Design Lab with Bon Ku

Meet Emily Pilloton. She’s a designer who has developed mastery of any power tool. Emily’s love of teaching through building led her to found the nonprofit Girls Garage, where girls are empowered to change the world around them by making. Using everything from drills to band saws, girls work together in a creative community unlike any other. In this episode, you will be inspired to use your own ha...

Meet Mike Natter. He’s an artist turned doctor who uses comics, sketches and drawings to share his journey in Medicine. Mike is an Endocrinology Fellow in New York City where he finished his residency training treating patients with Covid-19. In his conversation with Bon, Mike shares how art helps him both as a doctor and a patient living with diabetes, embracing a creative mindset and being troll...

Are we hardwired for addictive behaviors? How can we quiet our brains? Do you need a mental health trainer? Dr. Harrison, a psychiatrist and addiction medicine specialist, is going to help us answer these questions and shine light to those things that we push into the dark. She is the co-founder and Chief Medical Officer of Eleanor Health and hosts the In Recovery Podcast. Bon and Dr. Harrison dis...

Meet Ellen Lupton, designer extraordinaire. Ellen has spent her career sharing the power of design beyond the design profession. She has written over 20 books on design, teaches graphic design at the Maryland Institute College of Art and is the senior curator at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Bon and Ellen discuss DIY design, why healthcare needs design and how each one of us can become...