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Apr 10, 2019

Designing better for people in disasters

Introducing Disaster Design Principles (and how we got to it) — TL;DR With the goal of using interaction design to improve people’s decision making in disaster situations, designers Amelia Koster, Brittany Williams and I created a library of disaster design principles. Municipalities are usually in charge of putting together preparation programs and responding when events arise. However, not all municipalities have the…

UX

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Designing better for people in disasters
Designing better for people in disasters

Nov 26, 2018

Tell me about a food that makes you think of your grandparents

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…

Food

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Tell me about a food that makes you think of your grandparents
Tell me about a food that makes you think of your grandparents

Apr 28, 2018

Designing Cultural Probes

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. …

UX

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Designing Cultural Probes
Designing Cultural Probes

Apr 20, 2018

Cancer Care for Survivors

Celebrating victory and supporting a healthy lifestyle through service design. — Context When cancer patients complete their treatments, they often feel a gap in care as their next appointment will only be 3 months later. Throughout the semester, I worked on an interaction design project attempting to fill in this gap in care for cancer survivors. …

Design

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Cancer Care for Survivors
Cancer Care for Survivors

Jan 13, 2018

Human Centered Transcriptions

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. …

Design

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Human Centered Transcriptions
Human Centered Transcriptions

Oct 27, 2017

UX at Grace Hopper

Conference journal — Orlando, October 2017 🍊 —

Tech

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UX at Grace Hopper
UX at Grace Hopper

Oct 23, 2017

Internship Season

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…

Internships

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Internship Season
Internship Season

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·Jan 16, 2017

Starting a startup as a designer (in Asia)

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…

Startup

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Starting a startup as a designer (in Asia)
Starting a startup as a designer (in Asia)

Jan 11, 2017

Hacking at M.I.T — Cover Design History

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…

Hackathons

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Hacking at M.I.T — Cover Design History
Hacking at M.I.T — Cover Design History

Jan 10, 2017

Yelp Profile Redesign

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…

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Yelp Profile Redesign
Yelp Profile Redesign
Catherine Legros

Catherine Legros

Designer @Microsoft, previously @Google, @YouTube, and @EmilyCarrU www.catherinelegros.com

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