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Thinking Through Design

Design is all around us, but how designers think through their work is often a mystery. Understanding that process can fuel our own curiosity and creativity. Adam Fromme hosts Thinking through Design as a series of in-depth discussions to reveal the designer's mindset and realize its value.



Department of Design. The Ohio State University.

Courses Education Design Arts
Update frequency
every 20 days
Average duration
56 minutes
Episodes
20
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Episode 20: What about care, caution and ethics?

Episode 20: What about care, caution and ethics?

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.


“What care allows us to do is to put attention to issues that are often overlook…

00:52:04  |   Tue 29 Jul 2025
Episode 19: The purpose of play

Episode 19: The purpose of play


In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Taylor Olsen.


“This is awesome. It’s foolproof. Nothing’s going to break. And then they’ll try it, a…

00:53:56  |   Mon 02 Jun 2025
Episode 18: Designing for intentionality

Episode 18: Designing for intentionality

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Dedié Adissem.


“It’s your job. It’s your duty to care.”
Dedié Adissem


This is included in a three-…

00:48:42  |   Tue 06 May 2025
Episode 17: Designing for belonging

Episode 17: Designing for belonging

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Brianna Thompson.


“Because sometimes when you talk out loud; you hear that good idea. And then you’re li…

00:48:09  |   Tue 06 May 2025
Episode 16: Designing for visibility

Episode 16: Designing for visibility

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Bryce Patterson.


And that is part of what I feel like the problem is, as to why the disparity is there,…

00:52:51  |   Tue 06 May 2025
Episode 15: Part 1, From Ulm to Ohio — a career retrospective

Episode 15: Part 1, From Ulm to Ohio — a career retrospective

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Reinhart Butter.


“You don’t sit there wondering when the muse will kiss you.” Reinhart Butter


Thi…

01:27:19  |   Tue 31 Dec 2024
Episode 14: Finding your professional voice

Episode 14: Finding your professional voice

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Gene McHugh.


“And, I think that, what would impress firm leadership is how effective you are with your t…

01:09:31  |   Tue 26 Nov 2024
Episode 13: Peter Megert and the influence of Swiss design

Episode 13: Peter Megert and the influence of Swiss design

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Oscar Fernández.


“Peter brought an intellectual rigor that was unheard of in American design schools.” O…

00:54:37  |   Mon 28 Oct 2024
Episode 12: Fashion, fabrics and technology

Episode 12: Fashion, fabrics and technology

In this episode of the Thinking though Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sasha de Koninck, PhD.


“But that’s kind of the other end of things, thinking about ways that that technol…

00:50:46  |   Mon 14 Oct 2024
Episode 11: Passion, participation and representation, Pt. 2

Episode 11: Passion, participation and representation, Pt. 2

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Jacinda Walker, Omari Souza and John Brown VI.


“We often tell students that you’re designing for audienc…

00:28:08  |   Sat 01 Jun 2024
Episode 10: Passion, participation and representation, Pt. 1

Episode 10: Passion, participation and representation, Pt. 1

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Anne Berry and S. Alfonso Williams.


“So in your mind, whether or not it’s a conscious thought, there’s t…

00:42:28  |   Wed 15 May 2024
Episode 09: Can technology drive collaborative design?

Episode 09: Can technology drive collaborative design?

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Tomás Dorta.


“The idea is to immerse the users together. Not only with you, the users together. So they …

00:59:50  |   Mon 22 Apr 2024
Episode 08: A call for contamination

Episode 08: A call for contamination

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Fabio Di Liberto.


“So the act of designing, changing the world, is something that is belongs to us.” Fab…

01:02:28  |   Thu 11 Apr 2024
Episode 07: Mastering the design brief

Episode 07: Mastering the design brief

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Sébastien Proulx, PhD.


“The brief is a communication tool for all the stakeholders…including you.” Sébas…

00:58:04  |   Mon 18 Mar 2024
Episode 06: Designing for yourself

Episode 06: Designing for yourself

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Yvette Shen.


“You cannot just rely on artificial intelligence, because that’s a very dangerous zone, and…

00:49:36  |   Sun 25 Feb 2024
Episode 05: The role of strategy in the creative process

Episode 05: The role of strategy in the creative process

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Rebekah Matheny.


“It’s hard for us as designers, but I think that’s part of the greatest challenge is to…

00:58:38  |   Fri 05 Jan 2024
Episode 04: How making impacts the design process

Episode 04: How making impacts the design process

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Jeff Haase


“And when you draw with crayons, you bring back all kinds of memories of being a kid playing.…

01:07:40  |   Wed 20 Dec 2023
Episode 03: The importance of collaborative design

Episode 03: The importance of collaborative design

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Liz Sanders and PJ Stappers.  


“I think one of the interesting things of design is that the product, the…

01:00:33  |   Fri 15 Dec 2023
Episode 02: The changing role of the designer

Episode 02: The changing role of the designer

In this episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Paul Nini.  


“The presentation of your work is extremely important. And you have to get good at it.” Pau…

00:52:30  |   Sun 10 Dec 2023
Episode 01: What does it mean to be a curious, critical thinker?

Episode 01: What does it mean to be a curious, critical thinker?

In this inaugural episode of the Thinking through Design podcast, host Adam Fromme sits down with Fabienne Münch, PhD.  


“First and foremost, you don’t take what you read or hear or see for gr…

01:11:14  |   Tue 05 Dec 2023
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