info [at] nonfiction.design
45 29th St. San Francisco, California 94110
Mardis is a true entertainer with a stage presence that is both energetic and inviting. With his warm and approachable style, Mardis transforms complex ideas into understandable visions of a better world. He has worked with some of the most innovative brands and has enjoyed a long history of bringing transformational hardware products to market. He speaks and writes on the subject of future thinking, circular design & sustainability, empathetic healthcare design, and cutting-edge technologies aimed to make the world a better place.
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December 2024
OSMED - Maui, USA
Organization for Space Medicine, Engineering, & Design
Continuing Medical Education Credit "Non-Invasive Medical Devices"
November 2024
XPANSE - Abu Dhabi, UAE
Exponential Technologies & Deep Science
Innovation Stage "Making Outer Space More Like Home"
September 2024
IDSA - International Design Conference
Keynote "Designing Between Space and Earth"
August 2024
KES - Grupo de Mídia São Paulo - Singapore
"The Future is Here"
April 2024
Nigerian Institute of Mgmt & OneFocus Consulting
"Economic and Human Capital Innovation"
March 2023
SXSW: Featured Speaker - Austin, USA
Keynote "Designing Between Earth and Space"
November 2022
Zero Waste Conference - Plenary - San Francisco, USA
"Designing for Zero Waste"
November 2022
Frontier Materials Conference - Barcelona, SP
"Designing Between Earth and Space"
March 2022
SXSW: Design Program - Austin, USA
Featured Speaker "Designing the Future of Everything"
December 2021
University of Houston, iDesign - Houston, USA
Keynote "Design for Tomorrow"
November 2021
Frontier Materials Conference - Barcelona, SP
"Frontier Materials + AI + Future + Cities"
September 2021
Material Connection - San Francisco, USA
"Design for Disassembly"
April 2021
Otis College of Art and Design - Los Angeles, USA
“Practicing Industrial Design”
April 2021
Material Connexion - San Francisco, USA
"Sustainable Materials for a Better Future"
April 2021
Advanced Design / Offsite Sessions - Chicago, USA
“The Business of Design”
February 2021
UC Berkeley Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation:
Design Field Notes - Berkeley, USA
“From Science Fiction to Reality”
October 2020
CoMotion University of Washington - Seattle, USA
"Sustainability in Hardware: How and Why"
March 2019
Northwestern University - San Francisco, USA
“What is Industrial Design?”
January 2019
AIAS Conference
"Industrial Design for Architects"
January 2018
AIAS Conference
June 2021
Medium
"The Future of Agile Hardware Design"
May 2021
Medium
"Why is Hardware Expensive to Build?"
March 2021
Medium
"The Future of Flying?"
February 2021
Medium
"Future of Sustainability [Beware of Fake Eco-Products!]"
August 2018
Medium
"Hiring Industrial Design for Startups"
July 2018
Medium
"Don't Design Like Apple"
April 2022
Converge Podcast
"Nonfiction Dreams: Science Fiction into Reality"
September 2021
UC Berkeley/UCSF: Master of Translational Medicine
“Storytelling & Good Design”
September 2020
UC Berkeley/UCSF: Master of Translational Medicine
“Storytelling & Good Design”
