Design Positive (D+ve)

Karthi Subbaraman

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Design Positive (D+ve)

The what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecedented times we are living in right now. The idea is to consciously explore the notion of design beyond its conventional scape.

06/30/2020

E10 | More than Human

In our grand finale of Season 1, we speak to futurist Anab Jain. In this episode we speak about the complex challenges in our hands as designer. We discuss with Anab around human and more than human. Anab is a designer, filmmaker, and co-founder of Superflux, a critically acclaimed foresight, design and technology company in London working for clients like V&A, Google, UNDP and BBC. Anab’s work has won honours from Apple Computers Inc., UNESCO, Geneva Human Rights Festival, and TED. Her work has been featured on NPR Radio, BBC 4, CBC, New York Times, Evening Standard, and the Guardian, and exhibited MoMA New York, V&A Museum and National Museum of China amongst others. Anab is also Professor and Programme Leader for Design Investigations at the University of Applied Arts, Vienna. Her work can be found at www.superflux.in You can follow Anab on twitter @anabjain ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

30 min
06/24/2020

E9 | Agency for Impact

In this episode we speak to Dhruv Saxena, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Obvious, a strategic product consultancy about agency culture, conscious choices, inclusion, design operations, balance between business & social impact and more. Dhruv shares his views and number of anecdotes from his experience building Obvious that partners with businesses to create digital experiences across a wide range of domains and industries. Since its inception, Obvious has helped create several of SE Asia's unicorn startups and worked with 120+ startups, established industry titans and Fortune 500 companies such as Flipkart, Go-Jek, Myntra, Swiggy, Wikipedia, xto10x and many more. Obvious is known for its play-books and design culture. Dhruv holds an MFA from the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) as well as a Master in Industrial Design from the Indian Institute of Science (IISC). Previously, Dhruv focused on designing tangible interfaces through collaborations with designers and professors at the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design, MIT Media Lab and Stanford. Connect with Dhruv LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhruvsaxena1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/dhruvsaxena_ ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

22 min
06/17/2020

E8 | Behavioural Economics

In this episode we speak to Deepa Bachu, a design leadership veteran who has about two decades of industry experience in creating compelling global products. She started as a software engineer like most of us. She grew quickly to lead Innovation and Global Strategy for Intuit, India. Currently Deepa runs Pensaar Design which is a design strategy and consulting firm to help businesses co.create awesome, by design. Deepa has created multiple global products, across multiple domains, across multiple platforms. Her passion is to transform customers’ lives by creating products that solve their biggest unmet needs. Connect with Deepa LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepa-bachu-3b215/ ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

30 min
06/10/2020

E7 | Design the Designer in you

In this episode we speak to Niyam Bhushan, an industry-pioneer and industry-veteran in various disciplines of Design. He is a successful entrepreneur with two businesses he set up early in his career. First venture at age 16 in digital publishing, with international clients, which he ran for 12 years. Second, as a value-added solutions provider with Apple in the 1990s. Checkout this TEDx talk on Design that changes the narrative of Design from India in the world He is currently augmenting his large legacy and initiatives of Design, through his ‘Awaken Your Creativity’ workshops. These use Dance, Mindfulness, and Meditation techniques to unlock explosive creativity in participants. Connect with Niyam LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/niyam/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/niyambhushan ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

32 min
06/03/2020

E6 | Design for Social Impact

In this episode we speak to Unmesh Kulkarni, founder of Oceanic Circle, a human-centered platform for Social Innovation, about design for social impact, the business of social impact, accountability, risks, government intervention, measurements and more. Before jumping into social entrepreneurship, Unmesh handled global and regional design leadership roles at Honeywell and Philips, working across continents, living in India and China, bringing solutions to global markets at scale. Prior to that, he cofounded a multi-disciplinary design consultancy and appropriate technology lab, Design Matters. Connect with Unmesh : https://www.linkedin.com/in/kulkarniunmesh/ ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

35 min
05/27/2020

05 | Design through the eyes of an Anthropologist

In this episode we speak to Deepa Reddy, a lead cultural anthropologist and a faculty at University of Houston. She has published on topics ranging from religious nationalism, caste and ethnicity, women's activism, bioethics and blood donation, and human-technology interactions. She leads a group called Shalikuta in a project documenting Indian heritage rices and she is leading The Asthma Files (a multi-city study on air quality and governance), Chennai chapter currently. Connect with Deepa : https://www.linkedin.com/in/deepa-r-9a2bb113/ Deepa's Blog: paticheri.com ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

24 min
05/20/2020

04 | Distributing Design - Rebalancing leadership

In this episode we speak to Alok Nandi, a designer-entrepreneur working out of Brussels, creative director-partner of Architempo and Spread Design BV. He was global president of IxDA - Interaction Design Association. He is author, speaker and also professor of design and innovation in Lyon, France, at Institut Paul Bocuse, a culinary/hospitality school. His studies combined engineering, management and film. Connect with Alok: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aloknandi/ Alok's Website: www.aloknandi.com ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

32 min
05/13/2020

03 | Responsible Design with Dr. Girish Prabhu

In this episode we speak to Dr. Girish Prabhu, SVP - Innovation & UX @ HFI and Founder of Sakalya.IFDE about a rare topic from the world of design world called Responsible Design and explore the what, the why and the how with our design veteran Dr. Girish Prabhu.. Dr. Girish Prabhu has 25+ years of experience in empathetic research, innovation, design, new product & business development, and product localisation. His experience and expertise covers various domains such as education, healthcare, entertainment, and digital products & services. Girish has held various leadership and management positions in academics, new business development, research, and product commercialisation at HFI, Srishti, Intel, HP and Eastman Kodak, both in the US and India, and was instrumental in implementing human centred design and innovation frameworks in multiple product areas. Following his passion for futuristic design, he founded Sakalya.IFDE, an institute that promotes design futures and responsible entrepreneurship. With his deep understanding of local and international consumers and ecosystems, he regularly mentors design led entrepreneurship and innovation projects and is passionate about bringing ideas to market as meaningful products. As a Strategist, Innovator, Design Led Entrepreneur, Humanist, and a Responsible Designer he lives by the philosophy - “If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got”. Connect with Girish: https://www.linkedin.com/in/giprabhu/ ------------ The show is an initiative of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

22 min
05/06/2020

02 | Design Thinking, A deep dive with Anjali Kelkar

In this episode we speak to Anjali Kelkar, Director of Studio for Design Research and based in Hong Kong. She has over two decades of experience as a Design Strategy practitioner, mentor and educator leading strategy and research teams across Asia, Africa and the Americas. She has been an Internationally invited thought leader; who has published in User Experience and Business journals and taught as an adjunct Design Strategy Faculty at universities globally. Connect with Anjali: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anjali-kelkar-12b28b/ ------------ The show is an intitiave of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI, hosted by Karthi Subbaraman. Connect with Karthi: Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ ------------

25 min
04/24/2020

01 | Designing for the New Normal with Apala Lahiri Chavan

In this episode is focused on the new and emerging approaches that can help in expanding the role design discipline can play in our world. We will deep dive into approaches that will contribute to making of a new and a better world. Apala Lahiri Chavan is Co-Founder, Human Factors International (Middle East, Asia, Africa and Australia) and Chief Design Officer. Her passion is to envision how user experience can be a change agent using digital channels. She is also fascinated by changes in user experience across time and space. Apala is an award- winning designer (International Audi Design Award 1996). She co-edited the book Innovative Solutions: What Designers Need to Know for Today’s Emerging Markets and her TEDx talk is Three Laws of User Experience. She was invited to speak on User Experience Design and AI at the AI for Good conference, 2017 organised by the United Nations. Her articles ‘User Research vs Market Research’ and ‘The Washing Machine that ate the Sari’ regularly appear in top 10 UX articles related international lists. Apala is Chair of the IAMAI Design and Innovation Committee. Connect with Apala: Twitter: https://twitter.com/FuturistApala Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/apala-chavan-569768/ ------ The show is an intitiave of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI.

28 min
TRAILER

Welcome to D+ve

Hello and welcome to the Design Positive show. In shorts called as D+ve! There are a number of quality design podcasts out there and why one more you may ask? Oh yes, a number of them are available for sure but there is no one podcast that brings together the what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecendented times we are living in right now. This season is focused on the new and emerging approaches within design that can help in expanding the role design discipline can play in our world. We will deep dive into approaches that will contribute to making of a new and a better world. Through these conversations and stories, the idea is to consiously explore the notion of design beyond its conventional scape. Along with you I can’t wait to visualise how that new world will look like. My name is Karthi Subbaraman and I am going to be your host for this show. Connect with Karthi: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Her blog: https://karthis.blog --- The show is an intitiave of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamai-forum-75a35943 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAMAIForum

2 min

TRAILER

Welcome to D+ve

Hello and welcome to the Design Positive show. In shorts called as D+ve! There are a number of quality design podcasts out there and why one more you may ask? Oh yes, a number of them are available for sure but there is no one podcast that brings together the what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecendented times we are living in right now. This season is focused on the new and emerging approaches within design that can help in expanding the role design discipline can play in our world. We will deep dive into approaches that will contribute to making of a new and a better world. Through these conversations and stories, the idea is to consiously explore the notion of design beyond its conventional scape. Along with you I can’t wait to visualise how that new world will look like. My name is Karthi Subbaraman and I am going to be your host for this show. Connect with Karthi: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/skarthi/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/karthi2209 Her blog: https://karthis.blog --- The show is an intitiave of The Internet & Mobile Association of India aka IAMAI. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamai-forum-75a35943 Twitter: https://twitter.com/IAMAIForum

04/24/2020

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The what, the why and the how of design for positive transformation. Design as a discipline can uniquely impact the quality of lives around and can bring in amazing transformation especially in the the current unprecedented times we are living in right now. The idea is to consciously explore the notion of design beyond its conventional scape.

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