes design research for the International Refugee Committee on Information Flow, working with Doctors without Borders in Beirut and being an OpenIDEO community Fellow. She has a Masters in Multimedia and Project Management from IESA in Paris and a Bachelor in Graphic Design from the American University in Beirut. In this episode, Dima reflects on her journey and how her deep interest in design research led her to explore human-centered and participatory design. She emphasizes the importance of truly catering to people's needs and creating meaningful and impactful experiences.She discusses her current work at the Dubai Design Lab, their approach and how their work informs governance and policy making. Last, she talks to the changing role of the designer and what it means for design education. To learn more about Dima's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimaboulad/?originalSubdomain=ae and check her website: https://www.dimaboulad.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Social Innovator in Residence: Meena Kadri

May 4, 2025 37 min

Meena is a social innovation consultant and design strategist tackling complex social challenges through human-centered design and community engagement dedicated to tackling complex social challenges through human-centered design and community engagement. With a background in social anthropology and design, she has worked across diverse settings, from urban slums to corporate boardrooms. Previously, Meena spent eight years at IDEO, where she led community engagement for OpenIDEO and advised IDEO U’s initiatives. Her expertise lies in fostering collaboration, equity, and innovation to drive meaningful change. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand with Indian ancestry, she brings a global perspective to her work in social impact. Meena was the Spring Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE.Follow Meena on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meanestindian/?originalSubdomain=nz and on Subtack: https://randomspecific.substack.com/ Credits: Host: Anne-Laure Fayard Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier Recorded at the Fidelidade Creative Studio, Nova SBE

Entering and Breaking Design

Mar 10, 2025 30 min

Adriana Valdez Young is a design researcher with more than 15 years of leading design research that focuses on centering the experiences of historically excluded and underrepresented people for startups, government, non-profits, and corporate clients. . She advises inclusive research at SOUR, a global design studio with the mission to address social and urban problems, servers as associate chair of the MFA of Interaction design at the School of Visual Arts, and writes about inclusive design for UX Magazine. Prior to that she led research and strategy at Stae, a platform for cities to manage civic data and new mobilities. She was the head of consumer research at littleBits, a STEAM platform for kids and educators to invent their own technology. And most recently, shecrafted community experiences at 3X3 and shaped communications, business development, and the urban design practice at Openbox. Adriana holds a BA in History from Brown University and an MSc in City Design and Social Science fromthe London School of Economics. In this episode, Adriana reflects on her journey as "an accidental designer" - breaking and entering design. She talks about how her early passion for understanding context, her curiosity and her un-satisfaction with the status quo led her to design for social change. She reflects on co-creation and inclusive design, reminding us that all design should be inclusive. To learn more about Adriana's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/valdezyoung/ and check her website: https://www.welikeresearch.com/ You can also read her reflections on Medium: https://adrianavyoung.medium.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Tales of the Field: Vila Feliz Cidade by Carlos Mendes Gonçalves

Jan 12, 2025 9 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with Carlos Mendes Gonçalves, the founder and CEO of Case Mendes Gonçalves, a family business in Portugal. Casa Mendes Gonçalves’ commitment to sustainability inspires the company’s effort to transform the food system and create a model for a new way to work and live together within our communities and nature. Carlos tells us about Vila Feliz Cidade, a regenerative agriculture project that aims to integrate the economic dimension with social and environmental responsibility. To read more about sustainability at Casa MG and about Vila Feliz Cidade: https://www.casamg.pt/en/sustainability/ Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Interview in Portuguese by Rita Nascimento Quotes in English read by Claudio Silva Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Human-centered design and systems thinking for social impact and community engagement.

Dec 22, 2024 37 min

Robert Fabricant is Co-Founder of Dalberg Design, where he brings human-centered design and systems thinking to clients looking for creative approaches to breakthrough innovation and expanded collaborations in social impact and community engagement. He leads an extremely diverse team with studios in Dakar, Mexico City, Mumbai, Nairobi and New York, leveraging Dalberg’s global footprint and capabilities. Much of his portfolio is focused on public health, serving as the lead design partner to USAID’s Global Health Bureau. A born and raised New Yorker, Robert began his career at a local criminal justice non-profit focused on New York State court reform where he worked at both a grassroots and policy level to drive positive change in the lives of New Yorkers. In this episode, Robert reflects on his journey from his work in criminal justice advocacy to becoming a systems designer with a focus on public health systems and social innovation. He talks about the importance of collaboration and taking a long-term horizon to make positive social change. As he critically reflects on his practice, he stresses the importance of thinking about power dynamics when doing design work with under-resourced communities in the USA and in the Global South. To learn more about Robert's work, follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertfabricant/ and check his website: https://www.fabricant.design/ To learn more about Dalberg Design: https://www.dalbergdesign.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Social Innovator in Residence: Engin Ayaz

Dec 15, 2024 33 min

Engin Ayaz, a transdisciplinary designer and strategist with a background in architecture, systems thinking, and interaction design. He is the co-founder of ATÖLYE, a design and innovation consultancy, which amplifies the impact of purpose-driven leaders by transforming people, places and experiences through the power of communities. Engin received a dual degree in Architectural Design and Engineering from Stanford University, and a master's degree in Interactive Design and Media Arts from Tisch School of Arts, ITP of New York University. His work has been exhibited worldwide and received awards from Core77, Architizer, Arkitera, World Architecture Community, and Good Magazine, among others. Engin was the Fall 2024 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Engin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/enginayaz/ Learn more about Atölye: https://atolye.io/

Radical participatory design

Jun 30, 2024 34 min

Victor Udoewa is Service Design Lead for the CDC (centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Prior to this role, Victor was Chief Technology Officer, Chief experience Officer and Service Design Lead at NASA. Prior to NASA, Victor served as the Director of Strategy at 18F, a civic consultancy for the federal government inside the federal government. Previously, as a Global Education Instructional Designer and Training Development Specialist at Google, he designed learning experiences and learning software for people in low-to-middle-income countries around the world. In this episode, Victor shared with us his "non-linear" journey to being a service designer: from being a teacher to working with USAID and then Google and NASA while being a health crisis and trauma counsellor. He shares the different definitions of service design and contrasts them with his perspective and practice in the public sector. He then explains why he talks about radical participatory design (rather than participatory design) and introduces us to relational design and pluriversal design. To learn more about Victor's work, follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/udoewa/ You can also read some of his academic papers: Introduction to Radical Participatory Design: Decolonizing Participatory Design Processes Radical Participatory Design: The Awareness of Participation Relational Design Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Social Workers Who Design: trauma-responsive design and design of care

Jun 4, 2024 32 min

Rachael Dietkus is a social worker-designer. Her practice, research, and writing at the intersections of social work values, trauma-responsive principles, and care-focused design research methods. Rachael is the founder of Social Workers Who Design and an active member of the Design Justice Network and the Social Work Futures Lab. Since September 2022, she has served as a Digital Services Expert in Design and Social Work and a Trauma-Informed Practice Subject Matter Expert with the United States Digital Service, a design and tech unit under the White House. In this episode, Rachael reflects on the different civic and public interest roles she has had over the last twenty years to explore how social work and design are intrinsically connected in her practice. She explains how she encountered trauma-informed design and more recently trauma-responsive design. She stresses the importance of language, of care, of intentionality and relationality. To learn more about Rachael's work, follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachaeldietkuslcsw/ and check the Social Workers Who Design website: ⁠https://www.socialworkerswho.design⁠ To learn more about the topics we discussed: 'Trauma-Informed Care: A Sociocultural Perspective' / ⁠⁠https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK207195/⁠⁠ Social Work Futures Lab / ⁠⁠https://www.socialworkfutureslab.org⁠⁠ Racism Untaught / ⁠https://racismuntaught.com⁠ Some of the references Rachael's made in the podcast: Desmond Patton's / 'Applying Reflexivity to Artificial Intelligence for Researching Marginalized Communities and Real-World Problems' / ⁠https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/items/7607e8e6-db3b-45c6-87c5-516e8e67ba08/full⁠ Resmaa Menakem / ⁠https://resmaa.com⁠ + ⁠https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence⁠ Karen Treisman's 'Trauma River' / ⁠https://media.churchillfellowship.org/documents/Treisman_K_Report_2018_Final.pdf⁠ AJ Singh's 'Justice Sensitivity is the Cure, Not the...

Social Innovator in Residence: João Brites

May 10, 2024 28 min

João Brites is an entrepreneur, breakdancer, and agroforester who has lived in Portugal, Mexico, United States, Brazil and Spain (his current home). Currently, João is Director of Growth & Innovation at HowGood, a SaaS platform that helps companies measure, improve, and communicate their social and environmental impact. Prior to HowGood, João worked as Global Director of Sustainable Development at AB InBev and co-founded initiatives like Movimento Transformers, the Amazon Summer School, and Carbono Biodiverso. João is the recipient of Nova’s Impactful Alumni Award, the Do Something Ambassador Award, and was at age 19 one of the world’s youngest participants at the WEF in Davos through the Global Changemakers Program. João holds a M.S. in Economics and a CEMS Masters in International Management from Nova SBE João was the Spring 2024 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow João on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jrbrites/ Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier The Podcast was recorded and produced in the Fidelidade Creative Studio @ Nova SBE

Tales of the Field: Amplio Talking Books in Ghana

Feb 6, 2024 18 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with Gilbert Nkpeniyeng, who after working as a program officer with Amplio Network, is currently doing his MPhil in Development Studies at Cambridge University (UK). Gilbert passionately believes that access to knowledge can change people's lives. He shares his personal experience with the Amplio Talking Book, an audio device designed for users with low literacy, he encountered while in primary school. He also tells about a project he implemented with women producing shea butter in Northern Ghana highlighting how all community members were involved. To read more about Amplio Network: https://www.amplio.org/ Follow Gilbert Nkpeniyeng: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gilbert-nkpeniyeng-1648a017a/ Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard Recording done at Fidelidade Creative Studio at Nova SBE Thanks to Amplio Network Ghana team for sharing some of the audio sources used for the sound design of this episode.

Tales of the Field: Street Lab, reinventing the street through pop-ups

Dec 17, 2023 17 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with Leslie Davol, co-founder and executive director of Street Lab, a nonprofit that creates and shares programs for public space across New York City, and with Hannah Berkin-Harper, Street Lab's design lead. We talked about the pop-ups they create to improve the urban environment, connect New Yorkers and create communities. They highlighted the value of developing quick and nimble ways to provide resources to residents and develop a street-level environment that can evolve while also testing ideas for longer term changes. To read more about Street Lab: https://www.streetlab.org/ Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Co-design for social impact

Nov 28, 2023 31 min

Tanya Bhandari is a communication designer from India who has been working in the social impact space for over a decade. Currently she is the Design Director at ⁠YLabs⁠ in Kigali, Rwanda. She was previously Design Lead at ⁠UNICEF’s Office of Innovation⁠ (New York), Design Fellow at ⁠Center for Urban Pedagogy⁠ (New York), and Designer at ⁠Teach for India⁠ (Mumbai.) In this episode, reflecting on the projects she has been involved, Tanya stressed the power of co-design, where young people lead the process and participate from beginning to end. Tanya talked about prototyping as a form of research and how to prototype in resource-constrained environments. As we discussed how her work involved complex collaborations, she stressed the importance of always having part of the team embedded in the local context. Last, Tanya suggested that design for social impact required designers to step back from a position of expertise, to become sense makers and facilitators. To learn more about Tanya's work, check her website: https://tanyabhandari.in/about Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanyabhndri/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Social Innovator in Residence: Liz Gerber

Sep 28, 2023 27 min

Liz Gerber is a professor at Northwestern University, co-director of Northwestern’s Center for Human Computer Interaction + Design, and faculty founder of Design for America, a national award-winning network of interdisciplinary students who work together to solve problems they care about in their community. Liz works at the works at the intersection of design, social computing, and organizational behavior to understand the future of collaboration and in particular. for social impact. Gerber co-directs the Delta Lab whose mission is to create technology-based systems to enhance learning, collaboration, and performance. Gerber has received awards for her research and teaching from the National Science Foundation, MacArthur, Mozilla Foundations, Microsoft and Smithsonian. Liz was the Fall 2023 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Liz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizgerber/ and Twitter: elizgerber To learn more about Liz's work: lizgerber.com To learn more about Design for America: designforamerica.com Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier The Podcast was recorded and produced in the Fidelidade Creative Studio @ Nova SBE

Design for government, climate and science

Jul 28, 2023 26 min

Sara Camnasio is a multi-disciplinary designer and researcher focused on government (public services), science, and climate projects. Her work spans from integrating design mindsets into environmental and conservation projects, creating educational curricula to engage students on STEAM topics, to helping improve public and private services and products. After spending 5 years conducting Astrophysics research at the American Museum of Natural History and at telescopes around the world for 5 years, Sara decided to dive into design to apply design thinking methods to science and conservation projects. She’s been a National Geographic Explorer since 2015, and through this community, she has led and co-led several international projects focused on conservation and environmental education. Currently, she is helping grow Human-centered design and co-design practices at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, in the US Federal Government. She also runs the Sonoma County Feminist Bird Club – a growing community of friendly bird nerds who care about the outdoors and social justice. In this episode, Sara explains how she combines in her work service design with participatory approaches to help people engage more deeply and more consciously with the world around them. She stresses how design shapes all our interactions – with objects, technology, humans, and nature, and therefore has a role to play in addressing issues we are facing like climate change. We discussed how design can help translate complexity and identify and frame what problem to solve, and the role of the designer as a facilitator and storyteller. Sara emphasizes the need for designers to think of unintended consequences and be reflexive about their practice; design being in the end a deeply political practice. To learn more about Sara's work, check her website: https://www.saracamnasio.com/ Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saracamnasio/ Credits: Conception, host and production:...

Social Innovator in Residence: Isaac Jumba

May 17, 2023 34 min

Isaac is the founder of Mideva Labs - a research, design and innovation consultancy studio based in Nairobi Kenya, and a co-founder of Idea Studio Africa - a community-powered learning, skills development and apprenticeship studio helping young professionals build meaningful career pathways in innovation and entrepreneurship. Isaac previously co-founded the Africa YES Program - a 6-month leadership and entrepreneurship accelerator program for young social entrepreneurs in Kenya, which has supported over 80 entrepreneurs to launch social ventures since 2019. Isaac has over 8 years of experience working in the design, social innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem across Africa and supporting initiatives around the world, including working for openIDEO - IDEO’s open innovation platform that supported innovators across the globe to solve some of the biggest world’s challenges. Isaac has a passion for designing with and working with communities and young people to achieve impact and is interested in exploring ways to rethink learning and in investment in young people and their ideas for a better future. Isaac was the Spring 2023 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Isaac on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/isaacjumba/ Twitter: @Isaacjumba Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier The Podcast was recorded and produced in the Fidelidade Creative Studio @ Nova SBE

Community, Co-design and Intentional relationships

Mar 29, 2023 30 min

Harmonie Coleman is a Senior Community Engagement Manager at IDEO.org. In this role, she collaborates closely with design teams, partners, and local community members to advance equitable practices in design research and community co-design methods across the organization. She specializes in designing transformative experiences, healing-centered facilitation, participatory design methods, and recruiting community members with lived experience. Her past experiences as a teacher and community organizer both deepen her expertise and ground her current work and interests. Harmonie has a Master of Education from Harvard University and a Bachelor in Psychology and Race and Difference Studies from Emory University. In this episode, Harmonie shared her views on community and intentional relationship building, and stressed the need to move from transactive interactions to intentional relationship. She illustrated the value of intentional relationship building by sharing two projects she worked on with families and youth who have been impacted by the child welfare system. She discussed how the distinctions between participatory design, community design and co-design were not necessarily generative. Instead, she invites us to focus on the "how" and practice, rather than the labels. Last, we discussed adrienne maree brown's work and how the notion of emergent strategy informs Harmonie's work. I asked Harmonie to share some recommended readings: Thick, Tressie McMillan CottomThe Art of Gathering, Priya ParkerEmergent Strategy, adrienne maree brownHow We Show Up, Mia BirdsongHolding Change, adrienne maree brownAbolishing the Cop in Your [Designer's] Head, Sarah Fathallah and A.D. Sean Lewis https://designmuseumfoundation.org/abolish-the-cop-inside-your-designers-head/ Read Harmonie's essay "On Community": https://www.ideo.org/perspective/on-community-harmonie-coleman Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harmonie-coleman-a42b25155/ Credits: Conception, host...

Designing for care and liveable proximity

Feb 28, 2023 35 min

Ezio Manzini is one of the world's leading and provocative thinkers in design for sustainability and social innovation — considered a major driver of sustainable changes. These two joint interests led him to start DESIS: an international network of schools of design specifically active in the field of design for social innovation and sustainability. Currently, Ezio is President of DESIS Network and Honorary Professor at the Politecnico di Milano. He has been guest professor in several design schools world-wide such as Elisava-Design School and Engineering (Barcelona), Tongji University (Shanghai), University of the Arts (London), CPUT (Cape town), and Parsons - The new School for Design (NYC). Ezio has written many books and papers on service design and social innovation. His most recent books are: 'Design, When Everybody Designs', 'Politics of the Everyday’ and lately 'Livable Proximity’. In this episode, Ezio invites us to reimagine the role of design in building a sustainable and resilient world. In particular, he talks about how our contemporary society has become a “careless society” and how design can help create conditions that afford care and nurture relations. He highlights the complex relation between care and proximity and based on his most recent book, discusses the notion of livable proximity and how a city that cares look like. Finally, he discusses the notion of social innovation, and stresses that if there is value in emergent, bottom-up social innovation, we need to nurture them and that this requires a new type of social infrastructure. To learn more about DESIS: https://www.desisnetwork.org/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Design Thinking for Health

Dec 17, 2022 30 min

Bon Ku is an emergency physician, professor and host of the Design Lab podcast. He is the Assistant Dean for Health and Design and leads the Medicine+Design initiatives at Thomas Jefferson University. As the Director of the Health Design Lab, he created the first design thinking program at a medical school. Bon is creating design-minded solutions to improve patient health. Bon co-wrote the book, Health Design Thinking, with Ellen Lupton and was a regular panelist on the primetime medical TV show Chasing the Cure with Ann Curry. In this episode, Bon talks about the role of design and prototyping in the development of products and services for better health care. He discusses medical education and design and explains how the Health Design Lab empowers future doctors to redesign healthcare services, physical spaces and medical devices. Bon stresses the need for more creativity in medical education and medicine. We also talk about collaboration and co-creation and how essential it is to design a better health system. To learn more about Bon's work: https://linktr.ee/bonku Listen to his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/pt/podcast/design-lab-with-bon-ku/id1529983261 Follow him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbonku/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music & Art Work: Guilhem Tamisier

Design as a tool for social change, impact, and innovation

Nov 28, 2022 33 min

In this episode, our guest was Laetitia Wolff, a creative strategist, design curator, published author, and self-described cultural engineer and the former director of strategic initiatives at AIGA in NY. Laetitia lives, works and teaches in the South of France following 20+ years spent in New York. She consults and creates projects that generate new discourses, meaningful practices and experiences using design as a tool for social change, impact, and innovation. She brings design to cities, through research-action projects, curated programs, and citizen engagement initiatives. She teaches at Besign, The Sustainable Design School, design impact and partnership-based courses to imagine the creative strategies for tomorrow’s territories. In our conversation, Laetitia shared her perspective about design as a tool for social change, impact and innovation and how her design work focused on cities understood as an intertwinement of spatial, social and relational dimensions. She stressed the importance of multi-disciplinary approaches and of multi-stakeholder engagement. Laetitia shared her passion for amplifying the voices of individuals and communities who are unheard. Last, all her projects illustrated the value of learning by doing. To learn more about Laetitia's work: https://www.laetitiawolff.design/ Follow her on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laetitia-wolff-31a6193/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Social Innovator in Residence: Karine Sarkissian

Oct 12, 2022 27 min

Karine Sarkissian is a founding partner at Tamar Capital (2016), a single-family office based between the Middle East, the UK, and the US. She oversees the FO’s Impact and Venture portfolio. Designer and Design Strategist by background, Karine has extensive experience in social innovation for urban and economic development initiatives within New York City and Internationally. Leveraging her expertise, she co-founded Le Studio as part of Tamar Capital to actively support portfolio companies and investors alike through design, impact measurement, and strategy development. Since inception 2 years ago, Le Studio has supported more than 50 aspiring entrepreneurs across 4 continents. Karine also co-created and co-facilitated the Open IDEO NYC Chapter, served as a Design for America mentor to graduate students within New York University, as well as a Hult Prize accelerator mentor. She often freelances as a graphic designer and illustrator, and spends most of her time outside or in the ocean. Karine was the Fall 2022 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Karine on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karinesarkissian/ and Twitter: @karinesark Learn more about her work at Tamar Capital: https://tamar.capital/ and Le Studio https://lestudio.io/ Discover her portfolio: http://karinesarkissian.com Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier The Podcast was recorded and produced in the Fidelidade Creative Studio @ Nova SBE

Tales of the Field: Tonya Gayle, Executive Director of Green City Force and advocate for economic justice for young people of color

Sep 4, 2022 16 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with Tonya Gayle, Executive Director of Green City Force (GCF) and an advocate for economic justice for young people of color. She led GCF’s development team from July 2014 to September 2020 when she became GCF's Executive Director. She is a board member of The Corps Network focused on national service, and Environmental Advocates of NY focused on environmental justice. Prior to joining GCF, Tonya served in public-private partnerships at the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) and the Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO) Career Program. Tonya is a member of The New York Women’s Foundation Circle of Sisters for Social Change, a graduate of Wesleyan University, and a native Brooklynite. She is an associate producer of the 2006 documentary The Perfect Life featuring young adults from Harlem. Co-conception and Voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Co-conception and Production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Design Research for Sustainability

Jul 13, 2022 24 min

In this episode, I talked with Joana Casaca Lemos, a design researcher passionate about sustainability innovation. Joana runs an independent practice where she supports organisations in ensuring that sustainability is at the forefront of business. She is currently launching Unusual Research - the first global collective of creatives with sustainability expertise. Joana shared with me her view on design for sustainability and related terms like planet-centered design and circular design. The organizations Joana works with are increasingly interested in getting help in making their products and services more sustainable and how this also involves an internal cultural transformation. She emphasized the complexity of the term sustainability and invites us to always make sure to ask for sustainability for what purpose and for whom. Last, she talked about the "qualities" of social businesses and the role they can play in design. Follow Joana on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joanacasacalemos/?originalSubdomain=pt And on her website: http://www.joanacasacalemos.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Tales of the Field: Pushpa Joshi, a Nepalese social activist

Jun 11, 2022 9 min

Tales of the Field is a podcast series which gives voice to social activists and social innovators who work in and with their communities to create social impact and sustainable change. They share with us their work in the field - where they tackle complex social issues and aim to create sustainable change and social impact. At its core, their work is human-centered, systemic and always informed by a deep understanding of the context and people’s lives. In this episode, we talked with Pushpa Joshi, a young Nepalese social activist, passionate about the issues of gender and sexuality, as well as sexual and reproductive health rights. At the age of 15, Pushpa joined a local youth club focusing on Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights in her hometown of Bakhtapur. In 2019, she co-founded YoSHAN (Youth-led Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights Advocacy Nepal). Recently she also directed Lalita, a short film about sex workers, for which she received multiple awards. You can view Lalita here: https://youtu.be/zPfiAp4ZVwk Co-conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Voice and co-conception: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard Sound design, Music and Post-production: Guilhem Tamisier Artwork: Jyoti Tamisier-Fayard

Social Innovators in Residence: Lisbeth Shepherd

Apr 1, 2022 36 min

Lisbeth Shepherd is Entrepreneur in Residence at MIT's designX and Visiting Lecturer at MIT's School of Architecture and Planning. Her work focuses on how "climate corps" in cities can promote environmental and economic justice. Shepherd co-founded the Green City Force (GCF) in 2009 to address the dual imperatives of youth unemployment and climate change.She previously coordinated the Clean Energy Corps working group at Green for All, and co-founded Unis-Cité, the leading national youth service program in France. She is an Echoing Green alum, Draper Richards Kaplan Fellow, Audubon “Woman Greening the City,” and White House Youth Jobs+ Champion of Change. Lisbeth's interests center on "climate corps" the organized efforts of young adults, in particular those in frontline communities most affected by climate change and unemployment, that provide a platform for service, training and leadership for young people on a path to engaging careers in the green economy." Lisbeth was the Spring 2022 Social Innovator in Residence with the ERA Chair in Social Innovation and the DESIS Lab at NOVA SBE. Follow Lisbeth on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisbeth-shepherd-ab53555/ and Twitter: @LFShepherd Read about Green City Force: https://greencityforce.org/ and Uni-Cité: https://www.uniscite.fr/ Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Guilhem Tamisier Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Designing learning experiences for meaningful impact

Mar 8, 2022 32 min

In this episode, I talked with Ayah Younis, a human centered-designer for social change. With 10-year experience in education in museums, she employs innovative tools and play methods to design learning experiences for children and adults. Ayah shared with me her work using human-centered design to create meaningful experiences in museums as well as in the health centers in Jordan and the region. She emphasized the power of play in reducing boundaries and creating a safe environment. Ayah also highlighted the value of iteration and rapid prototyping in helping create impactful solutions reminding us that human-centered design is a mindset that we need to fully embrace. Last, she invited designers working in international development like her to build relationships and dialogue with all stakeholders. Read Trajectories of international development, a roundtable to which Aya participated with Sarah Fathallah and Robert Fabricant It was reproduced in an edited volume Design for social innovation case studies from around the world (2022), eds. by M. Amatullo, B. Boyer, J. May and A. Shea): https://www.routledge.com/Design-for-Social-Innovation-Case-Studies-from-Around-the-World/Amatullo-Boyer-May-Shea/p/book/9780367898427 Follow Ayah on LinkedIn: And on her website: https://ayahyounis.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Blake Rook Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Designing for Systemic Change through Community-Centered Design

Feb 17, 2022 30 min

In this episode, I talked with Megan Marini, co-founder and Principal, Director of Strategy and Outreach of 3X3, an inclusive and participatory innovation studio designing for systemic change, based in New York City and New Delhi. Over the past decade, they have been bringing communities, the public sector, and private entities together as allies to create social transformation and impact. Megan is a designer, architect and strategist passionate about community-centered design and designing for justice and systemic change. She shared her work helping civic organizations in various parts of the world to listen to, learn from, and collaborate with their stakeholders to design and pilot innovative programs, services, and initiatives that unlock social value. Megan emphasized the need to be thoughtful about the unintended consequences of design, even participatory design. She stressed the need to explore ways to enact inclusion and power sharing in design practices. Megan shared with me the main components of the 3X 3 Toolkit for community-centered design and how it can help facilitate more inclusive and just design practices. Read about 3X3 Community-centered design toolkit here: https://3x3.co/toolkit/overview/ Follow Megan Marini on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/megan-marini-79255914/ And on 3X3 website: https://3x3.co Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: Claudio Silva Music: Blake Rook Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Civic Design and Urban Innovation: Designing Human-Centered Neighborhoods

Dec 21, 2021 34 min

In this episode, I talked with Eric Ho, co-founder and Director of Architecture Commons based in Hong Kong, a design agency for urban innovation. Eric is an architect, entrepreneur, and urban thinker passionate about architecture and urban environments that have a lasting impact on society. He described civic design projects he led in New York and in Hong Kong. Eric emphasized the value of cross-sector collaboration (citizens, businesses, institutions and governments) for social innovation while highlighting associated challenges and suggesting that design thinking can be a language to support collaboration. Last, Eric reflected on the challenges to move from design thinking to design doing and social impact. Follow Eric Ho on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/architectericho/ and on The Commons' website: https://www.acommons.com/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: John Klima Music: Blake Rook Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Designing for more holistic healthcare experiences

Dec 3, 2021 26 min

In this episode, I talked with Javiera Arenas, a design strategist and service designer, from Chile, working at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Centre in New York. Javi reflected on her practice in designing holistic healthcare experiences. She highlighted the need to take a system view and engage all stakeholders in the process. While acknowledging the difficulties inherent to designing holistic experiences, she also provided great stories on how to use participatory design to co-create spaces that support those who are experiencing a difficult time. Follow Javi on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/javiera-arenas/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: John Klima Music: Blake Rook Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Designing in the Anthropocene with Ben Reason

Nov 5, 2021 29 min

In this episode, I talked with Ben Reason, founding partner of pioneering service design studio Livework, created in London in 2001. Ben and I discussed Ben’s article “Designing in the Anthropocene”. Ben reflected on his journey from his early interest in triple bottom line and his current interest in sustainability. He discussed the tensions between theory and practice. He also shared his thoughts on the role of designers as facilitators and the importance of multi-stakeholders collaborations to address complex problems like climate change. Follow Ben on Twitter @breasy and LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/breasy/ Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design & Post-production: John Klima Music: Blake Rook Art work: Guilhem Tamisier

Engineer X Design with Rinat Sherzer, Of Course Global

May 18, 2021 13 min

Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of design, engineering, and technology. Our guest for this episode is Rinat Sherzer, Founder of Of Course Global (https://www.ofcourseglobal.com/) To watch her TED Talk: The Bloody Taboo With The Power To Change The World: https://www.ted.com/talks/rinat_sherzer_the_bloody_taboo_with_the_power_to_change_the_world Or read about her project "What Would the Egg Do?": https://www.wwted.com/ Credits--- conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook; voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard; logo design: Florentina Sergiou

Designing with Values with Clare Brass

Apr 26, 2021 30 min

In this episode, I talked with Clare Brass, a London-based designer and innovator for business, with a focus on sustainability and circular economy. Clare is the Director of Department 22, which offers consultancy and training in design, innovation and circular economy with a focus on food systems. Clare shared her views on the importance of values in design as well as how to design sustainability and with a circular mindset. She reflected on the new role of designers when they move away from designing "stuff". Follow her on Twitter @clarebrass and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/clare-brass-851771/?originalSubdomain=uk Check also: http://www.department22.uk Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook

Engineering X Design with Adekunle Oduye, Mailchimp

Apr 15, 2021 11 min

Engineering X Design with Hannah Chung, designer & entrepreneur

Mar 27, 2021 9 min

Designing for the Unintended with Jess Majekodunmi

Mar 10, 2021 34 min

In this episode, we talked with Jess Majekodunmi, an accomplished design historian, an experienced facilitator and an occasional poet, currently the Director of the Human Insights Lab at The Dock, Accenture’s Flagship R&D and Innovation Center, based in Dublin, Ireland. Jess shared with us her views on conscientious innovation, in particular when designing AI systems. She stressed the importance of designing for unintended consequences, and how history allows us to understand the present and imagine the future in order to to create meaningful and sustainable solutions Follow her on Twitter @MajekJess and LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessmajekodunmi/ Some of the resources Jess shared about AI: https://ethicalos.org https://ethicalstack.virteuproject.eu https://doteveryone.org.uk Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook

Systems Thinking with Mayo Nissen

Dec 18, 2020 32 min

In this episode, Mayo Nissen, a a New York-based creative director, currently Design Lab Director at the New York City Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, talked about his work at the intersections and interplay between research, systems thinking, and human-centered design. He shares with us his approach to human-centered design and how a systems thinking lens allows us to zoom in and out to create meaningful and sustainable solutions. To learn more about Mayo's work: http://www.mayonissen.com Follow him on Twitter @mayonissen Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook

Engineering X Design with Jeremy Joachim, Gensler

Dec 2, 2020 13 min

Engineering X Design with Umi Syam, The New York Times

Nov 10, 2020 9 min

Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of design, engineering, and technology. Our guest for this episode is Umi Syam, Multimedia Editor at The New York Times. You can see her work on http://umi.codes/ Credits--- conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook; voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard; logo design: Florentina Sergiou

Storytelling with Lee-Sean Huang

Oct 16, 2020 26 min

In this episode, Lee-Sean Huang, a designer and storyteller, cofounder of Foossa, a community-centered design consultancy, tells us about storytelling and its role in the design process, and shares with us his perspective on the intersection between design and democracy. To learn more about Lee-Sean's work, check his website: https://leesean.net/ , Foossa's website: https://foossa.com/ and follow her on Twitter.com/leesean Make sure to listen to Design Futures Now, the podcast he runs for AIGA, the professional association for design: https://anchor.fm/designfuturenow To learn more about two projects mentioned on the podcast: A talk about the Kigali Genocide Memorial project: https://vimeo.com/143880913 The video created for the Future of Financial Counseling: http://dfe.nyc/financial-counseling-video Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook

Engineering X Design with Wayne Suiter Matamoros, Unreasonable Group

Oct 13, 2020 12 min

Design Research with Sarah Fathallah

Oct 5, 2020 27 min

In this episode, Sarah Fathallah, a Moroccan social designer and researcher, talks about her work at the intersection of human-centered design, community-centered design and participatory design. She shares with us her approach to design research and illustrates it with stories that show the value of design research in creating meaningful solutions. To learn more about Sarah's work, check her website: https://sarahfathallah.com, read her writing on Medium: https://medium.com/@sfath and follow her on Twitter.com/SFath Credits: Conception, host and production: Anne-Laure Fayard Sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook