Explore every episode of the podcast Voice of Design
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| Episode 24: Technology and Society | 08 May 2020 | 01:02:44 | |
We sit down with Max-Beverton Palmer, Head of Tech and Society at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss his work helping policy-makers address challenges around the world. Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the current crisis: Digital Policy for a Lockdown: How Tech Can Help Us Adapt to a Radically Altered World A Price Worth Paying: Tech, Privacy and the Fight Against Covid-19
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| Episode 23: How to Negotiate | 12 Feb 2020 | 01:01:36 | |
We get the band back together! Our lawyer Gabe Levine joins us to reminisce about contract negotiations past and discuss the fundamentals of negotiation for designers, or anyone, really.
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| Episode 14: Quant to Qual | 08 Mar 2019 | 00:58:58 | |
We are joined by Lynne Polischuik, a veteran researcher, founder of LynneUX, and Canadian with a small weird dog. She shares what she’s learned over her career moving from marketing and analytics to the qualitative side of things working with organizations like Google, Automattic, and HealthCare.gov. ----more----
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| Episode 13: Funny, you don’t LOOK like designers | 21 Feb 2019 | 00:55:25 | |
Mike, who makes better coffee than Larisa, and Larisa, who is better at math than Mike, are joined in the studio by David Dylan Thomas to talk about cognitive bias. ----more----
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| Episode 12: What’s Up With The Web? | 08 Feb 2019 | 01:13:08 | |
We sit down with the legendary Jen Simmons, currently Designer and Developer Advocate at Mozilla, to take stock of the web in 2019. Design, technology, platforms, ethics, operations, remix culture, CSS. It’s all in there. ----more----
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| Episode 11: Design Strategy for the Birds | 22 Jan 2019 | 00:51:30 | |
We catch up with John Mahoney, Vice President of Digital Products at National Audubon Society for the National Audubon Society. Four years after a successful launch, we reflect on what it took to create a flexible new design system and achieve lasting change for a complex organization. A big part was “soaking in the pain.” ----more----
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| Episode 10: Humans Talk to Humans | 14 Dec 2018 | 01:07:58 | |
We welcome Nate Bolt, the founder of Ethnio and author of Remote Research, to talk about talking to the right people, why so many businesses go about qualitative research the wrong way, and how powerful a simple conversation can be. ----more----
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image: Casual Friday Gets *Really* Weird by Nate Bolt via Flickr
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| Episode 9: Empathy for the Devil | 16 Nov 2018 | 00:49:43 | |
Stephanie Lucas, Senior UX Designer at LinkedIn joins us to share how she incorporated principles from the Mule ethics workshop into her practice. Inspired by a comment from another participant, Stephanie created a Red Team/Blue Team workshop to uncover how bad actors might wreak havoc on the platform. We talk about using an ethical framework to make better choices. ----more----
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| Episode 8: It’s All Practice | 02 Nov 2018 | 00:58:46 | |
It’s a new season of VOD, and the theme is design practice. After contemplating the tyranny of seaside pumpkins, Erika and Larisa talk about the promise and pitfalls of various approaches to design in the delivery-focused organization. ----more----
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| Episode 7: Towards Civic Futures | 21 Sep 2018 | 01:08:46 | |
Is the problem with systems design that we’ve forgotten how to make good compromises? Strategic designer and co-founder of Dash Marshall Bryan Boyer talks about his work thinking about the future from the vantage point of Detroit and formerly, Finland. ----more----
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| Episode 6: Public Interest | 17 Aug 2018 | 00:55:39 | |
Scratch a follower of Ayn Rand and you’ll find someone who looks to the government for help in a hurricane. Pragmatic design leader and public sector champion Cyd Harrell joins us to talk about the practice of designing systems for citizens. ----more----
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| Episode 5: Design and The Triple Storyline | 27 Jul 2018 | 01:21:06 | |
While we weren’t paying attention, software ate the world and barfed up a hellscape. By taking a broader set of perspectives, designers can work with informed intention to create ethical and profitable systems. ----more----
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| Episode 22: Accessible Design for Everyone | 18 Jan 2020 | 01:11:13 | |
Accessibility consultant and trainer Elle Waters joins us to talk about the importance of inclusive design, and why we aren’t there yet. ----more----
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| Episode 4: People Are the Problem | 28 Jun 2018 | 00:58:18 | |
We sat down with Dan Brown to talk about the joy and pain of facilitation, issues with various types of maps, and why designers have to get comfortable talking to people. Dan is a titan of Information Architecture, co-founder of EightShapes, and the author of several useful books and tools for doing better design work. Apologies to Boston. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Dan Brown EightShapes Medium Dan’s cards Information Architecture Lenses Medium Dan’s book Practical Design Discovery California Three States Initiative ballotpedia.org #unicorn Vans They're real IA Summit iasummit.org Jared Spool Wikipedia Center Centre Medium This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com | |||
| Episode 3: The Learning Loop | 15 Jun 2018 | 00:49:26 | |
Don’t call it gamification. Author, game designer, and CEO of Shufflebrain, Amy Jo Kim joins us to talk about her Game Thinking methodology, the joy of working independently, and getting clients to walk through the fire and accept criticism they might not want to hear. P.S. Amy Jo has a podcast! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com | |||
| Episode 2: The Democratization of Design | 30 May 2018 | 00:46:22 | |
Designer Khoi Vinh joins us to talk about his take on the job of a designer and his efforts to make the field more accessible. EPISODE LINKS
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| Episode 1: What is the job of a designer? | 16 May 2018 | 00:51:44 | |
What is the job of a designer? This is our first episode and this topic will be the theme of our first season. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit voiceofdesign.substack.com | |||
| Episode 21: Union Strong | 26 Nov 2019 | 00:57:26 | |
Yonah Camacho Diamond, union organizer with the Communications Workers of America explains how unions works in the US. We discuss why tech workers might want to consider organizing and the process for doing so. ----more----
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| Episode 20: Design is Gay | 18 Nov 2019 | 01:00:46 | |
John Hanawalt, designer and co-founder of the Queer Design Club, returns to Mule to tell us about his work to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and foster community, and especially the Queer Design Count. ----more----
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| Episode 19: Talking to Strangers | 24 Oct 2019 | 00:52:44 | |
Kio Stark, author of When Strangers Meet, TED speaker, and person who by her own admission makes strange faces, joins us to talk about the benefits of talking to people you don’t know. We talk about ways to step out of your comfort zone to experience moments of ‘fleeting intimacy’ without coming across as a sociopath. And it turns out this is all connected to research. ----more----
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| Episode 18: Not Content with Content | 11 Sep 2019 | 00:58:22 | |
Kristina Halvorson, founder of Brain Traffic and Confab: the Content Strategy Conference joins us to talk about content, and strategy, and why some people continue to be wrong on the internet. Also, what’s up with supervillain lairs? ----more----
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| Episode 17: Design is the Solution? | 22 Aug 2019 | 01:11:20 | |
Design pioneer, entrepreneur, author, and longtime friend of Mule Nathan Shedroff joins us to talk about innovation, sustainability, and the Cats trailer. Nathan co-founded one of the first web services firms ever, went on to create the ground-breaking Design MBA program at California College of the Arts (CCA), and is now executive director of Seed Vault Ltd, building an independent, trusted bot economy on the blockchain. ----more----
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| Episode 16: Ruined by Design | 01 May 2019 | 00:44:54 | |
Mike wrote a book about ethics. We also talk inexpertly about equines and touch on the stupidity of gender reveal parties and Ayn Rand fans. ----more----
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| Episode 15: Designer Yells at Cloud | 11 Apr 2019 | 00:57:48 | |
Jeff Tidwell, entrepreneur and long-time friend of Mule joins us to talk about his latest project. Next For Me is a resource for people 50+ as they navigate new work and social contributions. We discuss ageism, opportunities to build a better society, and the relationship of kids these days to our lawns. ----more----
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