#42 Collective Change and Community-Centered Design with Lee-Sean Huang

Yellow Glitter

This episode, we’re joined by an extra special guest, Lee-Sean Huang (he/they), a queer first-generation Taiwanese, Cantonese American designer and educator based in New York City and Providence. Lee-Sean Huang is the director of Design Content and learning at AIGA and a co-founder, creative director of Foossa, and teaches design and innovation at Parsons and SVA.

This episode, we talk about:

• Lee-Sean's "midlife crisis" and how he is navigating a new chapter in his life
• Navigating corporate world and academia with queer & Asian identities
• His work with the New School and advocating for teachers
• The role of creativity and design in social impact
• Dismantling perfectionism, and leaning into imperfection as an invitation for social change
• The power of community-centered design

You can find more information about our guest:

• @leesean on Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Website: https://foossa.com/leesean-huang

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