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This is a letter to my fellow teachers. 6 of them. They have worked with me to teach in the first year - of an Industrial Design Program.

This is an episode that provides an entry point into the speculations about the future. It provides an entry into the world of investors, researchers and those that are constructing the future inside the labs. Here are some search terms for you to explore these areas:

Precision fermentation

Tony Seba

Ray Kurzweil

(Invention - A Life a book by James Dyson

Apple in China the book by Patrick McGee

You tube search terms and playlists:

Tony Seba - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU7nrcTLINEQ_Lo0SPRRAGgaCg7kQ0LJy&si=RSGnKvIgWPPOc0pS

Precision Fermentation

Molecular Gastronomy

ANT - Actor Network Theory

SCOT - Social Construction of Technology

The Social Object Book - https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-social-object

This a podcast episode for a project collaborator. A fellow teacher. A colleague. We are collaborating to teach a studio. How do you teach an Industrial Design Studio in 2025?

Okay more questions:

1. How do you teach studios in the contemporary?
2. Would you use an LTP framing? Actually an LTS - Lecture-Tutorial_Studio?
3. How would you teach a studio that enables students to enter a pathway towards a future in medicine related work? MedTech yes. But actually medical discovery work.

This is my academic site: https://soumitri.owlstown.net/

This is the site for the Podcast: https://rawslearn.wordpress.com/

This is a short (18 minute) podcast about making a list of or a glossary of actors. I use gym work and muscle cars to illuminate, to throw light on the existence of a specific language. Of specific terms, which can be drafted to serve in an orchestra of actors.

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This was a walk. A long one. And I reflect upon three aspects of pedagogy - the PhD supervisions, the Capstone Project Supervision and the first year as a liminal space.

This is an episode about Placements and about my current project - "I am the Project" in Capstone Work. It is a pedagogy account. Or a musing about what I do in this space.

Soumitri Varadarajan discusses the decline in campus placements in India, noting a lack of industry interest this year. He reflects on his experience coordinating placements at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi and the cultural significance of campus recruitment. Varadarajan connects this trend to global layoffs and the impact of AI on job markets, particularly in the tech sector. He also explores the evolution of industrial design education and the shift of graduates into tech jobs. Varadarajan emphasizes the importance of self-initiative and global mobility for students, suggesting a need to reevaluate university curricula and the role of higher education in preparing students for diverse career paths.

This is an episode that relates to a studio within the territory of The Social Object. The Social Object is a book I have written.

Why have I been offering prompts within a design studio setting?