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Voice of Design
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 29 ratingsHaving the conversations about design we want to have, sometimes with guests. Hosted by Erika Hall and Mike Monteiro. You should listen.
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Episodes
Episode 24: Technology and Society
May 08, 2020 19:13 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWe sit down with Max-Beverton Palmer, Head of Tech and Society at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss his work helping policy-makers address challenges around the world. Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the curr...
Episode 23: How to Negotiate
February 12, 2020 00:23 - 1 hour - 84.6 MBWe get the band back together! Our lawyer Gabe Levine joins us to reminisce about contract negotiations past and discuss the fundamentals of negotiation for designers, or anyone, really. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Gabriel Levine | LinkedIn Matchstick | Lawyers for creative business Matchstick | Service Agreement Field Manual Running From the Law Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism | The Guardian
Episode 22: Accessible Design for Everyone
January 18, 2020 01:33 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBAccessibility consultant and trainer Elle Waters joins us to talk about the importance of inclusive design, and why we aren’t there yet. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Level Access Universal design - Wikipedia There's also a transcript available here.
Episode 21: Union Strong
November 26, 2019 22:32 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBYonah Camacho Diamond, union organizer with the Communications Workers of America explains how unions works in the US. We discuss why tech workers might want to consider organizing and the process for doing so. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Communications Workers of America CWA District 9 AFL-CIO
Episode 20: Design is Gay
November 18, 2019 23:49 - 1 hour - 83.5 MBJohn Hanawalt, designer and co-founder of the Queer Design Club, returns to Mule to tell us about his work to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and foster community, and especially the Queer Design Count. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS John Hanawalt John on Medium Queer Design Club Stitch Fix Design Census 2019 The Queer Design Count Diversity at Dropbox tweet
Episode 19: Talking to Strangers
October 24, 2019 20:04 - 52 minutes - 72.4 MBKio Stark, author of When Strangers Meet, TED speaker, and person who by her own admission makes strange faces, joins us to talk about the benefits of talking to people you don’t know. We talk about ways to step out of your comfort zone to experience moments of ‘fleeting intimacy’ without coming across as a sociopath. And it turns out this is all connected to research. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Kio Stark Kio on Twitter Why you should talk to strangers | TED Talks When Strangers...
Episode 18: Not Content with Content
September 11, 2019 22:21 - 58 minutes - 66.8 MBKristina Halvorson, founder of Brain Traffic and Confab: the Content Strategy Conference joins us to talk about content, and strategy, and why some people continue to be wrong on the internet. Also, what’s up with supervillain lairs? ----more---- EPISODE LINKS contentstrategy.com Brain Traffic Kristina on Twitter Confab: The Content Strategy Conference What is Design Thinking? - IDEO U What Does a Content Strategist Do?
Episode 17: Design is the Solution?
August 22, 2019 20:24 - 1 hour - 98 MBDesign pioneer, entrepreneur, author, and longtime friend of Mule Nathan Shedroff joins us to talk about innovation, sustainability, and the Cats trailer. Nathan co-founded one of the first web services firms ever, went on to create the ground-breaking Design MBA program at California College of the Arts (CCA), and is now executive director of Seed Vault Ltd, building an independent, trusted bot economy on the blockchain. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS nathan.com Nathan on Twitter Ma...
Episode 16: Ruined by Design
May 01, 2019 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBMike wrote a book about ethics. We also talk inexpertly about equines and touch on the stupidity of gender reveal parties and Ayn Rand fans. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Mike on Twitter ruinedby.design "Ayn Rand was a dick." shirt by Mule Design
Episode 15: Designer Yells at Cloud
April 11, 2019 23:22 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBJeff Tidwell, entrepreneur and long-time friend of Mule joins us to talk about his latest project. Next For Me is a resource for people 50+ as they navigate new work and social contributions. We discuss ageism, opportunities to build a better society, and the relationship of kids these days to our lawns. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Jeff on Twitter Jeff on LinkedIn Next For Me encore.org
Episode 14: Quant to Qual
March 08, 2019 21:19 - 58 minutes - 54 MBWe are joined by Lynne Polischuik, a veteran researcher, founder of LynneUX, and Canadian with a small weird dog. She shares what she’s learned over her career moving from marketing and analytics to the qualitative side of things working with organizations like Google, Automattic, and HealthCare.gov. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Lynne on Twitter Clement Mok On Surveys
Episode 13: Funny, you don’t LOOK like designers
February 21, 2019 07:00 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBMike, who makes better coffee than Larisa, and Larisa, who is better at math than Mike, are joined in the studio by David Dylan Thomas to talk about cognitive bias. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS daviddylanthomas.com David on Twitter David on Medium Cognitive bias - Wikipedia Hawthorne effect - Wikipedia Clever Hans - Wikipedia Orchestrating Impartiality: The Impact of“Blind” Auditions on Female Musicians Rhyme-as-reason effect - Wikipedia Plain Language Act 18F When It Comes to ...
Episode 12: What’s Up With The Web?
February 08, 2019 17:59 - 1 hour - 67 MBWe sit down with the legendary Jen Simmons, currently Designer and Developer Advocate at Mozilla, to take stock of the web in 2019. Design, technology, platforms, ethics, operations, remix culture, CSS. It’s all in there. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Jen Simmons Jen Simmons on Twitter The Web Ahead CSS Grid Inspector Say hello, new logo | The Official Slack Blog The Experimental Layout Lab Cut the Bias | A Mule Workshop The Anatomy of Change | What we’ve learned from our own gend...
Episode 11: Design Strategy for the Birds
January 22, 2019 17:05 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBWe catch up with John Mahoney, Vice President of Digital Products at National Audubon Society for the National Audubon Society. Four years after a successful launch, we reflect on what it took to create a flexible new design system and achieve lasting change for a complex organization. A big part was “soaking in the pain.” ----more---- EPISODE LINKS National Audubon Society John Mahoney on Twitter The Audubon Bird Guide App Birds! American Animals A Rare Copy of Audubon’s ‘Birds ...
Episode 10: Humans Talk to Humans
December 14, 2018 21:46 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBWe welcome Nate Bolt, the founder of Ethnio and author of Remote Research, to talk about talking to the right people, why so many businesses go about qualitative research the wrong way, and how powerful a simple conversation can be. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Ethnio General Magic Dementia & User Research image: Casual Friday Gets *Really* Weird by Nate Bolt via Flickr
Episode 9: Empathy for the Devil
November 16, 2018 18:49 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MBStephanie Lucas, Senior UX Designer at LinkedIn joins us to share how she incorporated principles from the Mule ethics workshop into her practice. Inspired by a comment from another participant, Stephanie created a Red Team/Blue Team workshop to uncover how bad actors might wreak havoc on the platform. We talk about using an ethical framework to make better choices. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Stephanie Lucas - Senior UX Designer, Member Trust, Privacy, and Help What Are“Ethics in ...
Episode 8: It’s All Practice
November 02, 2018 18:17 - 58 minutes - 53.8 MBIt’s a new season of VOD, and the theme is design practice. After contemplating the tyranny of seaside pumpkins, Erika and Larisa talk about the promise and pitfalls of various approaches to design in the delivery-focused organization. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Trader Joe’s pumpkin products Pumpkin Festival The Irish Coffee Story
Episode 7: Towards Civic Futures
September 21, 2018 22:50 - 1 hour - 63 MBIs the problem with systems design that we’ve forgotten how to make good compromises? Strategic designer and co-founder of Dash Marshall Bryan Boyer talks about his work thinking about the future from the vantage point of Detroit and formerly, Finland. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Dash Marshall Civic Futures: Notes on Dash Marshall’s work at the intersection of architecture, technology, and society HDL Blog - Helsinki Design Lab Construction of Michigan's tallest building begins w...
Episode 6: Public Interest
August 17, 2018 18:58 - 55 minutes - 51 MBScratch a follower of Ayn Rand and you’ll find someone who looks to the government for help in a hurricane. Pragmatic design leader and public sector champion Cyd Harrell joins us to talk about the practice of designing systems for citizens. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS 18F Space Camp The Legacy Museum & The National Memorial for Peace and Justice Why Disney World Has Its Own Government Get Into Government: An Insider's Tips for Breaking In California Government Operations Agenc...
Episode 5: Design and The Triple Storyline
July 27, 2018 19:10 - 1 hour - 74.3 MBWhile we weren’t paying attention, software ate the world and barfed up a hellscape. By taking a broader set of perspectives, designers can work with informed intention to create ethical and profitable systems. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Thinking in Triplicate Facebook Ad Campaign John Elkington Triple bottom line Slaughterhouse-Five Too good to survive: The rise and fall of Rdio Basecamp Barber surgeon Womb Chair Ball Chair They Live
Episode 4: People Are the Problem
June 28, 2018 17:13 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBWe sat down with Dan Brown to talk about the joy and pain of facilitation, issues with various types of maps, and why designers have to get comfortable talking to people. Dan is a titan of Information Architecture, co-founder of EightShapes, and the author of several useful books and tools for doing better design work. Apologies to Boston. ----more---- EPISODE LINKS Dan Brown EightShapes Twitter Medium Dan’s cards Information Architecture Lenses Twitter Medium Dan’s book Practical ...
Episode 3: The Learning Loop
June 15, 2018 16:45 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBDon’t call it gamification. Author, game designer, and CEO of Shufflebrain, Amy Jo Kim joins us to talk about her Game Thinking methodology, the joy of working independently, and getting clients to walk through the fire and accept criticism they might not want to hear. P.S. Amy Jo has a podcast! Getting2Alpha
Episode 2: The Democratization of Design
May 30, 2018 21:39 - 46 minutes - 42.5 MBDesigner Khoi Vinh joins us to talk about his take on the job of a designer and his efforts to make the field more accessible. EPISODE LINKS In Defense of Design Thinking, Which Is Terrible Fiverr 99designs Apple Swift CodePen Design is a Job Juicero Adobe XD Designer News
Episode 1: What is the job of a designer?
May 16, 2018 04:50 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MBWhat is the job of a designer? This is our first episode and this topic will be the theme of our first season.