Designing the future requires more than creativity. It demands strategy, long-term thinking, and a willingness to embrace complexity.
Join Emilie and Isac, two strategic designers with diverse backgrounds within business and design, as they explore the field of strategic design.
Through insightful conversations with professionals, this podcast delves into how strategic design is shaping products, buildings, organizations, and landscapes. Tune in for inspiration, enlightenment, and motivation to engage strategically in a world full of challenges and opportunities.
Alex Wolf discusses regenerative design, shares how storytelling reshapes systems, and provides insights on unlearning old paradigms in this interview.
6 Jun 2025
Episode 9 - Leading Transitions with Christian Bason
Christian Bason of Transition Collective discusses cross-disciplinary collaboration and innovation as key drivers for systemic change across sectors in this interview episode.
15 May 2025
Episode 8 - Shaping the Future with Nicolas Fransisco Arroyo
In the 8th episode we meet Nicolas Fransisco Arroyo, Partner and Head of Strategic Foresight at the strategic design consultancy Manyone. Previously, Nicolas was a founding partner and Director of Foresight at Bespoke Copenhagen and has more than 16 years of experience in the creative industries. We discuss the evolving landscape of strategic design, the importance of understanding change, and the role of facilitation in design processes. Nicolas shares insights from his journey in the field, the tools developed for future insights, and the significance of cross-industry collaboration. The conversation emphasizes the need for sensitivity in consulting the art of asking the right questions to uncover deeper client needs, and the importance of continuous learning and curiosity, to solve complex challenges.
Join us for another inspiring and insightful episode with one of the most prominent voices in strategic design.
9 Apr 2025
Episode 7 - Recrafting Materials with David Maximilian Schneider
In our 7th episode, we talk with David Schneider, co-founder of Recraft Design Studio. With a bachelor’s in architecture from Darmstadt University and a master’s in Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship from the Royal Danish Academy, David shares how his development as an architect with hands-on craft and design experience has shaped his professional journey towards becoming a strategic designer. He reflects on how studying strategic design has created a space for material, technical, social, environmental, and economic interests to meet, and how craft and collaboration has fueled Recraft Design Studio's purpose of repurposing construction waste.
Tune in for an empowering conversation with David, where we unfold strategic design, architecture, circular value chains and entrepreneurship.
25 Mar 2025
Episode 6 - Inviting Nature into the Process with Amanda Stadler
In this episode, we talk with Amanda Stadler, Client Lead at the Danish strategic design agency, 1508. Amanda is educated as an industrial designer and strategic designer. We explore biomimicry in design, the challenges of adopting new methodologies, and the evolving role of strategic design in driving system change. How can nature drive innovation? Tune in as we discuss this, the future of strategic design, and nature-based methods and solutions.
5 Mar 2025
Episode 5 - Behind the Mic with Emilie and Isac
We are halfway through the season, and it’s time to introduce the hosts behind the microphone. In this episode, we share our background in strategic design and reflect on previous episodes and discuss what we've learned from speaking with our guests.
11 Feb 2025
Episode 4 - Planetary Dreaming with Brian Frandsen
In the fourth episode, we discuss strategic design with Brian Frandsen, a strategic designer working at the intersection of design, strategy, research, and systemic change. With a background in Industrial Design from Designskolen Kolding, Brian consults at the Royal Danish Academy and runs his own independent practice Brandsen&, where he explores new ways to approach complex challenges through strategic design.
16 Jan 2025
Episode 3 - Facilitating Change with Emily Lin
In this episode, we explore strategic design with Emily Lin, Lead Consultant at the strategic innovation agency Is It a Bird in Copenhagen. Emily shares insights into her journey in strategic design, the evolution of design, and the collective power of regenerative practices. She emphasizes the importance of designer to understand business contexts and the role of cross-disciplinary collaboration in addressing complex challenges.
20 Dec 2024
Episode 2 - Redesigning Business with Jonas Schmidt
In the second episode we sit down with Jonas Schmidt, Senior Business Designer at the global design agency Designit. We discuss the urgency for organizations to challenge their core business models in order to meet the planet's needs and how an agency rooted in strategic design can contribute to this transition.
17 Dec 2024
Episode 1 - Strategic Branding with Andre Sanchez Montoya
Welcome to the first episode of "Unfolding Strategic Design." In this session, we're joined by Andre Sanchez Montoya, associate designer at Kontrapunkt. Andre discusses his transition from studying at Copenhagen Business School to influencing regulation and branding strategies at one of Denmark's top design firms. We also dive into the expanding role of strategic designers and how they are uniquely positioned to drive transformative changes within large businesses.
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