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 The Design Of isn’t a podcast about graphic design. It’s about the intentional design of how we live, lead, create—and pursue what matters most. Hosted by brand strategist and storyteller Justin Ahrens, The Design Of explores the moments, decisions, and values that shape how people find purpose, navigate change, and create meaningful impact in their lives and work. Through powerful, human-centered conversations with startup founders, bestselling authors, artists, teachers, business leaders, everyday innovators, and even Olympic medalists and an Oscar winner—each episode reveals what it really takes to build a life (and legacy) with intention. Whether you’re leading a business, building a brand, making art, or simply trying to live more intentionally, The Design Of invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters. Brought to you—intentionally and with purpose—by Rule29 and O’Neil Printing. 07d1f150-18b2-11f0-ad84-11f0a7387296All rights reserved Economics
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  • S11 Episode 81: Steven Heller - The Design Of Seeing the World Through Design

    S11 Episode 81: Steven Heller - The Design Of Seeing the World Through Design
    20 Oct 2026
    What happens when design becomes more than the work you make and becomes the way you understand the world? Steven Heller has spent a lifetime asking that question. From New York’s underground press to 33 years at The New York Times, Steven has built a career as an art director, writer, historian, critic, educator, and one of graphic design’s most prolific observers. But his story is not simply about documenting design. It is about using design to understand culture, politics, history, technology, and human behavior. In this episode of Design Of, Justin Ahrens talks with Steven about growing up in Manhattan and the billboard he remembers from childhood, finding his voice in the underground press, joining The New York Times at just 24, and why he still does not consider confidence a given. They also explore the evolution of the design profession, why history gives designers a sense of continuum, the difference between changing tools and changing ideas, propaganda and visual persuasion, AI, authorship, curiosity, collecting, legacy, and what happens when the things we spend a lifetime making eventually have to be let go. At 76, Steven is still questioning, still writing, and still curious. Maybe that is the real lesson. Design is not simply something we make. It can be a language for understanding what it means to be human. In This Episode - Justin and Steven talk about: • Growing up in Manhattan and the billboard Steven still remembers from childhood • Finding his voice in New York’s underground press • Joining The New York Times at just 24 and staying for 33 years • Why he says he has never really felt confident • How design became a lens for understanding culture, politics, psychology, and history • The difference between changing design tools and changing design itself • Why knowing design history gives us a sense of continuity • Propaganda, visual persuasion, and the responsibility designers carry • AI, authorship, and what new technology may change about the profession • Collecting, legacy, and what happens when the things we spend a lifetime saving have to be let go • Why curiosity still matters, no matter how much you already know Key Takeaways • Design can become a lens for understanding culture, history, psychology, politics, and people. • Technology changes the tools and delivery systems of design, but strong concepts still begin with human thought. • Knowing design history gives creatives a sense of continuity and helps us understand where ideas come from. • Designers understand the persuasive power of words and images, but understanding that power and taking responsibility for it are different things. • Curiosity may be one of the most important tools a creative person can keep developing throughout a lifetime. About Steven Heller Steven Heller is a design writer, historian, educator, and former art director whose career has helped shape the way graphic design is documented, discussed, and understood. He spent 33 years at The New York Times, including as art director of the Op-Ed page, and has written and edited extensively on graphic design, illustration, visual culture, propaganda, and design history. He continues to write The Daily Heller for PRINT and has spent decades teaching and helping new generations of designers understand the larger cultural context of their work.
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    33 dk.
  • S11 Episode 80: George Aye - The Design Of Pissed-Off Optimism

    S11 Episode 80: George Aye - The Design Of Pissed-Off Optimism
    10 Sep 2026
    **What if good design isn’t just about what we create, but what we’re willing to stand for?** George Aye, Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Greater Good Studio, has built his career around that question. Born in Myanmar and raised in England, George grew up with a family story shaped by courage, injustice, and sacrifice. His father spent years in a Burmese prison after being identified as an agitator against the country’s military regime. That experience became part of the moral compass George carried into his own life and, eventually, into his work as a designer. His path was anything but planned. George nearly missed college, discovered design through engineering and 3D modeling, and eventually made his way to Chicago and IDEO, where he spent seven formative years. But success brought bigger questions. Who does design really serve? Who holds the power? And what responsibility do designers have to the people who ultimately live with the consequences of what they create? Those questions led George and his wife, Sara Cantor, to found Greater Good Studio in 2011, built around a defining decision: they would work exclusively with organizations in the social sector. In this episode of *Design Of*, George and Justin Ahrens talk about design, ethics, power, purpose, and the courage to say no. George shares how his father shaped his worldview, what he learned at IDEO, why he and Sara chose a different model for their studio, and why meaningful work sometimes begins with deciding what you will no longer do. We also explore **Pissed-Off Optimism**, the idea behind Angry Hour and the Livid Conference. It’s a belief that we can see what’s broken, be angry about it, and still refuse to give up hope that things can be better. And George shares the thinking behind his newest keynote, *Designing a New Social Contract*, built around one powerful question: **“What do we expect of each other when we’re in need?”** It opens a conversation about aging, dignity, responsibility, community, and the systems we’ve inherited. This is a conversation about the lens we bring to our work, and how that lens shapes what we choose to build. **In this episode:** * George’s unlikely path into design * The influence of his father and family story * Seven formative years at IDEO * Building Greater Good Studio with Sara Cantor * Designing for people, not just clients * Why saying no matters * Pissed-Off Optimism, Angry Hour, and the Livid Conference * Design ethics, power, dignity, and social impact * *Designing a New Social Contract* George Aye is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of Greater Good Studio, a Chicago-based design practice dedicated exclusively to the social sector. His work explores design, ethics, power, social impact, and the responsibility designers have to the people affected by what they create.
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    55 dk.
  • S11 Episode 79: Jon Houghton - The Design Of Leadership Beyond Yourself

    S11 Episode 79: Jon Houghton - The Design Of Leadership Beyond Yourself
    31 Jul 2026
    What if leadership isn't about producing results, but helping people become who they're capable of becoming? Jon Houghton has spent much of his life helping people grow. For more than twenty years, he served in leadership roles with Young Life, developing leaders, building teams, and helping others discover their gifts and purpose. Then, after a successful career doing work he deeply loved, Jon made a surprising decision. He left. Not because something was broken. Not because he was unhappy. But because he felt called to explore a new challenge and discover what another chapter might hold. Today, Jon serves as CEO of Holy Post Media, a company creating thoughtful conversations around faith, culture, leadership, and life in an increasingly polarized world. Through Holy Post, Chicago Fellowship, and countless conversations with leaders, Jon continues to ask questions that matter. Questions about identity. Questions about purpose. Questions about what it means to grow. In this episode of Design Of, Jon shares the lessons he's learned about leadership, feedback, community, faith, and personal transformation. Along the way, he reflects on mentors who shaped him, the risks of staying too long, the challenges of starting over, and why some of the most important work leaders do has nothing to do with performance metrics. Jon shared a question that has quietly followed him throughout much of his life: "Am I lovable if I'm not impressive?" It's a deeply human question. And it opens the door to a conversation about ambition, achievement, identity, and the freedom that comes when we stop trying to prove ourselves and start helping others flourish. This conversation isn't really about leadership. It's about becoming. And helping others do the same. In This Episode, We Explore: • Why Jon chose to leave a successful twenty-year career and start a new chapter • The transition from nonprofit leadership to leading a growing media company • How healthy leadership begins with self-awareness • The difference between helping people perform and helping people grow • Why feedback feels threatening and how to receive it differently • The role faith plays in leadership, relationships, and community • Building meaningful connections in a culture that often lacks depth • How mentors help us see things in ourselves we cannot yet see Key Takeaways: • Great leadership starts with personal health and self-awareness. • You cannot help others grow if you are unwilling to grow yourself. • Feedback becomes less threatening when your identity is rooted in something deeper than performance. • Meaningful community requires intentional effort and vulnerability. • Growth often begins when we leave something comfortable and familiar. • The best leaders help people become more fully who they were created to be. About Jon Jon Houghton is the CEO of Holy Post Media, a media company focused on thoughtful conversations about faith, culture, leadership, and public life. He also leads Chicago Fellowship, a community that brings together nonprofit and marketplace leaders seeking to grow personally, professionally, and spiritually. Prior to Holy Post, Jon spent more than two decades with Young Life, helping develop leaders and organizations across the country. His work today centers on creating meaningful conversations, building healthy communities, and helping people become who they're capable of becoming.
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    59 dk.
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