🎧 EPISODE / 008
We speak with Devin Vermeulen, employee #5 at WeWork and VP of Experience Design at Getaway, about human centered design, using insights to evolve spatial products, and the thinking that goes into hospitality experiences.
Dear No Contest Listeners,
It turns out that DJs are human centered designers.
No way.
It’s true.
Those same people mixing beats in front of hundreds of sweaty fans?
Yep. Them.
DJs use insights to identify patterns and create music that moves our emotions and bodies.
They compose a set (e.g. develop a prototype), read the energy in the room (collect feedback), revise their material (iterate)....all, to deliver a new, finished product (commercialize).
In EP 008, we speak with Devin Vermeulen, employee #5 at WeWork, VP of Experience at Getaway, human-centered designer, and, of course, DJ, about putting people at the center of space.
We talk about scaling WeWork’s design practice at 100 miles per hour, defining a feedback loop for your architectural products, and crafting a unique hospitality business in a crowded industry.
Devin’s one of those creatives who continuously pulls from his professional background and personal passions to create one-of-a-kind experiences.
He makes different happen every day, and for that, he’s worth a listen.
Enjoy.
✌️ NWS (@nowalls.studio)
👀🎹 WHAT’S AN EPISODE RECAP WITHOUT CHECKING OUT DEVIN’S ORIGINAL DJ SETUP?
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EP / 008 | Devin Vermeulen, Getaway: Put people at the center of space