Events and Announcements

A Design Thinker Reckons with Design Thinking

Part 1 of the Series “Design for Liberation”

"...Objectivity in design is only a mirage. In fact, it’s a myth White Supremacy Culture has invested in upholding.  White Supremacy sustains itself by pretending to be apolitical and...

Posted: June 15, 2021, 8:11 AM

Fighting Backlash to Racial Equity Efforts

Why diversity initiatives provoke opposition

"...This critical understanding of systemic racism — that all of us, whether we want to or not, are participants within a system in which our racial membership has implications for important life...

Posted: June 14, 2021, 1:14 PM

Oximeters Used to Be Designed for Equity. What Happened?

Calls to create a fairer device are missing one thing...

"...This technological loss could also be told as a story about shifting historical and societal norms over time. Hewlett-Packard's 1970s model included a transparent discussion of equitable...

Posted: June 9, 2021, 4:29 PM

Creative Thinking Is Not for the Faint of Heart

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken

"...Both arts and sciences advance through open-minded iterations. The alternative of staying within traditional boundaries suppresses the exploration of new territories...Creativity in arts and...

Posted: June 5, 2021, 6:01 PM

The Cultural Competence in Computing (3C) Fellows Program

Applications for Cohort 2 are now open through July 21

The Cultural Competence in Computing (3C) Fellows Program is a cohort-based professional development program where university teams of faculty, postdoctoral researchers, and graduate students work...

Posted: June 4, 2021, 6:54 PM

I helped pioneer UX design. What I see today horrifies me

Where did we go wrong?

"...Foundational UX is where the stuff that makes people really care about UX happens: the human insights, the collaborative exploration, the creative experimentation. For people joining the...

Posted: June 4, 2021, 8:07 AM

Where your old clothes go to die

A landfill in Ghana is the final resting place

"...If you’re wondering how a lot of foreign-label shoes, clothes, and accessories arrived in a landfill in Ghana, you’re not alone. Very few of us think about what happens to our clothes after...

Posted: June 3, 2021, 10:00 AM

The Future Is Velvet Ropes

If digital-world nightclubs get harder to access

"...Many companies developing self-driving cars are designing everything from the computer chips to the steering wheel. Devices that connect our TV sets to streaming video services are almost as...

Posted: May 30, 2021, 11:52 AM

Do We Wear Different Thinking Caps?

Differences in thinking styles influence behaviour

"...Another study has found that there are differences in the anticipation of climate change among individuals of different cultures. Chinese participants represented people from cultures that...

Posted: May 26, 2021, 8:35 AM

New Dermatology App Wasn’t Designed for Those With Dark Skin

The app's data has a diversity problem

". ..According to slides Google shared with Motherboard—from a presentation given after the publication of that paper—its deep learning system was 87.9 percent accurate at identifying skin...

Posted: May 23, 2021, 10:24 AM