Speaker Archives
Stories, ideas, and lessons shared on our stage.Press play. Start anywhere.
This is a growing collection of talks from Ottawa Design Club events. Each recording captures a moment in time. Ideas in motion, stories shared from the stage, and perspectives shaped by lived experience. These talks were meant to be heard more than once.
Build It Anyway: What Grows in Uncertain Places
Build It Anyway: Create the Damn Lines
Build It Anyway: Expect the Unexpected
Off Course: Don’t Be a Jerk
Off Course: Guilt Doesn’t Get the Final Say
Off Course: Losing Sight, Finding Clarity
On New Terms: From Hustle to Home
On New Terms: Walls That Unite
On New Terms: Fermenting Ideas
Morph: Cracking the Cocoon
Morph: Finding Identity Through Style, Culture, and Design
Morph: Finding Purpose in the Morph
From the Ground Up: Building It Anyway
From the Ground Up: You Are the Superpower
From the Ground Up: Making It Real
Flip the Script: Staying in Motion
Flip the Script: Phantom Tits
Flip the Script: Wanting Simplicity
Flow: Finding Rhythm
Flow: Crossover
Flow: Swimming in the Light
Layered: Spinning Multiple Plates
Layered: Having Three Hearts
Layered: The People You Meet Along the Way
Resilience: Burn It Down, Then Build Something Better
Resilience: Redesigning Her Life
Resilience: Learning to Start Again
Momentum: Momentum Is a Decision
Momentum: Learning to Start Again
Momentum: Momentum Isn’t Linear
Twisted by Design: How to Get Rich or Die Trying
Twisted by Design: Embracing All Sides of You
Twisted by Design: Being a Walking Science Experiment
State of Mind: Embracing Disorientation
State of Mind: Turning Burden Into Value
State of Mind: The Shadow, The Cycle, The Art