AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Judy Wert, Co-Founder, Wert&Co Executive Search. Judy has been working with the leadership of innovative companies for over 25 years. She has earned an international reputation as a pivotal force in executive search. A trusted authority in the world of design and bus...
Nov 19, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 9
W. David Hubbard is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Verizon. He leads Verizon’s marketing, intellectual property, and new media law and policy team. David also serves as general counsel for the philanthropic Verizon Foundation, dedicated to solving critical social issues in the areas of education, health care and energy management, particularly in underserved communities. In this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent, host Bennie Johnson talks with David about not only the creative field...
Nov 16, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Molly Murphy is Co-Managing Director of Gensler's New York office. Molly champions collaboration, design innovation, and entrepreneurial thinking. She co-founded the Digital Experience Design (DXD) practice, overseeing its operational strategy and implementation across multiple offices as well as co-founded Intelligent Places, the firm’s expertise in harnessing data analytics to advance performance of the built environment. In our ReStart interview, Molly and host Lee-Sean Huang talked about usi...
Nov 08, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Dominic Grijalva is a designer who primarily works on marketing and advertising projects that call for eye-catching imagery. His passions also lie in branding and identity design, as well as digital media projects that range from large scale such as digitally projected sets for theatre and live events to gifs and animations. Although California bred, he is currently living in Washington Heights, Manhattan and serves as Product Manager for TeeRico by Lin-Manuel Miranda. In this episode of AIGA De...
Nov 02, 2021•42 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist who studies the sociology of work, future of work, workers, and the workplace. Tracy is a principal with Steelcase's applied research and consulting. She is also the author of the Secrets of Happiness at Work and Bring Work to Life by Bringing Life to Work. She's a contributor to forbes.com and fast company among other publications. Tracy and the ReStart host Lee-Sean Huang talked about hybrid work, happiness, and creativity. The ReStart from AIGA is a new conte...
Oct 29, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 3
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and technology, focused around the topics of leadership growth, the future of work, and creating a culture of design. Join us in welcoming Robbie Tseng, Vice President, Growth Design at HBO Max. This Fireside Chat was originally livestreamed on October 13, 2021. Watch the captioned video version here: https://www.aiga.org/inspiration/talks/robbie-tseng-fireside-chat-with-robbie-tseng As the largest professi...
Oct 25, 2021•39 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Abby Allen is the Founder of Neon Butterfly and as long as Abby can remember she has been fascinated with people and why they do what they do. In that vein she was drawn to the world of communications and has worked in advertising and marketing for over 15 years at some of the largest agencies across the country on brands like Twitter, Olay and Garnier. And just recently, she launched a new reimagine tomorrow project with Disney, reimaginetomorrow.disney.com , a platform amplifying underrepresen...
Oct 19, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Hi everyone! It's Lee-Sean here. I just wanted to give a quick update about what we're up to at AIGA in terms of podcasts. In short, we'll be expanding from just a single show Design Future Now to become an integrated channel for all of AIGA's audio content. We have a brand new series launching right here next week, so stay tuned for that. We're also going to be providing audio versions of select webinars and livestreams, so you can listen to AIGA content on the go wherever you are. And for 2022...
Oct 14, 2021•58 sec
This is the audio version of a livestreamed conversation between Lee-Sean Huang and Megan Marini and Priyanka Jain, co-founders and principals of 3x3 Design. 3x3 Design: https://3x3.co/ Toolkit and workshops: https://3x3.co/toolkit/overview/ Watch the recording of the original livestream on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkZVU3Htn5Q Recommended listening: How to Citizen with Baratunde Thurston: https://www.baratunde.com/howtocitizen...
Sep 22, 2021•27 min•Season 3Ep. 6
In this special ReStart episode of Design Future Live, Alex Robins and Annie Larson, part-time design educators at The New School and union representatives from the ACT-UAW Local 7902, speak to host Lee-Sean Huang about the challenges and opportunities faced by part time design educators and the power of collective action. The ReStart from AIGA is a new content series that helps the design community move forward from COVID by posing salient questions and providing practical strategies Watch the ...
Aug 12, 2021•32 min•Season 3Ep. 5
The ReStart from AIGA is a new content series that helps the design community move forward from COVID by posing salient questions and providing practical strategies. We are kicking off the series here on the podcast, and will be publishing interviews and panel discussions and other expert content across AIGA’s channels over the next few weeks. In this episode, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Allan Chochinov about his research and experimentation dealing with the challenges of hybrid teaching, wit...
Jul 30, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 4
This episode is adapted from a livestreamed conversation between Lee-Sean Huang and Lefteris Heretakis on the challenges and opportunities in design education. Lefteris Heretakis is a designer and lecturer. Since 1996, Lefteris has worked as a visual communicator with a wide range of clients ranging from startups to multinationals. He’s currently teaching design at IE University in Madrid Spain. His reflexive research is focused on the real-world challenges in education and the unprecedented shi...
Jul 24, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 3
Esther Mun co-founded Little Fury Design in 2006 with her partner Tina Gaudin. Little Fury is an independent design studio of artists that specializes in creative strategy, branding, packaging, and illustration. Esther is a graduate of the school of visual arts SVA in New York, where she earned a degree in graphic design. Before starting Little Fury Design, Esther worked at pentagram and at Duffy and partners. Links to things referenced in the episode: Little Fury Brand + Packaging Design: https...
Jun 23, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 2
R. Michael Hendrix is the author of Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About Innovation , co-written with Panos A. Panay. Michael is also a partner and global design director at IDEO . He teaches entrepreneurship at the Berklee College of Music . In this episode of Design Future Now, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Michael about lessons and mindsets from music that designers and other creative leaders can incorporate into their work. Two Beats Ahead: What Musical Minds Teach Us About In...
Jun 03, 2021•28 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Join AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and R/GA Global Chief Experience Officer Ben Williams for a conversation about leadership in design. This Fireside Chat was recorded at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference . This is the final episode of Design Future Now for 2020. We'll be back next year. Happy Holidays! Design Future Now is produced by Lee-Sean Huang and AIGA, the professional association for design . Follow us: @DesignFutureNow on Instagram and @DesignFutureNow on Twitter ....
Dec 07, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 3
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and 3M Design Officer Kayo Roehm have a conversation about leadership in design at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference
Nov 27, 2020•37 min•Season 2Ep. 2
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson and Twitter Chief Design Officer Dantley Davis have a conversation about leadership in design at the 2020 AIGA Design Conference
Nov 18, 2020•33 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Hi everyone! It's been awhile. COVID-19 shook up our production plans, and we have pivoted to focus on the Design Future Live show on the @AIGADesign Instagram, Wednesdays at 1 pm Eastern . Tune in to this special bonus episode to get a quick update from Lee-Sean and learn how to get a discount code for the upcoming AIGA Design Conference, November 9-14, now 100% online . Lee-Sean also shares the story of his professional journey and shares thoughts on design and storytelling in our crossover wi...
Oct 21, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 14
In this final episode of season 1, we hear from Bobby Alexis and Roger Manix, co-founders of a new company called Ludolo, which helps remote teams increase creativity, productivity, and develop a sense of belonging, through play. We talked about the importance of play even during a pandemic, the neuroscience behind play, the challenges and opportunities of starting up during a crisis, and more. Design Future Now is a production of AIGA, the professional association for design....
May 15, 2020•51 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Richard Ting , Executive Vice President, Global Chief Experience Officer, and US Chief Creative Officer at R/GA talks with Design Future Now's Lee-Sean Huang about digital craft, moving from "human centered design" to "humanity centered design," and more. Richard is a C-suite partner to R/GA’s global client roster. Richard has 20 years of experience in building, guiding, and directing world class digital design teams to envision, pilot, and commercialize innovative digital products, services, an...
Apr 29, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 12
This episode is adapted from a webinar conversation that Design Future Now host Lee-Sean Huang had with Giorgia Lupi, an information designer, advocate for Data Humanism, and a partner at Pentagram . Prior to joining Pentagram, Giorgia was a co-founder of Accurat, a data-driven design firm with offices in Milan and New York. She has been named One of "Fast Company's" 100 Most Creative People in Business , and she recently joined MIT Media Lab as a Director’s Fellow . She has spoken at conference...
Apr 16, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Amanda Makulec is a visual analytics advisor who uses visualization, storytelling, and design thinking to transform how teams and organizations use data. She shared her expertise with Lee-Sean Huang about how to design, visualize, and interpret data related to the COVID-19 / Coronavirus pandemic. Episode transcript with resource links: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-10 Amanda is the senior data visualization lead at Excella and holds a masters of public h...
Apr 02, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Design educator, data rights advocate, and recovering entrepreneur David Carroll talks with Lee-Sean Huang about the challenges that digital platforms pose to privacy, democracy, and beyond. David Carroll is associate professor of media design and former Director of the MFA Design and Technology graduate program at the School of Art, Media and Technology at Parsons School of Design at The New School. He is known for legally challenging Cambridge Analytica and related companies in the UK courts t...
Mar 18, 2020•46 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Interdisciplinary biotech engineer, social entrepreneur and designer Rinat Sherzer talks with Lee-Sean Huang about biomimicry and gender in design. Rinat is the founder of Of Course Global , a social innovation design consultancy, helping businesses be a force for good in society. In her practice, Rinat combines principles from biomimicry & speculative design to create a cultural shift towards an egalitarian society by exploring the menstrual cycle and de-shaming it, which she explained furt...
Mar 09, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Community centered design strategist Sloan Leo chats with Lee-Sean Huang about community building as design practice and the intersections of social innovation and justice. Sloan is director of social innovation at The Vaid Group , designer in residence at MFA Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts, and a board member of AIGA New York . https://sloanleo.com/...
Mar 02, 2020•42 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Paul Pangaro, Professor of Practice at Carnegie Mellon University's Human-Computer Interaction Institute talks with Lee-Sean Huang of AIGA about design for conversation and design as conversation. How might designing better conversations lead to richer, more ethical interactions between humans and artificial intelligence? https://hcii.cmu.edu/people/paul-pangaro https://www.pangaro.com/ Episode transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-6/ Join us for the...
Feb 12, 2020•15 min•Season 1Ep. 6
We hear from an educator and a student who are researching, teaching, and practicing design in an age of data and disruption. Professor Deb Littlejohn demystifies the buzzword "Big Data" and explains why she has her students tell lies with data. MFA student, Randa Hadi opens up about her hopes and fears for the design profession and how she's facing the future head on. Deborah Littlejohn is a design researcher and educator, developing coursework in graphic design history, design research methods...
Jan 31, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Are you a designer curious about working in healthcare? Or you already work in healthcare and are curious about the value of design to improve patient and provider experiences? Kim Erwin shares her wisdom and insights about the role of design and designers in the healthcare multi-system. Transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-4/ Kim Erwin, MDes, is Associate Director of the Program for Healthcare Delivery Design at the University of Illinois Chicago, ...
Jan 23, 2020•13 min•Season 1Ep. 4
"So, how is that design?!" Miya Osaki and Tina Park, founders of Diagram Design , educators at the School of Visual Arts , and podcasters at Yah No Podcast talk with Lee-Sean Huang about the urgent need for design in healthcare and their unconventional paths to getting to where they are now. Transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-3/ Miya brings her skills in interaction design, human-centered research, storytelling, and behavior design to create exper...
Jan 15, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Jack Roberts talks to AIGA's Lee-Sean Huang about design, storytelling, leadership, and more. Episode transcript: https://www.aiga.org/aiga/content/inspiration/design-future-now/episode-2/ Jack Roberts is the founder and chief executive of storylab ® the global narrativedesign ® firm dedicated to transforming the human story. Through storylab ® Jack consults Global Top 100s and Fortune 50 companies on narrative design®, storytelling, data synthesis, innovation, change design, communication desig...
Dec 23, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2
