Managing Director & Co-founder, AQ
Chris Palmieri
Talk
Stopping to Notice
Many of us came to design through how we see — noticing a candy wrapper, subway tiles or traffic patterns, and needing to understand why. But professional work often boxes noticing into a brief or a process step. Drawing on a career helping global product teams design for Japan from an insider/outsider edge, Chris shares how he tries to keep noticing: living with his own biases and assumptions, embracing rabbit holes, resisting quick or clean answers, and finding joy in looking closely with others.
Profile
Chris Palmieri is a Tokyo-based designer and co-founder of AQ, where he helps product teams understand and design for the dynamic cultural context of their customers in Japan. He also teaches a course on the changing role of design through the lens of Japanese history at the University of Illinois.