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Kimball International Launches Season 5 of Alternative Design Podcast

  • By Matt Jones
  • 03/20/25

Commercial furnishings manufacturer Kimball International recently premiered the fifth season of its Alternative Design podcast, according to a news release. The first episode was released on March 17, and new episodes will launch monthly. The podcast discusses forces that shape built environments, from work to housing to healthcare to human wellness.

Hosted by Kaelynn Reid, the podcast’s first episode discusses shifts in healthcare environments that have granted more power to patients. As wearable and smart technology has expanded to allow ordinary people to track their own health, expanding healthcare beyond the hospital setting, should other built environments keep pace?

The episode’s two guests offer a dialogue circling that central question. Dr. Upali Nanda, Global Sector Director for Innovation at HKS; and Dr. Andrew Boozary, primary care physician, policy practitioner, researcher, and executive director of the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine. Nanda discusses how design, policy, and technology can be used to transform homes into healing spaces. Boozary, meanwhile, discusses Dunn House, a hospital campus with a dedicated space for permanent social housing.

Season 5 will come at the concept of design thinking from multiple angles, discussing the impact of environments on health, human potential, and behavior, according to the news release.

About the Author

Matt Jones is senior editor of Spaces4Learning. He can be reached at [email protected].

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