Dr Anne Stenros - Lost & Found - The Auteur of Design

Business X Design

My guest in this Episode, Dr Anne Stenros, is the former CDO of Helsinki, Design Director of KONE and Professor of Design Business Management. She is an Architect and Multi-Disciplinary Designer whose family steeped her in Design from an early age to the extent that it really is a part of her.
Anne was introduced to me because she has a perspective on the role of the Design Leader, having written about the many types of CDO and she has deep experience leading Design within a commercial and societal context. Anne' reflects on what has been lost from Design, the Auteurship of Design and I found it a timely counter-balance to my call for more Business Acumen in Design Executives and Leaders. We clearly can not lose the essence of what inspires us in our Design Vocations. Whilst we seek to make design more understandable we can not lose sight of the unique value it brings.
What stands out for me in our interview is the way that Anne is integrating multiple perspectives, the history of what has gone before us and considering how to apply that now.
Dr Anne Stenros on LinkedIn
Dr Anne Stenros on Twitter
We will update the show notes once Anne's Paper Lost & Found is published.
Anne mentions Biophilia in her interview and while there is a lot of very recent talks and papers on this she referenced in our conversations pre/post interview Edward Wilsons work - so if you want to dive back into the history of this one:

Edward Wilson: Biophilia (1984) https://www.amazon.com/Biophilia-Edward-Wilson/dp/0674074424

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