From host Rachel Weissman: "We dive into experiences that can unexpectedly elicit joy at work – like discovering and operationalizing a new strength or helping to bring someone else's vision to life – as well as more intentional practices you can use – like getting clarity on your convictions through open conversation with people you trust."

Interview with Steven Heller on NFTs, designers' roles in Web3, and my Beige Climate drawings.

From host Andrew J. Mason: Randy shares his refreshing, thoughtfully disciplined approach to productivity. Using restraint as an superpower, Randy attributes the accumulated benefit of his second-brain to "sticking with it" in OmniFocus for over a decade. Randy and Andrew talk about "daisy-chaining" workflows, the power of complete capture in OmniFocus, and the benefit of restraint to avoid over-building your system.

Contributions on building design-led culture at Grab for this research project led by DesignSingapore Council and ROHEI Learning & Consulting

The SG Mark is awarded to individuals and organisations whose innovative and exceptional designs spur the imagination and enhance our day-to-day lives.

Designing for Humans by Learning from Ground Truths

Singapore URA's (Urban Redevelopment Authority) publication interview on changing work habits, shifts in office culture, and Singapore compared to New York City.

A conversation with AIGA Executive Director Bennie F. Johnson about design leadership, culture, and what's next in design.

Fireside chat with UXDX founder Catherine Madden focused on lessons learned building and leading teams in new markets.

What mindset and skills aide someone joining UX from unrelated disciplines? Along with two other designer leaders, addressing the topic of UX career development through various perspectives.

Fireside chat with, poet, policymaker and polymath Aaron Maniam to shed light on resilience in moments of crisis and when taking a long view of systems.

The President*s Design Award (P*DA) is Singapore's highest honour for designers and designs across all disciplines. It recognises the achievements of an extraordinary group of people making a difference to the lives of Singaporeans and the global community through excellent design.

"Steven Heller checks in with Randy J. Hunt in Singapore. As he discusses below, Hunt is head of design at Grab, where he leads a team of designers, writers and researchers who create Southeast Asia's Super App."

Closing keynote for fellows and mentors

Design Business Chamber Singapore's Design for Good Open Call attracted over 120 entries within two weeks and six promising projects are selected for funding, project development & rapid prototyping.

The SG Mark is awarded to individuals and organisations whose innovative and exceptional designs spur the imagination and enhance our day-to-day lives.

Design For/In/With: An open sharing of observations and lessons learned after two years working in Southeast Asia.

Updated edition of my first book with expanded content and revised illustrations.

What's Next in 2020

keynote

Presented by GovTech Singapore

A conversation on "Time Well Spent"

As the new Head of Design for Grab, I gave an address to both the Grab design team and the local design community about Grab's design leadership looking forward.

Plans are lies, so let's keep planning.

T-shirt design for Ghostly International

Guest lecture for MBA students on design and business.

Keynote: An Inspiring Total Experience

Fireside chat with Lara Hanlon, IBM Design, discussing design & brand at scale.

Short interview for ACU Art + Design

Fireside chat with Etsy CTO John Allspaw

Discussion with Jessica Helfand and Michael Beirut, centers around designing for online communities and e-commerce.

Panel discussion at my alma mater: a career in the arts.

A talk titled "What's Design Worth?"

A talk titled: We Can Make Anything

Served on the selection committee for the National Design Award, given by Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, the highest design honor in the U.S.A.

Lecture and workshop "All That Design Is"

Fireside chat on the role of data in prototype inspiration and validation.

Presented a talk "From Cave Drawings to Snapchat: The Modern Designer's Toolkit"

VP of Design at Etsy, Randy J. Hunt, explores how design is the bridge between fantasy and reality. We dream of grandiose realities that seem out of reach because the beauty of imagination is that it's limitless. And yet, there are many people who are able to not only explain their fantasy, but also bring it to life. Such a skill is possible for anyone with an imagination and a determination to make it happen.

Talk titled "What if?"

Presented at this indie gaming conference on the human qualities communicated through handmade work.

Gave an intimate open sharing about working with other executives to attendees of the retreat.

Topics: organising teams, effective over clever, research, value of small frequent change

"It depends" recorded live at Etsy.

Shared the process behind developing Etsy's brand strategy and evolved identity.

Sharing on how the design systems and illustration practice at Etsy operates.

Talk titled "Learning Data-Informed Design" shared highlights and lowlights from a four-and-a-half year journey at Etsy of learning to work with analysts, data engineers, user researchers, and market research to inform design decisions, while integrating product design into the development process.

Talk and panel as part of a salon title "The Object, Online" curated by Paola Antonelli.

Presenting the talk "Making, Marking, and Other Pursuits."

Presented together with Jay Carlson on Etsy's design evolution since 2010, how we grew from a scrappy team of two to a leading design team in tech.

A forward essay for Lara Hogan's book on balancing aesthetics and speed in software design. Cake-baking makes an appearance as metaphor.

On data-informed design

Presenting the talk "Making, Marking, and Other Pursuits."

Etsy received the National Design Award for Corporate & Institutional Achievement, the highest design honor in the U.S.A.

Gave a talk about listening, both to customers and colleagues, titled "Eight Ways We Listen at Etsy."

Discussion on creative direction, formal education, getting hired at a tech company.

Presented "Nothing is Precious: Designing Web Products."

Book published by New Riders. John Maeda called it "the book on product design."

Presented highlights from the book Product Design for the Web

An article for Fast Company's Innovation by Design section. "Clever is nice, but effective interfaces matter more. Here, Etsy's Creative Director Randy J. Hunt explains why."

Visiting designer lecture

Created and emcee'd the presentation "Rinse & Repeat: Principles of Design at Etsy," featuring ten members of Etsy's design team sharing process and output from brand, research, and product design.

Sharing with the local start-up community how Etsy approaches design and product development.

Presented "Nothing is Precious: Designing Web Products."

Frenemies! A Panel Discussion on the In-House/Agency Relationship

Talk on building marketplaces

Presented highlights from Etsy creative direction in this keynote presentation.

Shared Economy panel moderator

Host and panel moderator for "Etsy, Local Artists, and Technology" at Apple Store SoHo

An intimate sharing on career reflections

Presented "A Path to Total Design" to advertising and marketing executives.

Keynote: Total Design at Etsy

Panel discussion: Are We in a Post-Consumer Age?

Guest presenter at the Dutch media event.

Panel discussion: "Jumpstart: Concept to Reality"

A conference from Digital DUMBO on music, design, fashion and food.

Host and panel moderator for "Etsy, Local Artists, and Technology" at Apple Store Michigan Avenue

Shared Etsy's approach to design and continuous deployment.

Host and panel moderator for "Etsy, Local Artists, and Technology" at Apple Store Third Street Promenade

Advising MBA students on startup business concepts and user experience.

Shared a talk titled "Life After SVA: Products & Commerce" with graduate design students.

Workshop titled "Storytelling. Storyselling." to help independent creators tell their own story as part of building their brand.

Topic: Design for Continuous Deployment. Hell yes!

Topic: The Future of Branding

Friday Five with Randy J. Hunt of Supercorp

Co-founder & designer of two-sided e-commerce marketplace for designer-made goods. "Great design. Straight from designers."

An essay on reading a book about manufactured desire while in Tokyo.

Keynote presentation for end-of-academic-year event organized by graduating seniors from the Art Institute of Boston.