In the early stages of innovation, there is often very little evidence to prove the potential success of an emerging product or service. Instead, we often rely on the loudest voice in the room - a shrewd political navigator - to build or force the internal momentum needed to get an idea to market. Read More

So how can you trust something that you can’t see?The way many of the decisions that artificial intelligence makes for us are completely obscured. We can either be concerned about all of it, or at some point we will need to place our trust in the invisible. We need to trust that when the technology was created, it was created with someone who had similar concerns as you do. This masterclass explores how ethics can and must be infused in designing for AI. Read More

Learn how UI/UX designers can use Adobe XD to design and prototype engaging voice-enabled experiences. In this Masterclass, we provide you with a fundamental understanding of how best to create digital experiences for “beyond the screen.” Read More

The strength of lettering art lies in the understanding of letter forms, their shape, flourishes and texture. A monogram is an aesthetic interaction of letters and motifs. Drawing monograms provides the opportunity to learn how to observe, deconstruct and eventually compose 2-3 letterforms in a cohesive typographic style. Read More

Design organizations have matured. Designers have matured. We are no longer really arguing about our processes any longer. What we are discussing now is why our processes aren’t fitting with peer stakeholders, or why just generally our processes as sound as they are aren’t getting us expected results. The conversation today needs to shift from design process (how we do our craft itself) to design operations (DesignOps), how our processes, tools, methods all interconnect together amongst ourselves and our peer stakeholders. In this course, we will look at how existing agile (lower-case a on purpose) and lean methods are a wonderful source of inspiration and guidance along with systems like DevOps to help develop a new framework that guides how design gets operationalized within and across an organization. The goal is to Amplify the Value of Design, which in turn amplifies the value design helps to create for our host organizations and their customers/users. Read More

Ushahidi builds humanitarian tools, remotely for some of the most marginalised people across the globe. To tackle these systemic problems with how to ‘open source’ a design effort and bring the community along with the, ‘on-staff’ Ushahidi designers, we’ve been piloting a series of design jams on our crisis communication tool TenFour with our partners Designit and Adobe. Together, we’re looking to solve the problems with how open source design can work by engaging through meaningful technology that makes a difference in the world. If they weren't aware before, how to contribute to open source as a designer and the importance of open source. Practice and be part of the Methodology and workshop framework for open design. Actively contribute a design issue to an open source tech for good product/project. Read More

All too often businesses are seduced into thinking that everybody is in alignment only to realise that everybody is holding a slightly different image of the situation and the solution in their heads. Such a lack of alignment makes solving problems, making successful products, having a competitive advantage or just doing one’s best work very tricksy. This is where an understanding of design thinking, and the skills and techniques therein, can help.Read More