124 | Five Things About Social Impact Design
Our Special Projects Director Eric J. Cesal is a designer, writer, noted post-disaster expert, and podcast host.
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Social Design Insights
Social Design Insights is a weekly podcast produced by the Curry Stone Foundation. Through conversation with leading designers, it provide insights into innovative projects and practices tha...
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20 of 125 episodes123 | Design’s Race & Rescue Mission
Dr. Ken Yeang is a Malaysian architect and ecologist delivering and pioneering the field of hyper-green architecture.
122 | Imagining New Futures for the Planet
Alex Steffen is an award-winning writer, speaker and foresight consultant, focused on climate change and planetary sustainability.
121 | Buildings Made of Sky
Bruce King, PE, natural building advocate, joins us to discuss his new book “The New Carbon Architecture: Building to Cool the Planet”
120 | Beyond Green Design
Mary Ann Lazarus is an American architect and longtime leader in the field of sustainable design.
119 | Redesigning Our Relationship with the Earth
Starhawk is an author, activist, permaculture designer and teacher, and a prominent voice in modern earth-based spirituality and ecofeminism...
118 | Design Politics in the Climate Emergency
Dr. Kian Goh, RA, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Urban Planning at UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. She researches the relationshi...
117 | What a Great Time to Be Alive
Eric Corey Freed award-winning American architect, author, speaker and green strategist, joins us to talk about the state of the union in gr...
116 | This is Architecture as Well
Rania Qawasma of Architecture for Refugees joins us to discuss what designers can do to help welcome refugees.
115 | Designing for Women & Girls
Anna Meddaugh is an American designer who developed a personal, reusable urinal designed for women and girls in refugee camps to use at nigh...
114 | Hacking Tech to Assist Refugees
Initially a “wedding registry for humanitarian aid,” NeedsList is software that any organization can license to match needs and offers in re...
113 | Opening the World to Refugees
The Refugee Academy is a Berlin-based non-profit that creates learning spaces for refugees seeking to assimilate.
112 | Giving Migrants a Voice
Mariam Traore Chazalnoel is a Senior Policy Officer at the Geneva Headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM).
111 | Adapting our Global Institutions to Today’s Challenges
Dr. Nina Hall’s advocacy and research span varying fields. Her professional work looks specifically at how international agencies like UNHCR...
110 | Cities of the Future, Cities of the Past
Kilian Kleinschmidt is an international networker, development, and migration expert with 30 years of experience in a wide range of countrie...
109 | All the Stories Left to Tell
Amanda Baillieu founded Archiboo in 2014 as a new kind of architectural discussion space, building on the changing landscape of design media...
108 | How to Kick the Building
Asad Syrkett is a design editor, writer and brand strategist in Brooklyn, New York. He currently works at Elle Decor as their Editor in Chie...
107 | In Defense of Slowness
Spencer Bailey of Phaidon Publishing joins us to discuss concepts of ‘slow’ media, and how to be more conscientious about the media we consu...
106 | Making Design a Part of the Conversation
Diana Budds is a design writer & producer based in New York City. She writes, edits and produces stories about design at all scales, with a...
105 | Taking a Critical Stance on Design
Aaron Seward is a writer and editor with over 20 years of experience in architectural publishing, currently serving as the Managing Editor a...