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A book of creativity in Art, Design and Technology recommended!

It's officially becoming an endless world of inspiring brand and design systems out there. I love finding new resources and uncovering all the common goals across different teams. Here are some things that stood out to me from this selection shared by ⚡️Zander Whitehurst Geist (Vercel) 🧹 Super minimal (almost no documentation) 🕶️ Strong brand expression ⛹🏼♀️ Playground to play with code sans fear Workbench (Gusto) 🎥 Videos to help designers get started (with reactions) 🏷️ Figma-only labels for pieces like patterns 🪦 Deprecated components for reference 🤝 Contribution office hours Wise 🔍 Focus state page with mixed contexts 👌 Clean presentation of best practices #DesignSystems #BrandSystems

I strongly encourage folks to join this webinar featuring María Alejandra Sandoval Avila and Sandra Waihuini, and hear more about Dalberg Design’s journey towards community-centred design! My longer reflection is below, but please join the webinar to hear Male and Sandra - who have both been at the forefront of this work - share their experiences. Over the last 5 years Dalberg Design has been exploring what it means to re-orient our practice to one that is community-centred. This shift is grounded in our shared belief that the design work we collaborate on is stronger when it is owned by the communities it seeks to address. Community members are not only best placed to answer questions about their experiences and co-design solutions, but they are also best placed to shape those questions and indeed shape the design brief based on their deep understanding of their local context. ⭐ Community members know how to get to a deeper level of “why” because they know what is interesting vs common-place. ⭐ Community members know who to speak to because they know who is living the average experience vs the anomalies (including the positive deviants). ⭐ Community members know when a proposed solution might be a miss because they have seen solutions come and go and can push when things need deeper work and thought. So we begun this endeavour of de-centring our teams and our work and shifting power to communities (their teams and their work). It has been a humbling experience that has often led us to re-evaluate our capabilities and develop a more grounded approach. We moved away from the pressure to find a new, definitive way of doing design and instead focused on incremental changes and experimentation. These allowed us to accept that there is no single answer, but principles, considerations, and questions we could explore in each context. We moved our needle By Being. ❓ Asking questions: Encouraging open dialogue within projects, listening actively, and avoiding making assumptions about what the communities we work with need. 🤔 Being reflective: Regularly evaluating our progress, identifying areas for improvement, and adapting our approach based on feedback from the community. We moved our needle By Doing. 🚶♀️ 🚶♂️ Walking the talk (within our constraints): Engaging community members, establishing advisory councils, collaborating intentionally, supporting and integrating community organizations that are specialists in the space and have a historical presence in the community, playing back insights in the field, being more intentional about how we compensate community members for their time, and setting up more formal research protocols with even tighter and more transparent data protection norms, among other changes. I would love to hear more about how other practitioners have been evolving their practices! #communitycentred #design

Anything that can be designed, we design and do it to perfection. Talk to us today to learn more. #kconcepts # graphicsdesign #uiuxdesign #brandawareness #brandtherapythursday

Four glimpses of design futures from #LondonDesignFestival 2023: In my latest post on Medium, I wrote about how the most urgent exhibits at LDF this year had social change and systems thinking at their core. Read it here: https://lnkd.in/ezP9YC24

Ever think about the magic that happens when art and science collide in design? Robin Matthew nails it with this quote, highlighting the beautiful balance between creativity and structure that design brings to the table. It's merging technical precision with the boundless imagination of colors and shapes - that's where the real design magic happens! How do you see this balance play out in your designs? Share your thoughts below and let's explore the fusion of science and art in our creative universe! #DesignQuotes #ArtMeetsScience #TandemStudios #CreativeBalance

Thanks for the wonderful response. Registrations are now closed for this session. I welcome you to join the priority waitlist for the next launch - https://lnkd.in/dM2Rmtnf #visionboard #goals #accelerate #leadership #life #coaching #zenesse

The results are in, and the love for the Your Life by Design Journal is overwhelming! 💖 Don't just take my word for it - check out the reviews pouring in! Have you left a review yet? #lifebydesign #selfcoaching #coffeewithnicoa #yourlifebydesign

Since we are almost halfway through December, I wanted to start teasing with 2024 items. January is all about resetting and refreshing. I have some unique things lined up. Starting in 2024, I will add more updates to this unique entryway. However, knowing me, I'll probably begin sooner if given the chance. One cool thing with the whole Reset/Refresh exhibit is how I can add characters in there. I know you will not see Mr. Gum Ball, but Ace and Tabby will be a part of this, as you can see. I don't know if Sparky will be a part of this one. But don't worry; Sparky and Mr. Gum Ball will make their 2024 exhibit debut in February. Share your thoughts in the comments section below. #ImmersiveDesign #EventProfs #ExhibitDesign #ExperientialDesign #SpatialDesign #Design #Experience

The way we design today is wrong. Suppose you're designing watch this video series by @DonNorman. The video will open your eyes to how the wrong design pollutes our environment. https://lnkd.in/d3R7-Nfx