Detroit City of Design Podcast

City of Helsinki, UNESCO Creative Cities Network, The Most Functional City in the World, World Happiness Report

Pensole

D-Ford,  F150, Project Apollo

MOLD, United Nations Oncoming Food Crisis, Burton Nitta

LOVE Building, Design Guide: Real Estate Development

AGI Construction, Detroit Future Ops, 18th Street Design Build Green Hub

studio:indigenous, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Mismatch by Kat Holmes, Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples by Linda Tuhiwai Smith, native-land.ca

studio:indigenous, Antoine Predock, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Indian Community School

City of Design ChallengeCollege for Creative StudiesConnect 313rootoftwo

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Real estate developer Phillip Kafka and and architect Ishtiaq Rafiuddin discuss real estate development as a system for solving problems, which for Detroit, means ensuring affordability while creating new economic value. Philip and Ish are behind some of Detroit's most exciting projects, including the award-winning restaurant and Takoi and Core City Park. Links for Reference: Takoi, Core City Park, True North, The Caterpillar, Design Core's Real Estate Design Guide, Edwin Chan, Julie Bargmann, tabula rasa, Ochre Bakery, Bloomscape.

Marquise Stillwell is the founder of Openbox, a design studio and consultancy based in New York City that works at the intersection of people and systems. He is also the cofounder of Opendox, a film company that tells lesser-known narratives, Deem Journal, an editorial publication focused on design as a social practice, and Artmatr, an international community of artists and engineers working to merge digital technology with painting methods. In this episode Marquise and Olga discuss his human-centered approach to design and how the design industry can respond to the current calls for racial and social justice. Links for reference: Openbox, Opendox, Artmatr, Black Girls Code, MLK Library, adrienne maree brown, Shield and Spear, Designing for Dignity. 

Dug Song and Sally Carson, discuss the role of design in tech. Doug is a general manager and cofounder of Duo Security, now a part of Cisco. And Sally is their head of product design and user research.Duo Security makes it safe to log into anything from anywhere, from any device, at any time. Duo combines security expertise with a user-centered philosophy to provide simple and effective security solutions for all users today, we will explore why design matters in tech and why we need to build more inclusive environments across the tech community.Links for Reference: Duo Security, Cisco, Elayna Spratley, w00w00, Allied Media Conference, Brian Stevenson at the Equal Justice Initiative, Digital Defense Playbook, Project Greenlight, Detroit Community Technology Project, Chamath Palihapitiya, Ben Adida, VotingWorks, Ban the Box, Org Design for Design Orgs

Pophouse is a Detroit-based interior design studio focused on strategic, unconventional, and human-centric design. We will discuss how research influences Pophouse’s design strategy and how COVID-19 is impacting the future of workspaces.  

Xenith is a Detroit-based industry leader in football helmet technology, and also produces shoulder pads, face masks, apparel and more. Xenith has prioritized design thinking in all of its product development, which has resulted in gear that transcends protection alone—designing for optimal fit, feel, comfort and style. Today, we will discuss how collaboration between designers and engineers can result in groundbreaking innovation. We will also touch on Xenith’s initiative to provide 20,000 face shields to Detroit area Hospitals. Links for Reference: Xenith, College for Creative Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit PAL, ISAIC, Shadow XR Helmet, Carhartt, Xenith Loop, BASF

Rama Gheerawo is the director of the Helen Hamlyn Center for Design at the Royal College of Art. Rama is a global leader in people-centered and socially inclusive design. He's a serial innovator in the fields of technology, products, services, and transport with over a hundred projects to his name. In this episode we discuss the role of design in creating products, services, and systems that benefit people of all abilities, especially in terms of aging populations in healthcare, and why creative leadership is needed now, more than ever. Links for Reference:Helen Hamlyn Center for Design, Include Conference, Oxford Aging and Technology Project, Slow-Mo

Jessica Helfand is the and award-winning designer, artist, writer, and the founding editor of Design Observer. Jessica is the author of numerous books on visual and cultural criticism and is also the host of two podcasts, The Observatory and The Design of Business | The Business of Design. Host Olga Stella talks with Jessica about  the impact that crisis can have on the creative process, and the crucial role design will play in helping businesses adapt to our new reality.Links for reference:The ObservatoryThe Design of Business | The Business of DesignThis Car Saved Ford by Ellen McGirtraceAhead by Ellen McGirt  Ford plans mobility testing site behind Michigan Central StationTimothy Geithner, former Secretary of the TreasuryJon Iwata, senior advisor to IBMJames Rhee, CEO of Ashley StewartThe New York Time: Why Zoom is TerribleFace: A Visual Odyssey by Jessica HelfandThe Self-Reliance ProjectDesign for America | Design innovation for social goodUncertainty: The Design Observer 2020 Summit

Angela Glover Blackwell is the Founder in Residence at PolicyLink and the host of the Radical Imagination podcast. She has helped grow and define a national equity movement focused on innovating and improving public policy to ensure access and opportunity for all low-income people and communities of color. Host Olga Stella talks with Angela about how COVID-19 has exacerbated inequality issues as well as how everyone benefits when we implement solutions for our most vulnerable populations.Links for reference: Policy Link, Radical Imagination Podcast, UNESCO City of Design Designation, The Curb-Cut Effect, How the GI Bill's Promise Was Denied to a Million Black WWII Veterans

Kacha Azéma is the executive creative director of Skidmore Studio, a strategic creative studio focused on helping consumer-facing companies grow through innovative design and branding services. Host Olga Stella talks with Kacha about brand adaptation and how design can help businesses through trying times. Links for reference: Skidmore Studio, Detroit Design Network, Bon Bon Bon, Stroh's, Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre, Ellis Island Tea, Learnings from the first week of social distancing

Reddymade University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture Johns Hopkins University Times Square Arts "X"

Community Development Advocates of Detroit (CDAD)

SmithGroup Detroit Future City Strategic Framework

City of Detroit Mobility Detroit Department of Transportation Detroit Transit Expansion MoGo Detroit Bike Share MoGo Expansion

Gensler University of Detroit Mercy National Organization of Minority Architects Detroit Cranbrook Art Museum

Perkins+Will Greenville, North Carolina Town Common National Museum of African American History and Culture Motown Museum

Serpentine Pavilion Aesop West Loop UNESCO City of Design- Mexico City

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles College for Creative Studies: Transportation Design Waymo

University of Michigan A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning The Wilkins Project

Industrial Sewing and and Innovation Center Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) Detroit Public Schools Foundation College for Creative Studies

Olga Stella, executive director of Design Core Detroit, previews our upcoming Detroit City of Design Podcast.