Design Positive (D+ve)
11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago -The what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecedented times we are living in right now. The idea is to consciously explore the notion of design beyond its conventional scape.
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E10 | More than Human
June 30, 2020 19:11 - 30 minutes - 68.9 MBIn our grand finale of Season 1, we speak to futurist Anab Jain. In this episode we speak about the complex challenges in our hands as designer. We discuss with Anab around human and more than human. Anab is a designer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Superflux, a critically acclaimed foresight, design and technology company in London working for clients like V&A, Google, UNDP and BBC. Anab’s work has won honours from Apple Computers Inc., UNESCO, Geneva Human Rights Festival, and TED. Her work...
E9 | Agency for Impact
June 24, 2020 02:30 - 22 minutes - 51 MBIn this episode we speak to Dhruv Saxena, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Obvious, a strategic product consultancy about agency culture, conscious choices, inclusion, design operations, balance between business & social impact and more. Dhruv shares his views and number of anecdotes from his experience building Obvious that partners with businesses to create digital experiences across a wide range of domains and industries. Since its inception, Obvious has helped create several of SE...
E8 | Behavioural Economics
June 17, 2020 15:14 - 30 minutes - 69.7 MBIn this episode we speak to Deepa Bachu, a design leadership veteran who has about two decades of industry experience in creating compelling global products. She started as a software engineer like most of us. She grew quickly to lead Innovation and Global Strategy for Intuit, India. Currently Deepa runs Pensaar Design which is a design strategy and consulting firm to help businesses co.create awesome, by design. Deepa has created multiple global products, across multiple domains, across m...
E7 | Design the Designer in you
June 10, 2020 02:30 - 31 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode we speak to Niyam Bhushan, an industry-pioneer and industry-veteran in various disciplines of Design. He is a successful entrepreneur with two businesses he set up early in his career. First venture at age 16 in digital publishing, with international clients, which he ran for 12 years. Second, as a value-added solutions provider with Apple in the 1990s. Checkout this TEDx talk on Design that changes the narrative of Design from India in the world He is currently augmenting ...
E6 | Design for Social Impact
June 03, 2020 14:04 - 34 minutes - 79.5 MBIn this episode we speak to Unmesh Kulkarni, founder of Oceanic Circle, a human-centered platform for Social Innovation, about design for social impact, the business of social impact, accountability, risks, government intervention, measurements and more. Before jumping into social entrepreneurship, Unmesh handled global and regional design leadership roles at Honeywell and Philips, working across continents, living in India and China, bringing solutions to global markets at scale. Prior to...
05 | Design through the eyes of an Anthropologist
May 27, 2020 02:30 - 24 minutes - 19.6 MBIn this episode we speak to Deepa Reddy, a lead cultural anthropologist and a faculty at University of Houston. She has published on topics ranging from religious nationalism, caste and ethnicity, women's activism, bioethics and blood donation, and human-technology interactions. She leads a group called Shalikuta in a project documenting Indian heritage rices and she is leading The Asthma Files (a multi-city study on air quality and governance), Chennai chapter currently. Connect with Deepa...
04 | Distributing Design - Rebalancing leadership
May 20, 2020 01:30 - 32 minutes - 25.6 MBIn this episode we speak to Alok Nandi, a designer-entrepreneur working out of Brussels, creative director-partner of Architempo and Spread Design BV. He was global president of IxDA - Interaction Design Association. He is author, speaker and also professor of design and innovation in Lyon, France, at Institut Paul Bocuse, a culinary/hospitality school. His studies combined engineering, management and film. Connect with Alok: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aloknandi/ Alok's Website: www.alokn...
03 | Responsible Design with Dr. Girish Prabhu
May 13, 2020 03:30 - 21 minutes - 17.4 MBIn this episode we speak to Dr. Girish Prabhu, SVP - Innovation & UX @ HFI and Founder of Sakalya.IFDE about a rare topic from the world of design world called Responsible Design and explore the what, the why and the how with our design veteran Dr. Girish Prabhu.. Dr. Girish Prabhu has 25+ years of experience in empathetic research, innovation, design, new product & business development, and product localisation. His experience and expertise covers various domains such as education, health...
02 | Design Thinking, A deep dive with Anjali Kelkar
May 06, 2020 05:00 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBIn this episode we speak to Anjali Kelkar, Director of Studio for Design Research and based in Hong Kong. She has over two decades of experience as a Design Strategy practitioner, mentor and educator leading strategy and research teams across Asia, Africa and the Americas. She has been an Internationally invited thought leader; who has published in User Experience and Business journals and taught as an adjunct Design Strategy Faculty at universities globally. Connect with Anjali: https://ww...
01 | Designing for the New Normal with Apala Lahiri Chavan
April 24, 2020 10:26 - 27 minutes - 38.2 MBIn this episode is focused on the new and emerging approaches that can help in expanding the role design discipline can play in our world. We will deep dive into approaches that will contribute to making of a new and a better world. Apala Lahiri Chavan is Co-Founder, Human Factors International (Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia) and Chief Design Officer. Her passion is to envision how user experience can be a change agent using digital channels. She is also fascinated by changes in...
Welcome to D+ve
April 24, 2020 10:09 - 1 minute - 2.08 MBHello and welcome to the Design Positive show. In shorts called as D+ve! There are a number of quality design podcasts out there and why one more you may ask? Oh yes, a number of them are available for sure but there is no one podcast that brings together the what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecendented times we are...