Design As

About Design As

Who does design belong to, and who is it for? How does it serve us—all of us—and how can we learn to better understand its future, and our own? On Design As— podcast from Design Observer—we’ll dig into all of this and more, in conversation with design leaders, scholars, practitioners, and a range of industry experts whose seasoned perspectives will help illuminate the questions as well as the answers. In our first season, we considered the topics of Culture, Complexity, and Citizenship in terms of their impact on the design practice and also in terms of how they themselves are being shaped by design today. In season two, recorded at the Design Research Conference 2024 in Boston, we gathered new round tables to discuss Design As Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, and Pluriverse. Plus, our bonus episodes are exclusive recordings of conference panels!

Publisher

Design Observer

Category

arts · education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Nov 2023

Latest episode

28 Oct 2025

Latest episodes

27 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Oct 2025

   Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney

   Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney features Lee Moreau in conversation with Patrick Whitney. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

2. 

   21 Oct 2025

   Design As Creation | Design As Consumption

   Design As As Creation | Design As Consumption features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anamitra Deb, Jessica Meharry, and Anne H Berry. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

3. 

   7 Oct 2025

   Design As Short | Design As Long

   Design As Short | Design As Long features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anijo Mathew, Grace Colby, Brandon Schauer, and Ashley Lukasik. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found on our website. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

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