In today’s episode, we will talk to Vince Frost about his mission for designing a better world and how design has the power to positively transform not just business, but our daily lives.
We discuss:
- Vince's vision and mission for creating better environments for the collective.
- What Vince Frost's ideal physical environment is and how he creates and approaches it from a branding, wayfinding and people and place lens?
- How Vince uses language, typography and symbolism to create better environments.?
Vince Frost is the Founder, CEO and Executive Creative Director of Frost*collective. He’s also a globally recognised and awarded creative who is passionately committed to designing a better world.
In today’s episode, we will talk to Rex Miller about organisational transformation, and how the physical environment plays a pivotal role in the future of work.
We discuss:
- What are the key trends shaping the future of work?
- What does the future look like for work environments and how can organisations adapt?
- How Rex shift's the mindsets of leaders to see the value proposition that space matters?
- How ubiquitous technology can be used to create work and learning environments that can continually engage, energise and form new positive habits and norms?
Rex Miller is a distinguished expert in optimizing human and team performance, strategic foresight, and organizational transformation. With over forty-six years of experience in our industry and twenty years of experience as a consultant and coach, Rex has identified the key trends that will shape the future of work, making him a sought-after thought leader in the industry.
In this episode, we will talk to Ben Channon about designing for mental health, wellbeing and happiness and how buildings and urban design can impact how we feel.
We discuss:
- How Architecture has become Ben's vessel for creating buildings that support people's physical, psychological, and emotional health and well-being.
- How Ben's work is making a difference to people and place
- How Ben creates spaces that enhance people's health and well-being
- How Ben educates and advocates clients to see the value proposition of supporting building users' mental health and well-being.
- What nudge psychology is?
Ben Channon is an architect, author, TEDx speaker, and mental well-being advocate and is well-known in the industry as a thought leader in designing for happiness and well-being.
In this episode, we talk to Allys Todd about all things Climate Tech and how to use data insights and digital technologies to create impactful positive change in the physical environments of where we live, work, and are educated.
We discuss:
- How we can use technology and data insights to make powerful behavioural changes in our environments?
- How technology is impacting our physical, psychological and emotional health and well-being?
- What is the future of AI?
- Why should we challenge and question AI to make informed decisions?
Allys Todd is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Val. Ai. Allys has a Bachelor of Technology, from Flinder’s University. She has had a career in climate impact, carbon conservation and community collaboration.
In this episode, we will explore Tye Farrow’s book on Constructing Health. Constructing Health is a compelling book about How the Built Environment Enhances Your Mind’s Health. It explores the relationship between placemaking, mind health and human performance, at the intersection of neuroscience and architecture.
We discuss:
- What Constructing Health is?
- What is Salutogenic Design and its importance in Constructing Health?
- What do comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness mean, and how do they relate to our environments?
- What are enriched environments and why are they important in design?
- How does design impact our minds' health?
Tye Farrow is a world-recognized pioneer tackling how what we create either gives or cause health. With award-winning projects around the globe that enact salutogenic design - design that actively incites health - he is the first Canadian architect to have earned a Master of Neuroscience Applied to Architecture (University of Venice Iuav), and has a Master of in Urban Design (Harvard University), and a Bachelor of Architecture degree (University of Toronto).
In this episode, we talk to Itai Palti who is a practising architect, researcher, and multidisciplinary artist focusing on the relationship between people and place. He is the Founder of the Centre for Conscious Design, and Director of Hume - a science - informed architecture and urban design practice.
We discuss:
- What sort of societies are we creating by the spaces that we design that eventually shape us?
- What is a Conscious City?
- How is Itai’s work making a difference to humanity and human-centred design?
- The role technology is playing.