Design Despite Disciplines

Berkeley MDes

Given the opportunity, designers will endlessly debate. Perhaps this is because practices of design fundamentally disagree. We can see this in the hotly contested differences that delineate design movements, and disciplinary boundaries that are continuously in flux. However, we may also see that there are ways of thinking and knowing common across designers. This podcast series seeks to uncover the most pressing debates that go beyond design practices. Design Despite Disciplines is hosted and produced by the Berkeley MDes course, Debates in Design. To learn more, visit design.berkeley.edu.

8 Episodes

008: Managing Products with Data ft. Shiva Rajaraman
11/8/2021
22:25
Who are product managers? What do they do? How will the future of product management unfold? In this episode, we interviewed Shiva Rajaraman, an experienced product manager lead at Facebook who has also worked at YouTube, Spotify, and WeWork. We'll hear about his insights about the potential risks and future outlook of the data-driven product development process.
007: A Million Shades of Grey ft. Purin Phanichphant
11/2/2021
19:06
Everything can be seen from all kinds of perspectives, especially in design. Right and wrong, true and false, success and fail, yes and no, contrasting objects are common in our design decisions, and in our life. For Purin Phanichphant, art creation is a channel to communicate a million shades of grey and express his spiritual world.
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006: The Spectrum of Craft ft. Leah Buechley and Ron Rael
10/26/2021
23:07
Craft exists on a spectrum that encompasses disciplines, materials, tools, and cultures, all of which are constantly evolving. To explore the spectrum of craft and all of its permutations, the high and low end of craft, cultural linkages, traditions, tools, and materials, and the act of making, we spoke with Ron Rael and Leah Buechley, design professors interested in the culture of craft.
005: X is Making ft. Lilly Irani
10/18/2021
22:12
As designers, we often think of making as the act of taking abstract concepts and creating tangible products that can be manufactured and deployed. But what are ways of making that aren't so obviously tangible? We had the opportunity to meet with Lilly Irani, a design ethnographer activist, and professor at UC San Diego to talk about unconventional forms of making.
004: Continuity in Space and Time ft. Melodie Yashar
10/11/2021
21:48
What does it take to implement future-facing design and concepts? What are the implications? Melodie Yashar is a co-founder, designer, researcher, instructor, and technologist who works with cutting edge technologies, such as 3D printing and robotics, with the focus on human factors, to create space architecture for human exploration and settlement on the moon and Mars.
003: The Future of Manufacturing ft. Mike Kuniavsky
10/4/2021
33:58
We are living in a world where data has been used to influence almost every aspect of human life. Data and digitalization has changed the way we work with products and the way we produce products. We talked to an expert, Mike Kuniavsky a UX pioneer and lead researcher at Accenture, who works on applications that facilitate digital transformation in manufacturing.
002: Could Memes Become an Economy? ft. Jaron Lanier
9/27/2021
29:52
How does Jaron Lanier become entangled with digital activism and why should we pay any attention to him? Well, it turns out he has a remarkable track record of predicting digital ethical issues way before his time. Jaron is a computer science philosopher, writer, and activist against giant social media platforms. Oh, and we almost forgot, he is also known for being the father of virtual reality.
001: The 21st Century Toolmaker ft. Andrew Heumann
9/20/2021
25:01
Out of the over 1.2 million species ever discovered, only one has been observed to make tools that help create other tools: The human. One specific human, fittingly named Andrew "Heumann," represents the spirit of designing tools like no other. He is a designer, architect, and software developer who made a decade-long career out of creating digital tools to facilitate automation.

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Design Despite Disciplines

Berkeley MDes

8 Episodes

008: Managing Products with Data ft. Shiva Rajaraman

007: A Million Shades of Grey ft. Purin Phanichphant

006: The Spectrum of Craft ft. Leah Buechley and Ron Rael

005: X is Making ft. Lilly Irani

004: Continuity in Space and Time ft. Melodie Yashar

003: The Future of Manufacturing ft. Mike Kuniavsky

002: Could Memes Become an Economy? ft. Jaron Lanier

001: The 21st Century Toolmaker ft. Andrew Heumann