In this episode, Lauryn Menard of PROWL Studio joins Angela Yeh as they discuss why the future of design is almost completely dependent on the new generation of consumers who are more aware and knowledgeable about sustainability and ethical production of consumer products.

She is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of PROWL, a full service design studio that offers strategic insight through their unique trademarked Progress Projections Process, Design Strategy, and Industrial and Material Design. Lauryn also is Chair of IDSA's Women in Design SF chapter. 

Connect with Lauryn on:

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauryn-menard/
• PROWL Studio Website: https://www.prowlstud.io/ 
• PROWL Studio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/prowl__/

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For the month of March, we are celebrating Women's History Month by featuring women who have made an impact and are pioneering in the field of the male-dominated industry of design. 

In this episode, Angela Yeh is joined by Vicki Matranga of International Housewares Association (IHA). Vicki created IHA's infamous Student Design Competition in 1993 which has launched thousands of careers and has had over 5,000 students participate since it began. 

Vicki shares with Angela several success stories of students who have competed in the competition and have now found themselves thriving in the design industry. She also talks about a couple pioneering women who has paved the way for women designers today.

Ever since Vicki was young, she had a fascination in not only design but also the history of it. Vicki is the author of America at Home: A Celebration of Twentieth-Century Housewares, a book published in 1997, which presented a unique cultural perspective on the evolution of household products in relation to lifestyles, women, technology, and retailing. She has written essays for historical encyclopedias and museum catalogues. She wrote sections of The Alliance of Art and Industry: Toledo Designs for a Modern America, published by the Toledo Museum of Art in 2002. She interpreted Chicago’s industrial design legacy for The Encyclopedia of Chicago, edited Design Chronicles, a 2005 book written by Carroll Gantz, and assisted in the development of the 2006 autobiography of designer Charles Harrison, A Life’s Design.

Vicki delivers lectures on housekeeping history to varied audiences, appears on television, and is often quoted in print media about consumer trends. She was also awarded by IDSA its honorary membership “in recognition and gratitude for special efforts to enhance the public’s appreciation of industrial design.”

Connect with Vicki:

• Email: VMatranga@housewares.org
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vicki-victoria-matranga-6aa8912/

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Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today

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For questions and inquiries, please email us at info@yehideology.com

"The pace of material innovation has increased rapidly. So, it's hard to keep up as well. That's another thing for designers - they have to keep up with the material innovation." 

Welcome back to the second season of Designing Futures!

We're kicking it off with an amazing first episode featuring Sarah D'Sylva of hyloh. where she discusses with Angela her life as a new mother while running her company as well as how designers are shifting into having sustainable material at the core of their design process with innovation in mind. 

Sarah mentions that her view on design has changed the moment she had her daughter because now she looks at design with a higher purpose because whatever product the industry releases today will predict the world that her child will have in the future.

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Sarah is one of the three female co-founders of hyloh, who work to accelerate the circular economy. Responsible for gathering insights and imagining prospective solutions, Sarah helps brands navigate the most advanced transition of material innovation in history; eliminating waste and regenerating our environment.

With professional experience in Industrial Design, Design Strategy, CMF Design, and Eco-Design, Sarah spans science, sociology, sustainability, and scalability when it comes to materials and design. She uses the craft of storytelling to translate complicated information into satiable opportunities for growth.

Connect with Sarah:

• Email: sarah@hyloh.com
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-d-sylva-75052b57/ 

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Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com

Looking to pivot in your career? Check out www.thrivebydesign.today 

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For questions and inquiries, please email us at info@yehideology.com 

"You have to collaborate. You have to answer these hard questions. You have to test everything thoroughly. And be ready to have that idea be obsolete within two years. That is the world we work in and that's why we need more designers to to work this way. To be curious and and to work both on the technical side and on the magical side of design. And go back and forth within the two. Otherwise, we're just going to get stuck."  - Phnam Bagley

This episode, Phnam Bagley of Nonfiction Design and Virgil Calejesan of Anduril Industries join us as we discuss what does it mean to be a futurist in design and where does design sit on our mission to explore space.

Know more about Phnam Bagley here:

• https://www.nonfiction.design/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/phnambagley/

Know more about Virgil Calejesan here: 

• https://www.calejesan.com/ 
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/calejesan/ 

Learn more about Yeh IDeology at www.yehideology.com 

"No two designers are really going to be exactly the same. That's what makes, especially from our perspective, recruiting for design so difficult. Sometimes you would wish, "Why can't we just hire doctors with years of experience in the field," and be like, "Yeah, you're good". From industrial designers to graphic designers to UX designers, they're going to have maybe similar language, but they're going to have vastly different paths and experiences that have flavored how they want to work." - Sean Bender

For our TENTH episode, Angela Yeh and Sean Bender share a little bit about a talent search Yeh IDeology is working. Matching a company with the right talent is rigorous work that takes time and effort with almost an endless journey of soul searching. But when a client understands the value of design, and when they know that their talent will evolve together with them, it makes the job a lot easier.

Check out the details for the Human Factors Engineer position here: https://www.yehideology.com/srch-11100-senior-human-factors-engineer

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In this episode, Oliver Seil joins Angela Yeh to discuss how an understanding of the importance of design is the most valuable asset that a company can have. Oliver also shares with us his advice on why speaking up, aside from having a competent business and design knowledge, is key to having a thriving career in the industry.

Oliver is the VP of Design at Belkin International where he leads the company’s Industrial Design, Creative, User Experience, Retail Experience, and Consumer Insights. With over 20 years of experience in the industry, he has mastered his trade on brand-building and business-driving product experience by creating brand loyalty with engaging and compelling brand touch points. 

Learn more about Oliver Seil here: www.oliverseil.com 

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On the last episode of Designing Futures, we got to listen Angela's journey and how she started her journey with her as a child empath, a middle school Dr. Ruth, and all the way to college as a rat pup EMT.

In this episode, we will hear Angela's stories of how she found out about her mentorship talent that she discovered in grad school as well as how she pivoted from being a designer and into a creative recruiter. Angela also shared with us her experiences working for other recruitment agencies and what made her decide to build her own.

Angela Yeh is a Talent Strategist, public speaker, and industry expert on career transformation. She has helped hundreds of professionals pivot their careers to success. With decades of executive career coaching and recruitment experience, Angela founded Yeh IDeology, a talent strategy consulting firm, that helps employers nurture, cultivate and evolve the best talent teams through Talent Strategies, a proprietary methodology developed to align talent to the corporate mission.

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In this episode, we'll get to know more about the history and background of Yeh IDeology's Founder & CEO! We'll hear some of Angela's origin stories and how she came to be who she is today.

From the early discovery of her innate people skills to her hidden talent in rat pup resuscitation, as well as how she pivoted from the field of scientific research, to industrial design, and finally into talent strategy and recruitment.

Stay tuned next week for part two!

Angela Yeh is a Talent Strategist, public speaker, and industry expert on career transformation. She has helped hundreds of professionals pivot their careers to success. With decades of executive career coaching and recruitment experience, Angela founded Yeh IDeology, a talent strategy consulting firm, that helps employers nurture, cultivate and evolve the best talent teams through Talent Strategies, a proprietary methodology developed to align talent to the corporate mission.

www.yehideology.com