What is Design?

If you only take one thing away from listening to To Be Designed, we hope it’s that the concept of “design” itself is nearly limitless. Graphic design, interior design, digital product design… design can vary endlessly depending on the context. Lucky for us, this means that we will never run out of design content to explore here. Therefore, in Episode 05 of To Be Designed, producer and host Quynh-Nhi Tran investigates what “design” means to the people of the Segal Design Institute here at Northwestern. Follow along with Quynh-Nhi as she pieces together more background on the meaning of design by asking each guest how they see themselves fitting into design. This episode was produced and hosted by Quynh-Nhi Tran. Engineering by Mary Shirk. Editing by Nico Petry-Mitchel, Carolyn Hagler, and Sriman Narayanan. Marketing by Leah Parsons. Music by Drew McComas. Special thanks to Pam Daniels, David Gatchell, Matthew Cummins, Heidi Huckabay, Mark Schumacher, and Casey Russell. To Be Designed is sponsored by the Segal Design Institute at Northwestern University.