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White Space, Black Designers Needed

Speck Design–the only black-owned product design consultancy in the US explores the disproportionate number of African Americans in design.

Mar 9, 2023

White Space, Black Designers Needed

Mar 9, 2023

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Health 4.0 Has Caught Up with Industry 4.0 (and Needs UX Design) Part 1

Before 2020, healthcare had yet to embrace digital innovations & ease of use as readily as other industries. Then came The Great Pandemic

Feb 2, 2023

Health 4.0 Has Caught Up with Industry 4.0 (and Needs UX Design) Part 1

Feb 2, 2023

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Nope.

For those who love their jobs and work in helping jobs burnout is even more of a risk; one being professionally “selfish” could help…

Dec 14, 2022

Man and women work professionals holding up a lap top

Dec 14, 2022

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Adapting User Experience to Heal a Generation of Broken People: Part One

In a post-pandemic world, every one of us has something in common — profound loss. UXers need to be prepared to address it in this new age.

Oct 19, 2022

hundreds of tiny people in a circle radiating outward

Oct 19, 2022

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A Business Case For Circular Product Design

Can circular product design be profitable? Spoiler alert: yes. But before we make our case, let’s have a conversation about profitability.

Sep 28, 2022

A Business Case For Circular Product Design

Sep 28, 2022

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Trash: The Challenge of Planned Obsolescence to The Circular Economy

Disposability & planned obsolescence are still wide spread practices in product design direct & in direct conflict with the circular…

Sep 20, 2022

Trash: The Challenge of Planned Obsolescence to The Circular Economy

Sep 20, 2022

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Part 3: We Aren’t Quite Dead Yet: Harnessing The Law of Unintended Consequences for Sustainable…

In the final blog of our Sustainable Technology series, we focus on the importance of environmental empathy and what designers are actually…

Jan 20, 2022

A light bulb made of crumpled paper on a pink background

Jan 20, 2022

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Part 2: We Aren’t Quite Dead Yet: Harnessing The Law of Unintended Consequences for Sustainable…

In Part II of our Sustainable Technology blog series, we take a closer look at systems interconnectivity being both the driver of negative…

Jan 6, 2022

Part 2: We Aren’t Quite Dead Yet: Harnessing The Law of Unintended Consequences for Sustainable…

Jan 6, 2022

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We Aren’t Quite Dead Yet

Product and technology innovation is a notoriously double-edged sword, often creating as many negative consequences as it does benefits.

Sep 22, 2021

We Aren’t Quite Dead Yet

Sep 22, 2021

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Good Design Can Be Taught: Ethical Design Must Be Chosen

Primum non nocere or “Do no harm” is a phrase most people recognize as the physician’s creed. It is an ethical baseline in medicine, a…

Aug 25, 2021

Good Design Can Be Taught: Ethical Design Must Be Chosen

Aug 25, 2021

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