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Including Women in Design
Ladies that UX Philadelphia is a community aimed at celebrating and exploring the role of women in design fields, highlighted during Usability Day on November 9, 2017. The document discusses the importance of inclusivity in the design industry, sharing personal experiences and advocating for diversity goals within companies. It also emphasizes the need for individuals to redefine norms and celebrate the strengths of underrepresented groups to improve representation in design.
Including Women in Design
- 1. Ladies that UXPhiladelphia Including Women in Design World Usability Day // November 9, 2017 Sara Hall @_sarahallAlex Visconti @visconti_alex
- 2. We founded Ladiesthat UX Philadelphia to foster a community that explores and celebrates women in design fields. Ladies that UX
- 3. Purpose of OurTalk Show how the industry has developed with the inclusion of women
- 4. Show how theindustry has developed with the inclusion of women Purpose of Our Talk
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- 8. “The people... assumedby my name that I was a man! When they finally met me, they were disappointed, and I left the interview without a chance for the job.”
- 9. Products Having women designers“Damsels of Design”
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- 12. “We enjoyed provingto our male counterparts that we are not in the business to add lace doilies to seat backs or rhinestones to the carpets.”
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- 15. “a social networkrooted in promoting kindness, respect, and empowerment”
- 17. Marina Martin SarahBrooks Veteran’s Affairs Office
- 20. “It feels likeevery single one of these one-on-one interviews ends with, ‘Wow, no one has ever asked my opinion before.’ It’s great they’re happy about it, but it frustrates me: It shouldn’t be so shocking.”
- 22. “... without inclusivegestures by hiring managers and businesses, senior designers and agencies, educators and other role models, individuals from underrepresented groups entering and remaining in design will remain firmly in the minority.”
- 23. What can wedo?
- 24. As individuals, weeach can work to celebrate the strengths of others. What can we do?
- 25. As individuals, weeach can work to celebrate the strengths of others. What can we do? In our companies, we can push for clear diversity goals and vision.
- 26. As individuals, weeach can work to celebrate the strengths of others. In our companies, we can push for clear diversity goals and vision. What can we do? In the work we create, we each have the opportunity to redefine “normal.”
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- 28. Resources/Citations Dorothy Hayes: http://28blacks.com/dorothy-hayes-18.html CipePineles: http://adcglobal.org/hall-of-fame/cipe-pineles-burtin/ http://www.nytimes.com/1991/01/05/obituaries/cipe-pineles-burtin-is-dead-at-82-first-woman-in-art-directors-club.html Cipe Pineles, Biography by Martha Scotford Damsels of Design Slides: http://www.automobilemag.com/news/damsels-of-design-harley-earls-designing-women/ https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-04-12/damsels-design-women-who-changed-automotive-history http://www.core77.com/posts/50777/Suzanne-Vanderbilt-GM-%E2%80%98Damsel-Turned-Pioneering-Auto-Designer http://cardesignnews.com/articles/car-design-blog/2016/04/damsels-of-design Damsels of Design images: http://www.automobilemag.com/news/damsels-of-design-harley-earls-designing-women/ Designs on the V.A. by Allison Arieff, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/24/opinion/designs-on-the-va.html Veterans Affairs Office: www.vets.gov Core 77’s Designing Women Series: http://www.core77.com/Designing-Women Bumble: https://bumble.com/ Photo of Whitney Wolfe by Noam Galai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitney_Wolfe#/media/File:TechCrunch_Disrupt_NY_2016_-_Day_3_(26954840405).jpg Screenshot of Tinder Message: tindernightmares instagram Slide 21 uxdesign.cc: https://uxdesign.cc/design-is-diversity-its-time-to-talk-about-our-role-as-designers-323781b10b6f RG/A article: https://rgabydesign.com/diversity-by-design-our-role-in-shaping-a-more-inclusive-industry-4efccd99e1c9