In this second design practitioner podcast Mieke talks to Cathelijne Bertels, who is based in Amsterdam. Cathelijne originally studied at IDE in Delft before going on to work at Microsoft for 13 years, working as a user-experience designer at a time when UX design was just becoming a major part of large IT organisations. After working at Microsoft, Cathelijne established her own design agency and over the years has broadened her approach to design, embracing an ever wider range of design...

In the third design practitioner podcast Mieke talks to Grace Turtle, a well-travelled Australian-Colombian strategic designer and futures research manager. Grace is based in Amsterdam, dividing her time between Deloitte and Becoming Studio, a speculative and critical research collective based in Barcelona. Grace originally studied Interior Design in Australia, before focusing on sustainable design at the Pratt Institute in the US. From the US she returned to Colombia to work on social and...

In the first of several podcasts with design practitioners, Peter talks to Wouter van der Hoog, who set up the Rotterdam-based design practice Hoog+Diep in 2006. The aim of the practitioner podcasts is to get more of a professional view of how working practices and design theory & methodology are related. Many of the questions asked relate directly to Assignment 2. Wouter touches on many aspects of designing in the interview. As an IDE alumnus he starts by reflecting on his education and...

In this podcast Peter and Mieke discuss the second of three learning objectives for the DTM course: the articulation of design theory and methodology through story creation. Storytelling has very much become a buzzword for designers in all kinds of activities but it applies in a very particular way to the DTM course where it is used to mean capturing, communicating, and explaining a process of inquiry, with film being a natural media with which to tell stories with. Peter and Mieke begin...

In this podcast Peter and Mieke discuss the first of three learning objectives for the DTM course: the ability to think critically about theory and methodology. Critical thinking is something that many courses mention without ever really explicitly defining. In the discussion Peter and Mieke try to break down aspects of critical thinking in a practical sense, proposing a number of polarities for how to be properly critical. These are: strengths & weaknesses, compare & contrast,...

In the final DTM podcast Peter talks to Elisa Giaccardi, Professor of Interactive Media Design at IDE, about what design methods will look like in the future. They talk about how artificial intelligence and machine learning are changing the design process from something that is ‘user-centred’ into something much more dynamic. Elisa introduces the idea of how humans and computers can design together through ‘co-performance’. They also touch on the ethical issues involved when dealing with...

In this penultimate DTM podcast Peter talks to one of his colleagues at Delft, Professor Matthijs van Dyke. Matthijs is a Professor of Practice and co-author of the well-known Vision in Product Development (ViP) method. Matthijs is not only an educator though. His main job is working at the design business he co-founded: Reframing Studio in Amsterdam, where he has built up considerable expertise in design working with major clients and organisations.

In this bonus podcast Mieke and Peter talk about the videos that were submitted for the second part of Assignment 1, discussing the many different documentary styles as well as the strengths and weaknesses of individual videos. Towards the end of the podcast they give some guidance on Part 3 of Assignment 1.

Peter talks to Jocelyn Bailey, an expert in using participative processes in the design of complex social systems. Jocelyn has worked with members of the UK Parliament to raise awareness of design approaches to solving complex problems, she has worked with USCreates, and recently completed a PhD thesis on emerging practices of design in the UK government. In the interview they talk about the different ways of including people in the design process and what can sometimes go wrong. They also...

In this bonus podcast Mieke and Peter talk about the videos that were submitted for the first part of Assignment 1, reflecting on the incredible diversity and amazing quality of videos. Towards the end of the podcast they give some guidance on Parts 2 and 3 of Assignment 1.

Mieke talks to Nazli Cila from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences about the use of metaphors in product design. She then explores this topic further in short interviews with designers Renée Schuffelers and Willem Mees van der Bijl, and in a discussion with Peter in the studio.

Mieke talks to Peter about his knowledge of the history of design methods. She then discusses the interview with Annemiek van Boeijen, one of the editors for the Delft Design Guide, available in the IDE bookshop, with a second edition coming soon.

Nathan Crilly has written a lot about the phenomena of design fixation that is discussed in the podcast. Two very recent publications of his, in volume 64 of the journal Design Studies, are a good place to start. One is of case studies of creative discovery, and the other summarises the theory of design fixation to date. The key early work he refers to, that first identified the design fixation phenomena in 1991, is by David Jansson and Stephen Smith in Volume 12 of Design Studies.

This podcast is the second part of an interview that features Kees Dorst, Professor of Design, from the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. Further details about Kees can be found in the show notes for the first podcast. The interview is followed by a discussion between Peter and Mieke, who talk about some of the ideas in the interview that they found interesting.

This podcast features an interview with Kees Dorst, Professor of Design, at the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia. The interview is followed by a discussion between Peter and Mieke, who talk about some of the things in the interview that resonated with them. Below are some key references for you to follow up on the ideas that are talked about.

In this first introductory podcast course coordinators Peter and Mieke discuss some of the ‘statements’ that were listed for each of them at the opening lecture and listed below. The statements relate to both things that they have come to believe about design and designing but also about life in general. During the discussion about one of her statements Mieke mentions the popular book Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus. Peter mentions his blog where you can find out more about his...