Design Observer

The Design Of Business | The Business of Design

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The Design of Business | The Business of Design explores how design shapes, and is shaped by, the world around us. Hosted by Ellen McGirt, the podcast features conversations with visionary leaders from a wide range of industries, from architecture and technology to journalism and retail. Together, they examine creative practices, challenge conventional thinking, and explore how design drives business, innovation, and social change. In Season 12 of DB|BD, host Ellen McGirt explores Designing for the Unknown —how visionary designers, architects, and thinkers navigate uncertainty, from climate ad...

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Nov 11, 2025

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Episodes

S5E9: Manuel Lima 27.11.2018

Manuel Lima is a UX design manager at Google and the founder of the website Visual Complexity.

S5E8: Todd Waterbury 20.11.2018

Todd Waterbury is the chief creative officer of Target.

S5E7: Susannah Drake 13.11.2018

Susannah Drake is the founder of DLANDstudio, a landscape architecture and urban design firm.

S5E6: Lorna Solis 06.11.2018

Lorna Solis is the founder and CEO of Blue Rose Compass, a nonprofit that helps gifted refugees develop their potential.

S5E5: Forest Young 30.10.2018

Forest Young is head of design and a global principal at the branding consultancy Wolff Olins.

S5E4: Mariana Amatullo 23.10.2018

Mariana Amatullo teaches strategic design and management at Parsons School of Design at The New School.

S5E3: Ellen Lupton 16.10.2018

Ellen Lupton is the curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, the Smithsonian Design Museum.

S5E2: Jon Iwata 09.10.2018

Jon Iwata is executive in residence at the Yale School of Management and a senior advisor to IBM.

S5E1: Lisa Smith 02.10.2018

Lisa Smith is vice president of brand design at Chobani.

S4E12: Jessica Dimmock 08.05.2018

Jessica Dimmock is a photographer and filmmaker. Her latest project is the Netflix documentary series Flint Town.

S4E11: Andrew Essex 01.05.2018

Andrew Essex is the author of “The End of Advertising: Why It Had to Die, and the Creative Resurrection to Come.”

S4E10: Abbott Miller 24.04.2018

Abbott Miller is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

S4E9: Karin Fong 17.04.2018

Karin Fong is a founding member of Imaginary Forces, a creative company specializing in visual storytelling and brand strategy.

S4E8: Somi Kim 10.04.2018

Somi Kim is senior director of healthcare solutions at Johnson & Johnson Design.

S4E7: Lisa Strausfeld 03.04.2018

Lisa Strausfeld is an information architect and data visualisation pioneer. Her studio is InformationArt.

S4E6: Margaret Gould Stewart 27.03.2018

Margaret Gould Stewart is vice president of product design at Facebook.

S4E5: Heather McIntosh Cassano 20.03.2018

Heather McIntosh Cassano is director of user experience at Google, leading a team focused on workplace apps.

S4E4: Ben Watson 13.03.2018

Ben Watson is the chief creative officer of Herman Miller, the furniture and workspace design company.

S4E3: Arthur Cohen 06.03.2018

Arthur Cohen is CEO and co-founder of LaPlaca Cohen, a strategy, design, and marketing firm for the cultural world.

S4E2: Kevin Bethune 27.02.2018

Kevin Bethune is vice president of Strategic Design at BCG Digital Ventures.

S4E1: Stella Bugbee 20.02.2018

Stella Bugbee is the editor in chief and president of New York Magazine’s The Cut .

S3E12: Vishaan Chakrabarti 19.12.2017

Vishaan Chakrabarti is the founder of Practice for Architecture and Urbanism and the author of A Country of Cities: A Manifesto for Urban America.

S3E11: Melissa Harris 12.12.2017

Melissa Harris is editor at large of the Aperture Foundation and the author of A Wild Life: A Visual Biography of Photographer Michael Nichols.

S3E10: Randy Hunt 05.12.2017

Randy Hunt is the head of design at Artsy and the former VP of Design at Etsy.

S3E9: Natasha Jen 28.11.2017

Natasha Jen is a partner in the design firm Pentagram.

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