Origins Podcast with Ryan McGranaghan

Episode 23: Giorgia Lupi - Harmonizing life and data through design


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Show Notes

  • Data-driven design firm Accurat
  • Data humanism
  • When she realized design was going to be a part of her life (07:00) 
  • A ’new chapter’ in her life to fuse data and design (07:30) 
  • What teachers told her that changed her (08:00) 
  • Discovery of information design (09:00) 
  • Rules versus limitations (10:15) 
    • Rules as catalyzers of creativity 
    • Pushing yourself beyond your comfort zone 
  • Phases of dealing with COVID-19 (13:00) 
  • Think about yourself in 2-3 years - who do you want to remember yourself to be? (13:45) 
  • Daily practices (14:15) 
    • How to be in touch with what makes you feel better (15:30) 
    • Be patient with yourself 
  • What she does when she feels uncreative (16:30) 
  • Saying no to things (19:00) 
    • Setting rules for yourself 
    • Decide who it is that you are 
  • Maria Popova and Brain Pickings (23:15) 
  • Design vs. data science (25:00) 
  • Data as a way to analyze oneself (25:15) 
  • Design firm IDEO and user-centered design (28:30) 
  • Antidisciplinary (28:40) 
  • What to avoid when starting a new project (29:15) 
  • The tension between familiarity and the unknown (30:15) 
  • The energy you put out (32:20) 
  • The value of new creative environments (33:00) 
  • Pentagram (33:20) 
  • Not the next ’thing,’ the next ‘chapter’ (35:00) 
  • Using a language is a way to train the brain (37:00) 
  • MIT Media Lab (38:30) 
  • Friends in space piece (42:00) 
  • Lightning Round (44:00): 
    • Book: The image of the city Kevin Lynch 
    • Passion that set her path: playing the piano 
    • Latest passion: Romantic relationship 
    • Screwed up: Relationship with her father and time 
  • Find Giorgia online 
    • http://giorgialupi.com/
    • Twitter
  • 'Five-Cut Fridays’ five-song music playlist series  
    • Giorgia’s list
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