A76 | a design pod
A76 is a podcast that synthesizes surprising connections and speculates on the future of design.
Episodes
18 episodes
A76's song with Stella Solveig
In this bonus episode of the A76 design pod, I talk with the creator of our intro theme music, the talented artist and musician, Stella Solveig. She illuminates her writing and recording process, discusses what informed her decisions, in...
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Season 2
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33:51
"What if..." with Frank Grubich (part 2)
Bringing you part 2 of my conversation with mentor and creative juggernaut, Frank Grubich. If you haven't listened to Part 1, definitely go check that out fir...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:13:44
"What if..." with Frank Grubich (part 1)
For today’s pod - I’m thrilled to bring you part 1 of my interview with Frank Grubich. He’s had a 35 year career that’s still going. He’s a creative juggernaut who owned a succ...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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1:16:46
Crafting sails for future change with Casey Hudetz
In today’s episode, I talk with friend of the pod Casey Hudetz. He’s a Senior Product Design Manager at Docusign, an AI enthusiast and international speaker on all things AI, tech and UX Design....
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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41:38
Designing a successful design career with Christin Norris
In today’s pod, I interview the talented Christin Norris, an Experience Design Manager at Accenture on the Design and Digital Products team. We talk about what we do when we’re not working, ho...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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1:01:40
Icebreak: The new electricity
In today’s pod I break down my Adam Buhler interview from season 2’s episode 5—The new electricity—plus I experiment with interviewing Pi, an AI chatbot and have an uncanny, a little glitchy, yet ultim...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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17:55
The new electricity with Adam Buhler
Continuing with our season of change, I talk with the incomparable Adam Buhler. Adam's the SVP Head of Creative Technology at Digitas, ferociously curious and strikingly prophetic a...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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42:19
Icebreak: Mitigating risk
After some time off, A76 design pod is back. I discuss episode 3's February interview with Dolly Vu, talk Brad Stulberg's Order, Disorder, Reorder cycle and preview an upcoming episode.
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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10:00
Mitigating risk via options with Dolly Vu
In the third episode of our season of change, I talk with Dolly Vu an Associate Creative Director at Huge focusing on user experience and user interfaces. We have an open co...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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40:01
Icebreak: Change whispering
I'm Icebreaking my interviews as part of season 2's discussion of change. Specifically in this episode I discuss the behind the scenes context of chatting with Paul Grachan, what it takes to produce an episode of A76 and what happened wh...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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34:56
Change whispering with Paul Grachan
Welcome to A76. We kick off our season of change, chatting with Paul Grachan. Paul is a long time friend, designer, creative spark, and driver of change. When I thought about who I wanted to c...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:00:40
A76 Season 2 of Change Trailer
Change. It’s so ubiquitous that it seems ridiculous to even talk about. Yet our relationship to change is challenging. We have poor reactions to it, we ignore it hoping it will go away. We’re even surprised when it happens; which we sh...
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Season 2
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2:34
Season 1 Wrap Up, Highlights & Next Season Update
Noel and Casey wrap the season chatting on how their understanding of AI has changed over the course of the season. They discuss the highlights of the various guests they interviewed, how they’ve integrated AI into their design craft and implem...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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41:45
Why AI Needs User Experience with Gavin Lew
Gavin Lew has decades of experience in both corporate and academic environments, as well as founding and selling one of the largest UX firms in the US. He’s a faculty member of ...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:10
Creating Art using Machine Learning with Andreas Refsgaard
In this pod we talk to Andreas Refsgaard an artist and creative coder based in Copenhagen. Working in the field between art and interaction design he uses coding and machine learning to explore the...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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46:04
Generative AI, Illustration and Design with Mick Champayne
In today’s pod we talk to Mick Champayne, a senior visual designer at Google by day who moonlights as an illustrator. She loves navel-gazing about the future, especially how designers can support people’s values and intentions. With AI coming a...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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47:27
AI and the Double Diamond Model with Casey Hudetz
The British Design Council codified the Double Diamond model in 2005. If you’re not familiar with the Double Diamond Model, it’s a visual model that interprets the design process represented by 2 diamonds. First one is all about Discovery and R...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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43:13