Cards for Humanity: Finding connection through food and memory. — An act of care by Augusta Lutynski, Shamara Leonard, Mitra Mahmoodi, and Catherine Legros, Emily Carr University students. After studying and exploring the connections between colonialism, racism, and culture through food this semester, it was time to find our own way to change the narrative through food. “Food is a…

How to get unique insights and exceptional engagement from research participants — In the context of a university Design Research and Methods class we learned co-creation and several research methodologies. The class revolved around environmental health and measuring the impacts of an environment’s influence on people’s behaviours. …

When generative user testing guides a project — What started as a university project for ESL (English as a Second Language) students brought me to a larger design opportunity: Re-designing transcriptions. …

Conference journal — Orlando, October 2017 🍊 —

Why and how to get a UX internship — This piece was originally written for my classmates at Emily Carr University. Here we are, 3rd year Interaction Design. This means you’re more than halfway through your degree. It also means this summer is most likely your last chance to get an internship at a (big) tech company. Why does that matter? Some jobs…

Storytime — This is an adaptation of a talk I gave at the Montreal Dribbble Meetup a year ago. September 2014 My friend Tim and I left Montréal, our hometown, for an undetermined amount of time. Destination: Asia. More specifically, Bali, as we had heard it attracted digital nomads from around the world…

Case Study — I worked on Cover Design History during the CODEX Hackathon (books and publishing hackathon) while at the M.I.T. Media Lab in Cambridge. My small team consisted of university professors, one publisher, and front and back-end developers. As the only designer in my team, I had to create a brand identity…

Case Study — I redesigned the Yelp user profile in 4 days as a challenge. No user or market research was performed for this project, I was instead encouraged to go with smart assumptions. I documented every step of this project below, from goal to final solution. 1. Design Goal Optimize user profiles to promote social…