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This is Design School
by Chad Hall
A podcast for navigating the changing field of Design. Follow the evolution of the design practice through the experiences of designers. Whether you’re an experienced designer trying to keep up or just starting out, learn from designers’ stories of how they’ve navigated the ever-changing field of design.
Episodes
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Frank Chimero on Putting in the Reps
On this episode, we talk with Frank Chimero, Creative Director at Fictive Kin, and author of the book The Shape of Design. Frank talks about how he found design by using it as a foothold to have a deeper relationship with the things he really enjoyed, how designers have the opportunity to teach a...
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Mitzi Okou on Looking for the Black Designers
On this episode, we talk with Mitzi Okou, a Senior Interaction Designer at Spotify and Founder of Where are the Black Designers. Mitzi talks about her journey from studying classical music to UX Design, about how transparency begets a more forgiving culture, and her work in pushing the needle for...
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Catherine Lim & Jennifer Cheng on Design as a Method for Engagement
On this episode, Michael Bierut discusses how he was lucky to have found design as a kid growing up in Ohio, how a successful career requires being really engaged in 'the game,' and how designers of the future need to make more room for curiosity.
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Leisha Muraki on the Currency of Connection
On this episode, we talk with Leisha Muraki, a Director of Brand Strategy at RORA, and a Lead in Brand Experience at MDMD. Leisha talks about how graduating in the middle of a financial recession forced her to take risks and work abroad in search of job security; how her experience building a...
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Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo on the Politics of Helping
On this episode, we talk with Cynthia Lawson Jaramillo, Dean of the School of Design Strategies, Associate Dean at Parsons School of Design, and the Conference Co-Chair of the Digitally Engaged Learning (DEL) Conference. Cynthia talks of being an artist who teaches design, and finding her way to...
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Debbie Millman on Hope
On this episode, we talk with Debbie Millman, a designer, author, illustrator, educator, and brand consultant who is currently the Chair and co-founder of the Masters in Branding Program at the School of Visual Arts, the Editorial & Creative Director of Print Magazine, and the Founder and Host of...
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In Memoriam: August de los Reyes on Designing the New American Dream
A tribute reissuing our 2019 interview with August de los Reyes, Chief Design Officer at Varo Money Inc., following his passing on December 21, 2020 from COVID-19 complications. August reflects on his career across three decades — the how, the why, and the legacy — discussing Inclusive Design…
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August de los Reyes on Designing the New American Dream
On this final episode of Year 05, we talk with August de los Reyes, Chief Design Officer at Varo Money Inc., in San Francisco, California. De los Reyes’ career transcends decades of technological shifts and advancements, and includes work with Microsoft, Google, Pinterest, and Philips. In our...
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Annu Yadav on Design as an Act of Service
On this episode, we talk with Annu Yadav, Head of Design at Aurora Solar in San Francisco, California. Annu is a multidisciplinary practitioner across fine art, design, fashion technology, and business. Yadav discusses how her approach to design brings diverse and unique voices to a team to shape...
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Scott Tong on Design Entrepreneurialism
On this episode, we talk with Scott Tong, a startup advisor in San Francisco, California. Through his career working at RMB Vivid, IDEO, Pinterest, and co-founding IFTTT, Tong has developed the unique perspective of designer as entrepreneur. In our conversation, Scott talks about how his passion...
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Diane Lee on Archiving Data
On this episode, we talk with Diane Lee, an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University in California. Lee is a multi-disciplinary designer who explores work in print, video, writing, sound, code, and physical space. Lee talks about her research in personal archives, the temporality of…
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Macbeth Watson on Design Endurance
In this episode, we talk with MacBeth Watson, Vice President of Design & Research at Strava in San Francisco, California. MacBeth’s career spans companies such as Microsoft, Pinterest, Starbucks, and Strava. Watson talks about how her endurance and achievements as an accomplished athlete have...
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Minnie Bredouw on Design for Social Impact
On this episode, we talk with Minnie Bredouw, Executive Director and co-founder of The Purpose Project. Through her experiences at Frog, IDEO, and IDEO.org, teaching at various institutions, Bredouw has focused her career on developing a practice of design for social impact. In our conversation,...
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Hugh Dubberly on Systems in Design Practice
On this episode, we talk with Hugh Dubberly, Principal of Dubberly Design Office, or DDO, in San Francisco, California. DDO focuses on making hardware, software, and services easier to use through their deep expertise in information and interaction design. Dubberly’s career has spanned many...
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Live: Megan Ruhlach & Quba Michalski on Designing Space
On this episode of This is Design School, we talked with Senior Visual Designer Megan Ruhlach and Director of Innovation Quba Michalski from Blink, a research and design firm in Seattle, Washington. At the Seattle Interactive Conference, we sat down and talked with Megan and Quba about their...
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Year 05 Trailer
This is Design School is coming back. This year, Jp and Chad took a trip down to San Francisco, California (don't worry, this was before COVID-19) and had some great conversations with folks around the Bay Area's design community. We can't wait to share the conversations with you. Stay tuned for...
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Annabelle Gould on Criticism over Praise
On this episode, we talked with Annabelle Gould, an Associate Professor in the Division of Design at the School of Art, Art History, and Design at the University of Washington in Seattle. Annabelle talks about the balance between being a designer and an educator, about how experimentation and the...
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Sheryl Cababa on Unintended Consequences
On this episode, we interview Sheryl Cababa, an Executive Creative Director at Artefact in Seattle. Sheryl talks with us about the experience of designing in the Netherlands, how living abroad helped develop an ability to question the systems engrained in our own culture, and how we must consider...
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Jeff Barlow on Persistence
On this episode, we talked to Jeff Barlow, who is a Creative Director at Boeing. He shares his insight about how doing design well requires putting in the time, the importance of the craft of typography, and how a continuous and complete design education requires being present in the real world.
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Sean Munson on Finding Design’s Place
On this episode, we talked to Sean Munson, Ph.D., an Associate Professor in the Human Centered Design & Engineering program at the University of Washington. Sean shares how his childhood interest of building model Naval ships led him to the study of Engineering, and how design gave him a…
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Timothy Bardlavens on Breaking Barriers
On this episode, we talked to Timothy Bardlavens, a Product Design Leader, Cultural Strategist, co-founder of the Design + Diversity Fellowship Program, and DEI—Diversity, Equity & Inclusion—consultant. Timothy talks to us about his experiences in design and tech as a black gay man from the…
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Silong Chhun on Design for Social Change
On this episode, we interview Silong Chhun, a Communications Associate for the Tacoma Community House, and founder of the Red Scarf Revolution. Silong shares how his early upbringing in Cambodia has impacted his work, and about the importance of identity, persistence, and design as a center point...
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Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar on Telling Design’s Story
On this episode, we talked to Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar, Director of Education at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City. Ruki discussed her journey from teaching design to joining the Cooper Hewitt, the museum’s amazing collection of artifacts, and how integrating design...
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Nicole Gleadle on Growing Where You’re Planted
On this episode, Nicole Gleadle, Senior Designer at Qubit, talks about how moving to London, England and the lessons learned from starting over in another country. She speaks of her career progression in Seattle over the last seven years and how it prepared her for life in the UK.
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Michael Bierut on Luck
On this episode, Michael Bierut discusses how he was lucky to have found design as a kid growing up in Ohio, how a successful career requires being really engaged in 'the game,' and how designers of the future need to make more room for curiosity.
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Year 04 Trailer
This is Design School is coming back. We've been hard at work crafting season 4 of the podcast over the last year. Stay tuned for the first episode of Year 4 of This is Design School, coming to your feed next Monday. See you next week.
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Anna Brayton on Curiosity
On this episode, Anna Brayton, Senior Designer at Amazon, talks about how her passion for design started with markers at a young age. She speaks of her career progression through 10 years designing stores at Starbucks, to the challenges of projects with a blank canvas, and learning through…
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Jp Avila on Chasing the Next Carrot
On this episode, Jp Avila, Associate Professor of Art & Design at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington talks about the importance of narrative as a basic principle of design, distilling information as a currency of the future, and the struggle of staying in the moment versus chasing...
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Michael Smith on Deepening Design Practice
On this episode, Michael Smith, Director of the Master of Human-Computer Interaction + Design Program at the University of Washington, talks about information architecture as an entry point to design, the sad loss of studio culture, and teaching and practicing design research. Photo Credit: Chris...
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John Snavely on Questioning Thoughtfully
On this episode, John Snavely, Principal Design Manager of Xbox at Microsoft, talks about his journey as a series of failures, questioning things thoughtfully, managing teams in no praise zones, and the ethical tensions designer face today.
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Lance Kagey on Authenticity
On this episode, Lance Kagey, an owner and Principal at Rotator Creative, talks about community building, the tangential hobbies that make designers interesting, and creating more authentic work by using elements and materials from the world around us.
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Gabri Joy Kirkendall on Being Bold Enough
On this episode, Gabri Joy Kirkendall, author of Creative Lettering and Beyond and The Joy of Lettering, talks about book publishing in the art world, unexpectedly changing your life course, and being bold in typeface and in person.
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Karen Gutowsky on Preparing for What’s Next
On this episode, Karen Gutowsky-Zimmerman, a Professor of Visual Communication Design at Seattle Pacific University, talks about how to prepare students for the next step after graduation beyond the portfolio, how design can remain relevant in a world with increased access to slick looking…
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Erin Kendig on Making Space to Work
On this episode, Erin Kendig, a practicing fine artist and Managing Editor of ARCADE Magazine, talks about making space to work, ditching the five-year plan, and figuring out how you want to spend your time.
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Rebecca Stewart-Johnson on Persistence
On this episode, Rebecca Stewart-Johnson, a Tacoma-based designer, talks about the work to get that first job, the bravery it takes to approach new people, and how to keep working and learning through life changes.
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Terry Marks on Impending Good
On this episode, Terry Marks, a Seattle-based designer and AIGA Fellow, talks about finding his way to design, balancing work to eat with work for good, and what we need to survive as designers today.
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Krista Fredricks on Merging Passions with Design
On this episode, Krista Fredricks, a Seattle-based web designer, talks about the importance of internships, finding your dream job by merging your passion with design and the concept of designer as curator.
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Benjamin Shown on Designing for the Future
On this episode, Benjamin Shown, a Boston-based creative director, talks about the importance of establishing a design community, and how designing for the future is about making design invisible by bringing content and narratives to the foreground.
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Gage Mitchell & Jen Stewart on Sustainable Design
On this episode, Gage Mitchell & Jennifer Stewart, partners at Modern Species in Seattle, Wash., talk about the complexity of and need for sustainable design in today’s world. And, how celebrating small wins can help when feeling overwhelmed while confronting large scale, wicked problems.
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Taylor Cox on Creative Constraints
On this episode, Taylor Cox, a letter press designer and book artist, talks about not being afraid to veer away from what your peers are doing, going all in when learning a new technique and what not to do when climbing inside a giant Heidelberg Press.
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Karen Cheng Talks Critique
On this episode, Karen Cheng, a Professor in the Division of Design at the University of Washington, discusses how she found her way to design and the value of critique, not only in education and work, but also in everyday life.
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Adriel Rollins on Design Education
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall talk with Adriel Rollins, an industrial designer who works on creating yachts. Adriel discusses his time in undergraduate and graduate school and how those experiences have helped shape him for a future in teaching.
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Jon Cook on Writing, Mentors & Healthcare
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall talk with Jon Cook, a Senior UX Designer at Edifecs in Bellevue. Jon discusses using writing to organize thoughts, finding a mentor and the potential of design in healthcare.
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Scott Ichikawa on Balancing Design & Family
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall talk with Scott Ichikawa, a graduate student in University of Washington’s Master of Design program. Scott discusses his thesis project, the news and his son (the most important project of his life). This month’s podcast was...
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Ryan Applegate on What He Wishes He Knew Sooner
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall talk with Ryan Applegate, a self-taught designer working in Seattle. Ryan talks about creating interesting visual stories and what he loves about long-form media. His insights on what he wished he would have learned sooner should...
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Matt Knorr on Creating More and Sharing Often
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall interview Matt Knorr, a designer in Seattle who shares with us the value of sketching and learning by failure. Matt, an avid sports fan, shares his insights on the importance of sketching and creativity.
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Daniel Worthington on Life-Long Learning
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall interview Daniel Worthington, a designer and programmer in Seattle. Daniel shares his insights on being a life-long learner and how he finds projects that interest him. Jp also realizes he has found a kindred sci-fi comrade that...
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Paige Pauli on Imposter Syndrome
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall interview Paige Pauli, a UX/UI designer and front-end developer at Simply Measured in Seattle. Paige shares stories on her roundabout path to becoming a designer and how even successful and talented designers sometimes feel like...
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Brittany Staten on Creative Outlets
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila interviews Brittany Staten, a visual designer at CareZone in Seattle. Brittany discusses the importance of being creative both at work and at play. Learn how she finds creative outlets to allow her mind to think about design.
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Jessica Frongello on Trusting Yourself
On this episode of This is Design School, Jp Avila and Chad P. Hall interview Jessica Frongello, a visual designer at CareZone in Seattle a. Jessica discusses the process of getting her first job as a designer after design school and learning to trust yourself.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
A podcast for navigating the changing field of Design. Follow the evolution of the design practice through the experiences of designers. Whether you’re an experienced designer trying to keep up or just starting out, learn from designers’ stories of how they’ve navigated the ever-changing field of design.
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Chad Hall
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