Jo Barnard

Rethinking the Mundane

Rethinking the Mundane is a podcast where a creative technologist and an industrial designer sit down and chat about the mundane objects, services and phenomena in our lives. Discussing how they came to be and what they say about society, Jo and Lex aim to reframe, rethink and reimagine that which we typically overlook. From microwaves to pop music, you’ll get insights on how two curious designers see the world and, just maybe, have your own view shifted along the way.

Author

Jo Barnard

Category

Technology

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Latest episode

Apr 23, 2024

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Episodes

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep. 16 the Toilet 23.04.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we chat about arguably one of the most important things in our home that we definitely take for granted; the toilet. What actually...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep. 15 CCTV 17.04.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss something that we often forget is there, but has the potential to really impact and even control our lives; CCTV. From b...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.14 Video Calls 18.03.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss something that we might not have made it through 2020 without - the video call. From it's difficult start (no-one wa...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep. 13 The Chair 08.03.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss an object that most of us use for multiple hours a day, the Chair. An interesting object for cultural, political and soc...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.12 The Internet 24.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss a subject that has shifted the very foundations of society in only a few short decades. The internet is arguably anythin...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.11 The Notebook 24.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss the handy little notebook. From your earliest attempt at writing to jotting to-do lists and ideas, the notebook has hist...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.10 Lightbulbs 21.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss the lightbulb. Something we take for granted, the humble lightbulb has influenced everything from productivity to creativi...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.09 The CV 20.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. This week's episode is all about the CV. Is it out of date, does it really communicate who we are, is AI going to bring about new and better ways of givin...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.08 For innovations sake (BONUS) 20.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. This week's episode is a BONUS episode. We left the camera rolling after our previous chat about bins and captured some gold Jo and Lex on the importance...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.07 Bins 20.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss the object in your home that you'd probably rather forget about, the rubbish bin; a physical representation of an in...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.06 Traffic Lights 04.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss Traffic Lights. How they represent a widely accepted societal code of the road, and what might happen when they become m...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep. 05 The Smartphone 04.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss an object that in only the last two decades has completely transformed how we communicate, learn, travel, create and exp...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.04 Windows 04.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss something so mundane it's basically invisible: the window. What they have meant to society, how innovation has shape...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.03 Pop Music 04.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring  the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and  innovative creative technologist Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss Pop Music, the ever shifting genre of music that both defines us and divides us. With AI able to write the next smash hi...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.02 The Microwave 04.02.2024

Join us for an exciting journey into the world of everyday design. In 'Rethinking the Mundane,' we bring you a captivating podcast featuring the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and innovative creative technologist Lex Fefagha. In this week's episode we discuss arguably the most boring of kitchen appliances, the Microwave; where it came from, how it has influenced society and d...

Rethinking the Mundane - Ep.01 04.02.2024

Welcome to Rethinking the Mundane, a captivating podcast hosted by the visionary industrial designer Jo Barnard and innovative creative technologist Lex Fefagha. Get ready to challenge the ordinary products, services, and phenomena that shape our lives. Discover the hidden potential in the mundane as these two leading creatives engage in insightful conversations. But that's not all! We want YO...

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