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Design Is Not NeutralAuthor: Grace Hamilton
Design is Not Neutral is a podcast built from a thesis project. As a present design master's student at the University of Notre Dame, I began a broader inquiry into the way design as a field was built and the way we now teach design. After doing more research, it became clear - that design in the United States has a diversity problem. The roots of our diversity issue are squarely in how we define and teach Graphic Design. Graphic Design was made for white, cis-gendered, able-bodied men in consumer-driven societies. With this foundation, how we determine what is good design has become extremely exclusionary. Yet, despite increased conversation around equity, design education has yet to dramatically change. The designers and design educators interviewed on Design is Not Neutral have all deeply researched the field of design education in order to improve our field. This podcast will not only provide listeners with resources on how to challenge their own perceptions of what design has been defined by, it will also provide concrete examples of how this work is being done in classrooms. I hope you enjoy each conversation as much as I did and if you liked Design is Not Neutral please check us out on Instagram. Language: en Genres: Arts, Design, Visual Arts Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it Trailer: |
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08. Leslie Harris
Episode 8
Thursday, 23 March, 2023
Leslie Harris (she/her) is a Senior Product Designer originally from Detroit, MI and currently based in Austin, TX. Leslie has spent the majority of her career working in an agency setting and at startups spanning the world of adtech, healthcare, logistics and fintech. Her focus as a designer includes understanding how to build graceful and ethical solutions for sociological and cultural problems we face today and potential problems in the future. Inspired by the human condition, Leslie loves digging into problems in the hopes of creating relevant and highly adoptable experiences for the groups that need it most.In addition to her professional experience, Leslie is also a recent graduate from Texas State University's Communication Design Graduate Program. During her studies, she explored how design functions as a mechanism for business and society and the socioeconomic impacts it has on the Black community.Join us as we discuss what it means to have an ethical design practice, how to teach design ethics and history, and what the future of design education looks like for the next generation of students.
