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Precious moments with dear design students in less traditional explorations. Deconstructing some realities, re-constructing others. Design is the practice of discernment enchanted by the world that surrounds us. Asking questions. Possibly not finding answers, just yet. . . #designers #design #practice #futures #experience #interactiondesign @design.dharma #reflections
Three years ago I made one of the best life-design moves. Today my heart is jumping to the thought of returning soon and I’m not sure what to do with myself. A place that always feels right. Land as teacher. Creative retreat. Going deep inside. Generating insights, new knowledge, amplifying the designer’s intelligence. Sketching and journaling. Embedding the elements in messy skin. Revisiting friends and conversations left unfinished. Small peaceful villages in the land of wood carving artists. Painters. Architecture endless. Agriculture. Where chocolate grows. Simplicity in the highest complexity. An adopted home. An intuition. A design decision. Hati Hati. @design.dharma stories. . 📷 @deshoots on a fine day . . #balilife #designers #expedition #sustainability #lifedesign #designersfounders #writing
Learned something recently about sentiment mapping as a self-coaching tool. Alongside journaling it’s distilling the writing into keywords and mapping over time. Then I found this piece of Miguel Ruiz through @tinaessmaker. Voilá. . If you live in a past dream, you don't enjoy what is happening right now because you will always wish it to be different than it is. There is no time to miss anyone or anything because you are alive. Not enjoying what is happening right now is living in the past and being only half alive. . . Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements . #designers #self #practice #reflection #designwriting #designdharma
Because, Mediterraneans. . Stories on the art of living and co-creations to re-define what impact means in this century with this inspiring one @meg_pagani . #DesignForQualities + @impactonorg ✨ . . . #design #designers #futures #sustainability #wef #impact @sandbox
Arches of perfection. . . #architecture #oman #arabic

dont show me the money

June 2, 2010

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Mar 23, 2018
Dubai, workshop, tech, design qualities, talk
Design For Qualities / Dubai / join my workshop April 2018
Mar 23, 2018
Dubai, workshop, tech, design qualities, talk
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Mar 23, 2018
Dubai, workshop, tech, design qualities, talk
impactboom.org interview // February 2018
Feb 22, 2018
interview, podcast
impactboom.org interview // February 2018
Feb 22, 2018
interview, podcast
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Feb 22, 2018
interview, podcast
Jan 10, 2018
project, workshop, client project, facilitation
Facilitating a design bootcamp for school teachers / Egypt / January 2018
Jan 10, 2018
project, workshop, client project, facilitation
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Jan 10, 2018
project, workshop, client project, facilitation
Nov 8, 2017
talk, talks
Speaking at Disruptive Innovation Festival / November, 2017 London
Nov 8, 2017
talk, talks
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Nov 8, 2017
talk, talks
Sep 1, 2017
new, talks, canada, world design summit
World Design Summit / October 2017, Canada
Sep 1, 2017
new, talks, canada, world design summit
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Sep 1, 2017
new, talks, canada, world design summit
Aug 11, 2017
news, transition, post-phd
What is she doing now that she is here?
Aug 11, 2017
news, transition, post-phd
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Aug 11, 2017
news, transition, post-phd
Aug 11, 2017
news, mentor
Mentor for Civic Innovation Fellowship / Manila, Philippines
Aug 11, 2017
news, mentor
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Aug 11, 2017
news, mentor
Jun 29, 2017
feature, news
Feature: Future of Women, Global
Jun 29, 2017
feature, news
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Jun 29, 2017
feature, news
Jun 2, 2017
phd year 4
PhD Thesis submission
Jun 2, 2017
phd year 4
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Jun 2, 2017
phd year 4
Speaking at Hubud, Bali, Indonesia
Apr 20, 2017
speaking, talks
Speaking at Hubud, Bali, Indonesia
Apr 20, 2017
speaking, talks
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Apr 20, 2017
speaking, talks
Interview on 21st Century Design Podcast
Apr 6, 2017
podcast, interview
Interview on 21st Century Design Podcast
Apr 6, 2017
podcast, interview
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Apr 6, 2017
podcast, interview
Feb 15, 2017
talk, speaking
Speaking at Second Home, Lisboa 22/Feb/2017
Feb 15, 2017
talk, speaking
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Feb 15, 2017
talk, speaking
Jan 31, 2017
news, talk, speaking
Speaking at CreativeMornings/London Feb. 3. 2017
Jan 31, 2017
news, talk, speaking
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Jan 31, 2017
news, talk, speaking
Future Designers: JOANA CASACA LEMOS — The Cross+ng
Jan 31, 2017
news, interview
Future Designers: JOANA CASACA LEMOS — The Cross+ng
Jan 31, 2017
news, interview
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Jan 31, 2017
news, interview
Nov 18, 2016
poetry, writing
stories. all the shit that comes up.
Nov 18, 2016
poetry, writing
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Nov 18, 2016
poetry, writing
Talk at Royal Society of the Arts, London
Oct 27, 2016
talk, phd year 4
Talk at Royal Society of the Arts, London
Oct 27, 2016
talk, phd year 4
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Oct 27, 2016
talk, phd year 4
Sep 23, 2015
writing, coworking, san francisco, phd year 3
through being in, not through being about
Sep 23, 2015
writing, coworking, san francisco, phd year 3
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Sep 23, 2015
writing, coworking, san francisco, phd year 3
Sep 9, 2015
multiplicity, critical theory
Italo Calvino on 'multiplicity'
Sep 9, 2015
multiplicity, critical theory
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Sep 9, 2015
multiplicity, critical theory
Aug 28, 2015
Nietzsche on Truth
Aug 28, 2015

"Anyone who knows how to breathe the air of my writings knows that it is an air of the heights, a bracing air. You must be made for it, or else you are in no little danger of catching cold in it.

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Aug 28, 2015
All equilibrium is temporary - thoughts after Zygmunt Bauman
Aug 19, 2015
critical theory, phd year 2
All equilibrium is temporary - thoughts after Zygmunt Bauman
Aug 19, 2015
critical theory, phd year 2

thoughts following a talk at Serpentine Gallery September 2014

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Aug 19, 2015
critical theory, phd year 2
"design the good life" Workshop at Digital Shoreditch
May 13, 2015
design the good life, practice, workshop
"design the good life" Workshop at Digital Shoreditch
May 13, 2015
design the good life, practice, workshop
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May 13, 2015
design the good life, practice, workshop
Hyper Island x Startup Weekend
May 12, 2015
collaboration, hyper island, mentor, workshop
Hyper Island x Startup Weekend
May 12, 2015
collaboration, hyper island, mentor, workshop
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May 12, 2015
collaboration, hyper island, mentor, workshop
Crafting Sustainability
May 10, 2015
collaboration, exhibition, phd year 3
Crafting Sustainability
May 10, 2015
collaboration, exhibition, phd year 3
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May 10, 2015
collaboration, exhibition, phd year 3
PhD Workshop: designing narratives positive impact
Apr 30, 2015
collaboration, phd year 3, practice, research project, workshop
PhD Workshop: designing narratives positive impact
Apr 30, 2015
collaboration, phd year 3, practice, research project, workshop
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Apr 30, 2015
collaboration, phd year 3, practice, research project, workshop
Mapping Meaning
Mar 19, 2015
exhibition, phd year 3, practice, research project
Mapping Meaning
Mar 19, 2015
exhibition, phd year 3, practice, research project
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Mar 19, 2015
exhibition, phd year 3, practice, research project
 
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  • Dr. Joana Casaca Lemos
    always a pleasure listening to this lady @jessibaker - @frucool and The Futurenauts https://t.co/Dox4fnCN3Y
    about a day ago
  • Dr. Joana Casaca Lemos
    Good riddance 👋 we need more #DesignForQualities https://t.co/OjAfklvdtf
    about 2 days ago
  • Dr. Joana Casaca Lemos
    thanks @VEJA pioneering #transparency in fashion - love it! https://t.co/9gfBuJbead
    about 5 days ago