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Play with Matches is a podcast for the architecture and design industry’s boldest thinkers. Hosted by UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii, each episode goes beyond the work itself and into the thinking behind it, exploring the mindset shifts, strategic pivots, and defining moments that spark real change across the built environment. Through conversations with architects, designers, founders, and marketers, Play with Matches examines what happens when you stop following the playbook and start rewriting it.
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Signup to Generate a PitchPlay with Matches is a podcast for the architecture and design industry’s boldest thinkers. Hosted by UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii, each episode goes beyond the work itself and into the thinking behind it, exploring the mindset shifts, strategic pivots, and defining moments that spark real change across the built environment.
Play with Matches is hosted by UpSpring. The show has published 8 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Cuff Studio: Rethinking Craft in a Mass Production World" (5 May 2026, 22 minutes), "Amie Shao: Designing Birth Spaces That Change Outcomes" (28 April 2026, 31 minutes), and "Adaeze Cadet: Better Design Starts with Inclusion" (21 April 2026, 21 minutes).
Play with Matches publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 22 minutes across 8 episodes.
Booking probability for Play with Matches is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Play with Matches requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Play with Matches's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Play with Matches are Architecture & Engineering. Play with Matches has an arts audience.
UpSpring hosts Play with Matches, an arts podcast with 8 episodes published.
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Play with Matches
<p>What if craftsmanship isn’t a limitation, but a competitive advantage?</p><p>In this episode of Play with Matches, Kristi Bender and Wendy Schwartz, cofounders of Cuff Studio, share how building a handcrafted...
Play with Matches
<p>What if maternal health outcomes are shaped by design decisions? In this episode of Play with Matches, Amie Shao, Principal and Senior Director at Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS), explores how...
Play with Matches
<p>What if equity isn’t separate from design excellence, but the foundation of it? In this episode of Play with Matches, host Tiffany Rafii sits down with Adaeze Cadet, Design Principal at HOK, to explore how equity and...
Play with Matches
<p>What makes a story earn attention in today’s design media landscape? In this episode of Play with Matches, host Tiffany Rafii sits down with Avi Rajagopal, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis, to unpack how products...
Play with Matches
<p>What happens when you refuse to follow the industry’s playbook? In this episode of Play with Matches, Natalie Hartkopf, co-owner and chair of Hightower, shares how independence, curiosity, and collaboration have...
Play with Matches
<p>What does it take to turn a forgotten landmark into a blueprint for sustainable hospitality? In this episode of Play with Matches, host Tiffany Rafii sits down with architect, developer, and policy leader Bruce...
Play with Matches
<p>What does it take to build a design voice that cuts through noise and scales globally? In this episode of Play with Matches, host Tiffany Rafii sits down with Pallavi Dean, architect, designer, and founder of Roar...
Play with Matches
<p>Play with Matches is where the architecture and design industry’s boldest voices come to ignite ideas. Hosted by UpSpring CEO Tiffany Rafii, this podcast explores the campaigns, stories, and mindset shifts sparking...
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Owner and CEO, Hightower
architect and founder of design practice Roar, Roar, Dubai, UAE
Model of Architecture Serving Society
HOK
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