From cabinet maker to transformation leader, Sven-Anwar Bibi reflects on design’s evolution, AI, and why the field’s future depends on reclaiming its identity as a social discipline.
Strategic experience designer Ana Viegas reflects on AI, education, and why design’s true contribution lies in critical questioning, not hero myths.
Working across innovation hubs in Asia and at the frontlines of economic turbulence, innovation strategist Felix Scharfenberg reflects on AI, agility, and why design’s future depends on reimagining consultancy itself.
Principal product and systems designer Göksu Kacaroğlu reflects on designer’s identity, systems, and why purpose often lives beyond the boundaries of the profession.
From organic farming roots to cathedral thinking, Professor Martin Tomitsch, Head of Transdisciplinary School at UTS, reflects on systems, sustainability, and why design must move beyond objects and methods to take the long view.
From humanitarian contexts to healthcare systems product designer and board member Ciarán Duffy reflects on AI, strategy, and why the designer’s true value lies in “the last mile”.
From the workbench, through journey maps to boardrooms, CX transformation expert Isabell Fringer reflects on AI, leadership buy-in, and why design’s real superpower lies in making the intangible tangible.
Social psychologist and UX researcher Maya Ninova reflects on the state of design research in tech, warns against the hype, and why research must be defended as a true specialization.
