When I talk about Human Centred Design

Dr. Simon Lawry

What I talk about

@simonlawry

Caveat…

Who am I?

I’m here to talk to you about human centred design.

So…. design hey… You design tables? Posters?

Random Person:

Uh…. No… I’m a human centred designer

Me:

… Random Person:

One of the hardest things about design is explaining it to others.

I help people understand and solve problems.

I learn.

I’m a professional learner.I learn

But, there’s a bit more to it than that…

3 Phase Design Model

Kolb (1984) Beckman and Barry (2007) Beckman and Barry (2009)

The D*School

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Ok, great.

That’s awesome.

Now what?

Questions?

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