Double diamond

January 25, 2018

A visualization to help set expectations + vocab with non-designers.

I created this diagram [below] while working at Jackrabbit Mobile, to help explain the design process to coworkers and clients alike. I used the Double Diamond by Dan Nester as a jumping off point. When I shared that diagram with non-designers, I found that it was good at orienting people to the work I was doing, but it took a lot of explanation.

BASIC DIAGRAM TO OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT DESIGN

I broke out the things non-designers wanted to know and created my own version of the Double Diamond:

What are the phases of design?
What happens in each of those phases?
When can we expect X deliverable?

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Sex Ed Research & Hackathon

May 18, 2017

Findings from research on sexual health that informed a project at ATX Hack for Change 2017.

Note: Not entirely safe for work.

TALKING TO WOMEN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH

In the fall of 2015, Celine Thibault, David Bill and I worked on an ethnographic research project focused on the sexual health of low income women. We spoke to 16 different women from all walks of life: nurses, sex educators, waitresses, strippers, artists, christians, teenagers, and mothers. Everyone's experience with sex and sexuality is deeply personal. I'm grateful to all of the folks who shared their stories with us.

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Openly Quizzes

May 10, 2016

A dive into the thinking behind Openly’s personality quizzes.

Openly is a service that helps couples show they care. The idea was developed by Sophie Kwok and I as a 9 month project at AC4D. Read the full story.

The first thing users do when they start Openly is take a quiz based on the Five Love Languages. We used an existing framework for this section because a lot of couples already understand Love Languages, or how they best feel loved. The five Languages are: Words of Affirmation, Quality Time, Physical Touch, Receiving Gifts, and Acts of Service. The idea is that way you feel loved may not match your partner, and you may sometimes have to translate your actions to your partner's "language" to understand that you both care.

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BASIC DIAGRAM TO OPEN CONVERSATION ABOUT DESIGN

TALKING TO WOMEN ABOUT SEXUAL HEALTH