Find out about three organisations who are working to up-skill underrepresented people in the design industry and break down hierarchies.
In order to live in a more just society, we need to increase representation in the design industry. This is in order to design unique experiences suitable for the billions of people on our planet. Only by proactively upskilling people to design, and breaking down structural barriers can this be done.
Each of our panellist brings with them a wealth of knowledge in upskilling underrepresented people with skills to design and will share how they are doing this. The aim of this is so that we as students, designers and leaders can reflect and take positive action to provide more opportunities ourselves that are relevant to our context.
Speakers
Diverse & Equal (D&E) Founder, Annette Joseph, is an award winning Agile Coach/Delivery Manager. As Chair of Co-op’s BAME colleague network, Annette was instrumental in affecting lasting change in the organisation. In D&E, she marries her varied experiences -- in tech and behaviour dynamics with equality, diversity and inclusion.
Vimla is the Culture Director at Honey Badger and the Head of Experience at Culture Shift. She is an international speaker and advocates for changing the way businesses think: using technology, design and culture to align profit and purpose. She works across large scale organisations, small businesses and scaling startups, bridging the gap between the public and private sector.
Zaire is a professional UX designer who set up Love Circular. Love Circular drastically improves accessibility to design by training from zero experience to Junior level UX/UI Designer in 90 days. Their main focal point is to support under-represented people into the world of design. Current UX/UI courses price people out. The course is tailored to get people a foot through the door. They’re currently on their second cohort and have partnered with Kwanda to offer a handful of scholarships.
