TECHnique

This is the seventh episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

During the show, the team explores a variety of questions, including: What is Design? What areas of design are there? How is Design Thinking is changing Design Schools?

This episode was written, recorded, and produced by ...

This is the sixth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore Design Process. We explore a variety of themes, including: Design Practice, Materials and Thinking.

This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Sam Fry (samueljfry.weebly.com) and Richard ...

This is the fifth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore Design Education. We explore a variety of themes, including: What are you taught in Design school? Are you taught Design Thinking? What is Design Education?

This episode was written, recorded, and...

This is the fourth episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore the value of Design Thinking. We explore a variety of themes, including: the evolution of Design Thinking, the value of Design Thinking and what the role of Design Thinking is in a world of AI.

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This is the third episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore Co-creation and Empathy. We explore a variety of themes, including: co-creation, empathy, culture change, attitude to failure and trust.

This episode was written, recorded, and produced by Sam F...

This is the second episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore the Design Thinking Industry. We ask questions like: How well understood is Design Thinking? Where does Design Thinking work best? What do you think of the Design Thinking industry?

This episod...

This is the first episode in our podcast series on Design Thinking. The series is hosted by Sam Fry and Richard Adams, who interview design practitioners from business, education and independent-designers.

In this episode we explore the background and history of Design Thinking. We ask questions like: What is Design Thinking? What is the history of Design Thinking? Plus, why has Design Thinking taken off?

This episode was w...

After almost 5 years of creating this podcast, Sam Fry summarises some of the lessons that he has learned.

By day, Sam works as a technology consultant at IBM, where he helps large companies design and deliver compelling digital products. Now that he and Richard Adams have produced over 50 podcasts, he has concluded that when technologists work with artists, we create better experiences. So, in this episode he explains why, as s...

Richard Adams speaks to Tim Kindberg, a writer, digital creative and sceptic.

You may remember Tim, from 'Episode 27 - Technology for Sceptics', which we released 2 years ago. For those that don't remember, Tim's background is as a computer scientist. He founded matter II media which produced the platforms Vorb and Nth Screen, technologies for people to act collectively and creatively.

Tim is also a writer and has recently la...

It is episode 50!

To celebrate, this episode features a chat between our hosts Richard Adams and Sam Fry.

This is the first time that they have interviewed each other on the podcast since Episode 25, so they talk about what they've been up to for the last couple of years, their own artwork and future plans for the TECHnique podcast.

To find out more about Richard and Sam, visit:

• richardfadams.com
• samueljfry.weebly.com

Sam Fry speaks to Eric Forman, an artist that works in the intersections between fine art, design, architecture, and technology.

For nearly twenty years, Eric's work has used playful interaction to reveal issues of language, simulation, and perception. Underneath all is an investigation of the uncertain present of human and technological co-evolution: the overlappings of natural and artificial, real and simulated, person and mac...

Sam Fry speaks to Patrick Lichty, a New Media Artist who (at the time of recording) was based in United Arab Emirates.

Patrick describes himself as a media “reality” artist, who works using a number of technologies to create his work. He works with machine drawings, 3D sculptures, video art and with artificial intelligence. With over two decades of experience exploring how media and mediation affect our perception of reality, Pa...

Richard F Adams speaks to Alistair Gentry, Harmeet Chagger-Khan, Mr Gee and Hannah Redler Hawes about the 'Copy That?' exhibition.

'Copy That?' is an exhbition from the Open Data Institute's (ODI) arts programme Data as Culture. The exhibition asks how ‘true’ is the ‘data you’ and how many versions exist online?

In the episode, Richard speaks to Alistair, Harmeet, Mr Gee and Hannah about the exhbition, about the ODI and their...

Richard F Adams speaks to Antonio Roberts, Nick Briz and Hannah Redler Hawes about the 'Rules of Engagement' exhibition.

'Rules of Engagement' is an exhbition from the Open Data Institute's (ODI) arts programme Data as Culture. By seeing people as more than just data points, the exhibition asks those with power to reimagine how we engage with data, advocating for an ethical data future for everyone.

'Rules of Engagement' is c...

Sam Fry speaks to Vik Bennett, a writer, poet and creative producer.

Vik (known often in her writing as Victoria) is founder of the grassroots arts collective, Wild Women Press. As a result, she has spent the last twenty years curating platforms for women to share ideas, stories, inspirations, and actions for positive change. She also holds an MA in Creative Writing and has three decades experience working as a freelance writer ...

Sam Fry speaks to Amina Abbas-Nazari: a designer, researcher and artist that works in Design Fiction.

Amina uses Design Fiction to explore and design alternative interactions, systems and to create sonic fictions. As a graduate of MA Design Interactions at the Royal College of Art, Amina is also embarking on a Techne NPIF funded PhD studentship in the subject areas of Artificial Intelligence and Voice, in partnership with IBM.

Sam Fry speaks to Sam Cotton, a fashion designer, consultant and artist.

Sam Cotton is an Award Winning Creative Director, Designer and Fashion Innovation Consultant, who specialises in Material Innovation, Design Innovation, Philosophical Models, Anthropological Research and Sustainability. His clients have included Valentino, JW Anderson, Alexander McQueen, COS, LVMH, Richemont, Parsons School of New Design, etc.

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Sam Fry speaks to Helen Brady, a senior events manager that works for Events Northern in the North West of England.

Helen is an amazing events manager, who runs a variety of corporate events in the UK. She is also one half of ‘Make Do Drink’ – a series of craft making events in Preston that she runs with Graphic Designer Nicola Darwin.

We spoke about what it involves to run events, how the industry has been shaken up by the C...

Richard F Adams speaks to Rebecca Denton, an author that sometimes goes under the nom de plume Lizzy Dent.

Rebecca Denton is an author and content creator. Her background is in worked in TV on a variety of interactive and digital concepts. These days, Rebecca has moved away from digital storytelling to focus on writing novels – including a trio of books under the title ‘This Beats Perfect’. Her first novel under the name Lizzy D...