career story
TagDesign Talk 80. Digitally sustainable; Mirren Fischer, Founder, Brilliant Product Design
Mirren Fischer is someone who finds herself at the confluence of some really big challenges: creating a sustainable future and leveraging the new methods which have caused such an acceleration in the role of digital experiences. She talks to MEX f…
Design Talk 79. Our future towns; Dan Phillips, Royal College of Art
Poetry and place…listening and lockdowns… Dan Phillips, who led the Royal College of Art’s (RCA) work on ‘Our Future Towns’ talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about how the research led to a different understanding of connectivity, mobility …
Design Talk 78. Mark Baldino, co-founder, Fuzzy Math
Mark Baldino’s path to co-founding a Chicago-based design agency wends its way from a degree in theology and working at non-profits in Washington DC to reading an early edition of ‘Information Architecture for the World Wide Web’ and a job as a la…
Design Talk 75. Robert Fabricant, Co-founder & Partner, Dalberg Design; co-author, ‘User Friendly’
The conversation between Robert Fabricant and Marek Pawlowski spans a wide arc, from Robert’s childhood design influences growing up in New York City to the multi-year journey of co-authoring (with Cliff Kuang) the acclaimed book ‘User Friendly – …
Design Talk 74. Jennifer Sukis, Director of Design for AI Transformation, IBM
Jennifer Sukis returns to the podcast to discuss changes in her own role at the intersection of artificial intelligence and design, as well as IBM’s growing focus on this area for its big enterprise clients. The chat with MEX founder Marek Pawlows…
Design Talk 63. Research focus; Lada Gorlenko, Director of Experience Research, Smartsheet
In-depth user research has been a touchstone throughout Lada Gorlenko’s fascinating career. She talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about her current role leading experience research for work management platform Smartsheet, as well as everything …
Design Talk 56. Omar Bakhshi, Design Director, Smart Design
Omar Bakhshi sits down to share the story of his career, from tinkering with electronics as a child to the strategic projects he now leads at Smart Design for some of the world’s largest companies. Marek and Omar reflect on how the challenges face…