Creative Characters S5 E21: Tackling climate change with creativity, with Bruce Mau Design.
Laura Stein.
On Creative Characters, we meet creative people working at the intersection of type and everyday life. You can listen below, or on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever quality podcasts are available.
Toronto-based Bruce Mau Design is known for tackling environmental, social, and economic problems with design.
Kar Yan Cheung, Director of Design Strategy at Bruce Mau, and Laura Stein, Bruce Mau’s Chief Creative Officer, joined us to talk about optimism, the realistic potential for design to influence behavior, and our Re:Vision project with the agency. Also joining us are Monotype’s Terrance Weinzierl and Phil Garnham, and Phil’s puppy, Otto.
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