This week’s guest is Forest Young, fresh off announcing his new position at Fundamentalco, where he leads the design discipline for new economy clients. He is part of the senior business acceleration team with a singular focus on value creation. Prior to that, Forest was the Global Head of Brand at Rivian and the Chief Creative Officer at Wolff Ollins. In this episode, host Nicola Hamilton asks Forest about the past, present, and future of design. They cover his comfort level as a speaker, the responsibility of designers working in innovative tech spaces, and what transitioning between agency and in-house environments has taught him about making work.
Welcome to the DesignThinkers Podcast! Join host and RGD President Nicola Hamilton as she digs into the archives of the DesignThinkers conference, reconnecting with past speakers about their talks and ideas that have shaped Canada’s largest graphic design conference. Follow the RGD on Instagram @rgdcanada or visit them at rgd.ca. Purchase tickets to the upcoming DesignThinkers conference at designthinkers.com.