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Design Matters

by CJSW 90.9 FM

Welcome to Design Matters, where we discuss popular topics and bold new ideas in design. Based at the University of Calgary, our student hosts look to delve into popular topics and new ideas with today’s leaders of design in the built environment.Connect with us on Instagram @designmatters.podcast and email us at [email protected]

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  1. Design Matters - Podcast March 15, 2021

    Episode 3: Is universal design for everyone? How do we design for a broader range of people? This episode examines pitfalls that can be unconsciously made by the able-bodied designer. It covers topics such as the current perception of disabilities in the built environment, designer age factor…

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  2. Design Matters - Podcast February 15, 2021

    Episode 2: How can we design Canadian homes for the externally displaced? Discussions about cultural displacement, refugees, and cultural adoption. This episode asks questions such as what are some examples of designs that have healed and helped to bring people together to create a sense of...

  3. Design Matters - Podcast January 18, 2021

    Episode 1: How can we overcome design biases in western education? What are some assumptions we make as designers? Is there bias in design? How has architecture served western values and what western values do they serve? This episode looks at dissecting the relationships between social and...

  4. Design Matters - Episode March 16, 2020

    Episode 3: Walker Mckinley Walker Mckinley is a founding partner of the firm Mckinley Burkart. Along with Mark Burkhart, the firm has made a name for themselves with their designs in the public sector, including numerous restaurants, breweries, and other public spaces. With offices in both…

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  5. Design Matters - Episode February 17, 2020

    Episode 2: Jean Verville Jean Verville is a Canadian architect and artist whose choice of medium is housing. His works exhibit a wide range of experimentation with powerful contrasts, playfulness, and ideas of what a place to live in could be. He is also a professor of architecture at Laval...

  6. Design Matters - Podcast January 20, 2020

    Episode 1: Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults Chip Sullivan and Elizabeth Boults are the Landscape Architects who co-author the book “Illustrated History of Landscape Design”, which uses a combination of timelines and storyboards to visually narrate Landscape Architecture History. Elizabeth…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Welcome to Design Matters, where we discuss popular topics and bold new ideas in design. Based at the University of Calgary, our student hosts look to delve into popular topics and new ideas with today’s leaders of design in the built environment.Connect with us on Instagram @designmatters.podcast and email us at [email protected]

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CJSW 90.9 FM

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Welcome to Design Matters, where we discuss popular topics and bold new ideas in design. Based at the University of Calgary, our student hosts look to delve into popular topics and new ideas with today’s leaders of design in the built environment.Connect with us on Instagram @designmatters.podcast...

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