Design Lab with Bon Ku

EP 128: Designing the Future of Food | Dan Barber

This week we talk about how real food is the best medicine. Dan Barber is chef and co-owner of Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns in New York, and the author of The T

EP 127: Designing Brand Strategy | Howard Belk

This week we talk about simplicity as a strategy. Howard Belk pulls double duty as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Chief Creative Officer of leading global brand experienc

EP 126: Designing with Neurodivergent People | Katie Gaudion

This week we talk about designing for diverse perspectives  Katie is a designer and researcher; she is a design consultant and Senior Research Associate at the Helen Haml

EP 125: Designing Home-Based Care | Gregory Snyder

This week we talk about designing human-centered care, at home. Gregory Snyder is a clinical innovator and physician executive leading technology-enabled care delivery mo

EP 124: Designing Nursing Care | Sarah DiGregorio

This week we talk about the story of nursing how it has shaped our world. Sarah DiGregorio is the critically acclaimed author of Early: An Intimate History of Premature B

EP 123: Designing Oceans | Helen Czerski

Today we talk about building a healthy relationship with the ocean. Helen Czerski was born in Manchester. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical En

EP 122: Knock Knock, Hi with the Glaucomfleckens | Will and Kristin Flanary

This week, Bon talks about redesigning medicine with Will and Kristin Flanary (aka the Glaucomfleckens)! Knock Knock, Hi! Is a podcast and YouTube series hosted by Will a

EP 121: Designing for the Future | Manuel Lima

This week we talk about The New Designer: rejecting myths and embracing change. Manuel Lima is an internationally renowned designer and author of three bestsellers that h

EP 120: Designing Self-Care | Pooja Lakshmin

This week we talk about designing real self-care versus faux self care. Dr. Pooja Lakshmin, MD is a psychiatrist and author, the founder of Gemma, the digital community f

EP 119: Designing Dementia Care | Sandeep Jauhar

This week, we are talking about designing better dementia care. Sandeep Jauhar has written several bestselling books, all published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. His lat

EP 118: Designing Health Equity | Adriane Ackerman & Robert Fabricant

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing for health equity. Adriane Ackerman is a community convener, strategic innovator and life-long rabble-rouser. She

EP 117: Designing Open-Source Medical Software | Maya Friedman & Kelly Watson

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing open source medical software.  Maya Friedman is a digital product design lead and art director who designs soluti

EP 116: Designing Hope in American Medicine | Ricardo Nuila

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing hope in American medicine. Dr. Ricardo Nuila works as an internal medicine doctor and hospitalist in his hometown

EP 115: Designing the Built World for our Bodies | Sara Hendren

In this episode, we talk about what a body can do and how we meet the built world. Sara Hendren is an artist, design researcher, writer, professor at Olin College of Engi

EP 114: Designing with Biology | Ritu Raman

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing with biology. Dr. Ritu Raman is the d’Arbeloff Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. Her lab is c

EP 113: Designing a Good Death | Sunita Puri

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing a good death. Dr. Sunita Puri is the Program Director of the Hospice and Palliative Medicine fellowship at the Un

EP 112: Designing Careful and Kind Care | Dominique Allwood

How can revolt against industrialized healthcare? Can we design careful and kind care? Dr. Dominique Allwood is a healthcare leader with almost 20 years of experience wor

EP 111: Designing Sh*t | Saffron Cassaday

Today, we are going to take a deep dive into the promising therapy of fecal transplantation Saffron Cassaday directed her first documentary feature film called Cyber-Seni

EP 110: Designing for Behavior Change | Sherine Guirguis and Michael Coleman

Learn how behavioral designers are tackling the most complex health challenges on the planet.  As a founder and lead strategist at Common Thread, Sherine Guirguis turns d

EP 109: Designing Harm Reduction | Kimberly Sue

On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing harm reduction. Dr. Kimberly Sue is an Assistant Professor of Medicine with the Program in Addiction Medicine (Di