Doom and Bloom

Jasmine Bina

Marc sits down with Jasmine Bina, cultural futurist and founder of Concept Bureau, to dig into why rooms full of people who believe in climate action still fail to act on

Thinknado

We sit down with our friends John Bielenberg and Brandt Williams, creators of Thinknado, to explore how creativity, AI, and a willingness to “think wrong” can unlock more

Drew Wilkinson

In episode two, we talk to Drew Wilkinson, former Microsoft employee who turned a two-person sustainability group into a ten-thousand-person climate movement inside the c

Dr. Renee Lertzman

In season two of Doom & Bloom we’re focusing on how designers can shift the culture within the design industry to prioritize climate-forward design decisions. We kicked

Season 2 trailer

We are back with a new season of Doom & Bloom! This time, we're unpacking how designers can shift the culture within the design industry. We all know designers want to

Childlike Waterpark

Join the Doom & Bloom team for the final episode of Season 1 as they look back on everything, from Jolly Sand to Unlikely Peaches to Gorilla Hard and beyond. The crew dig

Gorilla Hard

What if sustainability isn’t the selling point? In this episode, we sit down with Carly Schonberg, NYC Chapter Leader and product designer leading a renewable energy comp

Fancy Port

We sit down with design educator Stevie Bales to tackle a big question: How can designers nudge decision makers toward climate action? We unpack why decision makers shoul

Sudden Skyscrapers

In this episode of Doom and Bloom, Eric Benson and Marc O’Brien join us to ask some big questions: Why is climate being erased from federal budgets? Why is climate litera

Fancy Pug

In this special episode recorded live during San Francisco Climate Week, Marc O’Brien and Katie Patrick dig into why we’re stuck in a doom-heavy narrative—and what it’ll

Integrity Ballet

In this episode of Doom & Bloom, we’re joined by UX/UI designer and New Wave researcher Zoe to unpack a big question: why have designers become so focused on short-term r

Unlikely Peaches

Why are we still gatekeeping designs? Why do we prioritize competition over collaboration? Why do we assume we have all the answers before asking others?  On the latest

Jolly Sand

Why isn’t sustainability at the core of every project? Why are people still asking what sustainability even means? And why isn’t it baked into our education system? These

What is Thinknado?

In the first episode of Doom and Bloom, Marc O’Brien sits down with John Bielenberg and Brandt Williams, the masterminds behind Thinknado, to dismantle the predictable th

Doom & Bloom Trailer

Doom & Bloom cuts through the noise to the heart of design and climate action Our future is undecided—how will we use our collective imagination to design a better worl