Design Joy + Design Education + Design Justice with Jennifer Rittner — DT101 E84

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jennifer Rittner is a design educator and writer. We talk about design, education, ethics, social justice, system design, and design joy.</span></p> <p><strong>Listen to learn about:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The current state of design education</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Human-centered design methodology</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Important designers working at design’s cutting edge</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Designing with and for marginalized populations</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Smaller scale design</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The empathy problem</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The power-design ecosystem</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><strong>Our Guest</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jennifer is a writer, educator and communications strategist who has taught at Parsons School of Design, the School Visual Arts, and SUNY FIT. In Fall 2021, she was a visiting lecturer at the California College of Art. She has been published in The New York Times, Eye on Design, DMI: Journal, and Core77; and recently guest edited a special issue on Policing & Design for the Design Museum Everywhere. She frequently writes and lectures about design and social justice.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[01:00] Jennifer talks about starting her career as a museum educator before finding her way into design.</span></p> <p><span sty