Creative Characters

Connecting people to places with Joy Nazzari.

Oct 21, 2025 · 1 hr 10 min · Season 5 · Episode 18 · 102.3 MB
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In this episode, Joy Nazzari chats about her corner of the design world—place branding—with host Marie Boulanger. Joy is the Founder and Executive Chair of DNCO, an agency that's done branding for neighborhoods in London, New York, and Vancouver as well as the city of San Francisco.

From her early days in finance and tech to building an agency that centers both creativity and business strategy, Joy shares her perspective on design leadership, the power of discomfort, and how to connect people to places in meaningful ways.

To see Joy's work, visit dnco.com.

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