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Frank Chimero on Putting in the Reps

On this episode, we talk with Frank Chimero, Creative Director at Fictive Kin, and author of the book The Shape of Design. Frank talks about how he found design by using

Mitzi Okou on Looking for the Black Designers

On this episode, we talk with Mitzi Okou, a Senior Interaction Designer at Spotify and Founder of Where are the Black Designers. Mitzi talks about her journey from studyi

Catherine Lim & Jennifer Cheng on Design as a Method for Engagement

On this episode, Michael Bierut discusses how he was lucky to have found design as a kid growing up in Ohio, how a successful career requires being really engaged in &apo

Leisha Muraki on the Currency of Connection

On this episode, we talk with Leisha Muraki, a Director of Brand Strategy at RORA, and a Lead in Brand Experience at MDMD. Leisha talks about how graduating in the middle

Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo on the Politics of Helping

On this episode, we talk with Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, Dean of the School of Design Strategies, Associate Dean at Parsons School of Design, and the Conference Co-Chair o

Debbie Millman on Hope

On this episode, we talk with Debbie Millman, a designer, author, illustrator, educator, and brand consultant who is currently the Chair and co-founder of the Masters in

In Memoriam: August de los Reyes on Designing the New American Dream

A tribute reissuing our 2019 interview with August de los Reyes, Chief Design Officer at Varo Money Inc., following his passing on December 21, 2020 from COVID-19 complic

August de los Reyes on Designing the New American Dream

On this final episode of Year 05, we talk with August de los Reyes, Chief Design Officer at Varo Money Inc., in San Francisco, California. De los Reyes’ career transcends

Annu Yadav on Design as an Act of Service

On this episode, we talk with Annu Yadav, Head of Design at Aurora Solar in San Francisco, California. Annu is a multidisciplinary practitioner across fine art, design, f

Scott Tong on Design Entrepreneurialism

On this episode, we talk with Scott Tong, a startup advisor in San Francisco, California. Through his career working at RMB Vivid, IDEO, Pinterest, and co-founding IFTTT,

Diane Lee on Archiving Data

On this episode, we talk with Diane Lee, an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University in California. Lee is a multi-disciplinary designer who explores work in prin

Macbeth Watson on Design Endurance

In this episode, we talk with MacBeth Watson, Vice President of Design & Research at Strava in San Francisco, California. MacBeth’s career spans companies such as Microso

Minnie Bredouw on Design for Social Impact

On this episode, we talk with Minnie Bredouw, Executive Director and co-founder of The Purpose Project. Through her experiences at Frog, IDEO, and IDEO.org, teaching at v

Hugh Dubberly on Systems in Design Practice

On this episode, we talk with Hugh Dubberly, Principal of Dubberly Design Office, or DDO, in San Francisco, California. DDO focuses on making hardware, software, and serv

Live: Megan Ruhlach & Quba Michalski on Designing Space

On this episode of This is Design School, we talked with Senior Visual Designer Megan Ruhlach and Director of Innovation Quba Michalski from Blink, a research and design

Year 05 Trailer

This is Design School is coming back. This year, Jp and Chad took a trip down to San Francisco, California (don't worry, this was before COVID-19) and had some grea

Annabelle Gould on Criticism over Praise

On this episode, we talked with Annabelle Gould, an Associate Professor in the Division of Design at the School of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Washi

Sheryl Cababa on Unintended Consequences

On this episode, we interview Sheryl Cababa, an Executive Creative Director at Artefact in Seattle. Sheryl talks with us about the experience of designing in the Netherla

Jeff Barlow on Persistence

On this episode, we talked to Jeff Barlow, who is a Creative Director at Boeing. He shares his insight about how doing design well requires putting in the time, the impor

Sean Munson on Finding Design’s Place

On this episode, we talked to Sean Munson, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering program at the University of Washington. Sean shares h