Abstract

Dianna and Fred discuss design justice: what it means for engineers in industry.

Key Points

Join Dianna and Fred as they discuss design justice from the point of view of design processes in industry.

Topics include:

• How industry relates to design justice ideas.
• Shifting roles in design.
• Ways to incorporate design justice into your work.
• Velcro for mars rovers, sandbags on circuit boards, and high-tech theatre sets

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SOR 1011 Design JusticeDianna Deeney

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Dianna and Fred talk about what design justice means to engineers in industry.

Key Points:

• The Evolution of Design Justice: Understand how the principles of design justice, rooted in community, politics, and economics, are being applied to modern engineering practices.
• The Shifting Role of the Designer: Explore the transition from the designer as a sole decision-maker to a collaborative facilitator working alongside communities and customers. Dianna and Fred talk about the mindset shift needed to be successful.
• The Shifting Role of the Customer in Design: Discover how involving communities and customers in the design process leads to more equitable and innovative solutions. Instead of customer focus groups and gathering feedback on prototypes, the customers are actively designing.
• Design Justice and Other Methods: Dianna and Fred talk about how design justice relates to other design methods, including Design for Usability. They share stories of how design justice can lead to simplicity in solutions.

Listen-in to get practical advice on how to implement design justice principles in your own work, including focusing on the design process, offering options, and embracing a collaborative “yes, and” approach.

See this link for the 10 Design Justice Network Principles.