Cheryl Heller discusses how technology has changed our lives for both the better and the worse. She talks about how technology has enriched our lives but that the benefits from its use have come at a high price. Heller goes over some of the downsides of being overly dependent on technology including losing our perception of other people and our connection to the earth itself.
Author & Founder of CommonWise
Cheryl Heller is the Founding Chair of the first MFA program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan, and is President of the design lab CommonWise. She is the recipient of the AIGA Medal for her contributions to the field of design, and a Rockefeller Bellagio Fellowship. Her clients have included Ford Motor Company, American Express, Pfizer, Mars Corporation, Seventh Generation, L’Oreal, and The World Wildlife Fund. She created the Ideas that Matter program for Sappi in 1999, which has given over $13 million to designers working for the public good. Her book, The Intergalactic Design Guide, was published by Island Press in 2018.
