It was a pleasure to have three amazing and powerful women designers be part of CONTEXT! Thank you to IDSA Chicago for allowing us to interview Nichole Rouillac, Ti Chang, and Morgan Matt during their Women & Design Summit. We interviewed Nichole first; join us as we discussed her journey from a small town in the southwest suburbs of Chicago to the Bay Area to be part of some of the most prolific designs of our time. Ti Chang who revolutionized the sex toy industry with her innovative designs, and Morgan Matt who is changing decades of tradition at Proctor & Gamble by designing women products for the Gillette brand. Follow these amazing women designers on Instagram under their following Instagram handles: Nichole Rouillac: @nicholerouillac, Ti Chang: @designerti, and Morgan Matt: @missmorganmatt. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

WE STARTED AT THE BOTTOM AND NOW WE HERE. We’re super stoked to have had Craighton Berman, Industrial Designer, educator, illustrator, cool dad, and design entrepreneur with us on CONTEXT. We talked about how he created Manual, a housewares brand that designs objects that celebrate slow food. We were also able to discuss his service to the community, home life, professional life, teaching, his work permanently installed at the Art Institute in Chicago, the roller coaster ride that Kickstarter is, the future for him, and NO COMMERCIAL VALUE. The context is rich, so tune in! To checkout Craighton’s work and follow his journey, follow him on Instagram under his handles: @craightonberman, @m_a_n_u_a_l, and @no_commercial_value. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

We’re incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to talk to Joey Zeledón on this podcast. Joey has recently transitioned to a new position as Design Lead at HP in Barcelona, Spain and has previously worked at Steelcase Health, Smart Design, Continuum, and Clarks Originals. We talked about his little accident with his dominant hand, TOUCHY FEELY, his obsession with footwear, and the future of Industrial Design. To checkout Joey’s work and follow his journey, follow him on Instagram under the handle @joey.zeledon. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

This is the first time we have a guest designer host another guest designer. Thank you Cesar Idrobo for interviewing our guest and your neighbor, L.A. based design researcher Meghan Preiss. We talk with Meghan about her anxiety and fears, getting her on this podcast and live on Instagram was something she needed to overcome - this is something that we all face, and we don’t talk about it as much as we should - let’s humanize failures and fears, be open about ourselves, and love who we are. Meghan has accomplished so much in her young career, and she won’t let anything in her way - a positive attitude is one way to overcome! To checkout Meghan’s work and follow her journey, follow her on Instagram under the handle @meghanpreiss_. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

We had the pleasure of having Paul Hatch of TEAMS Design on our podcast. Paul has won many awards for his designs, but also for service to the design community. He was recently inducted into the prestigious IDSA Academy of Fellows, and we’re blessed to have him based out of Chicago. During this CONTEXT podcast, we talk about Paul’s undergraduate journey at Northumbria University, and how Jony Ive set the standard at Northumbria, prompting all of his professors to say “be more like Jony, design more like Jony” - which made his design education a bit funny and noteworthy. To checkout Paul’s work and follow his journey, follow him on Instagram under the handle @paulhatch1. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

We are joined by our friend Cesar Idrobo, designer and shoe maker for Kanye West at Yeezy Supply in Los Angeles, CA. We talked about his journey to getting his job working for Kanye West, from his humble beginnings in Colombia to traveling to the states to attend the prestigious design school SCAD in Savannah, GA to study Industrial Design - to landing an apprenticeship with Marcell Mrsan, which eventually got him to working for Adidas, and now at Yeezy. We would like to give a huge shoutout and appreciate Charles Adler for hosting us at the legendary LOST ARTS, a maker space in Chicago. To checkout Cesar’s work and follow his journey, follow him on Instagram under the handle @cidrobo. Our podcasts are very spontaneous, we have an amazing lineup of designers and creatives from around the country that are joining us - so tune in! Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with designers!

For our first podcast, the Advanced Design crew goes live with Arvid Roach--an Industrial Designer at MNML in Chicago. Join us as we discuss how Arvid learned about design in high school, his undergraduate journey at Drexel University, which lead him to his internship at the Michael Graves Architecture & Design studio in Princeton, NJ, and eventually to landing his first professional design job at MNML. Check out Arvid’s work and follow his journey on Instagram under the handle @arvidroach. Thank you for tuning into CONTEXT, (formerly known as ADS Live prior to Advanced Design’s rebrand), send us a DM or email at [email protected] to provide us with your thoughts and comments on our dialogue with members of our diverse design community!