Design Futures Talks

We are confronted with the profound changes that are currently taking place in society, the economy and industrial methods, in a scenario defined by environmental concerns and the need to tackle climate change. DESIGN FUTURES Talks is the first season of SUSDESIGN Podcast, an initiative that promotes interdisciplinary reflection and discussion on current global design challenges.

Designer Ana Mestre interviews designers from different generations, discussing topics relevant to contemporary design discourse, such as environmental sustainability and climate change, new materials for the circular economy, and advances in digital technologies. Each episode will focus on a designer practice, addressing the designers' perspectives, methods, and creative process.

The podcast will be available this fall in audio and video format on Spotify and Youtube (with English subtitles).

Our host

Ana Mestre was born in Lisbon, in 1978. She graduated from Industrial Design in 2001, obtained a MSc degree in Renewable Technologies in 2005 and concluded a PhD on the subject of “Sustainable Product Innovation” in 2014. Ana started her career as one of the first eco-design researchers in Portugal. In 2004, Ana founded SUSDESIGN – Design for Sustainability Studio and Research dedicated to sustainable innovation. In 2006, she created and directed “Design Cork for Future, Innovation, and Sustainability” the first internationally applied design research initiative for cork innovation. In 2009, she created the CORQUE DESIGN studio brand. Ana has a portfolio of more than 50 exhibitions, in several World destinations, in Europe, America and Asia. She has been acclaimed and awarded by internationally recognised publications, such as the New York Times, Wired, Monocle Magazine amongst others, on her design work. In 2015, she was nominated as a Portuguese Design Award finalist.