EP 11: Emancipatory Design | Lesley-Ann Noel

Meet Lesley-Ann Noel. She's a Professor of Design and her research practice is guided by an emancipatory philosophy. Lesley introduces design to nontraditional audiences and has presented her work all over the world: Trinidad, Tobago, Jamaica, Brazil, Germany, and France. Originally from Trinidad, she moved to Brazil to study Industrial Design and earned her PhD at North Carolina State University. Bon and Lesley talk about conducting design research during a pandemic, confronting biases through emancipatory design, and the challenges Lesley has faced being a black female designer.

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Does living in a well-designed city make you healthier? How can surfing increase your creativity? Have you ever wondered why hospitals are so ugly? Bon Ku is a physician and an avid fan of design, food, surfboarding, and Medicine. On DESIGN LAB, Bon and his guests tell stories at the intersection of design, science, and humanity. Listen each week and learn new insights, hacks, and design principles that you can apply to your own life. ISSN 2833-2032