In the third episode of our Industrial Design Futures series, host Ian Chalmers speaks with industrial designer, professor and author Job Rutgers. They discuss the approach to industrial design education at OCAD university in Toronto, the effects of AI on designers, and the ways in which the definition of industrial design is evolving.

Job Rutgers is a professor at OCAD University and has co-designed their industrial design curriculum (BA) and Design for Health program. He is creative director with OCADU CO, the executive education arm of the university that trains enterprises in futures, systems thinking, and design thinking. He has also co-authored a book titled, "Design Thinking in Making", that provides an in-depth description of the industrial design program at OCAD University. Job is a partner at OpenCity Projects— a boutique studio that combines spatial and service design in the public space.

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In the second episode of our Industrial Design Futures series, host Ian Chalmers speaks with industrial designer and engineer, Dylan Horvath. Ian and Dylan discuss the evolution of industrial design and its intersection with human-centered design, research, and collaboration.

Dylan Horvath is the founder and CEO of Cortex Design in Toronto— an award-winning design and engineering firm focused on human-centered design that aims to bring innovative ideas to full commercialization, particularly in the context of medical devices. He is vice president of the Association of Chartered Industrial Designers of Ontario (ACIDO) and co-president of the Association of Canadian Industrial Designers. Dylan is also co-founder and CTO of Lumatone, a company that produces a game-changing controller for keyboard players, film composers, beatmakers, producers, and microtonal composers. In his design practice, Dylan utilizes empathy, familiarity, cultural fit, user-centric development, and risk management.

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In our premiere episode, host Ian Chalmers speaks with industrial designer, Ranee Lee, about her practice and the future possibilities of industrial design.

Ranee is Associate Professor of Industrial Design at OCAD University and founder of DESIGNwith— a design incubator that democratizes design learning and creation through a corporation-academia-community partnership in environmental and social sustainability.

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