Podcast Episodes Archive

With Intent Podcast

With Intent is a podcast from ID. In Season 3, co-hosts Albert Shum and Thamer Abanami discuss some of the best designs from the last 50 years and what they can tell us about what responsible design looks like tomorrow.

In Season 2, Scratching the Surface podcast host Jarrett Fuller, ID’s 2022–23 Latham Fellow, hosted conversations about the state of design and ID’s latest chapter as we celebrated 85 Years of Making the Future. These conversations are also collected in the book, Where Must Design Go Next?

In Season 1, host and producer Kristin Gecan talked to a range of people—writers, business strategists, policymakers, doctors, community organizers—about how they use design in their work.

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Bonus: AI and Democracy with Terry Williams-Willcock and Chelsea Pratt

In this episode from ID’s Shapeshift conference, we hear from two New Zealand design leaders on how intentionally designed AI can address challenges to democracy. Terry Williams-Willcock, Chief Customer Officer at RUSH Digital, and Chelsea Pratt, Design Lead & Strategist at Thoughtfull, discuss how they’re making civic participation more accessible with AI.

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Bonus: Shaping an Inclusive AI Future with Anamitra Deb of Omidyar Network

In this episode from ID’s Shapeshift conference, we hear from Anamitra Deb, Senior Vice President of Programs and Policy at Omidyar Network. His talk explores how we might create a responsible future where access to AI’s benefits are shared by all humans.

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Bonus: Designing for Trust in Urban Systems with Ryan Powell of Waymo

In this episode from ID’s Shapeshift conference, Ryan Powell (MDes 2001) shares how Waymo uses design to tackle one of the world’s most pressing challenges: the 1.35 million annual traffic fatalities and 50 million injuries from vehicle crashes.

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Bonus: Design Visionary Patrick Whitney

In this episode, Patrick Whitney shares his path from reluctantly accepting Jay Doblin’s invitation to teach a single course to discovering his passion for helping students grow. He reflects on the challenges of teaching design, particularly to eager freshmen students, and how that experience shaped his understanding of design education.

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ClearRx: Designer as Entrepreneur

In this episode of With Intent, hosts Thamer Abanami and Albert Shum explore the revolutionary ClearRx prescription packaging system, created by designer Deborah Adler. What began as a personal experience with her grandparents’ medication mix-up evolved into a groundbreaking design that transformed how medications are dispensed in America. The episode reveals how thoughtful design, strategic partnerships, and persistence can create meaningful impact in healthcare.

Through an engaging conversation with Deborah Adler herself, this episode uncovers how a designer’s entrepreneurial spirit, combined with deep observational insights and strategic collaboration, can overcome complex regulatory challenges to bring innovative solutions to market.

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