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Design As

Design As

By: Design Observer
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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 by design today. In season two, recorded at the Design Research Conference 2024 in Boston, we gathered new round tables to discuss Design As Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, and Pluriverse. Plus, our bonus episodes are exclusive recordings of conference panels!

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Episodes
  • Design As Control | Design As Collaboration

    Design As Control | Design As Collaboration
    Sep 30 2025

    Design As Control | Design As Collaboration features Lee Moreau in conversation with Liz Danzico, Jai Shekhawat, Liz Gerber, and Kevin Bethune.

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    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.
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    48 mins
  • Design Beyond Silicon Valley

    Design Beyond Silicon Valley
    Sep 23 2025

    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 panel will explore how businesses are breaking out of Silicon Valley to consider AI’s implementation and impact around the world. It is moderated by Kevin Bethune, CEO of dreams.design+life, and author of Nonlinear:Navigating Design with Curiosity and Conviction.

    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.

    Subscribe to With Intent from the Institute of Design for even more bonus content from the Shapeshift Summit.

    Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
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    49 mins
  • Design as Trust | Design as Doubt

    Design as Trust | Design as Doubt
    Sep 16 2025

    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 theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
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    49 mins
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