Curiosity That Matters - S01 / E01

CTM 1 : Expansive Thinking with Christian Bason

What is expansive thinking and expansive design, and why does it matter?

For the first episode of Curiosity That Matters, I travelled to Copenhagen, Denmark, to interview Christian Bason, CEO of the Danish Design Centre.


In this episode, we delve deep into one of his latest books: Expand. Stretching the future by design

We talk about:

  • The SIX expansions in the book, along with practical examples
  • Christian's influences and his career journey
  • What he's looking forward to, and what he thinks I should be curious about


Relevant notes & links:

Other books mentioned in episode: 

Charles Eames Interview

Design Q&A with Charles Eames / Read about it here


DDC's Work on youth & mental Health 

Other work by the DDC

Mission Oriented Innovation

Learn more about Mariana Mazzucato and Missions here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/research/mission-oriented-innovation


Some of what I read and listened to in preparation for this episode:


Enjoy! 



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About Curiosity That Matters

Curiosity involves lots of questions. Or just enough, good questions.

Curiosity That Matters is a series of conversation with thought leaders and experts working at the intersection of design, policy, innovation and impact. 

Each episode, we spend around 45 minutes discussing a framework, concept, mental model or approach that my guest either created or is an expert on.

We cover topics such as collective imagination, expansive thinking, creative bureaucracy, nurture capital, dark matter in design & policy, the boring revolution and much more. 

We talk about the guests' journey and their curiosity, and delve deep into the topics at hand.


As for the questions... I'm still working on mine


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