The Civic Design Room started as a podcast and media thesis project that engages designers in the public sector, primarily in the US, on how they have operationalized design methodologies in the public sector. This podcast and media thesis project was created by Mariama N’Diaye when she was finalizing her Master’s in City Planning and Master’s in Business Administration at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. This thesis aims to understand the complexities of the many working definitions of design, share practical directives on applying design in the public sector and navigating bureaucracy, and understand the management skills needed to lead a team applying design in the public sector.