Design Lab with Bon Ku
Does living in a well-designed city make you healthier? How can surfing increase your creativity? Have you ever wondered why hospitals are so ugly? Bon Ku is a physician and an avid fan of design, food, surfboarding, and Medicine. On DESIGN LAB, Bon and his guests tell stories at the intersection of design, science, and humanity. Listen each week and learn new insights, hacks, and design principles that you can apply to your own life. ISSN 2833-2032
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EP 54: Designing for Inclusivity | Grace Jun
Bon and Grace talk about co-design, the definition of inclusivity and why accessible design is better design.
36 min
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EP 53: Designing Beauty in Hospitals, Part 2 | ...
Bon and Michael geeked out about design and health for so long that we had to split the conversation into two episodes. They talk about the evolution of the modern hospital, creating buildings that breathe, bringing beauty into healthcare and so much more.
33 min
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EP 52: Designing Beauty in Hospitals, Part 1 | ...
Bon and Michael geeked out about design and health for so long that we had to split the conversation into two episodes. They talk about the evolution of the modern hospital, creating buildings that breathe, bringing beauty into healthcare and so much more.
41 min
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EP 51: Designing Medical Technology for Everyon...
Bon and Krista talk about what’s next in design for global health, designing for serviceability and putting the patient at the center of care.
41 min
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EP 50: Designing Healthier Places at Scale | Ma...
Bon and Matt talk about how the built environment is a modifiable risk factor for health, public health experts as design thinkers, and why creativity will win over time.
43 min
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EP 49: Designing Decolonization | Dori Tunstall
Bon talks with Dori about her journey from anthropology to design, role of design in new technologies and how we can decolonize design.
46 min
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EP 48: Designing a DIY Artificial Pancreas | Da...
Bon talks with Dana about why she designed an “artificial pancreas”, patients as the experts, and how we can reduce stigma among people living with chronic diseases.
50 min
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EP 47: Designing Vaccine Equity | Aika Matemu a...
Bon talks with the Dalberg Design team (Aika, Pragya, Joy and Mihret) about designers as global health storytellers, the need for creativity in global health and the challenges of social media misinformation.
41 min
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EP 46: Designing Healthcare Payment Equity | Jo...
Bon and Josh talk about behavioral architecture, redesigning the healthcare payment system and the jump from Jacobean drama to Medicine.
39 min
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EP 45: Designing for Inclusivity | Pinar Guvenc
Bon and Pinar talk about why inclusive design is better design, diagnostic ideation, and the broadening definition of health.
39 min
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EP 44: Designing Stories as a Physician and Scr...
Bon and Sethi talk about the parallels between screenwriting and medicine, writing as an act of empathy, and the art of storytelling.
32 min
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EP 43: Designing Acute Care | Monique Smith
Bon and Monique chat about the importance of understanding people’s lived experiences, health equity, and approaching problems in healthcare through a design lens.
40 min
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EP 42: Designing Your Immune System | Wendy Sue...
Bon and Wendy talk about how we can design our immune system by introducing diverse foods, using social media for public health and the role of creativity in medicine.
47 min
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EP 41: Designing Solutions in Global Health | D...
Bon and Daniel talk about reducing mortality in non-communicable diseases in India, the journey from Silicon Valley to Global Health and why everyone needs a design mindset.
48 min
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EP 40: Designing Open Source Healthcare | Juhan...
Bon and Juhan talk about open source healthcare, the need for a longitudinal health record for patients, and why Juhan shared his own genome publicly.
43 min
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EP 39: Designing Cities | Inga Saffron
Bon asks Inga about her journey in becoming an architecture critic, transforming public spaces through design and why diseases are the most powerful architects.
36 min
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EP 38: Designing Childbirth | Neel Shah
Bon and Neel talk about why so many women in the U.S. die in childbirth, affirming dignity in healthcare, and Neel’s mission on redesigning childbirth.
40 min
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EP 37: Designing Equitable Health Environments ...
Bon and Kati talk about the psychology of indoor spaces, the function of healthcare spaces and the relationship between nature and healthcare outcomes.
42 min
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EP 36: Designing to Improve Life for People | R...
Bon and Ramna talk about inclusive design, the magic of designers working in healthcare and how Indian classical music served as a training ground for a career in design.
40 min
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EP 35: Designing for Patients and Caregivers | ...
Bon and Deborah talk about the legendary designer Milton Glaser, redesigning the pill bottle and how to design more confidence for patients and caregivers.
42 min
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EP 34: Designing Urgent Care | Richard Park
Bon and Rich talk about starting one of the largest urgent care chains in the U.S., investing in vulnerable populations and how running a one-hour photo store helped Rich develop the skill set to be a healthcare entrepreneur.
43 min
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EP 33: Designing Cures | David Fajgenbaum
Bon and David talk about redesigning the current approach to pharmaceutical treatment of diseases, crowdsourcing in healthcare and why patients can’t wait for miracles.
42 min
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EP 32: Designing Sound Baths | Sara Auster
Sara Auster is a sound therapist, meditation teacher and author. She has spent the past decade introducing sound baths to audiences and unique environments all across the globe.
40 min
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EP 31: Designing for Social Change | Penina Aca...
Bon and Penina discuss learning to design for the true needs of people, bringing design education to youth in Uganda and the value of design in healthcare.
42 min
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EP 30: Designing Healthcare Spaces | Abbie Clary
Bon and Abbie talk about healthcare architecture, the impact of Covid-19 on the future design of hospitals and improving the patient experience through the built environment.
42 min