AIGA Design Podcast Summaries & Transcripts

Norm Design: The Invisible Architecture of Social Challenges with Jeff Leitner

Jul 14, 2026

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The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life with Ian Bogost

Jul 7, 2026

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Seth Johnson on Earning the Right to Change Things

Jun 2, 2026

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Has Design Lost Its Bite? With Benjie Wilhelm

May 20, 2026

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Design the Context, Not the Object with Todd Bracher, Three-Time International Designer of the Year

May 15, 2026

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The Future of Design Education: Building a Global Studio with Bryan Clark (Falmouth University)

May 8, 2026

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Sustainability, education, and the iF Design Awards with Lisa Gralnek

Apr 9, 2026

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Branding as a Cultural Force with Robin Landa

Mar 17, 2026

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Humanizing Data Through Design with Giorgia Lupi

Feb 24, 2026

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Why paper still matters in the age of digital and AI

Feb 6, 2026

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Introducing "Eyes on Design," AIGA's 2026 Programming Theme

Feb 5, 2026

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Designing for the World We Live In: Aleksey Fedorov on Meaning, Performance, and Brand Impact

Dec 23, 2025

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The Human Element People First: Devika Menon on Participatory Service Design

Dec 17, 2025

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Shaping Your Path: Kevin Flores on Career Growth, AI and Design Leadership

Dec 9, 2025

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Balancing Anger and Hope: George Aye on Pissed Off Optimism in Design

Sep 29, 2025

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Navigating Intersections: Sahar Chung on Design, Performance, and Inclusivity

Sep 9, 2025

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Embracing Change: Helder Santo's Journey in Design and Technology

Jul 30, 2025

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Beyond the Brand: Building Ideas Worth Rallying Around with Sunny Bonnell

Jul 8, 2025

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Catalyzing Change: Maria Fernanda La Rotta on Strategic Design for an Inclusive Future

Jun 24, 2025

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Design at Scale: Richard Moross and the Story of MOO

May 21, 2025

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Designing Change in Bureaucracy with Ivan Boscariol

May 6, 2025

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Designing Memory: Exploring Syria’s Creative Legacy with Kinda Ghannoum

Apr 21, 2025

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Humanizing Creativity Through Physical Design with Michael Kaye of Sylvain

Apr 3, 2025

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Making Work Suck Less with Erin Shems, Ezippy Co., Creative Operations Agency

Mar 4, 2025

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How to Work Less, Earn More with Karl Sakas

Feb 18, 2025

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Scott Berkun on Why Design is Hard

Jan 23, 2025

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Data Visualization & Migration with Marta Foresti & Federica Fragapane from the LAGO Collective

Jan 9, 2025

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Assembling Tomorrow with Scott Doorley & Carissa Carter from the Stanford d.school

Dec 18, 2024

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Design + Performance (New Season/Theme) with Gary Jaffe, Independent Filmmaker

Dec 11, 2024

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Robert Brunner on Designing Products for Scale

Sep 17, 2024

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Clip: Robert Brunner on changing his major to design

Aug 26, 2024

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Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker

Aug 12, 2024

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Clip: Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker

Jul 31, 2024

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Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot

Jul 15, 2024

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Designing a Design Conference with Lee-Sean Huang (Special Episode)

Jul 3, 2024

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Clip: Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot

Jul 1, 2024

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From the Margins to the Mainstream with Vault49

Jun 18, 2024

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Pivoting your Creative Business with Matthew McIver

May 20, 2024

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Clip: Margins and Padding of Running a Studio with Matt McIver

Apr 3, 2024

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Crafting a Career Roadmap with Sarah Doody

Mar 18, 2024

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Clip: Designing Your Career with Sarah Doody

Mar 7, 2024

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Why design research is stuck with Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi

Feb 20, 2024

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Clip: Why Design Research is Stuck

Feb 14, 2024

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Welcome to the 2024 Season of AIGA Design Podcast: MARGINS

Feb 5, 2024

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Clip: Colton Schweitzer on UX bootcamps and gaps in design curricula

Dec 12, 2023

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Colton Schweitzer on Kickass UX

Dec 4, 2023

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Maigen Thomas on career changes and starting a new design job

Nov 9, 2023

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Pentagram 50 at the 2023 AIGA Design Conference

Oct 28, 2023

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Clip: Steven Steiner on Designer Archetypes

Sep 27, 2023

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Steven Steiner on designer archetypes, career coaching, and communicating your value

Sep 20, 2023

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FEED SWAP: Yellow Glitter, Collective Change and Community-Centered Design with Lee-Sean Huang

Aug 22, 2023

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Learning with Ritesh Gupta, Useful School

Jul 20, 2023

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From the Archives: Matt Groening at the 2002 AIGA Design Conference

Apr 4, 2023

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Rodrigo Canales and Michael Bierut on Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders

Feb 15, 2023

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Hugh Dubberly on design as finding balance in systems and why problem solving is not enough

Feb 9, 2023

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The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection with Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters (RECORDED LIVE in Seattle at the AIGA Design Conference)

Dec 5, 2022

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FEED SWAP - Did I Do That? - The Surreal World with Lee-Sean Huang

Nov 28, 2022

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FEED SWAP - The Futures Archive S02E10: Automatic Door

Nov 7, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Shauna Carey, Chief Executive Officer, IDEO.org on gratitude, social impact, finding the best solutions, challenges, curving paths, and small steps to the future

Oct 25, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Rebecca Tegtmeyer and Marty Maxwell Lane on collaboration, importance of seeing people in person, shared values and goals, and working through challenges

Oct 20, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Zachary Kaiser, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University on design and technology, privacy, and writing

Oct 18, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Camille Finan, Host and Producer of Remodel Your Life Podcast on false assumptions, finding allies in your space, over meeting expectations, and internalizing functionality

Oct 13, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Paul Taylor, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, BrandOpus on cracked eggs and iconic brands

Oct 11, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Chris Hervochon, Better Way CPA, virtual CFO for marketing and creative agencies and nonprofit organizations

Oct 6, 2022

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Design Adjacent with AIGA Medalist Archie Boston on design spirituality, art, culture, and industry, learning for the sake of knowledge, capturing history, and helping others through design

Oct 4, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Robin Petravic, Co-owner and Managing Director of Heath Ceramics

Sep 22, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Llisa Demetrios, Chief Curator, Eames Institute on infinite curiosity, chain reactions, design as a method of action, addressing needs, creating connections, and sustainability

Sep 20, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Rick Griffith

Sep 13, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Elise Schuster, Co-Founder and Executive Director, okayso on being a problem solver, standing the gap, creating safe spaces, and building a human first organization.

Sep 6, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Margot Bloomstein, Author, Principal of Appropriate, Inc. on interpersonal relationships, leading with the human side, what a company can do to demonstrate trust

Aug 23, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Meg Mothershed, Strategy Guru and Wordsmith, Mothershed Design Co. on being an entrepreneur, what it means to be chief champion for yourself, work life balance and more

Aug 9, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Diana Barnes, Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin on unleashing storytelling in branding, human connectivity, and being the change you want to see in the world

Jul 26, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Art Chantry

Jul 20, 2022

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Design Future Live with Beat Baudenbacher

Jul 15, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at PMI on articulating a vision, co-developing solutions, changing methodology, and having impact

Jul 12, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Ritesh Gupta, Founder of the Useful School on re-visioning design education, radical changes, impact of design, and finding a coach

Jun 28, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Lisa Sasaki, Interim Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on field trips, creating connections between people and objects, and museums without walls

Jun 14, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Regina Bain on preserving a legacy, musical storytelling, clown class, and what it means to listen and respond

May 31, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Lynda Decker, Creative Director at Decker Design

May 19, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Catherine Clark, Founder and Paul McDowall on changing spaces, designing around people, and not being perfect

May 17, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram

May 13, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Katrina Alcorn, General Manager, Design at IBM

May 5, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Bret Recor on shifting the agency model, being a true partner, and environmental impact

May 3, 2022

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Design Future Live with JoAnn Holmes on Intellectual Property and Web3

Apr 28, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Minal Bopaiah on being stewards of equity, storytelling, and being a reluctant entrepreneurship

Apr 19, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Steven Heller on first days, joys of incompetence, and the tentacles of design

Apr 5, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Matt Mullenweg on working remote vs distributed work, music, distractions, and augmented reality

Mar 22, 2022

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Michael Arndt on Snails & Monkey Tails: A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols

Mar 17, 2022

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Ian Lynam on the Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Designers, Artists & Photographers

Mar 15, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Brandi Parker on sustainability, evolving behaviors, future considerations, and designing recycling

Mar 8, 2022

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Design Thinking? Thank an Engineer.

Mar 1, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Maurice Cherry on analog and digital design, math, and the Metaverses

Feb 22, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Pek Pongpaet on careers, writing code, power of play in problem solving

Feb 8, 2022

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Special Edition: More mentorship, please! But what does that mean?

Feb 4, 2022

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Design Adjacent: Cheryl Heller on career changes, innovation, doing things the hard way, and being an entrepreneur

Jan 25, 2022

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Design Adjacent with Gail Anderson: road trips, The Jackson Five, design, and investing your time

Jan 11, 2022

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Fireside Chat with Theresa Fitzgerald, VP Creative, Sesame Workshop

Dec 22, 2021

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Fireside Chat with Randy J. Hunt, former Head of Design at Grab

Dec 21, 2021

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Fireside Chat with Alex Center, Owner, CENTER

Dec 20, 2021

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Design Future Now with Robert Smith, author of Stop Looking For Zebras

Dec 16, 2021

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Design Adjacent - Terry Irwin on wicked problems, shifting mindsets, and tango

Dec 14, 2021

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Design Future Now: Studio HMVD on navigating appropriation and reuse of creative work with integrity

Dec 10, 2021

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Design Adjacent: Isaiah Steinfeld on entrepreneurship, mentorship, and the future of design

Nov 30, 2021

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Design Future Live with Pek Pongpaet

Nov 26, 2021

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Fireside Chat: Art Taylor (Special Giving Tuesday Edition)

Nov 23, 2021

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ReStart: Nicole Belyna on human resources lessons from the pandemic

Nov 22, 2021

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Fireside Chat with Judy Wert on design career paths

Nov 19, 2021

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Design Adjacent: W. David Hubbard on the hows and whys of creativity

Nov 16, 2021

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ReStart: Molly Murphy on using data to design hybrid experiences

Nov 8, 2021

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Design Adjacent: Dominic Grijalva on finding creativity in a pandemic year

Nov 2, 2021

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ReStart: Dr. Tracy Brower on hybrid work, happiness, and creativity.

Oct 29, 2021

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Fireside Chat with Robbie Tseng, Vice President, Growth Design at HBO Max

Oct 25, 2021

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Design Adjacent: Abby Allen on the strategy of design and beauty of storytelling

Oct 19, 2021

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A quick announcement and update: new content coming soon

Oct 14, 2021

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Megan Marini and Priyanka Jain of 3x3 on Community-Centered Urban Design

Sep 22, 2021

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ReStart: Taking Collective Action with Educators Alex Robins & Annie Larson

Aug 12, 2021

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ReStart: Teaching Roomies and Zoomies with Allan Chochinov

Jul 30, 2021

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Navigating the disruptions in design education with Lefteris Heretakis

Jul 24, 2021

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Esther Mun on the joy of staying small and making tangible things

Jun 23, 2021

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R. Michael Hendrix on What Musical Minds Teach Us About Creativity and Innovation

Jun 3, 2021

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Fireside Chat with Ben Williams, R/GA Global Chief Experience Officer

Dec 7, 2020

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Fireside Chat with Kayo Roehm, 3M Design Officer

Nov 27, 2020

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Fireside Chat with Dantley Davis, Twitter Chief Design Officer

Nov 18, 2020

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Lee-Sean gives an update and discusses design and storytelling with Anne-Laure Fayard

Oct 21, 2020

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Bobby Alexis and Roger Manix on Play

May 15, 2020

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Richard Ting on Digital Craft

Apr 29, 2020

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Giorgia Lupi on Data Humanism

Apr 16, 2020

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Amanda Makulec on Communicating COVID-19 Data

Apr 2, 2020

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David Carroll on Data Rights

Mar 18, 2020

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Rinat Sherzer on Biomimicry and Gender in Design

Mar 9, 2020

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Sloan Leo on Community Building as Design Practice

Mar 2, 2020

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Paul Pangaro on Design for/as Conversation

Feb 12, 2020

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Deborah Littlejohn and Randa Hadi, Data, Damn Lies, and Disruption

Jan 31, 2020

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Kim Erwin, healthcare delivery designer and researcher

Jan 23, 2020

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Miya Osaki and Tina Park, Healthcare Experience Designers, Educators, and Podcasters

Jan 15, 2020

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Jack Roberts, Cherokee author, designer, educator, and filmmaker

Dec 23, 2019

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Sarah Gibbons and Jodi Forlizzi, AIGA Design Conference 2020 Speakers

Dec 17, 2019

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AIGA Design Future Now Extended Trailer

Dec 16, 2019

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AIGA Design Future Now Teaser

Dec 15, 2019

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Episodes (140)

Norm Design: The Invisible Architecture of Social Challenges with Jeff Leitner

The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life with Ian Bogost

Design and Hope with Rinat Sherzer

Seth Johnson on Earning the Right to Change Things

Has Design Lost Its Bite? With Benjie Wilhelm

Design the Context, Not the Object with Todd Bracher, Three-Time International Designer of the Year

The Future of Design Education: Building a Global Studio with Bryan Clark (Falmouth University)

Sustainability, education, and the iF Design Awards with Lisa Gralnek

Branding as a Cultural Force with Robin Landa

Humanizing Data Through Design with Giorgia Lupi

Why paper still matters in the age of digital and AI

Introducing "Eyes on Design," AIGA's 2026 Programming Theme

Designing for the World We Live In: Aleksey Fedorov on Meaning, Performance, and Brand Impact

The Human Element People First: Devika Menon on Participatory Service Design

Shaping Your Path: Kevin Flores on Career Growth, AI and Design Leadership

Balancing Anger and Hope: George Aye on Pissed Off Optimism in Design

Navigating Intersections: Sahar Chung on Design, Performance, and Inclusivity

Embracing Change: Helder Santo's Journey in Design and Technology

Beyond the Brand: Building Ideas Worth Rallying Around with Sunny Bonnell

Catalyzing Change: Maria Fernanda La Rotta on Strategic Design for an Inclusive Future

Design at Scale: Richard Moross and the Story of MOO

Designing Change in Bureaucracy with Ivan Boscariol

Designing Memory: Exploring Syria’s Creative Legacy with Kinda Ghannoum

Humanizing Creativity Through Physical Design with Michael Kaye of Sylvain

Making Work Suck Less with Erin Shems, Ezippy Co., Creative Operations Agency

How to Work Less, Earn More with Karl Sakas

Scott Berkun on Why Design is Hard

Data Visualization & Migration with Marta Foresti & Federica Fragapane from the LAGO Collective

Assembling Tomorrow with Scott Doorley & Carissa Carter from the Stanford d.school

Design + Performance (New Season/Theme) with Gary Jaffe, Independent Filmmaker

Robert Brunner on Designing Products for Scale

Clip: Robert Brunner on changing his major to design

Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker

Clip: Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker

Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot

Designing a Design Conference with Lee-Sean Huang (Special Episode)

Clip: Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot

From the Margins to the Mainstream with Vault49

Pivoting your Creative Business with Matthew McIver

Clip: Margins and Padding of Running a Studio with Matt McIver

Crafting a Career Roadmap with Sarah Doody

Clip: Designing Your Career with Sarah Doody

Why design research is stuck with Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi

Clip: Why Design Research is Stuck

Welcome to the 2024 Season of AIGA Design Podcast: MARGINS

Clip: Colton Schweitzer on UX bootcamps and gaps in design curricula

Colton Schweitzer on Kickass UX

Maigen Thomas on career changes and starting a new design job

Pentagram 50 at the 2023 AIGA Design Conference

Clip: Steven Steiner on Designer Archetypes

Steven Steiner on designer archetypes, career coaching, and communicating your value

FEED SWAP: Yellow Glitter, Collective Change and Community-Centered Design with Lee-Sean Huang

Learning with Ritesh Gupta, Useful School

From the Archives: Matt Groening at the 2002 AIGA Design Conference

Rodrigo Canales and Michael Bierut on Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders

Hugh Dubberly on design as finding balance in systems and why problem solving is not enough

The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection with Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters (RECORDED LIVE in Seattle at the AIGA Design Conference)

FEED SWAP - Did I Do That? - The Surreal World with Lee-Sean Huang

FEED SWAP - The Futures Archive S02E10: Automatic Door

Design Adjacent with Shauna Carey, Chief Executive Officer, IDEO.org on gratitude, social impact, finding the best solutions, challenges, curving paths, and small steps to the future

Design Adjacent with Rebecca Tegtmeyer and Marty Maxwell Lane on collaboration, importance of seeing people in person, shared values and goals, and working through challenges

Design Adjacent with Zachary Kaiser, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University on design and technology, privacy, and writing

Design Adjacent with Camille Finan, Host and Producer of Remodel Your Life Podcast on false assumptions, finding allies in your space, over meeting expectations, and internalizing functionality

Design Adjacent with Paul Taylor, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, BrandOpus on cracked eggs and iconic brands

Design Adjacent with Chris Hervochon, Better Way CPA, virtual CFO for marketing and creative agencies and nonprofit organizations

Design Adjacent with AIGA Medalist Archie Boston on design spirituality, art, culture, and industry, learning for the sake of knowledge, capturing history, and helping others through design

Fireside Chat with Robin Petravic, Co-owner and Managing Director of Heath Ceramics

Design Adjacent with Llisa Demetrios, Chief Curator, Eames Institute on infinite curiosity, chain reactions, design as a method of action, addressing needs, creating connections, and sustainability

Fireside Chat with Rick Griffith

Design Adjacent with Elise Schuster, Co-Founder and Executive Director, okayso on being a problem solver, standing the gap, creating safe spaces, and building a human first organization.

Design Adjacent with Margot Bloomstein, Author, Principal of Appropriate, Inc. on interpersonal relationships, leading with the human side, what a company can do to demonstrate trust

Design Adjacent with Meg Mothershed, Strategy Guru and Wordsmith, Mothershed Design Co. on being an entrepreneur, what it means to be chief champion for yourself, work life balance and more

Design Adjacent with Diana Barnes, Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin on unleashing storytelling in branding, human connectivity, and being the change you want to see in the world

Fireside Chat with Art Chantry

Design Future Live with Beat Baudenbacher

Design Adjacent with Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at PMI on articulating a vision, co-developing solutions, changing methodology, and having impact

Design Adjacent with Ritesh Gupta, Founder of the Useful School on re-visioning design education, radical changes, impact of design, and finding a coach