Episode:011
Khoi Vinh & Ryan Fitzgibbon – Empathy in design, when the political becomes personal, and using art & design to affect social change
SUMMARY
Principal Designer at Adobe, Khoi Vinh, and designer & Hello Mr. founder, Ryan Fitzgibbon, talk to host Tina Essmaker about the role of empathy in design, when the political becomes personal, and using art & design to affect social change.
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SHOW NOTES
Recorded live at Wythe Hotel on November 15, 2016, as part of The Great Discontent Live series. Host Tina Essmaker talks to Principal Designer at Adobe, Khoi Vinh, and designer & Hello Mr. founder, Ryan Fitzgibbon, about the role of empathy in design, when the political becomes personal, and using art & design to affect social change.
This episode was produced by The Great Discontent and Benjamin Welch with audio mixing by Ryan Essmaker.
Photo of Khoi and Ryan by Julia Hembree