Hey there. I’m Agnes
A Design Researcher and Experience Designer from Nairobi, Kenya
I have a love for bringing simplicity and clarity to complexity. This has drawn me towards design thinking as a problem-solving approach. At the Nairobi Design Institute, I learned how to bring together insights from users and practical knowledge from several disciplines to solve some of Africa’s most complex challenges.
I have worked across Eastern & Southern Africa on social impact projects around Waste Management, Sexual & Reproductive Health, Menstrual Health Management and Healthcare Data in Urban Slums.
Through these experiences, there are a couple of things I have come to firmly believe:
- Human need is the place to start. There is no substitute for actively engaging people throughout a project
- Talking to people is important. Not only to discover what their challenges are but also to get inspiration on how to solve them
- When people interact with experiences, every contact they make influences whether they will come back or not
I get excited about opportunities to co-design experiences that exist in complex systems, bringing in experience and perspectives from different disciplines and employing a systems-thinking approach.
When I am not working, you can find me curled up with a novel, drinking a hot cup of tea or planning my next travelling adventure. Recently, I’ve been getting a lot of joy and energy from music in languages I don’t understand from around Africa.
