Nu Goteh on Designing With Community

About this episode

Nu Goteh discusses his journey in design and the importance of community involvement.

This week on the DesignThinkers podcast, I’m joined by Nu Goteh, founder of Room for Magic and co-founder of Deem Journal. Nu’s path into design isn’t a straight line. He started out making graphics on early internet platforms, spent over a decade working in marketing for brands like Puma, Red Bull, and Sonos, and eventually returned to design through a deeper set of questions—about power, participation, and how he wanted to show up in the world. In this conversation, we talk about what...

People in this episode

Guest: Nu Goteh

Topics covered

• design
• community
• marketing
• participation
• power

Keywords

• design
• community
• marketing
• Nu Goteh
• Room for Magic
• Deem Journal
• Puma
• Red Bull
• Sonos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Room for Magic, Deem Journal, Puma, Red Bull, Sonos

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