Design Better
Hosted by Eli · The Curiosity Department
4.6from 647 ratings
- 260
- Episodes
- 135
- Transcribed
- 647
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2017
- First episode
- 38K
- YouTube views
About Design Better
Design Better co-hosts Eli Woolery and Aarron Walter explore the intersection of design, technology, and the creative process through conversations with guests across many creative fields, helping you hone your craft, unlock your creativity, and learn the art of collaboration. Whether you’re design curious or a design pro, Design Better is guaranteed to inspire and inform. Vanity Fair calls Design Better, “sharp, to the point, and full of incredibly valuable information for anyone looking to better understand how to build a more innovative world.”
- Publisher
- The Curiosity Department
- Category
- arts · business · technology
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 20 Jul 2017
- Latest episode
- 17 Sept 2026
Latest episodes
135 of 260 episodes have a transcript.
17 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Mack Paul: Co-author of Miracle Road on designing places where innovation happens
10 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Federico Casalegno: Samsung EVP and MIT Design Lab founder on what 20,000 years of human creativity means for design today
2 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Jonathan Adler returns: The minimalist inside the maximalist
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Mack Paul: Co-author of Miracle Road on designing places where innovation happens
Published 17 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] I mean, ultimately, it did get made into a park, but it was the fact that the state leadership and at the time what they did that was really critical to the success of RTP is they created the industrial training centers, which then Soon became the community college system, which ultimately over many, many decades in North Carolina became the most important incentive for companies to come to North Carolina is that essentially will tell any tech company, if you come here, we will train your workers at no cost, whatever systems they need to be able to work at this new facility. So that's one thing government did over many decades. […]
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- Mack Paul
- Federico Casalegno
- Jonathan Adler
- Clay Parker Jones
- Angel Steger
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 38,259
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 326 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 321 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 77 / 100
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- Quality
- 80
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 85
- Engagement
- 99
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Eli host the show. Published by The Curiosity Department.
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