Better Future Exec Club Podcast

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of the Design Exec Club / DRIVENxDESIGN

Panel:

Dylan Brady - Conductor at Decibel Architecture

Ole Rauberg - Head of Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and S.Korea at RH

Lucy Grant - Communications Coordinator at the DEsign Exec Club / DRIVENxDESIGN

References:

Hans Rosling shatters the myth of “developed” versus “developing” nations, 2013

Doughnut Economics - Kate Raworth

Brian Harradine – a one-off who played the power of one to the max - Michelle Grattan, The Conversation 2014

This Other...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder & CEO at DRIVENxDESIGN / The Design Exec Club

Panel:

Julia Monk - Hospitality Thought Leader, Architect, Interior Designer

David Montgomery - Director at Scaffad

Lorena Gaxiola - Director at Lorena Gaxiola Interiors

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

Lucy Grant - Communications Coordinator at DRIVENxDESIGN / The Design Exec Club

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Our founder Mark Bergin is joined by David Constantine for this episode of the Better Future Spotlight. David is Principal and Director at Ellis Jones and is thoroughly committed to using design as a positive change maker. David and Mark challenge each other to reflect on their own understandings of design and the verbal handles they each use to describe it. This is a conversation about exploring bigger ideas, new solutions, and different angles on the expedition into a better future.

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of the Design Exec Club & DRIVENxDESIGN

Guests:

Celso Borges - Experience Design Director, ASEAN at Concentrix Tigerspike

Betsy Sweat - Head of Asia Pacific at RH

Lorena Gaxiola - Director at Lorena Gaxiola

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

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In this episode of the Better Future Spotlight, our founder Mark Bergin sits down with Phil Nutley - Head of Experience Design at CCD Design & Ergonomics. Phil has an inspiring outlook on the potential of design to lead us into a better future and together Mark and Phil discuss the necessary brilliance of casual collisions, the power of context, the need for better systems design, humanizing tech and reaching beyond the first and easiest solution. Listen to the episode to find out more. 

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of the Design Exec Club / DRIVENxDESIGN

Guests:

Adrian Battisby - Practice Leader LW Hong Kong & Senior Director of Interior Design LW Interiors

Karen Hay - Founder & Creative Director at IN-Dulge

Julia Monk - Hospitality Thought Leader, Architect, Interior Designer

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

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In this episode of the Better Future Spotlight, Mark is joined by Jay Valgora of STUDIO V Architecture as he takes us through a truly impressive portfolio of projects. Jay brings with him a phenomenally comprehensive knowledge of New York City and the conversation is a treasure trove of longitudinal design projects that are focused on tackling the edges and gaps of New York by building strong communities, establishing environmental resilience, and addressing inequities. What an absolute treat to take a walk through the mind of one of New York's leading architects.

We recommend checking out the...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder and CEO of DRIVENxDESIGN and the Design Exec Club

Guests:

Christina Hart - Principal at Studio Partnership

Dan Formosa - Consultant in design / design research / ergonomics / biomechanics

Harry West - Professor of Practice at Columbia University / Principal at Invisible Design

Jon Winebrenner - President & Founder at Hurdler Studios / Creative Director at Sonn Technology

Rick Bell  - Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York

Ronnie Peters - Founder and CEO at 360 DESIGN & Creative Director at H...

In this episode of the Better Future Spotlight, our founder Mark Bergin is joined by the incredibly intelligent, talented and future-focused Turi McKinley. Turi is the Global Practice Lead and Executive Director at frog design and subscribes to the powerful belief that "design cannot change the world, but designers can". This conversation is all about showing up, asking questions, listening to human needs, understanding the new era of corporate social responsibility, reaching those who are most resistant, redefining decision making, the age of addition, and more. Turi is overflowing with design wisdom and it is a great privilege to...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder & CEO at DRIVENxDESIGN and The Design Exec Club

Guests:

Alice Black - Founder at ArtULTRA

Frven Lim - Director (UK) at DP Architects / Founder at Archi-Ts / Co-Founder at SmallButBig

John Mathers - Co-founder at Design Age Accelerator

Julia Monk - Hospitality Thought Leader, Architect, Interior Designer

Philip Johnson - Knowledge Transfer Manager - Design & Innovation at KTN

William Knight - Director at The Renew Consultancy

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This week’s Better Future SPOTLIGHT episode with Fiona Triaca is not one to miss. Fiona is the Founder and CEO at Naked Ambition and together with our Founder Mark Bergin this episode probes and critiques the Australian design industry and questions how we can best shift the public’s understanding of design beyond the concept of ‘craft’. 

Fiona and Mark are passionate about using design to solve the big issues of our society, both on a local and global scale. Part of this is tackling gender inequities and focussing on fixing low economic leverages for women and other...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Chairman and Founder at DRIVENxDESIGN & the Design Exec Club

Guests:

Mike Biggs - Innovation Director at Mike Biggs Consulting

Amber Bonney - Founder and Managing Director at The Edison Agency

David Montgomery - Director at Scaffad / SME Business Consultant at WatchWell

Lorena Gaxiola - Director at Lorena Gaxiola

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

Celso Borges - Experience Design Director, ASEAN at Concentrix Tigerspike

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It's a jam-packed Spotlight episode this week. Mark is joined by creative industry veteran, Jordan Waid. Jordan wears too many hats to describe in a sentence, but in this episode, he and Mark speak about his work on the Precog Report, an exciting, avant-garde report curating the latest design, innovation, futurity & culture headlines. Together they cover identifying the Signals of Significance, looking through the now to uncover what is next, navigating the attention economy, metabolising stimulations vs. regurgitating them verbatim, valuing the pulse offered by younger generations, and more (if you can believe it!).

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder & CEO of The Design Exec Club and DRIVENxDESIGN 

Panelists:

Aqilah Amran - Architectural Designer at align interior architecture & design

India Mitchell - Associate Architect at k20 Architecture

Lucy Swift - Craft Curator at Cluster London

Stéphane Nguyen Phan - Operations Management Trainee at Bostik Australia / Communications & Platforms Manager at AIESEC Alumni Asia Pacific

Victoria Ayo - Product Designer at Spotify

Vivian Nguyen - Freelance Illustrator

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In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, Mark sits down with Bill Dowzer - Principal at BVN. They discuss the incredible importance of active listening, how the pandemic has led us to embrace imperfection, establishing productive feedback loops, the emerging power of audiences as co-creators of the design process, and the rich teachings we can learn from Country and Australian First Nations peoples.

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder & CEO of DRIVENxDESIGN & the Design Exec Club

Guests:

Julia Monk - Hospitality Thought Leader, Architect, Interior Designer

Dylan Brady - Conductor (Owner) at Decibel Architecture

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

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In this episode of the Better Future Spotlight, our Founder and CEO Mark Bergin talks to President of Mucca Design, Matteo Bologna.

Through typography, Matteo and Mark explore the importance of identity and finding a brand's unique voice. Matteo is a master of the art of passionate Italian storytelling and in this conversation, he distills complex ideas and questions about design into digestible and interesting narratives.

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder & CEO of DRIVENxDESIGN & the Design Exec Club

Guests:

Rick Bell - Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University in the City of New York

Dan Formosa - Consultant in design / design research / ergonomics / biomechanics

Julia Monk FAIA FIIDA - Hospitality Thought Leader, Architect, Interior Designer

Ronnie Peters - Founder and CEO at 360 DESIGN & Creative Director at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies

Jon Winebrenner - President & Founder at Hurdler Studios / Creative Director at Sonn Technology

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In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, our Founder Mark Bergin sits down with Richard Henderson of R-Co Brand for a generous conversation about their respective and collective expeditions into a better future.

Both Mark and Richard are "in the business of design, not in the design business" and they are interested in how we can all use design to "bring strategies to life". Their conversation champions imagination as the tool that catapults us out of the past and into the future. With imagination setting the foundation, they also discuss the excitement of the unknown, the...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder at Design Exec Club and DRIVENxDESIGN

Panelists:

Simon Hamilton - Founder at Design Career Consulting

Philip Johnston - Programme Director at Locate East Sussex

William Knight - Director at The Renew Consultancy

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In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, Mark sits down with the legendary Dan Formosa. A true multidisciplinarian, Dan wears an astonishing amount of hats and is known as a designer, a consultant, an educator, an author, an illustrator, a Youtube video series host, a champion for gender equity, and perhaps most importantly, a question asker.

In this conversation, Mark and Dan speak about the need for design evolution, choosing exploration over validation, understanding the work behind usability, 'soul' design, and the magic of asking questions.

It is a great privilege to scratch the...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of the Design Exec Club

Guests:

Amber Bonney - Founder and Managing Director at The Edison Agency / President at the Creative Women's Circle

Andrew Hoyne - Founder & Principal at Hoyne

David Montgomery - Founder and Director at Scaffad

Dylan Brady - Conductor (Owner) at Decibel Architecture

Julie Ockerby - CEO, Creative Director & Principal at Meli Studio Australia

Lorena Gaxiola - Director at Lorena Gaxiola Design

Maria Scott - Owner at Eye 2 Connect / Director at the Michael Hughes...

In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, our Founder Mark Bergin sits down with the sensational Amber Bonney - Founder and Managing Director at The Edison Agency and President of The Creative Women's Circle. 

Together they discuss creating a vision beyond the ego, taking the time to establish a framework for your values, reimagining the language of ‘good design’, helping the next generation believe and strive for a better future, pursuing uncomfortable conversations, championing the power of mentoring and more.

Amber is steadfast in her values and applies them to both her personal and profe...

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder of DRIVENxDESIGN / The Design Exec Club

Guests:

Richard Henderson - Founder & CEO at R-Co Brand

Adrian Battisby - Partner at LW Hong Kong

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In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, our Founder Mark sits down with Gurvinder Khurana and Nigel Tresise of align interior architecture & design.

It's a conversation with no safety net, where Gurvinder, Nigel and Mark talk about finding confidence in being uncomfortable, the creative power of vulnerability, establishing leeway for improvisation in our work, 'better' over 'beauty', the function of age to generate wisdom, and much more.

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Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder at Design Exec Club & DRIVENxDESIGN

Guests:

Dan Formosa - Designer at Dan Formosa! / Co-founder at 4B

Ronnie Peters - Founder and CEO at 360 Design / Creative Director at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc.

Julie Ockerby - CEO, Creative Director & Principal at Meli Studio Australia

Jon Winebrenner - President & Founder at Hurdler Studios / Creative Director at Sonn Technology

Harry West - Professor of Practice at Columbia University / Principal at Invisible Design

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Like most of us, life has changed a lot in the past 18 months for McKinsey Design leader Rod Farmer. In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, Rod joins Mark in a thoughtful conversation about life, design, adapting, vision, storytelling, family, service and more. Rod is calm, intelligent and considerate and possesses a phenomenal ability to look at the bigger picture. That is what a better future is all about.  

Hosted by Mark Bergin - Founder at Design Exec Club & DRIVENxDESIGN

Guests:

William Knight - Director at The Renew Consultancy / Co-founder at Design Dialogue / European Associate at DRIVENxDESIGN

Loïc Sattler - Experience Design Director, Germany at Futurice

David Constantine - Founder & Director at Motivation Charitable Trust at IBM

Katy Ghahremani - Partner at Make Architects

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In this episode of the Better Future SPOTLIGHT, our Founder Mark Bergin catches up with Michael Tam - Global Design Director at IBM iX. Michael is equal parts generous, humble, and brilliant and he and Mark have a future-oriented conversation that spans embracing change, maintaining relevance, the beauty of constraints, the importance of action, utilising emotion, and much more. Michael is innovation personified, and it is a great joy to have him share his insights and musings on design and the world beyond.

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