{"podcast":{"title":"Design Talk (dot IE)","slug":"design-talk-dot-ie-3492246","podcast_index_feed_id":3492246,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/5fda353b5f9eb72404a5200f","website_url":"https://www.designtalk.ie","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/5fda353b5f9eb72404a5200f/1716494071783-5efb7c8afb7496a164b240c4616376f1.jpeg","author":"Allen Higgins","episode_count":198,"summary":"Design Talk. A podcast for learning about the business of technology design and management. Listen to stories, panels, interviews and discussions about technology and design in-the-wild: the good, the beautiful, and the useful. Whether you've got one big idea, you think of yourself as an organisation designer, product designer, creator, or entrepreneur. Each episode offers a take on how people design, strategise, organise, and develop technology. We want to dig into the essence of design, discover the backstory to technologies, and unpack the design attitude. We started this podcast for you, because you are interested in tinkering, in making, and how ideas become 'things', and because we are all, in some way, involved in designing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-01T06:20:42.650489+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246"},"episode":{"title":"0252 - どうして、日本?","slug":"0252","published_at":"2025-05-12T16:18:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246/0252","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246","url":"https://www.designtalk.ie","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/5fda353b5f9eb72404a5200f/e/68309fb8fc865cdd04fb79d8/media.mp3","summary":"Welcome to Design Talk. In this episode I give a short talk titled “Doshite Nippon?” for Naonori sensei’s 'Gateways to Japan' discovery module at University College Dublin. The talk was recorded on April 1st 2025. Kodate sensei is founding Director of the UCD Centre for Japanese Studies and Director of the Public Policy Programme in UCD. Why Japan? I contend that it is good to experience the ordinary strangeness of a culture that is quite different to one’s own. My starting point is to consider the classic images of Japan after which I strive to give a flavour of what it is like to live and work there. Notes Naonori –  https://people.ucd.ie/naonori.kodate Allen –  https://people.ucd.ie/allen.higgins Gateways to Japan (DSCY10080) JET – The Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme (see  JET Ireland ), established in 1987 and still running, invites third level graduates from overseas to participate in international exchange and foreign language education throughout Japan.  interac –Japan’s largest provider of ALTs (Assistant Language Teachers)  https://interacnetwork.com Japan Digital Nomad Association – https://japandigitalnomad.com/en/ Images: 四季と酒 shi ki to o-sake These are: the four distinct seasons. Haru (春) Springtime cherry blossoms.  Natsu (夏) The lush greenery of summer holidays, flowers, fruit and heat. Aki (秋) Autumn when the leaves turn red and orange and gold. Fuyu(冬) Winter cold (really cold), snow, and cosy indoors. Add to this Japan’s visually striking architecture: Buddist temples (tera/-ji), Shinto shrines (jinja), Torii (gateways), and Castles (shiro/-jo) – former seats of power from the medieval period. And not to forget – sake! Acknowledgements Music  Title: Check Them In Artist:…","meta_description":"Welcome to Design Talk. In this episode I give a short talk titled “Doshite Nippon?” for Naonori sensei’s 'Gateways to Japan' discovery module at Universi…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1356,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246/episodes/0252/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/design-talk-dot-ie-3492246/0252.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}