ThisIsDesignSchool

A podcast for the growing designer. Hosted by @jpavila & @chadphall.

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@BlinkUX Quote credit: @iThink_iDesign.

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In order to design toward the new American Dream, we need to redefine it. August de los Reyes discusses what constitutes the American Dream of today in this week’s episode.

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The finale of our fifth season is here!
https://t.co/N9eySYlVj7

On this episode we talk with August de los Reyes, @augustdlr , Chief Design Officer at Varo Money Inc., about the future, inclusive design and the legacy we leave behind for future generations.

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Welcome back for the penultimate episode of this season with Annu Yadav, Head of Design at Aurora Solar in San Francisco!
https://t.co/lTHvpTzZCO
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Annu discusses how gaining knowledge helps shed fear, and gives us a reminder of how design is inherently an act of service.⁣⁣

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Understanding what motivates us can be just as helpful to building our own careers as it is to improving our leadership of others.

Scott Tong recommends Drive by Daniel Pink (https://t.co/pUtujHTZxD) this week.

Stay tuned tomorrow for the second-to-last episode of this season!

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A large part of being a designer is being the bridge between ideas and actualities. Being able to convert these concepts is a skill that can be applied within design and beyond.

Scott Tong discusses the benefits of design on his career inside and outside the industry this week.

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Today we're excited to bring you an episode with Scott Tong, a startup advisor in San Francisco, CA.
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Scott talks about how his passion for drawing led him to finding design, and how learning design thinking helped prepare him to co-found a company.

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Many of the digital archives that we save our memories inside of have the potential to disappear forever. What does this mean for the way we remember and are remembered in the years to come?

Diane Lee discusses archiving information in the digital age on this week’s episode.

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Welcome back! Today we talk with Diane Lee, an Assistant Professor at San Jose State University in California.
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Lee talks about her research in personal archives, and how she encourages her students to scratch the itch of curiosity.

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Interpersonal skills are an underrepresented but pivotal part of a career in design.

MacBeth is reading Dare to Lead by Brené Brown to better her leadership habits, pick up your copy here: https://t.co/l09jii8TCp

And check out this week's episode if you haven't already!

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So much of what we bring to the table is colored in by the lives we live outside of design. Great designers embrace unique experiences in order to make both their work & their coworkers better.

MacBeth Watson describes how design & athletics work together in this week's episode.

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We're excited to bring you today's episode with @macbethkw , Vice President of Design & Research @Strava in San Francisco!
https://t.co/9tJPYhii6g

We talk with Watson about how her endurance and achievements as an accomplished athlete have helped focus her career goals.

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Being a great designer is rarely about demanding full control. Instead it’s about approaching each unique project aware of what you can offer and how those skills can serve the context you’re stepping into.

Minnie Bredouw embodies that advice perfectly in a quote from this week.

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If you need something to listen to while sheltering, I did an interview with @tidspodcast sharing some approaches that have helped me design for social impact. https://t.co/2nZ8vRIHyU

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The 3rd episode of the new season is out today!
https://t.co/JWQe6qzRnH

In this episode, Minnie Bredouw, @mbredouw, Executive Director and co-founder of The Purpose Project, talks about ethical and social problems that designers should be considering in the work that we make.

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An important quote from our interview with Hugh Dubberly this week.

As more and more is required of graphic design and graphic designers it’s more important than ever to ensure that our education is serving our ever-increasing needs.

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The second episode of Season 5 is out today!
https://t.co/7YLDp9HsaM

This episode we talk with Hugh Dubberly, Principal of @DubberlyDesign in San Francisco, about the death of graphic design as we know it and the importance of understanding systems in design practice.

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@QubaVR @BlinkUX @seattleinteract You rock Quba! Thanks again for coming on.

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The premiere episode of the new season and our first live episode is out now! ⁣

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For this episode we talked with Senior Visual Designer Megan Ruhlach and Director of Innovation Quba Michalski from @blink_ux about iteration and designing space.
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The trailer for Season 5 of TIDS is out! We’ve been hard at work crafting this season over the last year.

Stay tuned for the first episode of the new season coming to your feed tomorrow!