Designed this way

Gadi Amit is the Founder & President of NewDealDesign, a Strategic Technology Design Studio based in San Francisco. He is the person behind some of the most innovative and market-winning products in the last two decades. Some of the most notable product designs his studio has created include the design of Fitbit, the first Lytro camera, the Google Ara modular phone and Sproutling baby monitor. In 2013, Michelle Obama presented Gadi Amit with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award for product design. Gadi Amit is passionate about creating design that is both socially responsible and generates real world success. On this episode, Gadi talks about his life, influences and his value system. He talks about his opinions on technology, design and ethics. We also talk about the design process behind Fitbit and Lytro camera. And Gadi shares his opinions on the future of wearable technology and Cyborg-ism. RELEVANT LINKS New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com Kyoorius Design Yatra - https://www.designyatra.com Tel Aviv - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tel_Aviv STEM studies - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology,_engineering,_and_mathematics Sierra Leone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra_Leone Hassan Fathi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Fathy Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design - http://www.bezalel.ac.il/en/ Jerusalem - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, Jerusalem- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidane_Mehret_Church,_Jerusalem Bauhaus - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus First Macintosh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh_Classic Scitex - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scitex_Vision Rafi Holtzman - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rafiholtzman/ Model Maker - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model_maker Apple - https://www.apple.com (Just in case) Jony Ive - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jony_Ive Steve Jobs Biography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs_(book) Hartmut Esslinger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartmut_Esslinger Dieter Rams - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dieter_Rams Windows 95 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_95 Packard Bell - http://www.packardbell.com/index.html Snow White design language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_design_language Dot-com bubble - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble Lytro Camera - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytro Light Field Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light-field_camera Ren Ng - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren_Ng Kaleidoscope - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope Tech User Testing - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_research and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usability_testing Ara Phone - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Ara Ara Phone design by New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com/work/google-project-ara Fitbit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitbit and https://www.fitbit.com/in/home Pedometer - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedometer Fastcompany - https://www.fastcompany.com/person/gadi-amit 2008 Financial crisis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007–2008 Linda Tischler - https://www.fastcompany.com/3058853/in-memory-of-linda-tischler National Design Awards - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Design_Awards Nuclear Football - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_football Ethics of Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics_of_technology Machine Learning - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_learning Graphical user interface - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphical_user_interface Cyborgs - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyborg Wearable Technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wearable_technology Medical Assistive technology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistive_technology Implantable User-Interface by New Deal Design - https://www.newdealdesign.com/work/project-underskin Goa - https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/goa

Twins Cartoon is the pseudonym of Egyptian artists Mohamed & Haitham El-seht. They are cartoonists based in Cairo and the founders of a platform called Kawkab El Rasameen (Planet of Painters). Kawkab el Rasameen has grown into a large community for local artists and they hold gatherings in the streets of Egypt as well as workshops between professional, underground and amateur artists. The twin brothers have also started a magazine for comic book artists called - Garage magazine. On this episode, Haitham and Mohamed talk about their work, their platform and the magazine. They talk about the history of comic books in the Middle-East and about the present and the future of independent comic book artists in Egypt. RELEVANT LINKS Twins Cartoon - https://www.instagram.com/twinscartoon/ Kawkab El Rasameenكوكب الرسامين - https://www.facebook.com/kawkabElRasameen/ Egyptian Revolution 2011 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_revolution_of_2011 Garage جراج - https://www.facebook.com/comixgarage Bala Murugan - http://balamurugan1977.tumblr.com Kyoorius Design Yatra - https://www.designyatra.com Al-Awlad - https://medium.com/@ndamluji/the-comic-book-heroes-of-egypt-7030f6a884fd (I coundn’t find any other link on this topic except for this article on Medium) Katkot - https://medium.com/@ndamluji/the-comic-book-heroes-of-egypt-7030f6a884fd History of Egypt under the British colonialization - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Egypt_under_the_British Maharashtra - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra Head Bobble - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_bobble Yinka Illori - http://yinkailori.com Zahra’s Paradise, Amir and Khalil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zahra%27s_Paradise

Anthony is a cross-disciplinary visualiser and thinker. He is the founder and principal designer of Lopez Design, a very well-known multidisciplinary communications and branding firm from Delhi. Lopez design has a diverse team consisting of graphic designers, communication experts, product designers, interior architects, software professionals, writers, motion and digital designers. On this episode, we talk about his journey as a designer. Anthony tells us how and why he started his own studio. And we talk about the work, studio culture and the future of Lopez Design. RELEVANT LINKS Anthony Lopez - http://www.lopezdesign.com/forum/anthony-lopez/ Lopez Design - http://www.lopezdesign.com/ NID - http://www.nid.edu Sujata Keshavan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sujata_Keshavan Preeti Vyas - http://www.vgc.in/about-us.aspx Form - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_(visual_art) Amardeep Behl - http://www.designhabit.com/People# Design Habitat - http://www.designhabit.com/Studio Shahpur Jat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahpur_Jat Bihar Museum - http://www.lopezdesign.com/projects/bihar-museum/ Lord Cultural Resources - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Cultural_Resources Maki and Associates - http://www.maki-and-associates.co.jp Bihar - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihar Chanakya - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chanakya I am Bihar Museum Booklet - http://www.lopezdesign.com/projects/bihar-museum/ (Slideshow in middle of the page) Bodhi Tree - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree P-Mark oil - http://www.lopezdesign.com/projects/revitalising-the-age-old-puri-oil-portfolio/ Partner's Forum - http://www.lopezdesign.com/projects/ring-human-endeavor/ Pipili Craft - http://www.incredibleodisha.org/Pipli-crafts-in-orissa.aspx Ayushman Bharat - http://www.lopezdesign.com/projects/branding-longevity-land-diversity/ Lopez Forum - http://www.lopezdesign.com/forum/ Lopez Forum Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/lopezdesignindia Dastangoi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dastangoi Contact Lopez Design - info@lopezdesign.com Contact for Job Openings - careers@lopezdesign.com

Ishan Khosla is a design thinker, visual artist and Graphic Designer from New Delhi. He has strong irreverence towards ongoing design trends and a genuine interest in Indian design ethos. On this episode, Ishan talks about his journey as a designer and his opinions about design in India. Ishan also shares the insights he gathered while working on some of his projects - Sweeping Change(Jhadu Project), Pardesi Project, Sangam and Typecraft project. He also talks about the experience of running his own design studio - Ishan Khosla Design. RELEVANT LINKS Ishan Khosla - http://www.ishankhosla.com SVA - http://www.sva.edu Steven Heller - steven heller NID - http://nid.edu Design Academy Eindhoven - https://www.designacademy.nl Article : Unconscious Design - https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/unconscious-design-ishan-khosla/ Droog Design - http://www.droog.com Dharavi Broom project - http://ishankhosla.com/work/sweeping-change Rajive Sethi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajeev_Sethi Asian Heritage Foundation - https://www.asianheritagefoundation.org Shitla Mata - sheetla mata mandir gurga… SANGAM - http://ishankhosla.com/work/sangam-australia-india-design-platform Mehndi - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Book Covers by Ishan Khosla - http://www.ishankhosla.com/book-covers Oz Fest Identity design- http://ishankhosla.com/work/oz-fest-largest-ever-australian-cultural-event-india Australian Aboriginal culture - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Aboriginal_culture Pardesi Project - https://ishankhosla.com/work/pardesi-turban-untied-re-examiningidentity-through-turban Devi Art Foundation - https://www.deviartfoundation.org Turban in India - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turban#India Typecraft project - https://www.typecraftinitiative.org/ Gondi People - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondi_people Pakko - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kutch_Embroidery

Kruttika is an illustrator, a Graphic Designer, a maker of zines and comics. Her work explores themes of gender, sexuality and intersections of visual design with social impact. On this episode, Kruttika talks about her professional experiences. Her experience of interning at Brainwave Magazine, her experience of working with Dev Kabir Malik and experience as a full-time freelancer. She also talks about the representation of human body in art, about gender and sex education and about creating design for social Impact. We also discuss about the problems and opportunities in putting your work online and about self-promotion. RELEVANT LINKS Kruttika Susarla - www.kruttika.com DJ Academy - www.djad.in Tinkle - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinkle Chandamama comics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandamama Dev Kabir Malik - http://devkabirmalik.com YP Foundation - http://www.theypfoundation.org Body Proportions - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_proportions Somesh Kumar - http://www.bytwodesign.com Zines - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine Kruttika on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/kruttika/

Shiva is a Chennai based type designer, Illustrator and Graphic designer. On today's episode, he shares his experience of being mentored by Tal Leming, his experience of interning at Pentagram and other important events that shaped his design career. Shiva also shares his opinions on variable fonts, custom brand typefaces, font names, research & experimentation, the Indian identity and many other important topics - like Memes. RELEVANT LINKS Shiva Nallaperumal - http://www.shiva-n.com DJ Academy - http://www.djad.in SM Shah - http://www.logobook.com/designer/s-m-shah/ Designed this way with Vaibhav Kumaresh - designedthisway.com :) Nikunj Patel - https://www.instagram.com/spiralofsorts/?hl=en Tal leming - https://www.typesupply.com FF Beowolf - https://www.moma.org/collection/works/139326 Kufic - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kufic Hassan Massoudy - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_Massoudy Ellen Lupton - http://elupton.com Abbott Miller - https://www.pentagram.com/about/abbott-miller Thinking with type - http://thinkingwithtype.com Design writing an research - http://uk.phaidon.com/store/design/design-writing-research-9780714838519/ Pentagram - https://www.pentagram.com Calcula - https://www.typotheque.com/fonts/calcula SOTA - http://www.typesociety.org/catalyst/ Dekho - codesign.in/dekho & designedthisway.com Iron And wine - http://ironandwine.com Enemy - http://www.losttype.com/font/?name=enemy Typotheque - https://www.typotheque.com Bold Monday - https://www.boldmonday.com IBM Plex - https://www.ibm.com/plex/ Variable Fonts - https://v-fonts.com Doggo Pupper Memes - https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/doggo Screen Saviors - https://www.instagram.com/screensaviors/?hl=en

Vaibhav Kumaresh is among the few people creating original animated content exclusively for the Indian Audience. One of his most iconic work is the angry animated maths teacher Simpu Singh. On this episode, Vaibhav Kumaresh talks about how he found his calling as an Animator. He talks about the joys of being a student and the importance of telling our own stories. He also talks about his opinions on the Indian Animation Industry. RELEVANT LINKS Vaibhav Studios - http://www.vaibhavstudios.com Vaibhav Studios Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/user/vaibhavstudios Simpu Singh - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NavTPgbUaew Return of the Jungle - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEuhYEjO2b0 Ek Anek Aur Ekta - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ek_Anek_Aur_Ekta Suresh Eriyat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suresh_Eriyat Nina Sabnani - http://ninasabnani.com/about/ National Institute of Design - http://www.nid.edu Doraemon - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doraemon Chaar Sahibzaade - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaar_Sahibzaade

On this episode Professor Mahendra Patel talks about the highlights of his life and how he discovered the discipline of graphic design at National Institute of Design. He talks about his long association with Adrian Frutiger and his experience as a design educator. RELEVANT LINKS About Mahendra Patel - http://leafdesign.in/about/mahendra-profile/ Personal Blog of Mahendra Patel - http://patelmc.wordpress.com/ National Institute of Design - http://www.nid.edu Sarabhais and NID - http://www.nid.edu/institute/history-background.html KG Subramanyam - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._G._Subramanyan Adrian Frutiger - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Frutiger Gutenberg Award - https://www.gutenberg-gesellschaft.de/en/gutenberg-prize/former-prize-winners/

On this episode, Mira Malhotra talks about her journey as a designer, how she discovered her voice as an artist and her love for Indian Aesthetics. We also discuss about the impact of social media on Artists and Designers. You’ll hear from her about the things she learnt while working on many different projects and while running her own studio. This episode is filled with many other interesting topics of discussions and surprises for you. DISCLAIMER : The episode contains explicit language. RELEVANT LINKS Studio Kohl - https://studiokohl.com Kiss by Kohl- http://kisspapeterie.tumblr.com Tarun Deep Giridher - www.nid.edu/people/faculty/tarun-deep-girdher.html Zines - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zine Kadak Collective - http://medium.com/kadak Jyotindra Jain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jyotindra_Jain National Institute of design - www.nid.edu Homa Delvaray - homadelvaray.com

On this episode, Mohor Ray talks in-depth about the creation of the book 'Dekho' and about creating meaningful self-initiated projects. She also talks about curation and documentation of design in India. She also talks about curation and documentation of design in India. RELEVANT LINKS Buy Dekho - https://www.kultureshop.in/products/stationery/books-zines/dekho-conversations-on-design-in-india.html Read More about Dekho - http://codesign.in/dekho National Institute of design - http://www.nid.edu Irma Boom - https://www.irmaboom.nl M.P. Ranjan - http://www.nid.edu/activities/research-publications/--publications.html Design Yatra - http://www.designyatra.com