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Design As Season Finale | Design As ft. Patrick Whitney features Lee Moreau in conversation with Patrick Whitney. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design As As Creation | Design As Consumption  features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anamitra Deb, Jessica Meharry, and Anne H Berry.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design As Short | Design As Long features Lee Moreau in conversation with Anijo Mathew, Grace Colby, Brandon Schauer, and Ashley Lukasik.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design As Control | Design As Collaboration features Lee Moreau in conversation with Liz Danzico, Jai Shekhawat, Liz Gerber, and Kevin Bethune.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design Beyond Silicon Valley features an exclusive panel from the Shapeshift Summit featuring Ruth Kikin-Gil, Responsible AI Strategist at Microsoft; Liz Danzico, VP of Design for Microsoft AI and Founding Chair of the MFA in Interaction Design at SVA; and Ellie Kemery, Principal AI User Research Lead at SAP Business AI, the panel examines how companies are realizing the potential of AI. The panel will explore how businesses are breaking out of Silicon Valley to consider AI’s implementation and impact around the world. It is moderated by Kevin Bethune, CEO of dreams.design+life, and author of Nonlinear:Navigating Design with Curiosity and Conviction. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Subscribe to With Intent from the Institute of Design for even more bonus content from the Shapeshift Summit.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design As Trust | Design as Doubt  features Lee Moreau in conversation with TB Bardlavens, Ryan Powell, Terry Williams-Willcock, and Ellie Kemery.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at theShapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

Design As Fast | Design As Slow features Lee Moreau in conversation with Ruth Schmidt, Albert Shum, David McGaw, and Ruth Kikin-Gil.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found on our website.  Season three of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Shapeshift Summit hosted in Chicago in May 2025.

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. 

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.

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. 

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 here Looking to be the site of the next season of Design As? Get in touch here! 

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 here Hear 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.

Design As Humanity features Lee Moreau in conversation with Susan Fabry, Laura Forlano, Mahsa Ershadi, and Sheng-Hung Lee.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out the Design Observer hosted job board. Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.

Design is well positioned as a driving force in many business organizations, large corporations especially, codified in roles like Chief Design Officer or Head of Design. Design is directly involved in, and often leading, the process of shaping the vision and the strategy of a company. Still, design is often intended more as a practice—at different levels, from new product development to design thinking—and less as a systematic, both fundamental and applied, research approach, thus limiting its potential for long term, radical innovation. In this bonus episode of Design As you’ll hear Lee Moreau in conversation with Jadlia (Jada) Britto, Mahsa Ershadi, and Susan Fabry discussing: What is a working definition, and a potential role, for design research, or research through design, in the business context? How can universities, research centers, companies and other organizations partner to shape meaningful, viable, sustainable, and socially relevant innovation? This audio was recorded live at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024. Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found here

Design As Discipline features Lee Moreau in conversation with Mariana Amatullo, Elizabeth Christoforetti, and Maria Risueño.  Follow Design Observer on Instagram to keep up and see even more Design As content.  A full transcript of the show can be found here Check out another show from Design Observer, The Design of Business | The Business of Design,  soon launching its 12th season!  Season two of Design As draws from recordings taken at the Design Research Society 2024 Conference hosted in Boston in June 2024.