Design Narrative

 Abhigyan Singh is a trans-disciplinary researcher exploring the mutual convergence of design, anthropology and emerging technologies. He is currently working as a researcher at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering. Abhigyan Singh talks about his PhD work on inter-household energy exchanges through an anthropology-driven approach and also talks about the future implications of his work through emerging technologies such as blockchain and how it could be beneficial for designers, sociologists, economists. 

Meet Jannes Nelissen, a former  Industrial design student from the Faculty of Industrial Design at TU Delft. Jannes has a keen interest on circular economy and sustainable packaging and is currently working as a consultant along the same lines.  Links: Circular Economy MOOC,  Sustainable Packaging, Big History and the Future of Humanity by Fred S and Story of a Life by Konstantin Pauvstosky

Krishna Thiruvengadam is an Impact Designer currently doing his Masters in Integrated Product Design from TU Delft, Netherlands. He speaks about his passion for designing, especially when it comes to rural innovations and coding education. He also opens up about some sensitive topics right from stammering and depression and how he has found a sense of meaning and purpose in ones' life. Links and References to topics discussed :    5 whys Design Tool : http://www.designkit.org/methods/66 Mit boot camp : https://bootcamp.mit.edu/ D hive : https://www.dhive.in National Innovation Foundation : http://nif.org.in/ Auroville : https://www.auroville.org/ Project at Lobi - Water Conveyance device : Youth For India, SBI foundation : https://youthforindia.org/ Context Mapping : http://contextmapping.com User Innovation : https://evhippel.mit.edu/books/ RDTs : https://www.who.int/malaria/areas/diagnosis/rapid-diagnostic-tests/about-rdt/en/ Machine Learning Tensor Flow : https://www.tensorflow.org/ Python : https://www.python.org/ Scratch : https://scratch.mit.edu/ Logo : http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/what_is_logo/logo_programming.html Tangible programming : http://alumni.media.mit.edu/~mcnerney/tangible-programming.html

 Jose Carlos is an Industrial Designer from Cuba. He has graduated from TU Delft, Netherlands in Integrated Product Design and is the Founder of Go Commons, an open source hardware initiative.    Important Links to what we spoke about in the podcast :   http://www.isdi.co.cu/ http://www.cneuro.cu/ https://www.tudelft.nl/en/ide/ About Bauhaus Design : http://www.bauhaus-movement.com/en/ https://www.theartstory.org/movement-bauhaus.htm https://www.dezeen.com/tag/bauhaus/ *Book Recommendation* Design By Disruption : https://amzn.to/2AMrz9o Git : https://git-scm.com/ Open Scad : http://www.openscad.org/about.html Arduino : https://www.arduino.cc/ Go! Commons on GitHub : https://github.com/goscommons/goscommons.github.io *Book Recommendation* The One Thing - https://amzn.to/2FsirL3