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Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast

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Produced by the MBA in Design Strategy program at California College of the Arts, on Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast we ask questions, examine complexity, and innovate for human-centered solutions.Each episode is devoted to speaking with and listening to what luminaries and design leaders have to say about the world and their own personal journeys designing for ambiguity…and curiosity.

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Episodes

  1. Where are they now? With Anita Chordia and Laura Ogle

    From Fashion Forecasting to Futures Thinking: Laura Ogle on Curiosity, Design Strategy & More Fun at Work.In this special episode, featuring DMBA alums Anita Chordia and Laura Ogle from the live webinar series “Where Are They Now?”, Laura shares her path from studying fashion and designing at...

  2. Rethinking Reuse: How 2080 Reuse Is Reinventing Furniture for a Circular Future with Help from the DMBA

    What if reupholstering a chair could cut your carbon footprint by 80%? In this episode of Everything Is a Prototype, Kriss Kokoefer, founder of 2080 Reuse, shares how she’s building a whole new category at the intersection of circular economy, commercial interiors, and design-led…

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  3. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast Presents THE FUTURE OF THINGS: AI as a new material for Design

    THE FUTURE OF THINGS: AI as a new material for Design. On Saturday, Apr 5, chairs from the Design Division at CCA co-moderated an insightful panel discussion that explored the transformative role of design in shaping the future of products, services, and systems enabled by generative, agentic…

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  4. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Rio Cruz Morales, Senior Product Manager of AI Foundations @ Velocity Black

    In this episode, we break down innovation to its very core with Rio Cruz Morales, a DMBA, multi-time startup founder, and Senior Product Manager of AI Foundations @ Velocity Black. Rio is a product and innovation expert, who created the Product Experimentation Method and framework to help others…

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  5. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Aksharika Raja and JJ Vélez from Lawgical, an Amazing Stealth Startup in the Legal Space

    In this episode, we get deep into the startup space with AK Raja, a DMBA alum and former EY Design Strategist, and JJ Velez, a former software engineer from Apple. This dynamic duo is working on Lawgical, a tech startup focused on helping law firms (and companies) streamline their immigration...

  6. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast in "Discussion" with Google's NotebookLM

    This entire episode is one big prototype. Rather than talk to real humans, we’ve asked Google’s NotebookLM tool to create a discussion around the value of the DMBA. I think the insights are pretty spot on. What do you think?

  7. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Izzy Shu, Dave Korstad, and Tony Jimenez, the DMBA alumni behind the amazing brand JOI

    In this episode, we dive deep into design strategy with Izzy Shu, Dave Korstad, and Tony Jimenez, the DMBA alumni behind the amazing alternative milk brand JOI. Enjoy!

  8. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Jinney Kho, a Former Interior Architect Who’s Now a Design Strategist & Founder

    Hi, welcome to Everything Is a Prototype, The DMBA podcast, where we talk all things design strategy…and prototypes. In this episode, Jinney Kho, a former interior architect and recent DMBA grad, talks about her journey and how she has designed a new path as a design strategist and startup…

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  9. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Jo Marini, Co-Founder and CEO of Mothership Materials

    Hi, welcome to Everything Is a Prototype, The DMBA podcast, where we talk all things design strategy…and prototypes. In this episode, Jo Marini, a DMBA alum, professor, and kickass entrepreneur, discusses her amazing new company Mothership Materials, and how she plans on saving the world. Enjoy!

  10. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Kirsten, Michelle, Bhumika, and Julia, DMBA students co-founders of The Career Design Club

    In this exciting episode, Kirsten, Michelle, Bhumika, and Julia, current DMBA students (C15s), discuss how the DMBA is helping them to design their next lives and careers and why they decided to co-create the first ever Career Design Club within the DMBA…which helps other DMBA students design…

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  11. Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast w/ Franzi Sessler and Tony Gui, co-founders of Kreatives

    In many respects, Franzi Sessler and Tony Gui, are typical DMBAs. They traveled from far and wide to get to San Francisco to join a program and community that they hoped would help them redesign their lives. Typical right? But, like ALL DMBAs, Franzi's and Tony's stories are so much more than...

  12. The DMBA Podcast w/ Andy Greenwood, a Grammy-winning DMBA

    Though Andy Greenwood is 100% an audio engineer, in many respects he's like the Clark Kent/Superman of the audio engineering world. Though he may show up with all of the real-world experience and chops of a world-class engineer, he uses his design strategy superpowers and creative confidence to...

  13. The DMBA Podcast w/ Elainea de Vera, Adara Rituals COO and DMBA

    Like many DMBAs, Elainea de Vera wasn't looking for a "regular" MBA education when she found the DMBA. Rather, she knew she needed something different. And...what a difference the DMBA has made in her life (and in the lives around her...including all of us DMBAs)! Though Elainea started the DMBA...

  14. The DMBA Podcast w/ The Amazing DMBAs Behind Native Chats

    To a T, 98% of people enroll in the DMBA in order to design their next lives. For Cami Reyes and Ben Lang, both C12s, it was no different. Not only did they come into the DMBA doing totally different things (professionally), they designed and launched a company, called Native Chats, that has them...

  15. The DMBA Podcast w/ Special Guest Maya Joseph-Goteiner

    On this episode of the DMBA Podcast we speak with our super special guest, Maya Joseph-Goteiner, a DMBA alum (C4), super curious UX researcher, and design leader at Google, about her journey from the art world to Google. Maya has lots to say about how the DMBA helped her pivot her career and find...

  16. The DMBA Podcast w/ Special Guest Ismar Mahmutovic

    If you know Ismar, you know he's a badass problem solver. In fact, as we talk about on this episode of The DMBA Podcast, Ismar only realized that problem-solving was his core strength once he was deep into the DMBA. Today, Ismar uses his problem-solving and strategic badassery as the senior…

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  17. The DMBA Podcast w/ Special Guest Shira Kates

    Meet Shira Kates, a design leader at Google, ambiguity expert, curiosity pioneer, partner, and mother of two. Shira grew up in New England in a family of academics; most of her family either have PhDs and/or were/are college professors. So, needless to say, the curiosity and life-long learner…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Produced by the MBA in Design Strategy program at California College of the Arts, on Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast we ask questions, examine complexity, and innovate for human-centered solutions.Each episode is devoted to speaking with and listening to what luminaries and design leaders have to say about the world and their own personal journeys designing for ambiguity…and curiosity.

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Produced by the MBA in Design Strategy program at California College of the Arts, on Everything is a Prototype: The DMBA Podcast we ask questions, examine complexity, and innovate for human-centered solutions.Each episode is devoted to speaking with and listening to what luminaries and design...

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