Design in the Moment

Guest: Al Gini, Professor of Business Ethics at Loyola University. He joins us today to tread the tricky waters of ethics, job satisfaction and how to motivate employees. Al has a bit of experience discussing these sorts of topics. Not only is he a teacher of ethics, he is also the co-founder of Business Ethics Quarterly and the Resident Philosopher on NPR for twenty-three years. He has also written many books on these subjects. We discuss his thoughts on all this and on the following:

Working More for Less, The MBA Oath, Motivating Employees, Are Smaller Companies Better?, Ethics and Collaboration,

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Guest: Fred Schmidt, Principal of Perkins and Will. Fred has quite the back ground in interior design. He helped found The Environments Group, and later merged the firm with Perkins+Will, creating the nation’s second largest interior design practice. They now have 24 offices worldwide. Fred also has a background in Environment‐Behavior Research. We chat with him about what makes a space great, how to utilize space better and why we crave authenticity. He shares from his background and also weighs in on the following:

Volkswagon’s Fun Theory, Anatomy for Interior Designers Review, Pattern Language, American Office Design, Green Offices,  Grey NY’s New Office,

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This week we catch up on a variety of topics that have piqued our interest lately. We talk some about predicting the future, planning for the future and protecting the future. We chat about using long term thinking in order to stretch ourselves and how these times call for innovation. Our conversation goes into more depth on these and the following:

Twitter Predicts Box Office Sales, Design is the Problem Review, The Green School Electric Motorcycle, Dream Job Project, Lead Like a Conductor, The Moon Watch, Barefoot Running Shoes,

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Guest: Bryan Campen, The Long Now. This week Jim Jacoby is away in NY, so Bryan joins Jim Cohen for a wonderful conversation. Bryan is the founder of Blue Air Agency, a Chicago-based consultancy. He also writes a blog for The Long Now Foundation and has guest-lectured about the future of technology and culture at Wheaton College. He recently spoke at TEDx Naperville on the need for long-term thinking and design, and participated as a panelist on the future of the multilingual web at The MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Conference. We chat with him about his thoughts on all this, as well as:

Twit Pay,  Google Ads Target iPad,   Storage of the Future, Design for Disassembly

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Guest: Carolyn Chandler, User Experience Director, Manifest Digital. Today we get a chance to chat with Carolyn. She has a background is digital media and psychology. She brings us her unique view on social media and new technology. Hear our discussion on how we work better together, her book and:

Facebook vs. Foursquare, Foursquare Teams with Zagat, Will DJ’s use the iPad, Disposable Social Networking, Bloombox, Reactable Space

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Today the discussion revolves around the music industry and where it might be headed. We get a chance to talk to Steve Shirk from Hear Ya about SXSW and the music industry. Jim Jacoby also relates his experiences from SXSW; including interviews with Ben Miller from The Low Anthem, Joe Pug and The Deep Dark Woods.  We also chat about:

NPR’s interview with Amanda Palmer (Why I’m Not Afraid to Take Your Money, 3/12/10, On The Media, NPR), Fictionist, Lissie, Foursquare, Spotify

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Guests: Mark Greiner and Frank Graziano, Workspring. Mark and Frank join us this week for the conclusion to our discussion on office space. We talk more about our environments and how we can make them more collaborative. We also discuss the effect our space has on us and what we can do with more of it.

Vacant Office Space, Animal Collective at The Guggenheim,

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Guests:  Mark Greiner and Frank Graziano, Workspring. Today we have some great guests with us from Workspring, which is a division of Steelcase. Mark Greiner is the Senior Vice President, Chief Experience Officer (CXO) and General Manager, and has been managing the team since 2007. Frank Graziano is currently participating in the development and design of Workspring by leveraging research and experiences around projects focused on collaboration. We had such a great conversation, that it ended up needing two sections. This is the first half of our discussion. Look for the last half to come out next week. In this first part we talk to Mark and Frank about their experiences and their thoughts on the following topics:

Office Space and Productivity, Unused Office Space as Something else, Proposed Hospital Design,

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Guest: Jim Heising, Founder of Red Foundry, Inc. Jim is a serial technology entrepreneur. At 19 he co-founded Click Commerce Inc. Since that time, he has incubated startups in technologies ranging from voice over IP to cutting edge search technologies. Jim also built a successful consulting firm called Codis, LLC, which focuses primarily on high-end iPhone development. His latest startup, Red Foundry Inc., is a web-based application builder for native iPhone applications. Today we chat with him about his companies and experiences, as well as:

iPhone Apps Breaking Through, Magazine Design for the iPad,  NY Art Beat App,  Wolfram Alpha, Sailboat Sharing Business, Dog Food Smelling Ads,  Nike Recycling,

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Guests: Mike Davis, Founder of The DAVIS Experience and Howell Malham. Howell sits in for Jim Jacoby as we talk to Mike. Mike started architecture early and by the age of 20, had completed a 30,000 square foot retail complex. He’s been living that life ever since. He started his own practice in 1991 and in 2001, acquired a former employer. That company is now the leading Architecture and Interior Design firm in the Southwestern United States. To date, the firm has completed over 75,000,000 square feet of projects valued at over $20,000,000,000. We chat with him about his journey as well as:

Fast Company’s Top 50, Helmet Modeled After Skin, Hubless Wheel, Clothes Washer for Developing Countries, Yeasayer Album: Odd Blood, An Umbrella Bar, Stacked House, The Davis Experience

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