AIGA Design Podcast

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, with some students in the room, and some students on Zoom.. Allan is an educator writer, speaker, and advocate for the power and capacity of design. He's the founding chair of the MFA in Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts in New York. How to Teach Hybrid with Zoom and Almost No Money (Short Version!) https://chochinov.medium.com/how-to-teach-hybrid-with-zoom-and-almost-no-money-short-version-950eb22846a6 How to Teach Hybrid in the Fall with Zoom and Almost No Money (LONG VERSION) https://chochinov.medium.com/how-to-teach-hybrid-in-the-fall-with-zoom-and-almost-no-money-8a21bbb9a980 MFA Products of Design at the School of Visual Arts https://productsofdesign.sva.edu/ https://www.allanchochinov.com/ Transcript of the episode https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pie4celdn19fu6/Allan_Chochinov_DFN-Restart.pdf?dl=0

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 shifts that have taken place over the past 20 years. Lefteris is also the host of two podcasts: the Design Education Talks podcast by the New Art School and the Designer Talks Podcast by the Chartered Society of Designers. And also since 2019, Lefteris has been organizing the Design Education Forum, a two-day international event that brings practitioners from all over the world to share their experiences teaching art and design. Watch the video recording of the original, unedited livestream interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOFuk_GIyLA Design Education Talks Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/design-education-talks/id1500384360  Designer Talks Podcast: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/designer-talks-podcast-1858280 

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://www.littlefury.com/ Little Fury's visual resume: https://www.littlefury.com/resume Little Fury on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/littlefurydesign/  Lil' Cake Toppers: https://www.instagram.com/lilcaketoppers Art and Faith: A Theology of Making by Makoto Fujimura: https://amzn.to/3zTJvvG The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters by Priya Parker: https://amzn.to/3xJzxuU  This episode of Design Future Now was originally recorded as a video livestream. Watch the original unedited video interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnCgJMvdDU8&t=32s

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 Innovation: https://amzn.to/3wV0Q5a Podcast transcript: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PReSqrgfIJGvmC1U9tsTLHpx81bgv1uI/view?usp=sharing Original video livestream version of this interview here: https://youtu.be/C76pLdXQd_U   R. Michael Hendrix on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rmichaelh R. Michael Hendrix on Twitter: https://twitter.com/rmichael Links to work referenced in the episode: USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy: https://iovine-young.usc.edu/  Steve Stoute, The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy: https://amzn.to/3cfkBfJ Jeff Tweedy, How to Write One Song: Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back: https://amzn.to/2SP3A5c Björk, Biophilia: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bj%C3%B6rk-biophilia/id434122935 Follow @AIGADesign on LinkedIn, Facebook, or YouTube to get updates on the latest events and livestreams. 

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. 

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

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

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 with the Design Thinking Roundtable podcast hosted by Anne-Laure Fayard. Anne-Laure is Associate Professor of Innovation, Design and Organizational Studies at New York University’s Tandon School of Engineering and faculty advisor to the NYU chapter of Design for America. Subscribe to the Design Thinking Roundtable podcast on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/designforamerica  Or on Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/43BX6v41muO31yYRSG0oxL?si=Z0_tHH7UTFSW0CIBsvR_EQ

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. 

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, and customer experiences. Richard is also a co-Founder and Partner in R/GA Ventures and has worked with and advised more than 80 early-to-growth stage startups. While overseeing and setting the vision for R/GA’s global team of multi-disciplinary designers, Richard ensures that his teams are highly skilled in design thinking, product innovation, service design, commerce, prototyping, and digital marketing. In recent years, Richard has worked with a wide range of companies including Nike, Samsung, Google, Verizon, and Equinox and has received nearly every major industry creative award, including the Cannes Titanium Lion, the D&AD Black Pencil, and the Grand CLIO. Throughout his career, Richard has been a much sought-after industry leader and has served on a number of creative award show juries such as The One Show, The Art Director’s Club, the International CLIO Awards, and the London International Awards. Additionally, Richard has spoken at prominent conferences such as Cannes, RISE, SXSWi, and CES and written articles for Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Huffington Post, and Advertising Age. Richard currently serves on the AIGA National Board of Directors and National Conference Chair and is an executive member of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Aside from his professional pursuits, Richard has deep subject matter expertise on sports, sneakers, and hip hop music. To learn more about Richard, follow @flytip on Twitter.