Listen "Episode 80: Project Inkblot and Reimaging Design: A Conversation w/Boyuan Gao and Jahan Mantin"
Episode Synopsis
In this conversation, Philip talks to Boyuan Gao and Jahan Mantin, the co-founders of Project Inkblot a design education consultancy that partners with companies to build equitable products, services, and content. They discuss their origin story, what motivates them to re-think design, how they built their Design for Diversity (D4D) model and why designing “with” rather than “for” is a revolutionary act.
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop: The Metaphors We Live By – George Lakoff & Mark Johnson (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3637992.html)
Boyuan’s Drop: Omar S (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BvWiyLcyLMoOIm2U8HepI?si=pV2M62LnTyqDxJ3i8tAnCQ&dl_branch=1)
Jahan’s Drop: Luster – Raven Leilani (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374194321)
Special Guests: Boyuan Gao and Jahan Mantin.
The Drop – The segment of the show where Philip and his guest share tasty morsels of intellectual goodness and creative musings.
Philip’s Drop: The Metaphors We Live By – George Lakoff & Mark Johnson (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3637992.html)
Boyuan’s Drop: Omar S (https://open.spotify.com/artist/3BvWiyLcyLMoOIm2U8HepI?si=pV2M62LnTyqDxJ3i8tAnCQ&dl_branch=1)
Jahan’s Drop: Luster – Raven Leilani (https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374194321)
Special Guests: Boyuan Gao and Jahan Mantin.
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