Design to Connect

About Design to Connect

Design to connect is where we can join together as a community to question, critique, and rethink our current ways of doing and imagining architecture. It is a place where we can use the power of conversation to tackle deep-rooted issues in the world of architecture and design and how it's impacting in shaping our social norms. A place where we can reflect and come up with better solutions that are impactful and are kind to the environment and humanity. So let's dive in. Let's start connecting and use it for creating something better!

Publisher

Design to connect

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

30 Oct 2021

Latest episode

29 Jul 2025

Latest episodes

46 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   29 Jul 2025

   From Inner Change to System Change: How Healing Shapes Radical Transformation

   We often speak of change as something we do. A movement. A decision. A strategy. But what if true transformation begins somewhere else?Over the past four episodes, we’ve explored healing in many forms through the lens of design, liberation, art, style, belonging, and identity.🎙️ In this conversation, we invite you to reflect with us on:🔹 How healing shapes the way we live and lead🔹 Identity as an unfolding, not a fixed idea🔹 Why slowing down and feeling deeply is a radical act🔹 How environments—colors, spaces, conversations—can become sites of healingWe created this series to explore what design and transformation might look like when they’re rooted in compassion, honesty, and imagination..This episode, like the series, was never about finding answers, but about opening a space, listening in, and remembering that inner change can ripple outward into the systems we dare to reimagine.💛 With deep gratitude to everyone who’s joined us on this journey.#radicaltransformation #design #systemschange .Music by SoulProdMusic from Pixabay.Music from #Uppbeathttps://uppbeat.io/t/pecan-pie/sweetness-of-the-momentLicense code: Y7M1OELFBATIWJSD

2. 

   2 Jul 2025

   Decolonisation, Liberation & Design: Reimagination as a tool for Collective Healing

   Sabrina Meherally and Sahibzada Mayed from Pause and Effect explore decolonization in design and research, focusing on collective healing, ancestral wisdom, and reimagining systems for liberation in this interview.

3. 

   18 Jun 2025

   Healing Through Style┃The Healing Power of Style and Self Expression

   Mental health trainer Runa Begum Uddin and advocate Victoria Siegler explore the healing power of style and self-expression with hosts Poppy Jaman and Arezoo Mohebpour in an interview about clothing, identity, and self-esteem.

Who has been a guest on Design to Connect

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Sabrina Meherally
• Sahibzada Mayed
• Runa Begum Uddin
• Victoria Siegler
• Beatrice Roberti

Reach and audience

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YouTube views

27,417

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 65 / 100

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Quality

76

Social presence

0

YouTube

76

Engagement

60

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Books guests

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