Published inBootcamp·Apr 8, 2021Blockchain for conservation: designing communication assets for WWFWildlife Credits is a concept project by Panda Labs, the innovation arm of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) which currently operates in Namibia, Kenya and Romania. The intention of Wildlife Credits is to facilitate rewards for conservation efforts through a blockchain-based digital platform by paying communities to protect wildlife. …Blockchain3 min readBlockchain3 min read
Published inBootcamp·Mar 11, 2021Case study: Applying the social sciences and service design for WWFWildlife Credits is a concept project by Panda Labs, the innovation arm of the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF). The intention of Wildlife Credits is to facilitate rewards for conservation efforts through a blockchain-based digital platform by paying communities to protect wildlife. The intention is to reduce distribution costs, allow…Service Design4 min readService Design4 min read
Published inBootcamp·Dec 10, 2020Design thinking, AI and geospatial technology towards the U.N. sustainable development goalsSpace4Good is a social enterprise that leverages Geospatial Technology towards achieving the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals. We brought together our expertise because they wanted to explore the value of human-centred design thinking to their business and whether it could help them clarify their technologically-complex service to clients and stakeholders. The…Sustainability4 min readSustainability4 min read
Published inUX Collective·Nov 19, 2020Social system analysis — an approach to design insights at scaleHumans design products and services, which in turn influence future designers. Design is not a linear, one-way process but a continuous correspondence of creation and iteration. A new product or service creates new entanglements of relationships that influence and therefore create new designs, and so forth. Most design research methods…Design Thinking8 min readDesign Thinking8 min read
Published inUX Collective·Nov 12, 2020Sustainable design in the AnthropoceneWe’re in trouble. This may not be the first time you’re hearing this, but our global system is unsustainable. Over the last few years, this has led to radical environmental and social events — making us question whether we can sustain our current way of life into the future. Organisations…Sustainability6 min readSustainability6 min read
Published inUX Collective·Oct 22, 2020More-than-human design: rethinking agency and sustainable practicesTransformation is a continuous process. 2020 has brought rapid acceleration of social transformation in a shift towards working from home, working remotely and living in the new normal of a global pandemic. Design thinking has also been going through a conceptual transformation in order to adapt to the new needs…Sustainability6 min readSustainability6 min read
Oct 15, 2020Beyond Nature: welcome to the AnthropoceneWildfires, coral bleaching, plastic pollution and other events are happening at large scales and rates that are increasingly harmful to humans, animals and ecosystems. We live in an era of unprecedented human impact on our surroundings. …Environment6 min readEnvironment6 min read
Published inUX Collective·Sep 23, 2020The human correspondence of interdisciplinary design researchInterdisciplinary research brings together different ways of knowing and different ways of articulating that knowledge. …Ethnography4 min readEthnography4 min read
Published inUX Collective·Sep 3, 2020The problem with empathy at scale: partial connections in design researchThe term empathy is overused and under criticised — it is often intended to mean to understand and/or advocate for customers but holds little conceptual ground if critiqued in the context of thorough social science research. …Empathy5 min readEmpathy5 min read
Published inUX Collective·Aug 28, 2020How Design Ethnography can ‘really’ advocate for ‘the user’Understanding customers of services and users of products is part of the central narrative of design processes. Too often, infographics tell us that designers ‘advocate for the user’ or that ‘empathy’ is part of the discovery phase of a design process. But there is very little emphasis on reflexivity as…Ethnography5 min readEthnography5 min read
