Designing in the Wild · 25 Sept 2026 · 3m · Episode 1
Rob Irwin, host of Designing in the Wild, announces the return of the podcast for Season 3 with a new video format. He highlights his 23-year background as an industrial designer, citing past work on Amazon's smart shopping carts, net-zero tiny homes, and Huggies diapers. The season will feature diverse guests including biomimicry experts, software modelers, and manufacturing professionals.
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