Who Colonized Design?: Recent Episodes
Larika Mallier, Maxime Stinnett, and Shivani Singh
Three students of interaction design speak to industry professionals about the intersectional nature of design. What will it take to shift the status-quo and make the practice of design more inclusive? Join Larika, Maxime, and Shivani as they pursue diverse perspectives and ask all the questions! You can write to them at whocolonizeddesign@gmail.com.
Josh Silverman is back! Over 25+ years Josh has built a career in design, business, and education. In this conversation you’ll hear about how Josh welcomes challenges, thinks about doubt, and imagines a potential model for distributed education. Listen to his views on power, expertise, and diversifying design education in the final episode of Who Colonized Design?, Season 1.
More about Josh at mynameisjoshsilverman.com
Shalini Agrawal is an architect, designer, facilitator, teacher, and mother of 2 daughters. She is co-director of Pathways to Equity, a design leadership program for social equity. She also teaches at the intersection of creative practice and community engagement. Listen to her speak about her multicultural upbringing, the realities of code-switching, participatory design, building relationships, and the importance of pausing.
You’ll find more of her work at pathwaystoequity.org and publicdesignforequity.org
Kevin Bethune is an industry leader whose background spans engineering, design, and business in equal measure. He’s the founder and Chief Creative Officer of dreams • design + life, a think tank delivering design and innovation services using a human-centered approach. Kevin has built an illustrious career over 20+ years. This conversation holds inspiring anecdotes and a thoughtful take on how young designers might balance the work of challenging the status-quo while securing their own futures.
Explore Kevin’s work at dreamsdesignandlife.com
Hana Nagel is a user experience researcher, designer, and educator. In this episode you’ll hear about Hana’s journey and how her unique identities have informed her view of the world. This conversation covers picture books, artificial intelligence, diverse teams, ethical hiring practices, power, privilege, the evergreen question of “Who is an expert?”, and so much more!
Learn more about Hana at hananagel.com
In this first episode you’ll hear about how this podcast came to be. You’ll also meet Josh Silverman. Josh is a design leader and Chair of the MDes Interaction Design program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where Shivani, Maxime, and Larika first met. Find out more about the podcast at https://whocolonizedddesign.aspect.app