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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 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 73. Post-pandemic strategy; Samar Héchaimé, co-founder, Agora Envisioning
Samar Héchaimé joins MEX founder Marek Pawlowski for a special discussion – recorded with a live web audience – exploring how we might transform our post-pandemic systems and organisations by putting people at the heart of future strategy. Drawing…
Design Talk 67. Agency foundations; Tom Wood, co-founder, Foolproof
Tom Wood, co-founder of Foolproof, joins Marek Pawlowski to talk about what it takes to build a user-centred design agency, from the initial inspiration 17 years ago during his time as Head of Advertising at Virgin Money, to setting a course for t…
Design Talk 65. Well travelled; Gavin Edwards, Director of Product Design & Research, Skyscanner
Gavin Edwards directs product design and research for Skyscanner, a travel search platform serving 90 million users a month. He talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about applying research insights at scale, the cultural nuances of users’ travel b…
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 61. Fostering the global creative economy; Fiona Myles, Kin Branding
Fiona Myles runs her own agency, Kin Branding, working at the intersection of brand strategy and design thinking. In addition, she works all over the world delivering workshops and education programmes to foster a design-led, creative economy with…