Iterations

 A sociology class about health and disease probably doesn't sound like the obvious setting for an exhibition of experimental photography. But over the course of a term at Drexel, students started translating medical systems, chronic illness, disability, anxiety, care, and survival into images. In this episode of Iterations, we hear about the development of visual literacy - a lifelong practic...

In this episode of Drexel’s “Iterations,” we explore housing, creative placemaking, and design with architect and social scientist D.S. Nicholas, founding director of Drexel’s master’s program in Design. Dee describes how her practice has shifted toward health-supportive, human-centered design, culminating in a collaboration called Second Story Collective. Originating in Drexel's Writer's...

We all play. We all like to play - but why? What is it about games that brings us closer together, empowers us, and sparks joy? In this episode we meet Erin Truesdell and professor Frank Lee - researchers and practitioners in the field of game design - about taking play seriously as a tool for education, social connection, and healthcare. They discuss interdisciplinary games research and the appli...

In this episode of Iterations, we meet Patricia “Pattie” Moore, whose work and research have dramatically changed the design world. In the late 1970s, she partnered with makeup artist Barbara Kelly to disguise herself as an 85-year-old. Pattie traveled for nearly four years across the US and Canada, gaining fascinating insights about our age-phobic culture. Her research informed influential produc...

Rethinking Fashion as Access: Nancy Volpe Barringer on Adaptive Design and DignityThis episode of Iterations explores how designer Nancy Volpe Beringer reframes fashion as access, dignity, and independence. Beringer describes her graduate experience at Drexel, the demanding critiques that shaped her, and how physical challenges deepened her sensitivity to exclusion in fashion. She discusses center...

The body as an archive and dance for community storytelling. This is Iterations , a podcast about creativity, design, and the ideas that emerge when disciplines collide. Hosted by Laurel Hostak Jones in partnership with Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, Iterations explores how research and practice in the creative disciplines can inform solutions to so...

Coming in 2026 from Drexel University's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design. Iterations is a podcast exploring how the disciplines ofdesign, media, entertainment, and the arts shape the world we share. A season about the spaces we inhabit… the stories we tell…and the futures we imagine when creativity meets care. In Season One, we sit down with dancers, designers,filmmakers,...