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In this episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by Katie Dill, head of design at Stripe. Katie is a design executive with a history of building outstanding teams and delivering impactful products with experiences that span from industrial, service, and digital design, to UX and business strategy. She was also named one of Fast Companyâs âMost creative people in businessâ. Katie shares her thoughts and experience as a female leader in design - From the various traits leadership requires and why women are a great fit for those roles, her upbringing playing a part, and what inspires her to be a leader. Ang and Katie discuss the impact of design being connective tissue within organizations and strategies to maintain that status such as design systems and other techniques like a shared slide deck with status updates to help improve efficiency and transparency across various divisions or departments. Katie also compared and contrasted the different environment and workflow between her consultancy and corporate journey respectively and the different vantage points associated with each as well as the importance to the physicality of design and creative pursuits that shifted due to the remote culture brought in by the pandemic. Lastly, she discussed her âwhyâ in raising her young children and motherhood.
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In this episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by Michael DiTullo, a dear friend of hers and the founder and creative chief director of Michael DiTullo LLC. Michael has created iconic and innovative products and brand experiences for companies that want to disrupt their categories and impact culture. Heâs skilled in brand positioning, innovation strategy, product roadmapping, industrial design packaging, and OOBE while covering categories like retail experience, interior architecture, robotics, footwear, and many more. Michael shares his thoughts on brand consistency and running his own business but spoke on the path he took to get to that point. He spoke on the various leadership positions he held from Nike to Frog and other companies and building an incredible body of work and deciding it was time to work for himself. They talk about how design is a trust based industry and how there are many portfolios and aesthetics that seem to be the same as everybody elseâs now compared to the years prior which prevents risk taking for most, where Michael explains how his independent practice charges a premium for unique results. Angela and Michael discuss the impact of the pandemic on the design and his relationship with clients post pandemic, how they should be in agreement that theyâre going to have to try stuff. Michael also speaks about the differences he notices in being an âintrepreneurâ versus an entrepreneur, being on the corporate side of design but also what it takes to run a successful consultancy. Finally, they discuss Michaelâs mindset/ outlook and how he sees himself as less of simply an âexpertâ and more as someone who is âhere to help move things forward.â
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Picking up from our last episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by Scot Herbst, a creative design director of Herbstprodukt, and his father, Walter Herbst, the founder and former CEO of Herbst LaZar Bell and currently COO of Herbestprodukt.
Scot and Walter share their âWFBâ experience - their âWork From Boatâ work-style. Walter tells us about his journey through the historical and cultural movements of the Industrial Design Industry, and the ebbs and flows of sustaining a design career over the last 40 years. Scot discusses following his dadâs footsteps in design and working at Herbstprodukt - a design, brand, and strategy consulting agency with internal design teams based in Silicon Valley.
We discuss Walterâs contributions to the education of the Industrial Design field - creating the Masterâs degree in Product Design and Development Management program at Northwestern University, where he is currently a director and professor of the program.
Stay tuned for Walterâs book called âNo Excuses Innovationâ coming out in August this summer!
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For this episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by Scot Herbst, a creative design director of Herbstprodukt, and his father, Walter Herbst, the founder and former CEO of Herbst LaZar Bell and currently COO of Herbst Produkt.
Scot and Walter share their âWFBâ experience - their âWork From Boatâ work-style. Walter tells us about his journey through the historical and cultural movements of the Industrial Design Industry, and the ebbs and flows of sustaining a design career over the last 40 years. Scot discusses following his dadâs footsteps in design and working at Herbstprodukt - a design, brand, and strategy consulting agency with internal design teams based in Silicon Valley.
We discuss Walterâs contributions to the education of the Industrial Design field - creating the Masterâs degree in Product Design and Development Management program at Northwestern University, where he is currently a director and professor of the program.
Join us next week for Pt.2!
Stay tuned for Walterâs book called âNo Excuses Innovationâ coming out in August this summer!
Learn more about:
Scot Herbst at Linkedin
Walter Herbst at Linkedin
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Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today
Follow us on:
⢠Instagram: @yehideology
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For questions and inquiries, please email us at [email protected]
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In this episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by long-time friend Howard Nuk, creative leader, entrepreneur, board advisor, and co-founder of the new Palm.
He shares stories about taking on new challenges, launching new products, rebranding and running his company, and learning from the best in various design disciplines. Howard discusses the importance of keeping a balance between following one's passion for inspiring the world and understanding users and their experiences, developing and reporting back to them as product designers.
âThe world benefits from people like us taking on risks and challenges because weâre the types of people who are designing the next world for everyone.â Howard Nuk co-founded the San Francisco-based startup Palm Ventures Group with a mission to disrupt the mobile industry and re-invent the Palm brand. In November of 2018, they launched the new Palm and the worldâs first companion smartphone (also named Palm) with exclusive partner, Verizon.
Prior to Palm, Howard was Vice President of Design at Samsung Design America and Vice President of Industrial Design at Ammunition. Howard also shares a story of his own company called Palm Ventures, a San Francisco-based startup company with a mission to disrupt the mobile industry and re-invent the Palm brand, known as a tiny smartphone and earbuds. He talks about the difficulties of being a product designer and leading the company as a co-founder at the same time.
Learn more about Howard Nuk at Linkedin and Palmâs New Earbud Pro at palm.com
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Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today
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For questions and inquiries, please email us at [email protected]
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In this episode of Designing Futures, Angela Yeh is joined by Ginger Dhaliwal, co-founder of Upflex, who shares the inspiration behind Upflex's shared workspaces, the "Future of Work" moving from designated offices to revitalized, shared office spaces, and their recent partnership with WeWork.
They discuss the importance of in-person collaboration and balance of remote work, allowing flexibility to working professionals now and in the future... no matter where they choose to live. Ginger Dhaliwal is the Co-Founder & CPO of Upflex, a B2B SaaS platform for on-demand, flexible & safe workspaces.
Upflex strives to make businesses more efficient & sustainable while giving employees access to a global network of workspaces â including ones close to home. They are one provider for access to the leading coworking and flexible workspaces globally. âWorkspaces when and where your team needs them.â
In the past month, coworking and flex space operators across Ukraine have pivoted to help connect their war-torn communities with urgently needed resources â from shelter and food and medicine to power generators and protective gear. Join us and other partners behind #WithinUkraine and send your support. Create or use your Upflex account to book a desk and support them instantly, or visit their websites for other ways to help.
Learn more about Ginger Dhaliwal at Linkedin and Upflex at upflex.com
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Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today
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In this episode of Designing Futures, Angela is joined by her great friend Inna Alesina, a Ukrainian born designer and educator, where they discussed how design can impact almost every aspect of society no matter how big or small it may be.
With years of design practicing and design teaching experience, Inna considers herself a maker and a thinker, a learner and a teacher. She thinks systematically as well as considers small details. She believes her role is to engage people and to protect ecology.
Multidisciplinary designer Inna was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, where she studied industrial design. She continued her studies at Parsons School of Design and later at Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work spans many disciplines and media including object design, performance wear, communication design, ergonomics, and most recently food systems.
Inna is always looking for new areas to apply her design thinking. Her works have won numerous awards and recognition by the press. She also holds dozens of patents for her inventions.
At the moment, you can find Inna at Stevenson University as a Associate Professor and a faculty member at Maryland Institute College of Art. While thriving in the education field, she is still running her own practice.
Find out more about Inna on:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/inna-alesina-98b4291/
- Website: http://alesinadesign.com/
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In this episode, Lauryn Menard of PROWL Studio joins Angela Yeh as they discuss why the future of design is almost completely dependent on the new generation of consumers who are more aware and knowledgeable about sustainability and ethical production of consumer products.
She is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of PROWL, a full service design studio that offers strategic insight through their unique trademarked Progress Projections Process, Design Strategy, and Industrial and Material Design. Lauryn also is Chair of IDSA's Women in Design SF chapter.
Connect with Lauryn on:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauryn-menard/PROWL Studio Website: https://www.prowlstud.io/ PROWL Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prowl__/----more----
Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today
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For the month of March, we are celebrating Women's History Month by featuring women who have made an impact and are pioneering in the field of the male-dominated industry of design.
In this episode, Angela Yeh is joined by Vicki Matranga of International Housewares Association (IHA). Vicki created IHA's infamous Student Design Competition in 1993 which has launched thousands of careers and has had over 5,000 students participate since it began.
Vicki shares with Angela several success stories of students who have competed in the competition and have now found themselves thriving in the design industry. She also talks about a couple pioneering women who has paved the way for women designers today.
Ever since Vicki was young, she had a fascination in not only design but also the history of it. Vicki is the author of America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares, a book published in 1997, which presented a unique cultural perspective on the evolution of household products in relation to lifestyles, women, technology, and retailing. She has written essays for historical encyclopedias and museum catalogues. She wrote sections of The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America, published by the Toledo Museum of Art in 2002. She interpreted Chicagoâs industrial design legacy for The Encyclopedia of Chicago, edited Design Chronicles, a 2005 book written by Carroll Gantz, and assisted in the development of the 2006 autobiography of designer Charles Harrison, A Lifeâs Design.
Vicki delivers lectures on housekeeping history to varied audiences, appears on television, and is often quoted in print media about consumer trends. She was also awarded by IDSA its honorary membership âin recognition and gratitude for special efforts to enhance the publicâs appreciation of industrial design.â
Connect with Vicki:
Email: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-victoria-matranga-6aa8912/----more----
Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
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"The pace of material innovation has increased rapidly. So, it's hard to keep up as well. That's another thing for designers - they have to keep up with the material innovation."
Welcome back to the second season of Designing Futures!
We're kicking it off with an amazing first episode featuring Sarah D'Sylva of hyloh. where she discusses with Angela her life as a new mother while running her company as well as how designers are shifting into having sustainable material at the core of their design process with innovation in mind.
Sarah mentions that her view on design has changed the moment she had her daughter because now she looks at design with a higher purpose because whatever product the industry releases today will predict the world that her child will have in the future.
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Sarah is one of the three female co-founders of hyloh, who work to accelerate the circular economy. Responsible for gathering insights and imagining prospective solutions, Sarah helps brands navigate the most advanced transition of material innovation in history; eliminating waste and regenerating our environment.
With professional experience in Industrial Design, Design Strategy, CMF Design, and Eco-Design, Sarah spans science, sociology, sustainability, and scalability when it comes to materials and design. She uses the craft of storytelling to translate complicated information into satiable opportunities for growth.
Connect with Sarah:
Email: [email protected]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-d-sylva-75052b57/----more----
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"You have to collaborate. You have to answer these hard questions. You have to test everything thoroughly. And be ready to have that idea be obsolete within two years. That is the world we work in and that's why we need more designers to to work this way. To be curious and and to work both on the technical side and on the magical side of design. And go back and forth within the two. Otherwise, we're just going to get stuck." - Phnam Bagley
This episode, Phnam Bagley of Nonfiction Design and Virgil Calejesan of Anduril Industries join us as we discuss what does it mean to be a futurist in design and where does design sit on our mission to explore space.
Know more about Phnam Bagley here:
https://www.nonfiction.design/https://www.linkedin.com/in/phnambagley/Know more about Virgil Calejesan here:
https://www.calejesan.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/calejesan/Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com
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"No two designers are really going to be exactly the same. That's what makes, especially from our perspective, recruiting for design so difficult. Sometimes you would wish, "Why can't we just hire doctors with years of experience in the field," and be like, "Yeah, you're good". From industrial designers to graphic designers to UX designers, they're going to have maybe similar language, but they're going to have vastly different paths and experiences that have flavored how they want to work." - Sean Bender
For our TENTH episode, Angela Yeh and Sean Bender share a little bit about a talent search Yeh IDeology is working. Matching a company with the right talent is rigorous work that takes time and effort with almost an endless journey of soul searching. But when a client understands the value of design, and when they know that their talent will evolve together with them, it makes the job a lot easier.
Check out the details for the Human Factors Engineer position here: https://www.yehideology.com/srch-11100-senior-human-factors-engineer
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In this episode, Oliver Seil joins Angela Yeh to discuss how an understanding of the importance of design is the most valuable asset that a company can have. Oliver also shares with us his advice on why speaking up, aside from having a competent business and design knowledge, is key to having a thriving career in the industry.
Oliver is the VP of Design at Belkin International where he leads the companyâs Industrial Design, Creative, User Experience, Retail Experience, and Consumer Insights. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he has mastered his trade on brand-building and business-driving product experience by creating brand loyalty with engaging and compelling brand touch points.
Learn more about Oliver Seil here: www.oliverseil.com
We release a new episode every week! Stay tuned and follow us or subscribe on whatever platform you're listening from so you do not miss an episode.
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On the last episode of Designing Futures, we got to listen Angela's journey and how she started her journey with her as a child empath, a middle school Dr. Ruth, and all the way to college as a rat pup EMT.
In this episode, we will hear Angela's stories of how she found out about her mentorship talent that she discovered in grad school as well as how she pivoted from being a designer and into a creative recruiter. Angela also shared with us her experiences working for other recruitment agencies and what made her decide to build her own.
Angela Yeh is a Talent Strategist, public speaker, and industry expert on career transformation. She has helped hundreds of professionals pivot their careers to success. With decades of executive career coaching and recruitment experience, Angela founded Yeh IDeology, a talent strategy consulting firm, that helps employers nurture, cultivate and evolve the best talent teams through Talent Strategies, a proprietary methodology developed to align talent to the corporate mission.
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In this episode, we'll get to know more about the history and background of Yeh IDeology's Founder & CEO! We'll hear some of Angela's origin stories and how she came to be who she is today.
From the early discovery of her innate people skills to her hidden talent in rat pup resuscitation, as well as how she pivoted from the field of scientific research, to industrial design, and finally into talent strategy and recruitment.
Stay tuned next week for part two!
Angela Yeh is a Talent Strategist, public speaker, and industry expert on career transformation. She has helped hundreds of professionals pivot their careers to success. With decades of executive career coaching and recruitment experience, Angela founded Yeh IDeology, a talent strategy consulting firm, that helps employers nurture, cultivate and evolve the best talent teams through Talent Strategies, a proprietary methodology developed to align talent to the corporate mission.
www.yehideology.com
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Uday Dandavate closes the podcast's segment on Design Summit 2021 with wise advice and reminders for design leaders encouraging people to be more curious, more open minded, more explorative, and do things without any fear.
Uday provokes fresh perspectives that help to humanize technologies and democratize design. During the pandemic Uday published two books of poems: âA window for a home without walls: life imagination designâ and âFinding Your Beeboâ.
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Design consultants play a very important role in assisting companies to the right direction. To quote one of our guests, "Sometimes we are evangelists, sometimes we are educators, sometimes we are managers, and sometimes we even have to market ourselves and our own team."
Hung-Hsiang Chen & John Jamieson discuss how designers can transform not only their clients, their projects, or their companies - but also transform the world.
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This week, we have Manali Mohanty who moderated conversation with ZoĂŤ Middleton from NJOY and Michael Seeley from HomeValet and RITE Innovations where they discussed how a designer's experience in both small or large companies can help in diversifying their portfolios whether they decide to pivot their careers into either the startup or corporate industry.
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During Design Summit 2021, four pioneering design firm owners share with us how they provide solutions to their clients, as well as to their own companies, regarding the multiple challenges our world has to deal with as imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gain extraordinary insights and knowledge by hearing Gregor Mittersinker, Marco Perry, Luis Alt, and Phnam Bagley's conversation on how they guide businesses through these changes while keeping the values and importance of design in mind.
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In this weekâs episode, weâll listen to the panel discussion from the Design Summit featuring Sara Keating from Philips and Farrell Calabrese from Eastman, moderated by Sean Bender where they discuss how to champion Sustainability and Corporate Social Responsibility within their companies.
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