Today’s guest on Chapter Talks — Design (English-language edition) is Mauro Porcini, President and Chief Design Officer of Samsung Electronics. Before joining Samsung, he held leading design roles at PepsiCo and 3M, where he helped bring design closer to business and technology. At Samsung, he now leads the design vision for many of the products people use every day — from smartphones and TVs to home appliances and new AI experiences. Today, we speak with him about how design can take products beyond pure functionality through aesthetics, originality and emotional relevance — and why designers have the power to move entire industries in a more meaningful direction, one step at a time.

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Chapter Talks – Design | Episode 37 | Host Timo Schmitt | Production Miri Marijanovic, Nina Schaefer, Clemens Paul Steinmüller | Music XTMPLX – »Mind Control«

• (00:00:01) - The Future of Personalization
• (00:00:46) - Chapter Talks Design
• (00:01:43) - Long Distance Podcast
• (00:02:20) - The Importance of Being a Global Citizen
• (00:06:34) - The Role of Chief Design Officer
• (00:10:35) - How Design Is Driving 3M, PepsiCo's Transformation
• (00:12:25) - The challenge of design in a global world
• (00:19:29) - The responsibility of the design of technology
• (00:27:29) - The New Galaxy: A Design for Meaning
• (00:37:42) - Expective Design: The Four Pillars
• (00:41:56) - The Identity of Samsung
• (00:49:46) - Samsung's Vision for AI in the World
• (00:52:09) - Chapter Talks Design

Heutiger Gast bei »Chapter Talks – Design« ist Pablo Widmer, Head of Product Design bei Breitling. Nach seinem Studium in Pforzheim und Stationen unter anderem bei Chopard prägt er seit 2019 die Formensprache von Breitling – einer Uhrenmarke die seit über 140 Jahren für technische Präzision und markantes Design steht. Pablo Widmer beschreibt seinen Designansatz als »modern-retro«, also als einen Dialog zwischen Markenhistorie und Gegenwart.

Chapter Talks – Design | Episode 36 | Host Timo Schmitt | Produktion Miri Marijanovic, Clemens Steinmüller | Musik XTMPLX - »Mind Control«

Today’s guest on »Chapter Talks—Design« (English-language edition) is the award-winning designer Begüm Tomruk—currently Industrial Design Director and Creative Director of the luxury audio brand Marantz, founded in New York in 1953. In her position, Begüm Tomruk is responsible for the design and creative direction of the Marantz audio products which are always characterized by a timelessly elegant design and at the same time reflect the passion of Marantz's craftsmen sound engineers.

Chapter Talks—Design | Episode 35 | Host Timo Schmitt | Production Miri Marijanovic, Clemens Steinmüller, Nina Schaefer | Music XTMPLX – »Mind Control«

• (00:00:02) - Chapters Talks Design
• (00:00:53) - Chapter Talks Design
• (00:02:07) - Meet the Industrial Design Director at Marantz
• (00:06:54) - Marantz
• (00:13:49) - The 10 Series Amplifiers
• (00:18:36) - Marantz Amplifiers: The Story of the Brand
• (00:25:58) - Marin's Collaboration with Japan
• (00:30:56) - Marantz Packaging: A Taste of Luxury
• (00:34:33) - The Story Behind Your Watch
• (00:36:17) - What Makes a Good Life?
• (00:38:37) - Chapter Talks Design