But Why? A Design Podcast

Episode 004 - Enhancing Environmental & Human Experience

In this episode of But Why?

Feb 26 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

32:26

Special Episode - Perth Design Week 2026

With special guest Sandy Anghie

Feb 12 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

25:17

January 2026

Episode 003. But Why - Do We Design With Hostility?

With special guest Sarah Booth

Jan 30 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

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45:56

Episode 002 - Are We Wasting By Design?

What does it mean to be ‘wasted by design’, and are we, as an industry (and a society), designing waste into the system on purpose?

Jan 14 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

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27:47

There must be better ways for marketing partnerships to manifest

Last week at a Big Bash Cricket game I found myself surrounded by what I would describe as a public display of designed waste.

Jan 11 • Eugene Hooks

4

December 2025

The Irony of Value

Buried amongst demolition debris is a $3,000+ AUD European made armchair that is nowhere near end of life.

Dec 18, 2025 • Stirling Fletcher

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Episode 001 - Why Do We Design?

In this first episode of ‘But Why, A Design Podcast’, hosts Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher explore the question of - Why do we design?

Dec 15, 2025 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

2

18:40

Episode 000 - Intro

In our very first release of But Why?

Dec 14, 2025 • Eugene Hooks and Stirling Fletcher

2

2:21

Waste That Pretends to Be Value

The Linear Economy is widely known.

Dec 11, 2025 • Eugene Hooks

2

November 2025

A Poem on Responsibility in Design

Inspired by a week of conversations and observations.

Nov 16, 2025 • Eugene Hooks

2

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Coming Soon: But Why? A Design Podcast

We are setting up the mics, tuning the sound, and getting ready to share stories, ideas, and honest conversations about design and the people behind it.

Nov 2, 2025 • Eugene Hooks

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