i+s Shares its Top 5 Podcast Episodes of 2024

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The Ears Have It: Top 5 Podcast Episodes of 2024

Dec. 23, 2024

With another year of “I Hear Design” wrapped, we find out which episodes were most popular among listeners.

Continuing our dive into 2024 content that resonated most with the i+s audience, this week we’re revealing the five most downloaded episodes of our podcast, “I Hear Design.” From industry-shaping trends to how to entice employees into enhanced office spaces, listeners experienced a broad spectrum of subjects.

5. Hot Topics of NeoCon-versation

At NeoCon 2024, chief content director Robert Nieminen met with well-known design and manufacturing leaders to discuss sustainability, the future of the design profession, and what’s coming down the pipeline to shape the industry in the coming year.

4. Configurability and Community in the Workplace

Based on an i+s article contributed by interior designer Rachel Ryan, this episode explores how FCArchitects, Inc. (FCA) used visioning, surveys, and feedback sessions to improve engagement and employee well-being in their Philadelphia headquarters.

3. Can Politics Influence Design Trends?

Nieminen sat down with designer and trend forecaster Stacy Garcia to learn how political and economic factors have shown to impact color preferences. And contrary to what you might expect, it’s not just about “red or blue”!

2. Hendrick Helps Develop Cutting-Edge Corporate Hub

Bringing tech solutions provider OneDigital’s evolving identity of dynamic and innovative culture to its updated workspace required collaboration and creativity between the client and design firm Hendrick, and resulted in many opportunities for employees to meaningfully connect and collaborate.

1. Inspiration Spanning Generations

In the number one spot, Nieminen’s musings on Barcelona’s La Sagrada Familia reeled in the listeners. This episode outlines the unusual circumstances of the cathedral project, continuing long past architect Antoni Gaudi’s death with the unique remit to achieve his authentic vision while using modern technology.

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Carrie Meadows | Editor-in-Chief

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Carrie Meadows has been a B2B media editor for more than 20 years, managing and writing for publications, websites and newsletters across fields including optics and photonics, machine vision, fiberoptic communications, semiconductor manufacturing equipment and most recently, LEDs and lighting applications. She joined i+s in 2024 from Endeavor Business Media’s Digital Infrastructure & Lighting Group, where she most recently served as editor-in-chief of LEDs Magazine.