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šŸŽ™ļøSee you in the studio! The NeoCon Podcast Lounge is back again this year, now on the 11th floor. Hear live conversatio...
04/30/2026

šŸŽ™ļøSee you in the studio! The NeoCon Podcast Lounge is back again this year, now on the 11th floor. Hear live conversations with guests including Michael Ford, Cheryl Durst, Nick Foster, and more. Plus: A live Design Nerds Anonymous event with special giveaways (hint: šŸ§¢ & šŸ“š) and a fun activation brought to life by ThinkLab with Momentum Custom Digital Wallpaper.

Big thank you to the Lounge sponsor, Unika Vaev, and our partners: B+N, Momentum, Framery, and UpSpring.

Visit neocon.com for the full schedule of recordings.

NeoConversations is back with a new episode, find it wherever you get podcasts!What if innovation isnā€™t a moment of brea...
04/30/2026

NeoConversations is back with a new episode, find it wherever you get podcasts!

What if innovation isnā€™t a moment of breakthrough but a practice shaped by community, lived experience, and responsibility?

In this episode of NeoConversations, Jessica O. Matthews offers a powerful reframing of innovation not as an individual act, but as a collective one.

Drawing from her experience building ideas into real-world impact, Jessica introduces her approach to innovation through a pattern-based framework, one that challenges how we identify opportunity, assess risk, and move from concept to ex*****on.

Rather than offering a formula, she invites listeners into a way of thinking, one grounded in discipline, context, and the belief that the most meaningful ideas are shaped in relationship to the communities they serve.

She closes with a clear call to action, urging designers and leaders to rethink not just what they build but how and for whom they build it.

This , Deep Green brings a special conversation. Join host Avinash Rajagopal as he sits down with Marybeth Shaw, Chief ...
04/22/2026

This , Deep Green brings a special conversation. Join host Avinash Rajagopal as he sits down with Marybeth Shaw, Chief Creative Officer, Design and Marketing at Wolf-Gordon.

Across two stints totaling more than two decades, Shaw has helped lead and shape Wolf-Gordonā€™s creative vision across fabrics, wallcoverings, wall protection, and acoustics. Among her many contributions, she has pushed the boundaries of collaboration with artists and designers from around the world.

In this episode, Rajagopal and Shaw explore Wolf-Gordonā€™s approach to material innovation and product development through the lens of sustainability. They also discuss the evolution of the manufacturerā€™s offeringsā€”CLAIR, RAMPART Resolve, and RAMPART Fiberā€”as a way to better understand the strategies design-forward companies are using to advance healthier, more sustainable materials.

šŸŒŽ This episode of Deep Green is presented by .

šŸŽ§Listen now at surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts!

Kellan Shanahan, a public artist turned-Lead Product Designer at Arktura, joins Andrew Lane on Barriers to Entry for a c...
04/22/2026

Kellan Shanahan, a public artist turned-Lead Product Designer at Arktura, joins Andrew Lane on Barriers to Entry for a conversation about how curiosity, experimentation, and iteration shape the development of products and systems.

A key player on the product design team, Kellan shares how his work helps drive Arkturaā€™s reputation for blending design, engineering, and manufacturing into a tightly integrated process. Andrew and Kellan explore how interdisciplinary teams work together to create greater outcomes by building strong creative ā€œscaffolding,ā€ why proximity to fabrication changes the speed and quality of design decisions, and how a culture of experimentation helps new ideas move from concept to real-world product.

They also discuss how emerging toolsā€”including AIā€”are beginning to fit into these workflows, not as replacements for designers, but as ways to accelerate exploration while keeping human judgment and craft at the center.

šŸŽ§Listen now at surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts!

āš” Big thank you to Barriers to Entryā€™s season sponsor, Arktura!

What happens when young designers are expected to master both design and AI at the same time?Barriers to Entry host Andr...
04/08/2026

What happens when young designers are expected to master both design and AI at the same time?

Barriers to Entry host Andrew Lane digs in with Caroline Murphy, Design Engagement Strategist at SANDOW.

Caroline shares how her own early-career frustration in Nashville led her to build the Young Designers Collective, creating spaces where emerging designers could actually learn, connect, and feel supported. She and Andrew unpack why many younger designers are more cautious about AI than people assume, where firms are embracing it, and how the best use case may simply be removing friction so designers can spend more time actually thinking.

They also explore why, in an age of algorithms and AI companions, real-world community, mentorship, and human connection may matter more than ever.

Listen now at surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts!

This season of Barriers to Entry is presented by

Before you head to Salone del Mobile.Milano, tune in šŸŽ§Maria Porro, president of Salone del Mobile.Milano, joins Interior...
04/07/2026

Before you head to Salone del Mobile.Milano, tune in šŸŽ§

Maria Porro, president of Salone del Mobile.Milano, joins Interior Designā€™s Helene Oberman to explore how the fair has evolved since 2021ā€”from sustainability and accessibility to the 2026 ā€œA Matter of Saloneā€ campaign, new platforms, and the future of global design leadership.

A must-listen ahead of Milan ā€“ full episode at link in bio + on surroundpodcasts.com.

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Season 4 of Barriers to Entry kicks off with Matthias Hollwich () and a bold idea: architecture may need a total reinven...
03/25/2026

Season 4 of Barriers to Entry kicks off with Matthias Hollwich () and a bold idea: architecture may need a total reinvention.

In a world where AI is reshaping design at breakneck speed, Matthias is running his studio like a startup ā€” testing fast, rewriting processes, and using generative tools to imagine entirely new forms of architecture.

Host Andrew Lane and Matthias dive into how AI is transforming everything from research to client collaboration and why this moment may help architects reclaim their influence over the built environment.

šŸŽ§ Listen now on surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts

This season of Barriers to Entry is presented by .

In this episode of Deep Green, host Avinash Rajagopal is joined by Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor and Fairchild Ca...
03/11/2026

In this episode of Deep Green, host Avinash Rajagopal is joined by Holly Samuelson, Associate Professor and Fairchild Career Development Chair at MITā€™s School of Architecture and Planning. Sheā€™s a building scientist, an architect, and an educator whose work focuses on how building design impacts health and carbon emissions.

At MIT, she directs the Livable Spaces Lab, an interdisciplinary research group advancing healthy, energy-efficient buildings for people and the planet. The lab combines computational and experimental methods to tackle urgent challenges, including heat, vulnerability, thermal resilience, indoor air quality, carbon emissions, and the future of building design in a shifting energy landscape.

Listen in to hear her take on the current state of sustainable design in the U.S., how energy performance and occupant health are increasingly connected, the biggest roadblocks to mainstreaming sustainable strategies, and the tangible steps architects and collaborators can take to create healthier, lower-carbon buildings.

Heat the episode now at surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts

šŸ’šThis season of Deep Green is presented by

What does it take to reach carbon neutrality at scale?Following the release of METROPOLISā€™s first U.S. Sustainable Desig...
03/04/2026

What does it take to reach carbon neutrality at scale?
Following the release of METROPOLISā€™s first U.S. Sustainable Design Report with Interface, Deep Green continues the conversation with leaders shaping the future of sustainable practice. Host Avinash Rajagopal speaks with Genslerā€™s Katie Mesia about shifting firm culture, advancing regenerative materials, and what it really takes for a global practice to work toward carbon neutrality by 2030.

Can We Design Buildings That Give Back?In this episode of Deep Green, editor in chief Avinash Rajagopal is joined by Li...
02/25/2026

Can We Design Buildings That Give Back?

In this episode of Deep Green, editor in chief Avinash Rajagopal is joined by Lindsay Baker, CEO of , the nonprofit behind some of the most ambitious and comprehensive frameworks for sustainable and regenerative design in the built environment.

Through initiatives like the Living Building Challenge, Living Future advances a vision of buildings that give back more to nature than they take, creating places in true harmony with life itself. Together, they discuss regenerative design, transparency in building materials through the Declare label, and what it will take to move from reducing harm to actively restoring the ecosystems we build within.

šŸŽ§ Listen on surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts.

šŸ’š This season of Deep Green is presented by .

What really drives performance and belonging inside organizations? Workplace culture expert Khalil Smith breaks it down ...
02/22/2026

What really drives performance and belonging inside organizations? Workplace culture expert Khalil Smith breaks it down on the latest episode of the Work Better podcast from . Five major insights:

1. Meetings expose real culture.
Watch who speaks, how decisions get made, and how conflict is handled. The truth shows up in the room, not the handbook.

2. Fairness makes inclusion work.
Framing inclusion around fairness for everyone reduces resistance and helps people see how removing barriers benefits the whole system.

3. Productive tension beats comfort.
Great teams embrace healthy friction, or the ā€œGoldilocks zoneā€ where diverse perspectives challenge each other enough to grow, not break.

4. Culture sticks when systems align.
Awareness, Behaviors, Community, and Systems must reinforce one another; otherwise, culture remains aspirational rather than operational.

5. The future belongs to humanā€‘centered tech adopters.
Organizations that pair AI innovation with deep investment in people will create workplaces where employees feel valued and thrive.

šŸŽ§Listen now on surroundpodcasts.com or wherever you get your podcasts!

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