Guest Susanne Angarano, principal at Vaysen Studio, discusses the importance of regenerative design; what it means and how designers can start thinking about not just “doing things better” but about “doing better things.” Find out the advantages of using this approach over more traditional design methodologies in this insightful episode.

1. Regenerative Design: Changing Your Thinking Can Change the Design
Outcomes
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05/15/2020
By Robert Nieminen (/authors/authorid/4)
Guest Susanne Angarano, principal at Vaysen Studio, discusses the importance of regenerative design; what it means
and how designers can start thinking about not just “doing things better” but about “doing better things.” Find out the
advantages of using this approach over more traditional design methodologies in this insightful episode.
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Meet our guest:
Susanne Angarano | ASID, CID, NCIDQ | Principal | Design Strategist, Interior Designer,
Regenerative Practitioner
Susanne is a principal at Vaysen Studio. Her extensive experience includes a focus on
higher education projects and holistic sustainable design work. Committed to
environmentally sound design, she works to achieve design excellence through a process
of stakeholder engagement to create spaces that connect with culture and context.
Susanne is the recipient of the 2019 ASID Ones to Watch award, and her interior design
work on MacArthur Elementary school was awarded the 2019 ASID Design Impacts Lives
honorable mention.
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Susanne has presented her work and research at several professional conferences, including the International Living
Future Institute unconference, International Living Product Expo, ERAPPA, New York State Green Building Conference,
and the New York State Sustainability Conference.
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