
Jessica Helfand, Lee Moreau|Audio
August 13, 2020
Episode 132: Back to School?
Jessica talks with Lee Moreau, founder of the design and strategy consultancy Other Tomorrows. Lee teaches a course in human-centered design to architecture students at MIT, and he sees at least one advantage to remote learning:
The biggest challenge of teaching this particular class to undergraduates was getting them to meet together in real time with their crazy busy academic schedules and have them actually collaborate on a project. And I’m hopeful that through online engagement, I should be able to do that much easier.
Also:
- Miro
- Washington Post, Why climate change is about to make your bad commute worse
- Ed Yong, The Atlantic, Why the Pandemic Is So Bad for America
- Peter Galison, Containment (which was also discussed on Episode 33)
- The New York Times Spelling Bee
- Laura Lippmann, Slate, The New York Times Spelling Bee is the best puzzle of all time.
This episode of the Observatory is supported by the latest season of Wireframe, a podcast from Adobe about how user experience can help technology fit into our lives.
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