165 Episodes

  1. S12E5: Redesigning the Spice Trade: Talking Turmeric and Tariffs with Diaspora Co.’s Sana Javeri Kadri

    Published: 5/13/2025
  2. S12E4: Making Space with Jon M. Chu

    Published: 4/22/2025
  3. S12E3: The New Era of Design Leadership with Tony Bynum

    Published: 4/1/2025
  4. S12E2: How a "Mastercard for Pigs" is Transforming Global Farming with Tara Nathan

    Published: 3/18/2025
  5. S12E1: The Future of Cities is Climate Adaptive with Michael Eliason

    Published: 3/4/2025
  6. S11E10: Activism in AI with Google’s Ovetta Sampson

    Published: 9/11/2024
  7. S11E9: What’s Love Got to Do With Business with Jorge Fontanez

    Published: 8/28/2024
  8. S11E8: Poetry is Anti Capitalist with Tracy K. Smith

    Published: 8/7/2024
  9. S11E7: Using Design to Show the World Your Truth with Dionna Dorsey and Production Designer Olivia Peebles

    Published: 7/24/2024
  10. S11E6: Why an Inclusive Global Economy is a Redesign Project with Mastercard’s Shamina Singh

    Published: 6/26/2024
  11. S11E5: WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert on Talent, Activism, and the Business of Basketball

    Published: 6/12/2024
  12. S11E4: Richard Buery and Robin Hood Are Building a Coalition to Tackle Poverty in NYC

    Published: 5/29/2024
  13. S11E3: The Healthy Materials Lab is Making Housing Healthier for Everyone

    Published: 5/15/2024
  14. S11E2: How Franklin Leonard is using The Black List to Redesign Hollywood

    Published: 5/1/2024
  15. S11E1: How to Throw a Party to Change the World with Carrie Mae Weems

    Published: 4/17/2024
  16. Feed Drop: Design Observer x Mastercard

    Published: 5/23/2023
  17. S10E12: Decolonizing Design

    Published: 3/14/2023
  18. S10E11.5: Minisode

    Published: 2/28/2023
  19. S10E11: Dr. Dori Tunstall

    Published: 2/14/2023
  20. S10E10: Kunal Kapoor

    Published: 1/24/2023

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The Design of Business | The Business of Design explores how design shapes, and is shaped by, the world around us. Hosted by Ellen McGirt, the podcast features conversations with visionary leaders from a wide range of industries, from architecture and technology to journalism and retail. Together, they examine creative practices, challenge conventional thinking, and explore how design drives business, innovation, and social change.In Season 12 of DB|BD, host Ellen McGirt explores Designing for the Unknown—how visionary designers, architects, and thinkers navigate uncertainty, from climate adaptation to technological disruption. This season, we’re looking at the bold ideas reshaping our cities, industries, and ways of living in an unpredictable world.