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

Design
Health & Fitness
Society & Culture
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EP 128: Designing the Future of Food | Dan Barber
This week we talk about how real food is the best medicine.
30 min
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EP 127: Designing Brand Strategy | Howard Belk
This week we talk about simplicity as a strategy.
36 min
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EP 126: Designing with Neurodivergent People | ...
This week we talk about designing for diverse perspectives
30 min
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EP 125: Designing Home-Based Care | Gregory Snyder
This week we talk about designing human-centered care, at home.
40 min
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EP 124: Designing Nursing Care | Sarah DiGregorio
This week we talk about the story of nursing how it has shaped our world.
39 min
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EP 123: Designing Oceans | Helen Czerski
Today we talk about building a healthy relationship with the ocean.
35 min
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EP 122: Knock Knock, Hi with the Glaucomflecken...
This week, Bon talks about redesigning medicine with Will and Kristin Flanary (aka the Glaucomfleckens)!
51 min
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EP 121: Designing for the Future | Manuel Lima
This week we talk about The New Designer: rejecting myths and embracing change.
33 min
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EP 120: Designing Self-Care | Pooja Lakshmin
This week we talk about designing real self-care versus faux self care.
35 min
10
EP 119: Designing Dementia Care | Sandeep Jauhar
This week, we are talking about designing better dementia care.
29 min
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EP 118: Designing Health Equity | Adriane Acker...
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing for health equity.
41 min
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EP 117: Designing Open-Source Medical Software ...
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing open source medical software.
47 min
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EP 116: Designing Hope in American Medicine | R...
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing hope in American medicine.
36 min
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EP 115: Designing the Built World for our Bodie...
In this episode, we talk about what a body can do and how we meet the built world.
39 min
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EP 114: Designing with Biology | Ritu Raman
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing with biology.
32 min
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EP 113: Designing a Good Death | Sunita Puri
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing a good death.
42 min
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EP 112: Designing Careful and Kind Care | Domin...
How can revolt against industrialized healthcare? Can we design careful and kind care?
35 min
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EP 111: Designing Sh*t | Saffron Cassaday
Today, we are going to take a deep dive into the promising therapy of fecal transplantation
32 min
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EP 110: Designing for Behavior Change | Sherin...
Learn how behavioral designers are tackling the most complex health challenges on the planet.
40 min
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EP 109: Designing Harm Reduction | Kimberly Sue
On today's episode, we are going to talk about designing harm reduction.
34 min
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EP 108: Designing Through the Lens of Policy | ...
On today's episode, we are going to talk about design through the lens of policy.
48 min
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EP 107: Designing the Hospital at Home | Helen ...
Can hospital care be delivered at home? Will the hospital of the future only consist of ERs, ORs and ICUs?
29 min
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EP 106: Designing Health Across Scales | Joanne...
Health is not a luxury product. But why have our systems commodified health? How might we design health into our everyday lives?
34 min
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EP 105: Designing for Creativity in Medicine | ...
What role does creativity play in the field of medicine?
39 min
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EP 104: Designing the Future Healthcare Workfor...
Did you know that the healthcare industry is the largest employer in the U.S.? Learn how an economist turned healthcare entrepreneur is redesigning how we train the workforce of tomorrow.
32 min