EPISODE · May 27, 2026 · 42 MIN
722. Design for Government: Beyond Policy, Beyond Services (USA/Finland). A talk with Marco Steinberg
from Diseño y Diáspora · host Mariana Salgado
Marco Steinberg is a Finnish architect and designer who has worked extensively in the public sector in both Finland and the United States. In this interview, he reflects on his professional journey, from contributing to the founding of the Helsinki Design Lab to leading design-driven initiatives at UNDP, where he supported leadership teams around the world. Today, he works as a consultant and as a part-time professor at Aalto University. We talk about the course Design for Government, a pioneering program that motivates active collaboration between students, ministries, and public agencies in Finland.We talk about this book: In Studio, Recipes for Systemic change Bryan Boyer, Justin W. Cook and Marco Steinberg.And about this project: System PortfolioThis episode is part of the lists: Finlandia y diseño, Gobierno y diseño, Laboratorios de innovación, Gobierno y diseño, Finnish design in public sector, D&D in English, Políticas públicas y diseño and Educación en diseño. The title of the lists might be in Spanish but the content is trilingual. You can find interviews in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
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Marco Steinberg is a Finnish architect and designer who has worked extensively in the public sector in both Finland and the United States. In this interview, he reflects on his professional journey, from contributing to the founding of the Helsinki Design Lab to leading design-driven initiatives at UNDP, where he supported leadership teams around the world. Today, he works as a consultant and as a part-time professor at Aalto University. We talk about the course Design for Government, a pioneering program that motivates active collaboration between students, ministries, and public agencies in Finland.We talk about this book: In Studio, Recipes for Systemic change Bryan Boyer, Justin W. Cook and Marco Steinberg.And about this project: System PortfolioThis episode is part of the lists: Finlandia y diseño, Gobierno y diseño, Laboratorios de innovación, Gobierno y diseño, Finnish design in public sector, D&D in English, Políticas públicas y diseño and Educación en diseño. The title of the lists might be in Spanish but the content is trilingual. You can find interviews in English, Portuguese or Spanish.
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722. Design for Government: Beyond Policy, Beyond Services (USA/Finland). A talk with Marco Steinberg
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