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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 Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney

    Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney
    Oct 28 2025

    Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney features Lee Moreau in conversation with Patrick Whitney.

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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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    31 mins
  • Design As Short | Design As Long

    Design As Short | Design As Long
    Oct 7 2025

    Design As Short | Design As Long features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anijo Mathew, Grace Colby, Brandon Schauer, and Ashley Lukasik.

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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 theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
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    42 mins
  • 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.

    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 the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
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    48 mins
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