Designing with Diversity - How Focusing on Inclusion Helped Us Become Better Designers

Online Only
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2020 at 11:15 AM  - 11:45 AM EDT 
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Event Details

A Lunch & Learn with live QA & Networking session. 

Pre-recorded session of Designing with Diversity - How Focusing on Inclusion Helped Us Become Better Designers​  can be viewed here. 

As members of the TELUS Service Design team, when we were given the opportunity to focus on retail accessibility, we were nervous and excited. The experience of this project was transformative and pushed us to become better and more inclusive designers. The lessons learned and insights gained from this work have continued to inform our approach to design and evolved our practice.

In this talk, we will tell the story of what we learned, and how we continue to apply these lessons in order to engage diverse groups in our design process.

https://youtu.be/tnjz4YFrTqI

Speakers

Linn Vizard
Telus
Independent Designer
Ben Kim
Telus
Manager of Service Design

Location

Available Online Only
Instructions will be sent out via email after registration.

Tickets

Type
Price
Live QA & Networking
Free

Organizer Details

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