Shaping Your Path: Kevin Flores on Career Growth, AI and Design Leadership
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello engage in a thought-...
George Aye, Pissed-Off Optimist and Co-Founder of Greater Good Studio
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello engage with George A...
Navigating Intersections: Sahar Chung on Design, Performance, and Inclusivity
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this insightful episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello are...
Embracing Change: Helder Santo's Journey in Design and Technology
30 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello sit down with ...
Beyond the Brand: Building Ideas Worth Rallying Around with Sunny Bonnell
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Sunny Bon...
Catalyzing Change: Maria Fernanda La Rotta on Strategic Design for an Inclusive Future
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Maria Fer...
Design at Scale: Richard Moross and the Story of MOO
21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Richard M...
Designing Change in Bureaucracy with Ivan Boscariol
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello speak with Ivan Bosc...
Designing Memory: Exploring Syria’s Creative Legacy with Kinda Ghannoum
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Kinda Ghannoum shares her captivating journey from archi...
Humanizing Creativity Through Physical Design with Michael Kaye of Sylvain
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview Mich...
Making Work Suck Less with Erin Shems, Ezippy Co., Creative Operations Agency
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview Erin...
How to Work Less, Earn More with Karl Sakas
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello interview autho...
Scott Berkun on Why Design is Hard
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donatello and guest Scot...
Data Visualization & Migration with Marta Foresti & Federica Fragapane from the LAGO Collective
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the third episode of the season of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Donat...
Assembling Tomorrow with Scott Doorley & Carissa Carter from the Stanford d.school
18 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the second episode of this season of the AIGA Design Podcast, hosts Lee-Sean Huang and Giulia Don...
Design + Performance (New Season/Theme) with Gary Jaffe, Independent Filmmaker
11 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is the kick-off episode introducing the new season of the AIGA Design Podcast with our new them...
Robert Brunner on Designing Products for Scale
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang talks with Robert Brunner, Chi...
Clip: Robert Brunner on changing his major to design
26 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This clip is a preview of our upcoming AIGA Design Podcast with Robert Brunner, Chief Designer at Be...
Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker
12 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang interviews Jenn Stucker, Associate P...
Clip: Community Engagement & Cultural Change with Jenn Stucker
31 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Full episode coming August 12, 2024 Jenn Stucker, Associate Professor and Chair of Graphic Design a...
Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot
15 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, host Lee-Sean Huang explores the process of aviation bra...
Designing a Design Conference with Lee-Sean Huang (Special Episode)
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, Lee-Sean Huang, Senior Director of Learning &...
Clip: Designing Airline Brands with Edmond Huot
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Full episode coming July 15, 2024 Edmond Huot: "What's the dream? what are people aspiring to? As a ...
From the Margins to the Mainstream with Vault49
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features John Glasgow and Jonathan Kenyon, co-founders of Vault49, which has partnered ...
Pivoting your Creative Business with Matthew McIver
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
What does an evolving design studio look like and how do you make money while maintaining your passi...
Clip: Margins and Padding of Running a Studio with Matt McIver
03 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this preview clip, Matthew McIver and Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's senior director of learning and prog...
Crafting a Career Roadmap with Sarah Doody
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
How do you package your unique career journey? In this episode, Sarah Doody, founder of Career Stra...
Clip: Designing Your Career with Sarah Doody
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the next episode of the AIGA Design Podcast, guest Sarah Doody discusses applying product design ...
Why design research is stuck with Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi
20 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Has design research hit a plateau? In this episode, Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi, two design...
Clip: Why Design Research is Stuck
14 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Preview clip of our upcoming episode with Danny Spitzberg and Humphrey Obuobi on Why Design Research...
Welcome to the 2024 Season of AIGA Design Podcast: MARGINS
05 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Designing success outside the lines – AIGA's 2024 journey begins at the margins. Welcome to the fi...
Clip: Colton Schweitzer on UX bootcamps and gaps in design curricula
12 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to the full interview with Colton Schweitzer, co-founder of Kickass UX here: https://podcaste...
Colton Schweitzer on Kickass UX
04 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Colton Schweitzer, co-founder of Kickass UX and Lee-Sean Huang, senior director of l...
Maigen Thomas on career changes and starting a new design job
09 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Maigen Thomas is a senior UX designer, career switcher, and "Maven of Mentoring" for fello...
Pentagram 50 at the 2023 AIGA Design Conference
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Debbie Millman interviews Pentagram partners Emily Oberman, Giorgia Lupi, Marina Willer, Natasha Jen...
Clip: Steven Steiner on Designer Archetypes
27 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is your designer archetype? Are you a generalist, strategist, researcher, architect, artist, au...
Steven Steiner on designer archetypes, career coaching, and communicating your value
20 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
What is your designer archetype? Are you a generalist, strategist, researcher, architect, artist, au...
FEED SWAP: Yellow Glitter, Collective Change and Community-Centered Design with Lee-Sean Huang
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
FEED SWAP: Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's director of design content and learning, recently appeared on ...
Learning with Ritesh Gupta, Useful School
20 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We are back for a special summer special edition of the podcast. We are catching up with Ritesh Gupt...
From the Archives: Matt Groening at the 2002 AIGA Design Conference
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we present a clip of Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, speaking ...
Rodrigo Canales and Michael Bierut on Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders
15 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
“If you want to be a truly effective designer, you need to make sure that whatever it is that you’...
Hugh Dubberly on design as finding balance in systems and why problem solving is not enough
09 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
"Thinking of design as problem-solving is an improvement over thinking of design as art, but as we m...
The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection with Anne H. Berry, Jennifer Rittner, and Kelly Walters (RECORDED LIVE in Seattle at the AIGA Design Conference)
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Black Experience in Design: Identity, Expression & Reflection spotlights teaching practices,...
FEED SWAP - Did I Do That? - The Surreal World with Lee-Sean Huang
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
While we are still on break from producing new content, we will continue cross-posting podcast episo...
FEED SWAP - The Futures Archive S02E10: Automatic Door
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA has just wrapped our season of Design Adjacent. In the meantime, we will be posting some bonus ...
Design Adjacent with Shauna Carey, Chief Executive Officer, IDEO.org on gratitude, social impact, finding the best solutions, challenges, curving paths, and small steps to the future
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Shauna Carey currently serves as Chief Executive Officer, leveraging her deep expertise in both desi...
Design Adjacent with Rebecca Tegtmeyer and Marty Maxwell Lane on collaboration, importance of seeing people in person, shared values and goals, and working through challenges
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Our guests are authors of the book, “Collaboration in Design Education: Case Studies & Teachin...
Design Adjacent with Zachary Kaiser, Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan State University on design and technology, privacy, and writing
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Zachary Kaiser is Associate Professor of Graphic Design and Experience Architecture at Michigan Stat...
Design Adjacent with Camille Finan, Host and Producer of Remodel Your Life Podcast on false assumptions, finding allies in your space, over meeting expectations, and internalizing functionality
13 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For more than 25 years, Camille Finan has been building kitchens and helping women create something ...
Design Adjacent with Paul Taylor, Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner, BrandOpus on cracked eggs and iconic brands
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Taylor is the Chief Creative Officer and Founding Partner at global branding agency BrandOpus. ...
Design Adjacent with Chris Hervochon, Better Way CPA, virtual CFO for marketing and creative agencies and nonprofit organizations
06 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent…Moving from hobby to work, taking advantage of the experts...
Design Adjacent with AIGA Medalist Archie Boston on design spirituality, art, culture, and industry, learning for the sake of knowledge, capturing history, and helping others through design
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Archie is a nationally known art director, designer, author, business owner, and educator. He was ch...
Fireside Chat with Robin Petravic, Co-owner and Managing Director of Heath Ceramics
22 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Design Adjacent with Llisa Demetrios, Chief Curator, Eames Institute on infinite curiosity, chain reactions, design as a method of action, addressing needs, creating connections, and sustainability
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Llisa Demetrios, the youngest granddaughter of Ray and Charles Eames, is a third generation maker, f...
Fireside Chat with Rick Griffith
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Design Adjacent with Elise Schuster, Co-Founder and Executive Director, okayso on being a problem solver, standing the gap, creating safe spaces, and building a human first organization.
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Elise Schuster is a sexuality educator with 15 years of experience in youth development and pleasure...
Design Adjacent with Margot Bloomstein, Author, Principal of Appropriate, Inc. on interpersonal relationships, leading with the human side, what a company can do to demonstrate trust
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Margot Bloomstein is one of the most prominent voices in the content strategy industry. She is the &...
Design Adjacent with Meg Mothershed, Strategy Guru and Wordsmith, Mothershed Design Co. on being an entrepreneur, what it means to be chief champion for yourself, work life balance and more
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Meg Mothershed is the strategy guru and resident wordsmith for Mothershed Design Co., a boutique bra...
Design Adjacent with Diana Barnes, Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin on unleashing storytelling in branding, human connectivity, and being the change you want to see in the world
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Barnes (DB) is the Chief Brand Officer and Creative Director at Munchkin. Under her lead...
Fireside Chat with Art Chantry
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Fireside Chat with design leader and 2017 AIGA Medalist Art Chantry and AIGA Executive Director Benn...
Design Future Live with Beat Baudenbacher
15 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a recording of a livestream on 7/12/2022 with Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's Director of Des...
Design Adjacent with Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer at PMI on articulating a vision, co-developing solutions, changing methodology, and having impact
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Garrett, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, drives PMI’s growth strategy by working across ...
Design Adjacent with Ritesh Gupta, Founder of the Useful School on re-visioning design education, radical changes, impact of design, and finding a coach
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ritesh Gupta is the founder of Useful School, the world’s first pay-what-you-can online design sch...
Design Adjacent with Lisa Sasaki, Interim Director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum on field trips, creating connections between people and objects, and museums without walls
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Lisa Sasaki is currently the interim director of the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum. ...
Design Adjacent with Regina Bain on preserving a legacy, musical storytelling, clown class, and what it means to listen and respond
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Regina Bain is the Executive Director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum (LAHM). She is an artist, ...
Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Lynda Decker, Creative Director at Decker Design
19 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with design industry leaders and ...
Design Adjacent with Catherine Clark, Founder and Paul McDowall on changing spaces, designing around people, and not being perfect
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In 2001, Catherine and Paul joined forces to create an original agency concept, built around the ide...
Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Michael Bierut, Partner at Pentagram
13 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with design industry leaders and ...
Fireside Chat with Bennie F. Johnson and Katrina Alcorn, General Manager, Design at IBM
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with design industry leaders and ...
Design Adjacent with Bret Recor on shifting the agency model, being a true partner, and environmental impact
03 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Bret is an industrial designer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is the founder and director of the aw...
Design Future Live with JoAnn Holmes on Intellectual Property and Web3
28 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is a recording of an interactive livestream hosted by Lee-Sean Huang, AIGA's director o...
Design Adjacent with Minal Bopaiah on being stewards of equity, storytelling, and being a reluctant entrepreneurship
19 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Minal is an author, speaker, and strategic consultant with more than 20 years of professional experi...
Design Adjacent with Steven Heller on first days, joys of incompetence, and the tentacles of design
05 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Steven is graphic designer, art director, design critic and author. He has held the position of seni...
Design Adjacent with Matt Mullenweg on working remote vs distributed work, music, distractions, and augmented reality
22 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Matt Mullenweg Matt Mullenweg, founding developer of WordPress, the Open Source software used ...
Michael Arndt on Snails & Monkey Tails: A Visual Guide to Punctuation & Symbols
17 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Lee-Sean Huang for Design Future Live, an interview show about how the design industry is ...
Ian Lynam on the Impossibility of Silence: Writing for Designers, Artists & Photographers
15 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Lee-Sean Huang for Design Future Live, an interview show about how the design industry is ...
Design Adjacent with Brandi Parker on sustainability, evolving behaviors, future considerations, and designing recycling
08 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Join us for a new episode of Design Adjacent were we talk sustainability, evolving behaviors, future...
Design Thinking? Thank an Engineer.
01 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is the audio version of Steven McCarthy's article in Dialectic (Volume III, Issue I): "...
Design Adjacent with Maurice Cherry on analog and digital design, math, and the Metaverses
22 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Maurice Cherry Maurice is a designer, strategist and podcaster located in Atlanta, GA. He is p...
Design Adjacent with Pek Pongpaet on careers, writing code, power of play in problem solving
08 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Pek Ponpaet Pek is the founder of Impekable, a digital product studio that helps enterprise an...
Special Edition: More mentorship, please! But what does that mean?
04 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“Mentorship” is one one of those warm fuzzy words. We know we want it. We know it’s a good thi...
Design Adjacent: Cheryl Heller on career changes, innovation, doing things the hard way, and being an entrepreneur
25 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Cheryl Heller is a leader, designer, scholar, business strategist and an author. Her experience span...
Design Adjacent with Gail Anderson: road trips, The Jackson Five, design, and investing your time
11 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
About Gail Anderson Gail Anderson is an NYC-based designer, educator, and writer. She is Chair of BF...
Fireside Chat with Theresa Fitzgerald, VP Creative, Sesame Workshop
22 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Fireside Chat with Randy J. Hunt, former Head of Design at Grab
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Fireside Chat with Alex Center, Owner, CENTER
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Design Future Now with Robert Smith, author of Stop Looking For Zebras
16 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this previously live-streamed episode of Design Future Now , host Lee-Sean Huang has a conversati...
Design Adjacent - Terry Irwin on wicked problems, shifting mindsets, and tango
14 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of AIGA Design Adjacent… Terry Irwin is a professor in the School of Design at Car...
Design Future Now: Studio HMVD on navigating appropriation and reuse of creative work with integrity
10 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this special edition of Design Future Now, host Lee-Sean Huang has a conversation with Studio HMV...
Design Adjacent: Isaiah Steinfeld on entrepreneurship, mentorship, and the future of design
30 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Isaiah Steinfeld is a proven startup veteran and innovation leader with the unique ability to deeply...
Design Future Live with Pek Pongpaet
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join host Lee-Sean Huang for an interview show about how the design industry is changing as a discip...
Fireside Chat: Art Taylor (Special Giving Tuesday Edition)
23 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Join AIGA's Executive Director, Bennie F. Johnson, in conversation with Art Taylor, President and CE...
ReStart: Nicole Belyna on human resources lessons from the pandemic
22 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nicole Belyna, SHRM-SCP is a field services director at SHRM and possesses more than 15 years in hum...
Fireside Chat with Judy Wert on design career paths
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Design Adjacent: W. David Hubbard on the hows and whys of creativity
16 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
W. David Hubbard is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for Verizon. He leads Verizon’s mark...
ReStart: Molly Murphy on using data to design hybrid experiences
08 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Molly Murphy is Co-Managing Director of Gensler's New York office. Molly champions collaboration, de...
Design Adjacent: Dominic Grijalva on finding creativity in a pandemic year
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Grijalva is a designer who primarily works on marketing and advertising projects that call f...
ReStart: Dr. Tracy Brower on hybrid work, happiness, and creativity.
29 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Tracy Brower is a PhD sociologist who studies the sociology of work, future of work, workers, and th...
Fireside Chat with Robbie Tseng, Vice President, Growth Design at HBO Max
25 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson talks with today's leaders in design, business, and techno...
Design Adjacent: Abby Allen on the strategy of design and beauty of storytelling
19 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abby Allen is the Founder of Neon Butterfly and as long as Abby can remember she has been fascinated...