Circular design: the next step of design thinking?

Circular design, by bringing the subject of resources to the forefront, also creates an opportunity to integrate increasingly more important strategic dimensions in an ever-changing world.

Shifting to a circular mindset when it comes to design can prove to be delicate. 

Thrilled to launch our EP66 which is all about circular design thinking.

In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Karel J. Golta, Founder and CEO of INDEED Innovation, about circular design, strategic innovation, and speculative design. 

His team had the chance to bring a strong perspective of circular design into recent projects and he shares the learnings on scaling from user-centric design to circular design. 

Where not just incorporate more data and more stakeholders into the project but also approach your design with a new mindset. 

Further, we also discussed the overlap between speculative design and circular design. 

We also talk about AI and how the tools and the processes actually going to change and influence the future job of the designer.

In the episode, we jump into:

How to design for circularity?

The role of ESGs for designers.

User-centred design vs circular design.

Why sustainability requires system thinking?

Creating frameworks for circularity.

Importance of Co-Creation on designing a circular product.

Why designers should be more focused on the circular design?

Thanks a lot for your time and for your learning Karel!

#66 | Karel J. Golta | Designing for a circular future.

In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Scott Robinson, Founder and CEO of FreshForm. A customer and UX agency based in San Diego.

When it comes to design, Scott Robinson thinks Frank Lloyd Wright said it best: “Form follows function—that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” 

Robinson takes that advice to heart, leveraging human-centred design principles to grow and differentiate brands in today's ever-changing digital landscape, including Acura, Honda, Ballast Point, Facebook, Intel, ExxonMobil, Qualcomm and the University of San Diego. 

Robinson has been in the field of design and marketing for nearly 20 years and at the helm of FreshForm since 2001 and remains intensely passionate about the intersection of marketing, design, technology, innovation and consumer behaviour in the digital age.

We've got a chat about how human-centred design is changing as humans evolve but also the environment of humans becomes increasingly technological.

We also dive into the difference and intersection of CX design and EX design, further Scott does play a key role in the context of design capital 2024, which will be a collaboration between San Diego and Tijuana in Mexico, in the episode we learn about what makes the region special and unique

In the episode, we jump into:

Designing for humans and technology in harmony.

Why Co-Creation is critical for innovations to survive?

Why great CX Design requires great EX (Employee Experience) Design?

How technology is becoming an extension of the human body, and how to design for it?

The mission and journey behind the Design Capital 2024 (San Diego and Tijuana)and many more!


Thanks a lot for your time and for your learning Scott!

#67 | Scott Robinson | What is after Human-Centered Design.

In this episode, we had the pleasure to chat with Scott Robinson, Founder and CEO of FreshForm. A customer and UX agency based in San Diego.

When it comes to design, Scott Robinson thinks Frank Lloyd Wright said it best: “Form follows function—that has been misunderstood. Form and function should be one, joined in a spiritual union.” 

Robinson takes that advice to heart, leveraging human-centred design principles to grow and differentiate brands in today's ever-changing digital landscape, including Acura, Honda, Ballast Point, Facebook, Intel, ExxonMobil, Qualcomm and the University of San Diego. 

Robinson has been in the field of design and marketing for nearly 20 years and at the helm of FreshForm since 2001 and remains intensely passionate about the intersection of marketing, design, technology, innovation and consumer behaviour in the digital age.

We've got a chat about how human-centred design is changing as humans evolve but also the environment of humans becomes increasingly technological.

We also dive into the difference and intersection of CX design and EX design, further Scott does play a key role in the context of design capital 2024, which will be a collaboration between San Diego and Tijuana in Mexico, in the episode we learn about what makes the region special and unique

In the episode, we jump into:

Designing for humans and technology in harmony.

Why Co-Creation is critical for innovations to survive?

Why great CX Design requires great EX (Employee Experience) Design?

How technology is becoming an extension of the human body, and how to design for it?

The mission and journey behind the Design Capital 2024 (San Diego and Tijuana)

and many more!


Thanks a lot for your time and for your learning Scott!

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