D.J. talks about social (innovation) design that strengthens care between neighbors in the transition from a late stage to post-pandemic world.

Episode 24: Living in Two Worlds

D.J. talks about his thesis proposal draft which was due on this day (2/22/21), how neoliberalism and design erode community (see Dean and Julier), why we feel we’re doing good (Affect theory), and steps D.J. will take to engage with his neighbors as a model for other design studios (using tools from Design After Capitalism, ethnographic methods, cooperative principles.

Episode 23: Design for Community not Consumption

D.J. talks about one year of the pandemic, keeping pace when the finish line keeps changing, and a potential focus area for his thesis topic.

Episode 22: Extinction and Ecologies

D.J. talks about white habitus, brands as receptionist, decolonization, design-led activism in my neighborhood, cooperative culture, black ecology, extinction rebellion, and performing diversity.

Episode 11: Critique and Repeat

D.J. talks about “meet me at the compost pile,” bon fires, picking up the phone, reading a book, department of auto-mobile housing, covering up our problems with design, and the 2020 election.