Just like the name indicates, this design topic explores the effects of design in trauma and seeks to develop trauma informed design choices. Checkout this meetup group to learn more : https://www.designinfocus.org/networks-communities/trauma-informed-design-global-learning-group

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During #DesignForTomorrow 2023 Cecilia Brenner talked about Life Centered Design during her Design For Life talk. As mentioned in the Regenerative Design thread, I'm still exploring the differences between the two. What are your thoughts on Life Centered Design?

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Regenerative design examines how buildings and products can be designed to minimize their environmental impact and improve the health of ecosystems. It upgrades the old mantra of “recycle, reduce and reuse” to “restore, renew and replenish.” During the #DesignForTomorrow awareness initiative in 2023, Laura Korculanin talked about regenerative design where she mentions life centered approach. Life Centered Design and Regenerative Design sounds very similar. I'm curious to explore the differences. Life Centered Design is another topic in this discussion list. What are your thoughts on regenerative design?

During the Dream Team 01 Session, Xavier, Tom & Mike mentioned that there are some existing organisations already working on ideas that we thought of also during the session. Let's use this thread to list organisations and movements that are relevant to the topic.

During the Dream Team 01 Session, one topic that repeatedly pops up is mindset and culture. Let's use this thread to discuss how to go about that.

Darja Jerjomcenko asked how can we upcycle more, and what purposes can we repurpose fabrics for. Below I will post what I know (soon), and invite everyone to list examples of cases where fabrics are given a second life.

While I was initially cautious about the topic of ethics, it has become a popular topic and so much of what I do ties into it. To demonstrate how I intend professionals who would like to start a network or community could use the Design in Focus platform, I started the RANDSTAD UX network because of my own involvement in this area. Open invite to start any other CID (creative, innovation, design) networks & communities! In the coming time I will share training on that too. Back to the topic, Randstad UX took off and grew a bit bigger than anticipated. In January we collaborated with Ladies that UX for an interactive discussion event. PwC, who graciously hosted us, requested that we use the theme Design for Good and with that we landed on the topics ethics & AI. On the event page you can watch the livestream, although it's a bit noisy because of last minute unavoidable challenges, there are some interesting discussions. Event page Some bad news For the event I also published an article with some of my thoughts and discoveries. It is a highly critical and brutally honest reflection of my encounters linked to the topic. It's a super long article too, so I don't think it has much appeal to the average person, but if it does for you, drop your comments below and let's start talking. Article During the event and in the article, you can find Cecilia Scolaro's quote "AI is learning from us". While many are concerned about losing their jobs, there is a very real threat in AI which I have not yet seen addressed. Machine learning develops stronger strategies, who has access? I will leave it at that and if you read the article you will either know or we can start a conversation here. Now, the good news While finding members for the event panel, all kinds of conversations started and I got in touch with so many dedicated professionals who are working on solving problems daily and making positive impact. Due to the sheer amount of people, I decided to create the Design for Tomorrow Awareness Week event in summer this year. During this week I'm planning an explosion of events relating to positive impact design. Ethics once again pops up! Event page Well and that is already a lot of developments surrounding this topic, but wait! For this months Randstad UX event, we decided on the theme Design for Accessibility. Even more human centered design. Event page Ok, is that enough advertising? Yup, and reflective of the extend to which ethics has become a popular topic here on Design in Focus. Does this interest you? What kind of topics should we include, or could you add?

While it may be profitable for us on the short term to create unethically, there are many factors to consider, for example in Democratising Research. The mentalities we shape with our work are our colleagues too, and now some are pushing to democratise research. While there are some good aspects of it, please rest assured that it will most likely not be for you. If the concept of democratizing research reaches your company, your colleagues can vote and then tell you what to do. How much of a challenge is it already to present your work? Do you have to alter it over and over and over? If pleasing a handful of bosses is hard enough, pleasing your teammates will be even more so. What are your thoughts? Discuss it here and learn more about Ethical Design at the Ethical Design Network.

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