19 Maj 2021

Evelyn Lee, Founder of the Practice Of Architecture and Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies.

Evelyn Lee's career shows how architecture training can move into experience design, organisational culture and technology without losing its design value.

Stephen Drew speaks with Evelyn Lee about Practice of Architecture, Practice Disrupted, her role as a Senior Experience Designer at Slack Technologies, organisational culture, people-first design and alternative routes from architecture.

The conversation covers:

How Evelyn Lee connects architecture, business and experience design
What working in technology can teach architecture professionals
Why organisational culture matters to design outcomes
How Practice of Architecture and Practice Disrupted approach industry change
What alternative career paths can look like for architecture-trained people

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction to Evelyn Lee
04:00 Practice of Architecture and Practice Disrupted
10:00 Moving from architecture into experience design
16:00 Working at Slack Technologies
23:00 Business, design and organisational culture
31:00 Putting people first in design outcomes
38:00 The current state of the architecture industry
46:00 Behind the scenes of podcasting and practice change
52:00 Final reflections on future careers

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