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Niclas is a software designer from Berlin and the founder of Permanent, a design consultancy that helps startups build lasting software products that win through design.Produced in collaboration with Palette, the matchmaker between businesses and design studios, The Brief is a series of live-streamed conversations on how designers and clients work together.n16t.com | permanent.is | @niclasernst | @permanent This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe

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Skip is a clinical psychologist and pioneering researcher in virtual reality (VR) for mental health and rehabilitation. He is a research professor at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, where he has led the development of immersive simulations for therapy, training, and cognitive assessment.His work focuses on using VR to treat conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, autism, and anxiety disorders. One of his most recognized contributions is Virtual Iraq/Afghanistan, a VR exposure therapy system used to help veterans process combat trauma.Rizzo’s career is defined by merging psychology, neuroscience, and immersive technology to create clinically validated tools that improve mental health outcomes. He is widely regarded as one of the key figures who established VR as a legitimate therapeutic medium.AffiliatesThese are products we personally use and recommend.* Framer: build websites, the easy way* Rize: magically track everything you do* Color AI: generate meaningful color palettes* Sublime: turn ideas into worlds of inspirationSkip on LinkedIn | USC This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe

Sean is best known as the founder and creative force behind The Waldorf Project, an ongoing experimental art platform launched in 2012 that has gained international recognition for pushing the limits of immersive and participatory experience.Through The Waldorf Project, Sean has conceived and directed large-scale, radical performance environments often described as “empathy engineering” experiments. These works dissolve the boundary between audience and performer, combining ritual, architecture, sound, choreography, and psychological framing to explore connection, vulnerability, and collective consciousness. The project has been realised worldwide, involving over 5,000 participants in Thailand and a high-altitude performance for 400 people aboard a Lufthansa flight, an unprecedented context for live immersive art.As a natural continuation of The Waldorf Project, Sean expanded his practice into virtual reality with Virtual Serenity, translating his principles of collective experience into a large-scale XR environment. Conceived as one of the most ambitious location-based VR empathy experiments to date, Virtual Serenity enabled up to 288 participants to share a synchronized virtual journey, extending Sean’s exploration of presence, emotional resonance, and shared human states into the digital realm.AffiliatesThese are products we personally use and recommend.* Framer: build websites, the easy way* Rize: magically track everything you do* Color AI: generate meaningful color palettes* Sublime: turn ideas into worlds of inspirationSean on LinkedIn | Waldorf Project| Waldorf Project on Instagram This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe

Mila is the founder of Decima Longevity, a venture focused on making regenerative and longevity medicine transparent, ethical, and human-centered rather than opaque and elite.Her work in longevity centers on translating complex fields such as cell therapies into systems people can understand, trust, and navigate.She founded her first company at the age of 22, building a software-driven business for collaborative 3D/4D/5D workflows in design and construction. That early venture bridged architecture, technology, and large-scale production, serving both infrastructure projects and high-end creative studios. Her career shows a consistent pattern: entering complex industries and restructuring them through clarity, aesthetics, and system-level thinking.AffiliatesThese are products we personally use and recommend.* Framer: build websites, the easy way* Rize: magically track everything you do* Color AI: generate meaningful color palettes* Sublime: turn ideas into worlds of inspirationMila on LinkedIn | Decima Longevity | Le Chacuel This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe

Carl Rivera became Shopify’s Chief Design Officer in 2025, reinstating a design leadership position that was dormant at the company since the departure of its founding designer.Earlier in his career, Carl co-founded Tictail, the Stockholm-based social shopping platform and marketplace known for its design. Shopify acquired Tictail in 2018, bringing Carl into the organization. He has since held product leadership positions at Shopify, where he led major initiatives serving millions.Rize is the time tracking app that I use to optimize my workday, track my habits, and bill clients for my time. Tell them I sent you with code DESIGNDISCIPLIN to get 25% off.Books from the conversation* The Bhagavad Gita* The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell* The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious by Carl G. Jung* How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian ShaughnessyCarl on LinkedIn This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe

Adrian Shaughnessy is a British graphic designer, writer, and educator, best known for bridging design practice with critical thought. A self-taught creative, he co-founded the influential studio Intro and later the publishing imprint Unit Editions, producing landmark works on design culture. His 2005 book How to Be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul remains a favorite worldwide. Adrian teaches at the Visual Communication program of the Royal College of Art in London as an associate lecturer. He has contributed essays, critiques and editorial work across major design publications, and under Unit Editions has published monographs on figures such as Herb Lubalin, Ken Garland, Lance Wyman, and Paula Scher. Visit our sponsors:* Framer: build websites, the easy way* Rize: magically track everything you do* Color AI: generate meaningful colour palettes* Sublime: turn ideas into worlds of inspirationFrom the conversation:* Graphic Design: A User’s Manual by Adrian Shaughnessy* Herb Lubalin: American Graphic Designer by Unit Editions* How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul by Adrian Shaughnessy* Manuals 2: Design & Identity Guidelines by Unit Editions* Paula Scher: Works by Unit Editions* Pentagram: Living by Design by Unit Editions* Studio Culture Now by Unit Editions* What is a Designer: Things, Places, Message by Norman Potteruniteditions.com | x.com/AJWShaughnessy | shaughnessyworks-prints.com This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.designdisciplin.com/subscribe