Voice of Design https://vod.podbean.com Having the conversations about design we want to have, sometimes with guests. Hosted by Erika Hall and Mike Monteiro. You should listen. Fri, 08 May 2020 12:13:02 -0700 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2019 All rights reserved. Arts:Design 1440 episodic Having the conversations about design we want to have, sometimes with guests. Hosted by Erika Hall and Mike Monteiro.You should listen. Mule Design Mule Design No true https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/1112252/vod_large.jpg Voice of Design https://vod.podbean.com 144 144 Episode 24: Technology and Society Episode 24: Technology and Society https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-24-max-beverton-palmer/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-24-max-beverton-palmer/#comments Fri, 08 May 2020 12:13:02 -0700 vod.podbean.com/24e9f0fa-90c3-559c-899c-e9a5fe803625 We sit down with Max-Beverton Palmer, Head of Tech and Society at Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, to discuss his work helping policy-makers address challenges around the world.

Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the current crisis:

Digital Policy for a Lockdown: How Tech Can Help Us Adapt to a Radically Altered World

A Price Worth Paying: Tech, Privacy and the Fight Against Covid-19

 

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Max wanted you all to know that the world has clearly changed a lot since this podcast was recorded, but the political and technology principles discussed haven’t. The Institute Max works for has pivoted to tackling the crisis. You can find more here, and two reports on how we use tech to get through the current crisis:

Digital Policy for a Lockdown: How Tech Can Help Us Adapt to a Radically Altered World

A Price Worth Paying: Tech, Privacy and the Fight Against Covid-19

 

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]]> Mule Design true No 3764 24 full Episode 23: How to Negotiate Episode 23: How to Negotiate https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-23-gabe-levine/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-23-gabe-levine/#comments Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:23:44 -0700 vod.podbean.com/5d864e26-fc6c-50f2-a732-79718eca5d4e We get the band back together! Our lawyer Gabe Levine joins us to reminisce about contract negotiations past and discuss the fundamentals of negotiation for designers, or anyone, really.

 

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]]> Mule Design true No 3696 23 full Episode 22: Accessible Design for Everyone Episode 22: Accessible Design for Everyone https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-22-elle-waters/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-22-elle-waters/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:33:44 -0700 vod.podbean.com/761fedbf-b696-5da0-ab60-3da8f6f5182f Accessibility consultant and trainer Elle Waters joins us to talk about the importance of inclusive design, and why we aren’t there yet.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4273 22 full Episode 21: Union Strong Episode 21: Union Strong https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-21-yonah-camacho-diamond/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-21-yonah-camacho-diamond/#comments Tue, 26 Nov 2019 15:32:33 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-21-yonah-camacho-diamond-cff30e216f8ee89a4f89e1274e7eff5a Yonah Camacho Diamond, union organizer with the Communications Workers of America explains how unions works in the US. We discuss why tech workers might want to consider organizing and the process for doing so.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3446 21 full Episode 20: Design is Gay Episode 20: Design is Gay https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-20-john-hanawalt/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-20-john-hanawalt/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2019 16:49:11 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-20-john-hanawalt-6951283a2ea3d9814693aedb47e7ac36 John Hanawalt, designer and co-founder of the Queer Design Club, returns to Mule to tell us about his work to celebrate queer contributions to the design industry and foster community, and especially the Queer Design Count.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3646 20 full Episode 19: Talking to Strangers Episode 19: Talking to Strangers https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-19-kio-stark-1571934845/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-19-kio-stark-1571934845/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2019 13:04:18 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-19-kio-stark-1571934845-b72579bdba84ed98cfe5fbbe22ccc933 Kio Stark, author of When Strangers Meet, TED speaker, and person who by her own admission makes strange faces, joins us to talk about the benefits of talking to people you don’t know. We talk about ways to step out of your comfort zone to experience moments of ‘fleeting intimacy’ without coming across as a sociopath. And it turns out this is all connected to research.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3164 20 full Episode 18: Not Content with Content Episode 18: Not Content with Content https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-18-kristina-halvorson/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-18-kristina-halvorson/#comments Wed, 11 Sep 2019 15:21:21 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-18-kristina-halvorson-671c46f4fff3dce98438ea93a2527002 Kristina Halvorson, founder of Brain Traffic and Confab: the Content Strategy Conference joins us to talk about content, and strategy, and why some people continue to be wrong on the internet. Also, what’s up with supervillain lairs?

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]]> Mule Design true No 3502 3 18 full Episode 17: Design is the Solution? Episode 17: Design is the Solution? https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod17-nathan-shedroff/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod17-nathan-shedroff/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:24:11 -0700 vod.podbean.com/vod17-nathan-shedroff-4e2097797df67f832fb2e86e2943cb27  

Design pioneer, entrepreneur, author, and longtime friend of Mule Nathan Shedroff joins us to talk about innovation, sustainability, and the Cats trailer. Nathan co-founded one of the first web services firms ever, went on to create the ground-breaking Design MBA program at California College of the Arts (CCA), and is now executive director of Seed Vault Ltd, building an independent, trusted bot economy on the blockchain.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4280 3 17 full Episode 16: Ruined by Design Episode 16: Ruined by Design https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-16-ruined-by-design/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-16-ruined-by-design/#comments Wed, 01 May 2019 00:00:00 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-16-ruined-by-design-0cb863eaa06b320adab63a413dd88ead Mike wrote a book about ethics. We also talk inexpertly about equines and touch on the stupidity of gender reveal parties and Ayn Rand fans.

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]]> Mule Design true No 2694 3 16 full Episode 15: Designer Yells at Cloud Episode 15: Designer Yells at Cloud https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-15-designer-yells-at-cloud/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-15-designer-yells-at-cloud/#comments Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:22:12 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-15-designer-yells-at-cloud-b11ea9c09e86c6e7ec4630f4afd905ef Jeff Tidwell, entrepreneur and long-time friend of Mule joins us to talk about his latest project. Next For Me is a resource for people 50+ as they navigate new work and social contributions. We discuss ageism, opportunities to build a better society, and the relationship of kids these days to our lawns.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3468 2 15 full Episode 14: Quant to Qual Episode 14: Quant to Qual https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-14-quant-to-qual/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-14-quant-to-qual/#comments Fri, 08 Mar 2019 14:19:02 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-14-quant-to-qual-b4e41a08e6da4aa5069c073b6435fc35 We are joined by Lynne Polischuik, a veteran researcher, founder of LynneUX, and Canadian with a small weird dog. She shares what she’s learned over her career moving from marketing and analytics to the qualitative side of things working with organizations like Google, Automattic, and HealthCare.gov.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3538 2 14 full Episode 13: Funny, you don’t LOOK like designers Episode 13: Funny, you don’t LOOK like designers https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-13-funny-you-don%e2%80%99t-look-like-designers/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-13-funny-you-don%e2%80%99t-look-like-designers/#comments Thu, 21 Feb 2019 00:00:00 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-13-funny-you-don%e2%80%99t-look-like-designers-782e913592f8e435468459d78ae2b8c0 ----more----

 

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]]> Mule Design true No 3325 2 13 full Episode 12: What’s Up With The Web? Episode 12: What’s Up With The Web? https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-12-what%e2%80%99s-up-with-the-web/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-12-what%e2%80%99s-up-with-the-web/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2019 10:59:47 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-12-what%e2%80%99s-up-with-the-web-77744e91d647382886bb53a43190b9e6 We sit down with the legendary Jen Simmons, currently Designer and Developer Advocate at Mozilla, to take stock of the web in 2019. Design, technology, platforms, ethics, operations, remix culture, CSS. It’s all in there.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4388 2 12 full Episode 11: Design Strategy for the Birds Episode 11: Design Strategy for the Birds https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-11-design-strategy-for-the-birds/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-11-design-strategy-for-the-birds/#comments Tue, 22 Jan 2019 10:05:49 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-11-design-strategy-for-the-birds-4c3aba82ea657fbb5c2ee68dd51e7812 We catch up with John Mahoney, Vice President of Digital Products at National Audubon Society for the National Audubon Society. Four years after a successful launch, we reflect on what it took to create a flexible new design system and achieve lasting change for a complex organization. A big part was “soaking in the pain.”

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]]> Mule Design true No 3090 2 11 full Episode 10: Humans Talk to Humans Episode 10: Humans Talk to Humans https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-10-humans-talk-to-humans/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-10-humans-talk-to-humans/#comments Fri, 14 Dec 2018 14:46:44 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-10-humans-talk-to-humans-a9899cfc775d2b61abdd080f065b44f7 We welcome Nate Bolt, the founder of Ethnio and author of Remote Research, to talk about talking to the right people, why so many businesses go about qualitative research the wrong way, and how powerful a simple conversation can be.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4078 2 10 full Episode 9: Empathy for the Devil Episode 9: Empathy for the Devil https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-9-empathy-for-the-devil/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-9-empathy-for-the-devil/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:49:27 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-9-title-80b05a957d6a05529bd1e5344c906f1a Stephanie Lucas, Senior UX Designer at LinkedIn joins us to share how she incorporated principles from the Mule ethics workshop into her practice. Inspired by a comment from another participant, Stephanie created a Red Team/Blue Team workshop to uncover how bad actors might wreak havoc on the platform. We talk about using an ethical framework to make better choices.

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]]> Mule Design true No 2983 2 9 full Episode 8: It’s All Practice Episode 8: It’s All Practice https://vod.podbean.com/e/it%e2%80%99s-all-practice/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/it%e2%80%99s-all-practice/#comments Fri, 02 Nov 2018 11:17:07 -0700 vod.podbean.com/it%e2%80%99s-all-practice-eb21646d2b17df389f50a60127aeb81e It’s a new season of VOD, and the theme is design practice. After contemplating the tyranny of seaside pumpkins, Erika and Larisa talk about the promise and pitfalls of various approaches to design in the delivery-focused organization. 

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]]> Mule Design true No 3526 2 8 full Episode 7: Towards Civic Futures Episode 7: Towards Civic Futures https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod7-towards-civic-futures/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod7-towards-civic-futures/#comments Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:50:54 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-7-towards-civic-futures-32355f81b5a6166b115cc4def3db4e39 Is the problem with systems design that we’ve forgotten how to make good compromises? Strategic designer and co-founder of Dash Marshall Bryan Boyer talks about his work thinking about the future from the vantage point of Detroit and formerly, Finland.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4126 1 7 full Episode 6: Public Interest Episode 6: Public Interest https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod6-public-interest/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod6-public-interest/#comments Fri, 17 Aug 2018 11:58:37 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-6-1534459105-42cd6381b65a4cf8440442dfa4fcb75b Scratch a follower of Ayn Rand and you’ll find someone who looks to the government for help in a hurricane. Pragmatic design leader and public sector champion Cyd Harrell joins us to talk about the practice of designing systems for citizens.

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]]> Mule Design true No 3339 1 6 full Episode 5: Design and The Triple Storyline Episode 5: Design and The Triple Storyline https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-5-design-and-the-triple-storyline/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/episode-5-design-and-the-triple-storyline/#comments Fri, 27 Jul 2018 12:10:37 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-5-design-and-the-triple-storyline-d535ba249386ac95ddcfd77f6660ca8c While we weren’t paying attention, software ate the world and barfed up a hellscape. By taking a broader set of perspectives, designers can work with informed intention to create ethical and profitable systems.

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]]> Mule Design true No 4866 1 5 full Episode 4: People Are the Problem Episode 4: People Are the Problem https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod4-people-are-the-problem/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod4-people-are-the-problem/#comments Thu, 28 Jun 2018 10:13:07 -0700 vod.podbean.com/vod4-title-tbd-90b77b1da13248d79a4d610c25ce2e02 We sat down with Dan Brown to talk about the joy and pain of facilitation, issues with various types of maps, and why designers have to get comfortable talking to people. Dan is a titan of Information Architecture, co-founder of EightShapes, and the author of several useful books and tools for doing better design work. Apologies to Boston.

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Dan Brown EightShapes Twitter Medium   Dan’s cards Information Architecture Lenses Twitter Medium   Dan’s book Practical Design Discovery   California Three States Initiative ballotpedia.org   #unicorn Vans They're real   IA Summit iasummit.org   Jared Spool Wikipedia Center Centre Medium    ]]> We sat down with Dan Brown to talk about the joy and pain of facilitation, issues with various types of maps, and why designers have to get comfortable talking to people. Dan is a titan of Information Architecture, co-founder of EightShapes, and the author of several useful books and tools for doing better design work. Apologies to Boston.

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Dan Brown EightShapes Twitter Medium   Dan’s cards Information Architecture Lenses Twitter Medium   Dan’s book Practical Design Discovery   California Three States Initiative ballotpedia.org   #unicorn Vans They're real   IA Summit iasummit.org   Jared Spool Wikipedia Center Centre Medium    ]]> Mule Design true No 3498 1 4 full Episode 3: The Learning Loop Episode 3: The Learning Loop https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod3-the-learning-loop/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod3-the-learning-loop/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:45:47 -0700 vod.podbean.com/episode-3-ajk-ab6143707321ddffb8468f8570420a81 Amy Jo Kim joins us to talk about her Game Thinking methodology, the joy of working independently, and getting clients to walk through the fire and accept criticism they might not want to hear.    

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Getting2Alpha

        ]]> Amy Jo Kim joins us to talk about her Game Thinking methodology, the joy of working independently, and getting clients to walk through the fire and accept criticism they might not want to hear.    

P.S. Amy Jo has a podcast!

Getting2Alpha

        ]]> Mule Design true No 2966 1 3 full Episode 2: The Democratization of Design Episode 2: The Democratization of Design https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod2-180528/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod2-180528/#comments Wed, 30 May 2018 14:39:30 -0700 vod.podbean.com/vod2-180528-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1
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    ]]>     Mule Design true No 2782 1 2 full     Episode 1: What is the job of a designer? Episode 1: What is the job of a designer? https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod-1/ https://vod.podbean.com/e/vod-1/#comments Tue, 15 May 2018 21:50:00 -0700 voiceofdesign.podbean.com/vod-1-24b00f90dd1700f333f1ee8f1a4eedd1 What is the job of a designer? This is our first episode and this topic will be the theme of our first season.

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