Episode 210: Why Design Belongs to Everyone - with Ben Uyeda

In this episode of About Art, Heidi Zuckerman speaks with designer, maker, and HomeMade Modern founder Ben Uyeda about access, creativity, and the power of making. After leaving behind a traditional architecture practice and academic career, Ben chose to share design directly with a global audience. His open-source approach has reached more than 500 million people and inspired builds on six continents. Together, they discuss authorship, affordable materials, the difference between creativity and taste, and what happens when people stop seeing themselves only as consumers and start seeing themselves as makers. This is a conversation about design as possibility—and why art matters because happiness does.

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Episode 210: Why Design Belongs to Everyone - with Ben Uyeda is an episode from About Art by Heidi Zuckerman.

This episode is 01:01:25 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2026.

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