Episode 38: The Third Wave of Design (or Making Good Things)

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Design has been welcomed into many disciplines over the past couple decades. While it’s exciting to see the world embracing design and problem-solving skills to help teams make critical decisions and strategies, sometimes it feels like “design” has been distilled down to a one-size-fits-all process. Is it possible that in today’s design practice, we’ve forgotten about the importance of aesthetic, delight, and quality? Have designers lost their unique voice and POV? In Episode 38, as T+M grapple with what’s happening in design, they turn to their longtime friend and colleague Christian Madsbjerg, Human Science guru and Founder of ReD Associates, for a chat. The trio explore the value of the designer’s perspective and discuss questions that matter to design today: What happened when “design thinking” entered the mainstream. Is everyone really a designer? Can design address all of our problems? Fear not, Yah, No listeners, there may be a middle ground. Or as Christian prefers to call it: The third wave of design. Oooh, we like that. Grab your headphones and (for pun’s sake, your surfboard), as we dive into this idea of the third wave of design with the very inspiring Christian Madsbjerg. Don’t miss this one!