Podcasts about oli stratford

AI technologies loom large in contemporary design discourse, but how well do we understand this new technology and the opportunities it presents? In recent years, IBM has been collaborating with Map Project Office and Universal Design Studio to design both AI hardware and the physical environments it inhabits, with the aim of making the technology more transparent and approachable. In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Maya Murad and Ryan Mellody from IBM, as well as Emilie Robinson and Lilsl du Toit from Map and Universal to discuss spatial design for new technologies, the dangers and opportunities of AI, and the necessity of catering to clients with different informational needs, from developers to scientists. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Screens dominate contemporary technology and the home, but we are regularly encouraged to see them as non-objects: glass voids that present a surface and nothing more. But what happens when we start to think of screens as objects in themselves, and how might we encourage more meaningful, intuitive interactions with technology by doing so? In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Jake Weir, Fredrik Hellberg, Lara Lesmes, Rowan Williams and Rhiarna Dhaliwal to discuss the role of screens in design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sound design is well established across music, film and media, although the field's importance to product design and architecture has historically been overlooked. Yet given the central role that electrical devices play in our lives, how can the sounds they emit be tailored to make our everyday experiences more intuitive, friendly and integrated in our environment? In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Chloe Glews, Freddie Webb, Emily Candela and Joseph Zeal Henry to discuss how our understanding of creativity is shifting to become more collaborative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We often think of technology and nature as separate things, but what happens when they come together? In this podcast, recorded live from the heart of Maison&Objet, host Oli Stratford discusses different approaches of combining technology and ecology with designers Simon Dupety, Suzanna Laskaridis and Felix Rasehorn. The episode digs into how new brands and young designers are seeking to create a more transparent, optimistic and less ecologically damaging design industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How can design connect to nature? At January's 2024 edition of Maison&Objet, Disegno created a pair of podcasts, recorded live from the heart of the fair, to interrogate this question. The first episode sees the journal's editor-in-chief, Oli Stratford, speak with Mathieu Lehanneur about Outonomy, an installation Lehanneur created as the fair's Designer of the Year. Lehanneur reflects on how his vivid yellow pavilion brings into question the binary ways we approach technology and nature, and instead encourages us to blur the lines between these two spheres. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Creativity” has become a buzzword – a tagline that brands and individuals deploy to describe how they approach business. But what do we mean when we use this word so freely, and what role can designers play within a business climate that already professes to be “creative”? In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Mitzi Okou, Jay Osgerby, Andu Masebo and Oskar Smolokowski to discuss how our understanding of creativity is shifting to become more collaborative. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does mobility mean in the 21st century? In this episode of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by designers Will Verity, Dr. Jaiyu Wu, Andy Wheel and Liam Young to discuss how autonomous and electric vehicles are softening the barriers between private cars and leisure spaces.With a rising interest in how we spend our time in cars, does the car itself need to be redesigned? And who is best positioned to create the new infrastructures, spaces and behaviours that these vehicles will demand? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This month, hosts Oli Stratford and India Block recap a trio of reports that examine Urban Heat Islands, reducing the carbon emissions of touring exhibitions, and building safer cities for birds. In products and projects they discuss the Bilboquet lamp by Philippe Malouin for Flos, football kits inspired by William Morris and conclude with an interview with Olivier Lacrouts, one half of Studio d-o-t-s, discussing their School of Phyto-Centred Design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of The Crit, hosts Oli Stratford and India Block celebrate their June birthdays and reflect on the month's design goings-on. They discuss the merits and pitfalls of augmented reality headsets to exhibitions about email newsletters, to handy fold up sofas. Also featured is a teaser for the new issue of Design Reviewed, plus an exclusive interview with designer Ilona Gaynor about her research into the politics and labour of sleeping. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this fifth instalment of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Laura Lebeau, Soomi Park, Zoe Schladow, and Bas van de Poel to ask how technology can be more sensitively embedded into people's homes and whether it should be. While many examples of ambient technology are austere and built around black screens, the introduction of more playful physical forms, figurative details, and emotional software suggests routes that might help establish these devices in our everyday lives. Can making friends with tech products give them more longevity, and what are the ethical complexities around privacy and trust that designers of less obtrusive tech might have to consider? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this edition of The Crit hosts Oli Stratford and India Block discuss notable moments during Milan Design Week 2023. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To kick off season two of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Rosalie McMillan, Peter Griffith, Seetal Solanki and Richard Stevens to unpick the complexities, biases and attitudes surrounding the use of plastics. While our heavy reliance on plastic, especially single-use plastic, is an undeniable problem for the planet, is the material currently being dismissed too quickly in critical discourse? For a material that has been variously vaunted and vilified, is it time we began building a healthier, more honest relationship with the plastic resources surrounding us? The panel explore what might need to change for industry and consumers to reassess the value of plastic, and in turn, use it more carefully and appropriately. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this third instalment of Where Next? Conversations with Map Project Office, host Oli Stratford is joined by Natsai Audrey Chieza, Afaina de Jong, Nick Rolls and George Garner to discuss the shifting roles of designers, and to ask whether the discipline is done with stuff. With a rise in digital products and services, new social and commercial models, and dynamic shifts in how we live and work, how is design responding? Studios are now being called upon to design everything from a company's systems and workflows, through to developing strategies for clients that prioritise creativity. In response to these changes, how has the role of “the designer” evolved and remained relevant to businesses? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Open City presents Episode One, Season Two of Words on Wood, a podcast series created by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) in conjunction with Disegno journal, that delves deep into the big questions surrounding forests, the timber industry, and the use of wood as a design material.With architecture under more pressure than ever to improve the sustainability of buildings, this episode of Words on Wood looks at the potential for timber structures to reshape the field. Given the opportunities and challenges facing the construction of tall timber buildings, what role does wood have to play in the future of our built environment? Engineer Andrew Lawrence and architect Lina Ghotmeh discuss the complexities of the issues.About Words on WoodDrawing on interviews and analysis from charismatic industry experts and fascinating figures from across the creative sector, Words on Wood takes a 360º view of timber and its journey from tree to finished application. Featuring contributions and case studies from the worlds of design and architecture, the podcast explores the ways in which we care for and harvest our forests can have far-reaching consequences across the creative fields, and for the world at large.Each season sees Disegno's editors Oli Stratford and India Block navigate the complex intersections between the worlds of forestry and design, focusing in on topics such as timber construction, illegal logging, carbon capture, advancing technologies, boundary-pushing designers, and the enduring power of craft. Alongside regular episodes are Tree Shorts – a collection of bite-size episodes each dedicated to a particular tree and the properties of its timber, as revealed through a selected design project that makes use of its distinct qualities.Subscribe here or search for 'Words on Wood' whereover you get your podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In episode two, the hosts examine the different ways in which humans have baked, charred and heated wood to create thermally modified timber (TMT). The episode includes interviews with furniture designer Jan Hendzel, timber consultant and researcher Neil Summers, and architect Kirsten Haggart of architecture studio Waugh Thistleton.Words on Wood is hosted by Oli Stratford and India Block, and produced by Evi Hall. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To celebrate the launch of Perpetuum Mobile, and the return of Milan Design Week, host Oli Stratford speaks to Benedetta Tagliabue, the director and head architect of the international firm Benedetta Tagliabue - EMBT Architects. Showing as part of the INTERNI Design Re-Generation exhibition event at the Università degli Studi of Milan, Perpetuum Mobile – The Dancing Furniture of Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue's home, brings together recreations of nine of the furniture pieces and objects that the architect designed alongside his partner Benedetta Tagliabue for their home in Barcelona, Spain. The exhibition includes tables, seating and shelving designed between 1992 and 1999, and reproduced in sustainable American hardwoods, but never put into commercial production. Although each piece is unique, they all demonstrate Miralles' vision of the ‘house in motion' – a domestic space in which each piece of furniture does not have a defined place or a set purpose, but can be moved or modified to meet the needs of the moment.Perpetuum Mobile – The Dancing Furniture of Enric Miralles & Benedetta Tagliabue's home.Designed by Benedetta Tagliabue – EMBT Architects, in collaboration with Fundació Enric Miralles.Supported by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC). Dates6–13 June 2022VenueAula Magna Hall, Università degli Studi di Milano, via Festa del Perdono 7, 20122 Milano See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Faced with the challenges posed by illegal logging, a global consortium of organisations has now turned to science to find a solution. The World Forest ID is a new initiative that uses georeferenced wood samples to be able to analyse any timber and discover where exactly it was harvested. In this episode, the podcast talks to the people behind the project and dives into the development of this new technology, examining how greater information about provenance may lead to better governance of the world's forests. Words on Wood is hosted by Oli Stratford and India Block and produced by Evi Hall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Wood is an ancient material, but one that is still providing designers with new processes, forms and techniques. In this episode, the podcast talks to designers Sam Hecht, Yves Béhar and Elissa Brunato, all of whom have worked with wood as a cutting-edge material that can continue to reinvent itself.This episode was hosted by India Block and Oli Stratford and produced by Evi Hall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This second season of Words on Wood sees Disegno's editors Oli Stratford and India Block navigate the intersections between the worlds of forestry and design and architecture, focusing in on topics including timber construction; experimental uses of wood and cellulose; a world wide timber tracing network; and a look at how designers and makers are bringing fresh relevance to traditional woodcraft practices. With architecture under more pressure than ever to improve the sustainability of buildings, Words on Wood looks at the potential for timber structures to reshape the field. Given the opportunities and challenges facing the construction of tall timber buildings, what role does wood have to play in the future of our built environment? Engineer Andrew Lawrence and architect Lina Ghotmeh discuss the complexities of the issues. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join show hosts Oli Stratford and Johanna Agerman Ross as they explore the design elements behind the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics; Phyllida Barlow's new sculpture for Highgate Cemetery; Samuel Ross's 2021 Black British and POC artist grants; the second edition of the Where Are the Black Designers? annual conference; Virgil Abloh's promotion at LVMH; and the return of Phoebe Philo.The month the show also features a long-form interview with David Rockwell, founder of the new York-based architecture practice Rockwell Group, speaking about his new book Drama and why architecture has much to learn from the impermanence of set design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In the third episode of Words on Wood we explore the challenges facing the design and timber industries to cut out illegal logging, and how architects and designers can respond, with guests Formafantasma, Constance McDermott and Rupert Oliver.This episode was hosted by Kristina Rapacki and Oli Stratford and was produced by Evi Hall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode dives into the significance of forests to climate change, their role in reducing carbon in the atmosphere, and the importance of carbon sequestration for architecture and product design, with guests Andrew Waugh, Galina Churkina and Sean Sutcliffe.This episode was hosted by Kristina Rapacki and Oli Stratford and was produced by Evi Hall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A look at some of the fundamental issues surrounding forests, and how these impact upon the timber that eventually ends up in buildings, products and furniture.This introductory episode moves between discussion of small-scale forest management with UK-based designer/maker Sebastian Cox, through to the decisions being taken in large-scale forest management in the U.S. with Jameson French, CEO and President of Northland Forest Products. This episode was hosted by Kristina Rapacki and Oli Stratford and was produced by Evi Hall. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

With many of us adjusting to life under lockdown we ask ‘Disegno’ magazine editor Oli Stratford about how the design industry has been affected. Plus, Nolan Giles on Monocle’s home manifesto and Josh Fehnert on why bumps and bruises tell better stories than flush finishes when it comes to turning houses to homes.

Oli Stratford of Disegno joins us for the design headlines. Plus, a visit to “The Porcelain Room” exhibition in Milan, and we speak with the design minds behind family-run Italian furniture business Living Divani.

Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford is joined by neuroscientist Dr Jack Lewis and Michael Held, design director at Steelcase, to discuss the relationship between our bodies and minds, and how both movement and environment can shape how we think and feel in the workplace. This episode is produced and edited by Evi Hall and was recorded at the Steelcase showroom in London. Music by Zapsplat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Join Disegno's founder Johanna Agerman Ross, editor-in-chief Oli Stratford, and deputy editor Kristina Rapacki for a discussion of the 2010s in design. What was the single most important design typology of the decade? How did the role of the designer change? Is the starchitect dead? And why so many biennales? This episode is produced by Evi Hall, with editing and fact checking by Kristina Rapacki. The podcast tile is designed by Zlata Djienova, and features an image by Teresa Giannico. Erratum: In the podcast, Fiskars's history of ironwork is dated back to the 18th century, when in fact the village's first ironworks were established in 1649. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Listen to highlights from a conversation about sustainable production between fashion designer Reet Aus, ceramic artist Eva Spoof, and Matthew Grant from the design studio Dust London. The talk, which was held at the Finnish Institute on 20 September, is moderated by Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was made in collaboration with NID and was supported by the Cultural Endowment of Estonia and Ministry of Culture of Estonia. This podcast was recorded during a live talk hosted by NID and Disegno at the Finnish Institute in London during London Design Festival 2019. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

'Disegno’ editor in chief Oli Stratford mulls over the design headlines with Josh Fehnert. Plus: a listen back to a stirring discussion with Dutch graphic designer Irma Boom.

A conversation about the afterlife of products and furniture between FranklinTill’s Caroline Till, designer and Berlin University of the Arts lecturer Ineke Hans and Flokk’s Christian Eide Lodgaard, chaired by Disegno’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was created in collaboration with Flokk. This podcast was recorded at the Flokk showroom in London in May 2019 during Clerkenwell Design Week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In today's episode Luis De Oliveira, founder of De La Espada, meets Oli Stratford, Editor in Chief at Disegno Magazine. They managed to get away from discussing about the press and mused about how history informs our present.

A conversation about the gendering of objects and furniture between the University of Roehampton’s Nina Power, Betti Marenko of Central St Martins, and designers Nika Zupanc and Ab Rogers, chaired by Disegno’s editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was recorded at the Moooi showroom in London in October 2018. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A conversation between Emeco's Gregg Buchbinder and the designer Michael Marriott about usage and reuse, chaired by Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was created in collaboration with Emeco. This podcast was recorded during a live talk hosted at SCP on 20 September 2018 during London Design Festival. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A conversation between Central Saint Martins' Carole Collet, Franklin Till's Caroline Till and Steelcase's John Small about the potentials afforded by material research and development, chaired by Disegno's editor-in-chief Oli Stratford. This podcast was created in collaboration with Steelcase. This podcast was recorded during a live talk hosted in Steelcase's Clerkenwell showroom on 24 May 2018 during Clerkenwell Design Week. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

How familiar does the city around you feel? In collaboration with the British Council and The Finnish Institute. Chaired by Oli Stratford with Prof. Juhani Pallasmaa, Luca Picardi, Kate Goodwin, Maria Gasparian and Holly Lewis. This podcast was recorded at a live event at The Finnish Institute, London, on 20 May 2017. The event followed a walking tour of the King's Cross redevelopment. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Are overseas fees corrosive to transnational education? In collaboration with the British Council. Chaired by Oli Stratford with Sebastian Bergne, Alexis Georgacopoulos, and Tamar Shafrir. This podcast was recorded live at Atelier Clerici during Salone Del Mobile in Milan on 4 April 2017. It is the first of three podcasts about the future of European design, based on programming hosted by Disegno and the British Council. Read more about Disegno and the British Council's collaboration here (http://design.britishcouncil.org/blog/2017/mar/17/disegno-x-british-council/). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.