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March 7, 2014 by Meral Agish

For Journalists, an Introduction to Human-Centered Design for Climate Resilience

When a product works well, the user will be satisfied. But if something is wrong, you can expect some creative interventions. Or, if you’re the designer at fault, an earful of user complaints. “We do not live in a perfectly designed world. We try to make the world fit our lives,” said presenter Reggie Murphy […]
February 21, 2014 by Meral Agish

An Introduction to Design Thinking

Design thinking, like that used in the AdaptNY workshop on Feb. 22, may be an unfamiliar term but the process behind it will be familiar to many journalists. It’s a series of steps that takes an idea to a fully realized product, kind of like taking a story from a pitch to a fully reported, […]