Best Hamilton Arts Council Podcasts (2024)

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050 Glenda Russell, Queer Historian 1:03:32

5M ago1:03:32

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For episode fifty, I spoke with Glenda Russell who is a historian of the LGBTQ movement as it has unfolded here in Boulder and Colorado and beyond. Glenda has had a long career as a clinical psychologist, educator, and writer and has a PhD in psychology from the University of Colorado at Boulder (’84). We talked about the struggle to get ‘sexual or…

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049 Ren Q. Dawe, Trans Activist, Comedian, Writer, Educator 1:10:25

5M ago1:10:25

1:10:25

For episode forty-nine, I spoke with Ren Q. Dawe who is a trans activist, comedian, writer, and educator who lives and works in Boulder and has been performing his comedy all over the front range. I have mentioned a few times in passing that I enjoy performing comedy, but I’ve never said much else about it on this podcast. So, it was especially fun…

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048 Sarah Wells, Collective Living, Co-buying, and Housing Innovation 57:37

6M ago57:37

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For episode forty-eight, I spoke with Sarah Wells who is a partner in the real estate agency Live Work Denver which specializes in co-buying real estate which is simply a way to buy homes with other people. Sarah is one of the founders of the Queen City Cooperative and is the Board Chair for the Boulder Housing Coalition which is a non-profit that …

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047 Eric Budd, 2023 Voters Guide Discussion 1:07:50

7M ago1:07:50

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For episode forty-seven, I spoke with Eric Budd who is a political activist and organizer who has been involved in various issues such as occupancy reform, even year elections, and advocacy for cycling. He is also involved in various organizations including Boulder Progressives, Better Boulder, Boulder Housing Coalition, and Community Cycles, among…

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046 Annamarie Pluhar, Sharing Housing 52:37

7M ago52:37

52:37

For episode forty-six, I spoke with Annamarie Pluhar who runs a nonprofit organization named Sharing Housing. She is the author of a book titled “Sharing Housing: A Guidebook for Finding and Keeping Good Housemates” which extols the virtues of sharing housing and provides practical advice on how to find compatible housemates. Earlier this year I po…

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045 Tina Marquis, City Council Candidate 47:31

7M ago47:31

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For episode forty-five, I spoke with Tina Marquis who is a candidate running for city council. We met at the main branch of the Boulder Public Library and talked about a wide variety of subjects including her work on the BVSD school board, homelessness, the introvert revolution, middle income housing, her leadership style, and climate change among …

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044 Dan Williams on low-barrier services for unhoused people 32:56

7M ago32:56

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For episode forty-four, I spoke with Dan Williams who is a civil rights lawyer who has worked on issues related to homelessness in Boulder. We talked about a recent effort by a consortium of service providers who got together and created a detailed proposal for providing low barrier services. This proposal was submitted to city council and was side…

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043 Terri Brncic, City Council Candidate 1:10:23

7M ago1:10:23

1:10:23

For episode forty-three, I spoke with Terri Brncic who is a candidate running for city council. I sat down with her at her kitchen table in her North Boulder home. We talked about the Safe Zones 4 Kids ballot measure, homelessness solutions, affordable housing, infill development, zoning and parking reform, and e-bikes among other subjects. I hope …

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042 Katie Farnan and Doug Hamilton, Solutions Not Safe Zones 49:13

8M ago49:13

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For episode forty-two, I spoke with Katie Farnan and Doug Hamilton about their efforts to encourage voters to reject a ballot initiative called Safe Zones 4 Kids. Their campaign is called Solutions Not Safe Zones which challenges the conventional wisdom that a ballot measure that addresses the safety of our children is necessarily good policy. We m…

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041 Jennifer Robins, City Council Candidate 43:30

8M ago43:30

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For episode forty-one, I spoke with Jenny Robins who is a candidate running for city council. I sat down with her at the Boulder Office for the post-production company 11 Dollar Bill on the west end of Canyon Dr. where her husband works. We talked about the importance of safe and convenient public transit that is child friendly, the need in Boulder…

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040 Aaron Gabriel Neyer, City Council Candidate 1:19:07

8M ago1:19:07

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For episode forty, I spoke with Aaron Gabriel Neyer who is a community builder and technologist with a background in computer science and ecopsychology. Aaron is running for city council and so I sat down to talk with him about his vision for what’s possible in Boulder. We sat together in the shade at Growing Gardens community gardens and had a lon…

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039 Taishya Adams, City Council Candidate 1:16:55

8M ago1:16:55

1:16:55

For episode thirty-nine, I spoke with Taishya Adams who is a servant leader, environmentalist, social justice advocate, and an amazing human being. She is also running for city council this fall. I sat down with her at her South Boulder home and we had a long conversation covering a wide variety of topics including her growing up in northern Virgin…

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038 Ryan Schuchard, City Council Candidate 1:25:14

9M ago1:25:14

1:25:14

For episode thirty-eight, I spoke with Ryan Schuchard who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. Ryan is a member of Boulder’s transportation advisory board and his campaign is focused on transportation solutions as our best way to mitigate the climate crisis. When Ryan talks about transportation solutions it makes me hop…

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037 Waylon Lewis, City Council Candidate 1:19:20

9M ago1:19:20

1:19:20

For episode thirty-seven, I spoke with Waylon Lewis who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. We met at Columbia Cemetery on the hill and talked about a wide variety of subjects including West Pearl, fire mitigation, biking in Paris, white metal roofs, homelessness, affordable housing, and occupancy, among others. I admi…

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036 Silas Atkins, City Council Candidate 1:10:47

9M ago1:10:47

1:10:47

For episode thirty-six, I spoke with Silas Atkins who is a Boulder resident that is running for city council this fall. We met at Keeywayden park in Southeast Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including making government work better for people, the need to build housing in the short, medium, and long […]…

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035 Nicole Speer, Boulder Mayoral Candidate 1:06:26

9M ago1:06:26

1:06:26

Nicole Speer is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running to be Boulder’s first directly elected mayor this fall. We met at a park near her house in South Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including her new e-bike, homelessness and the camping ban, agrivoltaics, and why she is running […]…

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034 Bob Yates, Boulder Mayoral Candidate 1:37:11

9M ago1:37:11

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For episode thirty-four, I spoke with Bob Yates who is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running to be Boulder’s first directly elected mayor this fall. We met at a park near his house in North Boulder and talked about a wide variety of subjects including the possibility of building a gondola that […]…

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Heather Hansen ‘Unmuted: Breaking Language Barriers and Redefining Communication in Organizations’ 39:26

9M ago39:26

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Hello and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. I'm delighted to have you with me for another cracking episode this time with Heather Hansen.. author of the book Unmuted a fantastic book for anyone practicing their craft in organisations who strive to improve comprehension, understanding and better and more effective use of language. As many o…

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033 Tara Winer, City Council Member 1:20:15

10M ago1:20:15

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For episode thirty-three, I spoke with Tara Winer who is a member of Boulder’s city council and is running for reelection this fall. Our conversation wandered around and through many topics including affordable housing, the need for more transitional housing with wrap-around services, missing middle housing, building housing at the airport, whether…

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032 Darcy Kitching, Community Builder 1:26:05

10M ago1:26:05

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For episode thirty-two, I spoke with Darcy Kitching who is a community builder in Boulder. Darcy is the author of the book The Best Urban Hikes: Boulder, is finishing her Ph.D. in Geography, Planning, and Design at the University of Colorado Denver with a study of youth and family weekday transportation in Boulder County, and […]…

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031 Laura Rossbert, Trauma Informed Design 51:34

10M ago51:34

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For episode thirty-one, I spoke with Laura Rossbert who has helped develop a framework called Trauma Informed Design in her role at Shopworks Architecture in Denver, CO. Laura has collected data that measures the under-utilization of parking at affordable housing buildings and we discussed the negative impacts this has on current and potential affo…

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Sarah Clearwater ‘The Intersection of Design and Leadership: Navigating the Journey’ 52:21

10M ago52:21

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Today on the show I speak with Sarah Clearwater about a Design Leadership white paper that she instigated and curated, speaking to many people across various organisations. Sarah's based in New Zealand, and I drill deeper into the background of the paper. Website: https://www.sarahclearwater.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahclearwate…

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030 Aaron Brockett, Mayor of Boulder 58:10

10M ago58:10

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For episode thirty, I spoke with Aaron Brockett, the mayor of Boulder. We talked about the all-new direct election mayor’s race in Boulder and his candidacy in the upcoming election this fall. We talked about gun violence prevention, affordable housing, rank choice voting, learning Spanish, the diagonal highway corridor project, and solutions for u…

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Announcing Season 3! 14:35

10M ago14:35

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I am excited to announce the imminent arrival of season 3 of Sharing Boulder. In this mini-episode I talk about the upcoming season, introduce the Sharing Boulder theme song, and talk about what I’ve been up to.By Sharing Boulder

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Sharing Boulder Theme Song 1:00

10M ago1:00

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By Sharing Boulder

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Florian Bailey 'Service Design Secrets: Elevating Michelin Dining' 59:58

11M ago59:58

59:58

Earlier this year, I attended a conference in Nuremberg called Teaming with AI, run by my good friends, Markus Edgar Hormess, Adam Lawrence from WorlPlayExperience and also today’s guest, Florian Bailey. The day before the event, myself and Florian spent some time together and hung out and explored the office where he was based. In passing, Florian…

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Neil Theise ‘Navigating Complexity' 1:05:38

11M ago1:05:38

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Earlier this year, I read an article by one of my heroes, The Edge of U2 in The Guardian. The first item in his list of culture highlights, was the book of todays podcast guest, Neil Theise. Like me, The Edge managed to get an early copy of the book from Neil’s awesome publicist in New York, Nicole Dewey and he too joined the fan club for Notes on …

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Justyna Turek ‘A fresh perspective:The Role of Human-Centered Design in Sustainability’ 34:55

11M ago34:55

34:55

In this conversation I caught up Justyna Turek, founder of many businesses and based in Sweden. Justyna works most often with Next Agents and Change Pilots in Poland. We speak about the work that they have been focussed on for over a decade, sustainability and design. I wanted to explore how they got into it, as I know there are many people that I …

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Zoë Rose ‘Design Through Time: Unraveling the Evolution of Methodologies and Frameworks’ 43:14

12M ago43:14

43:14

In this conversation I caught up with Zoe Rose, of Great Question in Australia. We spoke about the background and history of design methods, as far back as 1950. Zoe has a wealth of information on this topic, and proves to be a really fun and enjoyable exploration back in time… Links https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoerose/ http://greatquestion.com.au/…

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Manuel Lima ‘The New Designer: Pioneering Perspectives’ 51:26

12M ago51:26

51:26

On Manuel Lima’s website, he mentions “a celebrated voice on UX design and data visualization who has spent the past 15 years leading design teams and building cutting-edge digital experiences at companies like Google, Codecademy, Microsoft, Nokia….”. His first three books were breathtakingly beautiful. If you like data and visualisations, then you…

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Frank Müeller ‘Revolutionising Work Spaces with Playmobil Pro: the Ultimate Tool for Creativity and Collaboration’ 39:50

12M ago39:50

39:50

In this conversation I caught up Frank Mueller, of Playmobil Pro. Frank is Managing Director of GBI Global Business Innovation in Munich. We speak the incredible kit that I recently bought for the new Makers & Doers School that I have launched, which is a design school for children aged 6-12. We speak about how Playmobil works in the professional o…

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Emily Hamilton ‘Designing Second Chances: Breaking the Cycle 36:48

12M ago36:48

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In this conversation I caught up Emily Hamilton, Senior Strategic Designer at Paper Giant in Australia. We speak about a project that Emily worked on recently that was related to recidivism and working with people who recently left a Justice facility. We speak about the project in detail, the methods used and outcomes achieved. Emily’s awesome, I k…

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Scott Jenson ‘Part 2 of 2: Open Source Design Movement: How Designers can help change the game’ 31:47

1y ago31:47

31:47

In this conversation I caught up with the second part to my conversation with Scott Jenson to explore how Designer can actively get more involved with the free and open source software movement. We speak more about why this is of such an interest to Scott, and he gives his awesome advice to others on how they can get involved. Listen to Episode 1: …

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Darjan Hil ‘The Art of Visualising Complexity' 43:02

1y ago43:02

43:02

A number of months ago, I was researching for my keynote in Scotland in June this year, and I stumbled across the work of Superdot studio in Switzerland. I was blown away by all the amazing work that they had done and was thrilled to see that they were in the process of publishing their book, Visualising Complexity - A Modular Information Handbook.…

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The Rise of the Autonomous Bus: A Look into the Future of Transit 39:44

1y ago39:44

39:44

In this episode I speak with Steven Russell, a service designer and now Innovation Manager at Stagecoach bus in the UK. We chat about autonomous buses - a project that Steven has been working on for quite some time. Now, no longer in the realms of movies like Back to the Future 2, it’s not too far away. How far I hear you ask? Well at some point th…

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Dee Seaver 'The Broken Promise of Design Academia: A Call to Action' 48:23

1y ago48:23

48:23

Hello and welcome to Bringing Design Closer. Our goal is to have conversations that inspire and to help move the dial forward for organisations to become more human-centred in their approach to solving complex business and societal problems. In this episode I chat with Dee Seaver from Philips about the role of the Service Design function within org…

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Oliver Weidlich 'Creating Immersive Experiences with Spatial Computing' 46:14

1y ago46:14

46:14

In this episode I caught up with Oliver Weidlich, of Contxtu.al Sydney, formerly known as Mobile Experience. I’ve met Oliver several times over the years whilst living in Sydney, always in passing, and never in detail, but was always hugely impressed when I saw him speak about Design, and here is no different. We focus our conversation on spatial c…

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Charlotte Fountaine ‘Service Designing a stigma-free and relevant mental health support to empower the LGBTQIA+ community to lead happier, healthier lives’ 50:38

1y ago50:38

50:38

In this episode I caught up with Charlotte Fontaine, an incredible service designer in the UK. We speak about Kalda, a service that has really opened my eyes through my own naivety and in exposure to the needs of people within the LGBTQIA+ community. We chat about the nuances that persist for people from within the community to access therapy, and …

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Roya Azadi ‘Improving Access to Justice at the Supreme Court’ 54:36

1y ago54:36

54:36

In this episode I caught up with Roya Azadi, strategic director at Paper Giant, a design consultancy based in Melbourne, Australia. I follow a few places on my personal social accounts and really respect the work that the folks at Paper Giant do, and was really excited when I saw a project that they did with the Supreme Court in Victoria around acc…

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Bronwyn Van Der Merwe ‘Exploring and Scaling Design Culture internationally at Fjord and now Culture Amp’ 38:28

1y ago38:28

38:28

In this episode I caught up with Bronwyn Van Der Merwe, VP of Design at Culture Amp. We speak about Design Culture and tap into Bronwyn’s absolutely incredible background and personal experience that saw Bronwyn spearhead the evolution of Fjord in APAC regions. What were the key things that Bronwyn did to ensure the scalability of a design culture …

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Melis Senova ‘Exploring what we mean by Design Character’ 50:18

1y ago50:18

50:18

Hello and welcome to Bringing Design Closer. Our goal is to have conversations that inspire and to help move the dial forward for organisations to become more human-centred in their approach to solving complex business and societal problems. In this episode I speak with Melis Senova author of This Human and soon to be published book, Design Charact…

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Hinrich von Haaren ‘Diving deep into Content Transformation’ 32:47

1y ago32:47

32:47

In this episode I speak Hinrich von Haaren, Co-Founder of Content Design Academy at Content Design London and now author of Content Transformation - a fantastic book that no doubt will find its way into the hands of the UX and Service Design community over the coming months. It’s an awesome book and read and we chat about this exclusively in this e…

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Ben Reason ‘The Velocities of Change with Founder of LiveWork’ 53:45

1y ago53:45

53:45

In this episode I speak with Ben Reason, Founding Partner of Live|Work in the UK. Ben has co-authored Service Design from Insight to Implementation and Service Design for Business: A Practical Guide to Optimizing the Customer Experience released in 2016. In this conversation we chat about a few things, but mainly around Ben’s own journey through De…

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Emma Carpenter 'Exploring the craft of Service Design within South Africa' 27:58

1y ago27:58

27:58

I caught up with Emma Carpenter, Head of Design Experience and previously Group Director Fjord Johannesburg, Associate Director at Accenture Song. Emma had been introduced to me several months ago, as I was keen to speak to someone in consulting space inAfrica, to get a better understanding of the social and technical implications for designing ser…

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Amy Hupe ‘Design System Evolution’ 48:04

1y ago48:04

48:04

I caught up with Amy Hupe, a content designer and design system consultant based in the UK. In this conversation we drill into what a Design System is and is not, and talk about the governance processes around managing Design Systems - leaning on Amy’s 7year experience whilst working at GDS in the UK and more. Amy is a total rockstar and I know you…

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Karel Vredenburg 'The evolution of Design at IBM plus the Future of Design education' 46:33

1+ y ago46:33

46:33

I caught up with Karel Vredenburg, Karel is currently IBM Global Vice President, Client Insights and Research and responsible for leading the company’s global team of researchers and the insights they provide to product, services, and executive teams. Karel joined IBM in 1988 after having done graduate studies, research, and teaching at the Univers…

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Jo Szczepanska 'Is it time to refresh, repair or retire your personas?' 40:31

1+ y ago40:31

40:31

I caught up with Jo Szczepanska - a phenomenal design talent based out of Melbourne, Australia. Jo sent me an article that they wrote a while ago about persona’s, and it was so good that I thought we should do an episode to dig into it a little deeper. Jo’s one of my favourite people and designers and is a great brain, and heavily involved in the c…

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Amy Bucher 'Applying behavioural science within the healthcare realm' 35:28

1+ y ago35:28

35:28

I caught up with great friend of the podcast, Amy Bucher. Amy is author of Engaged on Rosenfeld Media and we chat about her role of CBO (chief behavioural officer) at Lirio. On Lirio's website, they state 'Our purpose is to combine the power of behavioural science with artificial intelligence to drive positive behavior change for the betterment of …

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Kelly O'Dowd 'They want you to have so many skills for an entry level job' 32:47

1+ y ago32:47

32:47

In this episode I chat with Kelly O Dowd, a recently graduate from NCAD in Ireland. We chat about what the experience was like leaving University, her search for jobs, and where they feel there’s opportunity for universities to better support students in that highly emotional stage of life - the transitional period between Uni and working life. Kel…

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Mansi Gupta 'Design for Women' 31:46

1+ y ago31:46

31:46

I caught up Mansi Gupta, founder of Unconform. Mansi is a designer, researcher and is working to increase the dialogue regarding the intersection of women and design. She’s been exploring the short comings of Human Centered Design, and we chat openly about where and how she sees the problems. Transcript and show notes are available on https://www.t…

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