Design Over Drinks

Design Over Drinks Episode 2.3 - A Layman Asks #2 (Free Version)

Kendra Shea, Host Season 2 Episode 3


In this episode we touch on the the following topics.

  1. Construction Documents
  2. Form Parti
  3. Mid-Century Modern; what is it? Why it is used too much; in our opinion & how might we move past white-coded design?

Here's a link to the Slate article Simon refers to; talking about the problematic history of Mid-Century Modern Design.

Here is a link to the book by Kristina Wilson; Mid-Century Modernism and the American Body who is interviewed in the Slate article. This is at the top of our reading list for this year, now.

There are people doing work in the area of Diversity in Design, you can join in the discussion or be a part of the slow, but important process of making change. Check out the links below.

https://diversityindesign.com/

https://iida.org/articles/introducing-the-iida-equity-council