Designer & Designer

Design Thinking

Episode Summary

Our very first episode! Meet designer Joe Alterio and designer Brian Fling, hear about their backgrounds as designers and how they became friends. Why do a podcast about design now? For the main episode topic, they dive into their differing views on Design Thinking. What is it? Does it work? Does it actually benefit designers, or is it a system of control for creative thought?

Episode Notes

Mentioned in this episode:

- Natasha Jen's talk "Design Thinking is Bullsh*t"

- Design thinking origin story by Jo Szczepanska

- Khoi Vinh's "In Defense of Design Thinking, Which Is Terrible"

Recorded at Cloud Studios in Seattle.