Design Thinking Roundtable

Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of design, engineering, and technology. Our guest for this episode is Alonso Castro, Senior Experience Designer at Verizon. Credits--- conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook; voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard; logo design: Florentina Sergiou

Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of design, engineering, and technology. Our guest for this episode is Jocelyn Miller, Founder and CEO of JM Coaching and Training. Credits--- conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook; voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard; logo design: Florentina Sergiou Thank you to our sponsor, the Department of Technology Management and Innovation, NYU Tandon. To learn more about the Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace visit makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/designlab/ and follow us at twitter.com/NYUMakerSpace.

Engineering X Design is a Podcast Series produced by the Design Lab at NYU MakerSpace. This podcast complements a series of fireside chats where we invite professionals working at the intersection of design, engineering, and technology. Our guest for this episode is Jeff Kessler, Senior Design Lead at IDEO. Credits--- conception and production: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Blake Rook; voice: Melchior Tamisier-Fayard; Logo design: Florentina Sergiou Thank you to our sponsor, the Department of Technology Management and Innovation, NYU Tandon. To learn more about the Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace visit http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/designlab/ and follow us at http://twitter.com/NYUMakerSpace.

Design Thinking Roundtable returns with its third season —Designing for the Public to investigate the meaning of Human-Centered Design in the public sector. Public sector fundamentally pertains to and involves people: Without people, the “public” does not exist, nor does the government. We discuss, debate and question the past, present and future of design thinking in the public sector. In the first episode, our host, Priyanka Vora sat down with design experts working with and in the government to discuss why human-centered design matters for developing and implementing policies that create positive social impact. Here’s who we interviewed in the order they appear on the show: Arianne Miller, Managing Director of the Lab at OPM (Office of Personnel Management) Cat Drew, Chief Design Officer. Design Council, an independent charity that advises the UK government on design. Mari Nakano, Design Director, Service Design Studio at the New York City Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity Jocelyn Bailey, Strategic and social design practitioner, critic and researcher based in London. ********* Credits: Production, host: Priyanka Vora; Conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; Sound design, music & post-production: Guilhem Tamisier. ********* To learn more about the New York University’s Design for America, visit www.dfanyu.com and follow us at twitter.com/DFANYU. You can email us at nyu@designforamerica.com and mention the podcast in the subject line. Acknowledgment: Thank you to NYU Tandon’s Department of Technology Management and Innovation and Design Lab @ NYU MakerSpace for their support. [ https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/departments/technology-management-and-innovation] [http://makerspace.engineering.nyu.edu/designlab/]

For the season finale of the Designing for All Humans series, we sat down with disability advocates to learn why inclusive design has the potential to grow beyond its current conception and practice— towards disability-led design. We explore the following questions: Is inclusive design even a fitting label for this movement? How might disability-led design push the movement forward towards genuine inclusion? The guest speakers featured in this episode are: Liz Jackson [Founder, The Disabled List & Curator, Critical Axis], Shaina Garfield [Design Researcher, Hologic], and Morten Bonde [Senior Art Director, LEGO]. Visit https://www.thegirlwiththepurplecane.com/, https://mortenbonde.dk/en/, and http://www.shainagarfield.com/ to stay up to date on their current work. ********* Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Guilhem Tamisier. To learn more about the NYU chapter of Design for America, visit www.dfanyu.com and follow us at twitter.com/DFANYU.

In the second part of the Designing for All Humans series, we feature two fascinating projects that empower children with disabilities through play: Project Fizzyo and Braille Bricks. The two projects provide insights in how to practice inclusive design. The experts involved in these initiatives highlight the importance of engaging all the stakeholders during the whole design journey: from inspiration to ideation and prototyping. Learn more about Project Fizzyo here: https://fizzyo.github.io/, Tack Tiles here: http://www.tack-tiles.com/, and LEGO Braille Bricks here: https://www.legobraillebricks.com/. The guest speakers featured in this episode are: Haiyan Zhang [Director of Innovation, Microsoft Research Labs], Morten Bonde [Senior Art Director, LEGO], and Stine Storm [New Ventures Manager, LEGO Foundation]. ********* Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Guilhem Tamisier. To learn more about the NYU chapter of Design for America, visit www.dfanyu.com and follow us at twitter.com/DFANYU.

This first episode of the Designing for All Humans series introduces key concepts and vocabulary in inclusive design through conversation with educators at the Ability Project. What is ability? How might designers participate in the destigmatization of disability? What is the difference between inclusive design and accessibility and related concepts? The Ability Project is an interdisciplinary research lab at NYU dedicated to the intersection between disability and human-centered design. Learn more about the Ability Project by visiting http://ability.nyu.edu. The guest speakers featured in this episode are: Allan Goldstein [Senior Lecturer of Disability Studies, NYU Tandon], Marianne Petit [Professor of Digital Media, NYU Tisch & Board Member, Adaptive Design Association], and Anita Perr [Professor of Occupational Therapy, NYU Steinhardt]. ********* Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design, music & post-production: Guilhem Tamisier. To learn more about the NYU chapter of Design for America, visit www.dfanyu.com and follow us at twitter.com/DFANYU.

Human-centered design plays an important role in the intersection of architecture, sustainability and social impact. In this episode, Sameera Chukkapalli [CEO & Founder, Needlab], talks to us about the process of designing with communities in need and the ideology of "think global, act local". Needlab is a non-profit design research organization with a focus on the built environment. Through projects around the world, Needlab is working to unveil new ways of creating a dialogue between local materials, social customs, cultural heritage, and the environment. Learn more at www.needlab.org. Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design: Tunan Guo; post-production: Jessica Chase.

Do designers have a seat at the table when it comes to solving the wicked problems of the world? If the medium is the message, what does it mean to shift the medium of design towards human behavior? In this episode, Sean Rhodes [Executive Creative Director, Frog], sheds light on these pressing questions + offers advice on how to design responsibly and with purpose. Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design: Tunan Guo; post-production: Jessica Chase.

In recent years, management consultancies have started acquiring design firms and several have been integrating design teams within their consulting practice. McKinsey & Company engages in this phenomenon—their acquisition strategy and the launch of McKinsey Design indicates a major shift in the industry. Alex Kozovski [Senior Designer, McKinsey New Ventures], NYU ITP alumnus, tells us how despite the different epistemic stances management consultants and designers hold when it comes to innovation, their skills are in fact very complementary. In this first episode, Alex covers multiple topics from the importance of embracing ambiguity (what he calls “the discomfort of not knowing") to building empathy for clients ("understanding what keeps our clients awake”) and the importance of prototyping to test assumptions. Credits---conception and production: Harshita Nedunuri; co-conception: Anne-Laure Fayard; sound design: Tunan Guo; post-production: Jessica Chase.