Jessie Kawata, a creative strategist and industrial designer at NASA JPL, joins us this week to discuss the beginnings of her career in design, the complex and constantly evolving nature of her unique role, and what her thoughts are on the industry as a whole. GUEST LINKS: Jessie’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/okawater NASA JPL: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/ ------------------------------ The Collective Newsletter: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com/newsletter Subscribe on iTunes: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com/itunes Subscribe via RSS: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com/rss Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thecollectivepodcast Follow us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/thecpodcast ------------------------------ SHOW NOTES: Google Span: https://design.google.com/span-2016-la/ Art Center: http://www.artcenter.edu/ Journey to Mars: https://www.nasa.gov/content/nasas-journey-to-mars/ “When I look up to the stars and I think ... ‘there’s billions of galaxies out there’ … there’s gotta be something there that will help me to understand who I am.” -Jessie Kawata The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are solely those of the speakers and do not necessarily reflect the views of their employers.