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Design As
Who does design belong to, and who is it for? How does it serve us— all of us—and how can we learn to better understand its future, and our own? On Design As— podcast from Design Observer—we’ll dig into all of this and more, in conversation with design leaders, scholars, practitioners, and a range of industry experts whose seasoned perspectives will help illuminate the questions as well as the answers. In our first season, we considered the topics of Culture, Complexity, and Citizenship in terms of their impact on the design practice and also in terms of how they themselves are being shaped b...
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Episodes
Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney 28.10.2025 30:52
Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney features Lee Moreau in conversation with Patrick Whitney. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As Creation | Design As Consumption 21.10.2025 44:36
Design As As Creation | Design As Consumption features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anamitra Deb, Jessica Meharry, and Anne H Berry. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website . Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As Short | Design As Long 07.10.2025 41:49
Design As Short | Design As Long features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anijo Mathew, Grace Colby, Brandon Schauer, and Ashley Lukasik. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website . Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As Control | Design As Collaboration 30.09.2025 47:40
Design As Control | Design As Collaboration features Lee Moreau in conversation with Liz Danzico, Jai Shekhawat, Liz Gerber, and Kevin Bethune. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design Beyond Silicon Valley 23.09.2025 48:34
Design Beyond Silicon Valley features an exclusive panel from the Shapeshift Summit featuring Ruth Kikin-Gil , Responsible AI Strategist at Microsoft; Liz Danzico , VP of Design for Microsoft AI and Founding Chair of the MFA in Interaction Design at SVA; and Ellie Kemery , Principal AI User Research Lead at SAP Business AI, the panel examines how companies are realizing the potential of AI. The pa...
Design as Trust | Design as Doubt 16.09.2025 48:37
Design As Trust | Design as Doubt features Lee Moreau in conversation with TB Bardlavens , Ryan Powell , Terry Williams-Willcock , and Ellie Kemery . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website . Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in Ma...
Design As Fast | Design As Slow 09.09.2025 54:29
Design As Fast | Design As Slow features Lee Moreau in conversation with Ruth Schmidt , Albert Shum , David McGaw , and Ruth Kikin-Gil . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website . Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
Design As S3: Trailer 02.09.2025 3:17
Design As is back! Starting September 9th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you’ll hear discussions about Responsible AI from technologists, educators, designers, and industry leaders plus bonus episodes directly recorded at the Shapeshift Summit hosted by the Institute of Des...
FEED DROP Design As With Intent 26.08.2025 29:50
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of With Intent , from the Institute of Design with Anamitra Deb recorded at the Shapeshift Summit. You’ll hear more from the Summit throughout our season! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more...
FEED DROP Design As Technical Difficulties 19.08.2025 51:35
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of Technical Difficulties , from Liz Gerber. You’ll hear more from Liz later on in our season! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.
Design As S2: Finale ft. Don Norman 18.02.2025 34:29
In this finale episode of Design As, host Lee Moreau reflects on the season, and also includes an exclusive interview with famed designer Don Norman, recorded at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024. A full transcript of the show, plus more bonus content, can be found here Looking to be the site of the next season of Design As? Get in touch here !
Design As Pluriverse 11.02.2025 43:27
Design As Pluriverse features Lee Moreau in conversation with Renata Marques Leitão , Frederick van Amstel , and Lesley-Ann Noel . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Hear more from Lesley-Ann Noel and Frederick van Amstel on Season 1 of Design As Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken a...
Design As Humanity 04.02.2025 47:09
Design As Humanity features Lee Moreau in conversation with Susan Fabry , Laura Forlano , Mahsa Ershadi , and Sheng-Hung Lee . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out the Design Observer hosted job board . Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Co...
BONUS Design As Research 31.01.2025 55:00
Design is well positioned as a driving force in many business organizations, large corporations especially, codified in roles like Chief Design Officer or Head of Design. Design is directly involved in, and often leading, the process of shaping the vision and the strategy of a company. Still, design is often intended more as a practice—at different levels, from new product development to design th...
Design As Discipline 28.01.2025 28:48
Design As Discipline features Lee Moreau in conversation with Mariana Amatullo , Elizabeth Christoforetti , and Maria Risueño . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out another show from Design Observer, The Design of Business | The Business of Design , soon launching its 12th season! Season t...
Design As Visualization 21.01.2025 28:05
Design As Visualization features Lee Moreau in conversation with Dietmar Offenhuber , and Paolo Ciuccarelli . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Design Observer is always accepting pitches ! Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in B...
BONUS Design As Recovery 17.01.2025 1:05:33
In this bonus episode of Design As you’ll hear information designer and Pentagram partner Giorgia Lupi who will share her unique and, at times, deeply personal data visualization work, focusing on her ongoing recovery from Long Covid. Three and a half years and two subsequent infections later, Lupi’s recovery was the catalyst for an influential data visualization project recently published as a Vi...
Design As Care 14.01.2025 43:06
Design As Care features Lee Moreau in conversation with Jadalia Britto , Rachael Dietkus , Sofie Hodara , and Giorgia Lupi . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. Subscribe to Design Observer’s newsletters The Observatory and Equity Observer here . Click here for a full transcript of the show plus even more content on Design Observer's website. ...
Design As Governance 07.01.2025 41:54
Design As Governance features host Lee Moreau in conversation with guests Shin-pei Tsay , Geoff Mulgan , and Chelsea Mauldin . Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found here Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
Design As S2: Trailer 03.01.2025 2:59
Design As is back! Starting January 7th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you’ll hear discussions on six new key words — Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, & Pluriverse — plus two exclusive bonus episodes directly recorded at the Design Research Society...
Design As S1E6: Citizenship Part 2 21.12.2023 41:34
On this final episode of the season, Shari Davis, Oliver Escobar, Lily Tsai, and Lee Moreau finish their discussion on citizenship and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com . Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast player . Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Masterc...
Design As S1E5: Citizenship Part 1 14.12.2023 45:17
On this episode, Shari Davis, Oliver Escobar, Lily Tsai, and Lee Moreau begin a discussion on our final topic of the season: citizenship and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com . Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast player . Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by M...
Design As S1E4: Complexity Part 2 07.12.2023 42:33
On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau finish their discussion on complexity and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com . Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast player . Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experien...
Design As S1E3: Complexity Part 1 30.11.2023 42:53
On this episode, Jamer Hunt, Manuel Lima, Ellen McGirt, and Lee Moreau discuss complexity. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com . Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast player . Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought to you by Mastercard Customer Experience and Design, a design commun...
Design As S1E1: Culture Part 2 16.11.2023 46:17
On this episode of "Design As" Alicia Cheng, Lee Moreau, Lesley-Ann Noel, and Frederick van Amstel conclude their discussion of culture and design. To read the transcript, visit DesignObserver.com . Subscribe to "Design As" on Apple podcasts , Spotify , or your favorite podcast player . Follow Design Observer on social media @designobserver. "Design As" is brought...
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