Evelyn Lee, Founder of the Practice Of Architecture and Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies.

Evelyn Lee's career shows how architecture training can move into experience design, organisational culture and technology without losing its design value.Stephen Drew speaks with Evelyn Lee about Practice of Architecture, Practice Disrupted, her role as a Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, organisational culture, people-first design and alternative routes from architecture.The conversation covers: How Evelyn Lee connects architecture, business and experience design What working in technology can teach architecture professionals Why organisational culture matters to design outcomes How Practice of Architecture and Practice Disrupted approach industry change What alternative career paths can look like for architecture-trained people ____▶️ Watch this episode on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKt2apMaYQ4📝 Read the full write-up, with the key takeaways:https://architecturesocial.com/podcast/evelyn-lee-founder-of-the-practice-of-architecture-and-senior-experience-designer-at-slack-technologies/Architecture Social is where architects and designers find honest career advice, insight from practice, and live roles worth applying for:https://architecturesocial.com/The fastest way to get hired is to be better at the things practices actually ask for. Revit, Rhino, rendering, BIM, portfolio work. Our learning partner ArchAdemia is built by architects, for architects:https://archademia.com/architecture-social/Use code ARCHSOCIAL10 for a discount on monthly or annual membership.____Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Evelyn Lee 04:00 Practice of Architecture and Practice Disrupted 10:00 Moving from architecture into experience design 16:00 Working at Slack Technologies 23:00 Business, design and organisational culture 31:00 Putting people first in design outcomes 38:00 The current state of the architecture industry 46:00 Behind the scenes of podcasting and practice change 52:00 Final reflections on future careers