Real innovation comes from tension and pushback; learn from people who don’t easily navigate your systems. Average people, if they actually exist, don’t challenge your thinking.
The owner of Winnow Research and a PhD student in Carnegie Mellon’s Transition Design program. Hillary is also a researcher who loves in-context interviews and rich synthesis.
Think about the systems you design. Who moves through them with the fewest barriers? Describe that person. Are they typically white, affluent, able-bodied, cisgender, and English-named?
The people who experience systems from the margins will have more insight into how they truly work — can introduce more accurate and justice-oriented perspectives into our work.
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UX designer who writes books, runs podcast and teaches public about designing and building great products that deliver meaningful user experience (UX).
Research matters even if you’re designing something you believe to be totally novel, current behaviours determine whether your design has a chance of being relevant and intelligible to the participants.
Design consultant & co-founder of the famous Mule Design Studio. Erika is also known as an insightful speaker & writer on the topics of UX research & design.
Design consultant & co-founder of the famous Mule Design Studio. Erika is also known as an insightful speaker & writer on the topics of UX research & design.
All it takes to turn potential hindsight into happy foresight is keeping your eyes open and asking the right questions. Failing isn’t the only way to learn.
Design consultant & co-founder of the famous Mule Design Studio. Erika is also known as an insightful speaker & writer on the topics of UX research & design.
