Terry Irwin ⁠is the professor of Transition Design and the director of the ⁠Transition Design Institute⁠, in Carnegie Mellon University. In this interview we talk about how she moves from being a professional designer to be an academic. She explains the four areas of transition design and tells us about the doctoral program.

This interview is part of the lists: D&D in English, Educación en diseño, EEUU y diseño, Diseño en transición, Investigación en diseño y Diseño sostenible. The list names are in Spanish – most of our podcasts are in Spanish, but you’ll find some episodes in English or Portuguese in these lists.

Terry mentioned Cameron Tokenwise, whom I interviewed in ⁠episode 565⁠. We discussed co-design towards transitions, exploring opportunities in the public sector and universities for driving creative futures. Our conversation covered energy transitions, designing for a less material-intensive society, his new book, and the intrinsic magic of design.