JUN 12, 2023
Unleashing the Power of Diverse Thinking: Nike’s Journey Towards Impactful Design
Nike's approach to design, emphasizing the importance of collaboration, diverse thinking, materials innovation, and user-centric processes. Read this Medium article to gain insights into Nike's design philosophy and how it drives impactful solutions in the world of fashion and beyond.
JUN 12, 2023
Empathy, Collaboration, and Entrepreneurship
“The survival of humankind will depend to a large extent on the ability of people who think differently to act together. International collaboration presupposes some understanding of where others’ thinking differs from ours.”
— Hofstede, 1984
This Medium article highlights the importance of diverse skills, collaboration, cultural understanding, human-centered design, evidence-based thinking, and entrepreneurship in creating impactful solutions. By reading this article, individuals can gain insights and inspiration to contribute to a future where empathy, collaboration, and entrepreneurship thrive, leading to meaningful and positive change in the world.
JUN 12, 2023
The Complex System of Fast Fashion: Environmental and Ethical Impacts
Fashion is rooted in the domain of complexity consisting of multiple simple processes, but upon closer examination, all these processes reveal themselves to be an interconnected network. Fast fashion, in particular, operates as a continual reinforcement loop, resulting in negative environmental and ethical impacts.
This Medium article delves into the complex dynamics of fast fashion and the need for large-scale changes to break the cycle and foster a more sustainable and transparent fashion system.
JUN 12, 2023
The Impact of Time Limits and Deadlines on Creativity: Exploring Two Perspectives
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines creativity as the use of imagination, inventiveness, or original ideas to create something (Guralnik, 1976). The question of whether time limits and deadlines hinder or promote creativity is one that I personally struggle with, and I have realised there are two sides to the argument. Read this article on Medium and let me know what you think.
JUN 5, 2023
Harnessing Cognitive Load in UX Design
In the fast-paced world of digital design, creating an exceptional user experience (UX) is paramount. One crucial aspect of UX design is understanding and effectively managing cognitive load — the mental effort required by users to engage with a product or interface. This is something that kept coming up in my project and I wanted to share my findings. In this article on Medium, I delved into the concept of cognitive load and explored practical tips derived from renowned UX psychology experts.
APR 26, 2023
Matching life sayings with UX
There’s so many mindsets I have learnt and adopted over the years and this was my way of relating it to UX design. I’m sure we all have sayings that our parents, grand parents, teachers told us that we held onto. I wonder how many of these thoughts readers already embrace in their work and every day life. Read this article on Medium and let me know what you think.
I am currently reading the book The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman who has put into words so simply something that I learnt…
“Fail often, fail fast,”
— Donald A. Norman
APR 26, 2023
Week One Retro
From day one we were asked to reflect and write about each day in the course. I didn’t understand the importance or significance but now that I arrived to week 9 and have had to put my portfolio together I have pulled out my medium articles that were hiding in my drafts throughout the course.
Now reading back through this article I have decided to include it in my portfolio and create a writing section because I now see how far I have come.
In this Medium article I share my reflections specifically from my week 1 at General Assembly aka GA.