Design As is back! Starting September 9th Design As will release episodes weekly. Joining host Lee Moreau to speculate on the future of design through a range of different perspectives. This season you’ll hear discussions about Responsible AI from technologists, educators, designers, and industry leaders plus bonus episodes directly recorded at the Shapeshift Summit hosted by the Institute of Design May 2025 in Chicago. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. For more information about this season and full transcription of the trailer visit us on our website.
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FEED DROP Design As With Intent
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of With Intent, from the Institute of Design with Anamitra Deb recorded at the Shapeshift Summit. You’ll hear more from the Summit throughout our season!Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.
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FEED DROP Design As Technical Difficulties
Design As is coming back for a third season! Watch our feed where the trailer will drop September 2nd, followed by a new episode every Tuesday. Until then, check out this episode of Technical Difficulties, from Liz Gerber. You’ll hear more from Liz later on in our season! Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.
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Design As S2: Finale ft. Don Norman
In this finale episode of Design As, host Lee Moreau reflects on the season, and also includes an exclusive interview with famed designer Don Norman, recorded at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.A full transcript of the show, plus more bonus content, can be found hereLooking to be the site of the next season of Design As? Get in touch here!
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Design As Pluriverse
Design As Pluriverse features Lee Moreau in conversation with Renata Marques Leitão, Frederick van Amstel, and Lesley-Ann Noel. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content. A full transcript of the show can be found hereHear more from Lesley-Ann Noel and Frederick van Amstel on Season 1 of Design As Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.
Who does design belong to, and who is it for? How does it serve us—all of us—and how can we learn to better understand its future, and our own?On Design As— podcast from Design Observer—we’ll dig into all of this and more, in conversation with design leaders, scholars, practitioners, and a range of industry experts whose seasoned perspectives will help illuminate the questions as well as the answers. In our first season, we considered the topics of Culture, Complexity, and Citizenship in terms of their impact on the design practice and also in terms of how they themselves are being shaped by design today. In season two, recorded at the Design Research Conference 2024 in Boston, we gathered new round tables to discuss Design As Governance, Care, Visualization, Discipline, Humanity, and Pluriverse. Plus, our bonus episodes are exclusive recordings of conference panels!
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