Conscious Design Podcast™

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes Ellie Porter. Ellie starts off with a bit of her backstory and what she does. Ellie then explains the technology behind where she works and what impact it has and helps even the common viewer understand what it is that the technology does. Ellie goes on to explain what her role in this giant process is and what...

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast, and today Ian welcomes Lauren to the show. Lauren starts off with a brief introduction of herself and the company. She then moves to discuss the early stages of product design. Lauren then talks about what made her choose silicon as the final material for the design and the final product. Lauren then shares her story of business succ...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast with our amazing guest Daniela Caine. She’s the founder of Koryphae, a high-vibrational clothing brand for conscious women as well as a coach to other designers. Daniela shares her journey through the fashion world, working to a high level in companies like Adidas. She also shares what helped her find her calling and what life experiences she...

On this episode of the Conscious Design Podcast our host Ian speaks with Karoline, lead designer for Nomono. Nomono has created a podcast in a box system that takes full advantage of spacial audio and AI enhanced audio. Ian and Karoline talk about sustainability and Nomono’s approach to designing impactful, sustainable products. They also talk about the concept of “emotional durability” and how it...

On this episode of Conscious Design Podcast, Ian welcomes Kavita Shah of Boxed Water to chat about sustainability, marketing, and how Boxed Water began. Kavita starts with the origins of the business and what brought her to marketing. Ian and Kavita talk about sustainability and what have been the challenges and successes of marketing a sustainable product. As a mission driven brand, Boxed Water h...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast where today Ian welcomes Lisa Craig Gautier. Lisa starts off talking about what she actually does and what her starting vision was and where it has evolved today. Lisa then talks more about her specific product and what creative solutions were they able to come up with. Lisa and Ian then talk about wasteful thinking when it comes to hair and b...

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes David Schoenfeld. David gets started with what inspired him to pursue his business idea and make it reality. David then talks about the possibility of running out of scarce materials and how he himself has set it as his goal to try to solve this issue at least in a certain sphere of our lives. Then David talks m...

Welcome back to another Conscious Design Podcast where Ian welcomes some of the people behind the Selective Earth Forming project, Sadek Ahmed and Adam Meyrick . They both begin with their backstory and origin of their project. Ahmed then describes their process on how the project works and also tries to explain also the technology behind it. Adam and Ahmed then talk about different shapes they ca...

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes Pallavi Pande. Pallavi first introduces herself and what she does. She then explains how her business is based on reusing something that can essentially be classified as waste and replacing a lot of chemicals in the production process. Pallavi then shares what made her company grow so rapidly in a seemingly shor...

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes Yuri Eliezer. Yuri starts off by talking a bit about his origin story and how the love for physics brought him to do what he does for a living today. Yuri then talks about the AI specialization of his business and what they are trying to develop or what the big idea behind it is. Yuri also mentioned what partner...

Join us for another captivating episode of the Conscious Design Podcast as we welcome Allen Witters, a true pioneer in sustainability and innovation. Allen introduces his groundbreaking work and shares his vision for the future. Explore the cutting-edge technologies behind his revolutionary solutions, which transform waste into valuable raw materials, all while generating power. Gain exclusive ins...

Welcome back to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes Max Stadnyk in his show. Max begins with a short introduction into who he is and what he does and how he got so passionate about his current job. Max then describes and elaborates more about sustainability in architecture and design and what he specifically focuses on. Ian and Max then discuss business and desig...

Welcome back to yet another episode of the Conscious Podcast and today Ian welcomes Shelli Brunswick in the episode. Shelli starts by a brief introduction of what she does and how it all began. Shelli then talks more about her organization, the space foundation and what their mission is. Shelli and Ian then talk more about in which areas the biggest growth can be observed and maybe where the futur...

Welcome back to another episode of Conscious Design and today we welcome Natalie Ross. Natalie starts off by introducing herself and her business a bit. Natalie then talks more about the recent demand in the residential sector and how that changed her business. Ian and Natalie then both discuss how the social changes have made people more conscious about landscaping and the interest in such subjec...

Welcome back to the Conscious Design podcast and today Ian welcomes Doug Woodring. Doug starts by telling us who he is and what does he focus on and explaining a little bit the problematic of ocean pollution. Doug then talks about the connection between the pollution of freshwater and the pollution of oceans and how both of them are very similar issues, not to be separated from each other. Doug th...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast and today the guest is Ryan Margolin. Ryan in the intro introduces what he does and where the idea for it came from. He then addresses the question of how he managed to shift to different markets with his product and what benefits has that brought him. Ryan and Ian then talk about what making custom products brings to a business and what benef...

Today Ian in his show welcomes two guests Kiana Guyon & Joshua Lucas Oates. They start off by a brief introduction and how they are currently doing. Kiane and Joshua then discuss the balance of everything their product has to have. Kiane then explains all the different parts that are in a toothbrush and Joshua explains their method for returning customers and their recycling pledge. Kiane and...

Welcome again to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast, where today Ian Peterman welcomes Deirdre Horan, founder of Dri Umbrellas. Deirdre begins with a short story about how she got started and where she drew her inspiration from. Deidre then talks about what made her change her look on the problematic of the oceans and what made her look at it from a different perspective. Deidre and I...

Today Ian welcomes Marina Tran-Vu, who begins by talking about her story as she got started and what she does. Marina then talks about the durability and popularity of different materials and the process of choosing on which materials to focus. Marina also talks about the products she sells and on which is the main focus and where they are trying something new. Marina talks more about the business...

Welcome to another episode of the Conscious Design Podcast, today Ian welcomes Alexander Suma. Alexander starts off with a quick background story and introduction of his business. Alexander then mentions where this inspiration for this business came from and how he managed to expand it into a successful business plan. Ian and Alexander then discuss which buildings are the easiest and hardest to wo...

Welcome back to another episode of Conscious Podcast, today Ian welcomes Moyang Yang, who starts off by presenting her back story and what her business is all about. Then she continues to explain about challenging the notion of luxury materials being purely leather and leather only. Moyang then explains the importance of the personal touch in the world of luxury fashion and how it actually helped...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast, today Ian welcomes Richard Blank. Richard starts off by explaining what he does and what his company is based around. Richard even talks a bit about his background. Richard and Ian both discuss the importance of culture and how it shapes the business you are trying to build in the foreign country. Richard then discusses how to properly motiva...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast, today Ian welcomes Kenneth Gembel. Kenneth starts off by explaining the projects and how he approaches them, also providing a little back story into his life. Kenneth and Ian then both talk about the different environments of the public and private sector, how to approach them and what are the possible challenges that await with these sectors...

Welcome to another episode of Conscious Design Podcast and today Ian welcomes Benjamin Mandos. Benjamin starts off with a small introduction of what they do and what his company does. Benjamin then talks more about the methods they used to extract plastic and which areas they focus on. Benjamin and Ian then talk about the waste management mistakes that also motivated Benjamin to try and change thi...

Today Ian welcomes in his Conscious Design Podcast Show a new guest by the name of Mike Newman. Mike immediately  introduces himself to the audience and what his company does. Mike also mentions the education of the public that helps him do these activities. Mike then explains how beneficial these discussions are to knowing what can help the specific business. Mike and Ian then both talk abou...