Design Emergency Podcast
1) David Gissen on the Architecture of Disability
Architecture’s traditional approach to disability revolves around “fixing problems” by securing adaptations that will allow disabled people to access the ideal world of full biocapacity. Architect and...Show More
2) Tosin Oshinówò on Designing Africa’s Future
In this episode of Design Emergency podcast, the Nigerian architect, Tosin Oshinówò, tells our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, how design and architecture can help to forge a fairer, safer, more sustainab...Show More
3) Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Infrastructure
Infrastructure is one of the most important areas of design, but is mostly ignored – until it goes horribly wrong. At a time when global investment in developing new forms of infrastructure is soaring...Show More
4) Hilary Cottam on Redesigning Work
What is a good working life in the 21st century? And how do we get there? In the latest episode of Design Emergency, our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, explores these issues with the pioneering social de...Show More
5) Sadie Red Wing on Indigenous design
One of the deepest, most often overlooked emergencies in the design world is the erasure of Indigenous knowledge systems—and the continued exclusion of Indigenous voices from the platforms where futur...Show More
6) Hidden Heroines of Design
Who are the Hidden Heroines of Design, the gifted, resourceful and determined women who have achieved so much in design, yet have never been given the recognition they so richly deserve? And why, do s...Show More
7) Julia Watson on Design and Water
As the global water crisis and climate emergency intensify, how can design help us to tackle the devastating food shortages, storm surges, rising sea-levels and other problems we face? On this episode...Show More
8) Pirjo Haikola on Designing for the Ocean
Coral are tough clients, as Pirjo Haikola knows well. The Finnish designer is renowned for her work on coral reef conservation and ocean biodiversity. Now based at the Australian Institute of Marine S...Show More
9) Paola Antonelli and Alice Rawsthorn on Design and Human Rights
How can design help to defend and strengthen our human rights? And the rights of other species with whom we share our planet? At a time when rights and freedoms are under threat all over the world, De...Show More
10) Yvonne Jewkes on Design and Prisons
How can design help to make our failing prisons fit for purpose? In this episode of Design Emergency, our cofounder, Alice Rawsthorn, discusses the design deficiencies of one of the most troubled area...Show More