Design As

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.

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Design As Pluriverse features Lee Moreau in conversation with Renata Marques Leitão, Frederick van Amstel,  and Lesley-Ann Noel. 

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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. 

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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 its potential for long term, radical innovation.

In this bonus episode of Design As you’ll hear Lee Moreau in conversation with Jadlia (Jada) Britto, Mahsa Ershadi, and Susan Fabry discussing: What is a working definition, and a potential role, for design research, or research through design, in the business context? How can universities, research centers, companies and other organizations partner to shape meaningful, viable, sustainable, and socially relevant innovation?

This audio was recorded live at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.

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Design As Discipline features Lee Moreau in conversation with Mariana Amatullo, Elizabeth Christoforetti, and Maria Risueño. 

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Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.

Design As Visualization features Lee Moreau in conversation with Dietmar Offenhuber, and Paolo Ciuccarelli. 

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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 conversation with Lee Moreau, Professor of the Practice of Art + Design at Northeastern University College of Arts, Media and Design. This audio was recorded live at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.

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Design As Care features Lee Moreau in conversation with Jadalia Britto, Rachael Dietkus, Sofie Hodara, and Giorgia Lupi.

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Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.

Design As Governance features host Lee Moreau in conversation with guests Shin-pei Tsay, Geoff Mulgan, and Chelsea Mauldin. 

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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! 

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A full transcript of the audio, plus an essay from Lee about this season, can be found here.