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Design Alchemy

Design Alchemy

By: Hendrik-Jan Grievink
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 Design Alchemy is the podcast that explores creativity in flux. Designers and other creatives talk about how they respond to shifts in the world and in their practice, through an alchemic lens: what is their Unobtainium, the dreams that keep them up at night? But also: what is their Kryptonite — their creative roadblocks?Copyright 2023 All rights reserved. Art
Episodes
  • Designing Friction (with Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters)

    Designing Friction (with Luna Maurer and Roel Wouters)
    Apr 21 2024

    Roel Wouters and Luna Maurer (both formerly studio Moniker) talk about their transformation of their practices from being digital pioneers and internet enthusiasts to more critical approaches towards digital environments. Recently, they have taken an interest in what they call ‘designing friction, or in their own words: ‘In which ways can we use technology in order to have more qualities that make us human, and emphasize those?’.

    LINKS

    https://designingfriction.com

    lunamaurer.com

    roelwouters.com
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    1 hr and 7 mins
  • Learning and Education (with John Wegner)

    Learning and Education (with John Wegner)
    Mar 9 2024

    John Wegner talks about his experiences with learning and education, both as a student and as a design educator. He reflects back on his participation in the Summer Sessions, a summerschool organised by Graphic Design Arnhem in Mexico City in 2016 and what that experience brought him.

    https://www.johnwegner.nyc/
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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Bodies and Digital Presence (with Monika Gruzite)

    Bodies and Digital Presence (with Monika Gruzite)
    Jan 19 2024

    Monika Gruzite talks about her practice as a designer and educator. The conversation starts with NXS, a magazine about what it means to live in the digital age, and then moves to her experiences as a design educator, a position that started in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic of 2020-2021.

    https://nxs.world/
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    58 mins
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