Kiasu Design Life

33: Chat with Carla Diana - The sweet intersection of products and humans

Episode Summary

πŸŽ₯ The video version is available on YouTube! πŸŽ₯ Now that we've wrapped up "My Robot Gets Me" in our book club, let's hear it straight from the author herself! Other than her journey into writing the book, we dived into her life as a educator of 4D Design at Cranbrook and how it's so closely parallel to our work as UX Designers!

Episode Notes

πŸŽ₯ The video version is available on YouTube! πŸŽ₯

Now that we've wrapped up "My Robot Gets Me" in our book club, let's hear it straight from the author herself! Other than her journey into writing the book, we dived into her life as a educator of 4D Design at Cranbrook and how it's so closely parallel to our work as UX Designers!

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Our guest: Carla Diana

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Timestamp:

(00:00) Meet Carla and how she got into "Robotics"

(06:05) How did Carla came out with the framework

(09:42) Carla and her experiences with digital products

(14:26) Are robotic products better now?

(18:50) How Covid affected her experience writing the book

(23:22) Her provocative Ted Talk and Twitter reactions

(26:31) Peek into her 4D Design program at Cranbrook

(32:47) The magic of design-dev collaboration in schools

(38:28) Carla's son interactions with social products

(42:28) Carla's message to those who haven't read her book!

(43:20) Β What's next for Carla!