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That Maytagged feeling

That Maytagged feeling

If you’ve ever been surfing you may be familiar with the term, Maytag. If not, hopefully you’ve done laundry once or twice and can make the connection. To be Maytagged is to be tumbled about as if you were in a washing machine. You don’t know which...
UX Mag: User Research in Asia – 5 Lessons Learned

UX Mag: User Research in Asia – 5 Lessons Learned

My article on lessons learned from doing user research in Asia is out in UX Magazine. Check it out for my overall impressions as well as tips and tricks for successful research campaigns in China, Japan, and India....
ILN Presentation: Tooling Around

ILN Presentation: Tooling Around

Today I gave a presentation to the Innovation Learning Network entitled, Tooling Around. In this talk, I shared ten tips for building and using tools with innovation and design teams.
User Research in Asia – Top 5 Lessons Learned

User Research in Asia – Top 5 Lessons Learned

Today I gave a talk at Mozilla about my major learnings regarding doing user research in Asia. Take a look at my slides or watch the talk in action. Top 5 Lessons Learned – User Research in Asia View more presentations from Carissa...
Hand drawing, patterning, and fabric

Hand drawing, patterning, and fabric

I’ve been experimenting with patterns a lot lately. Building off of the slew of hand drawings that I’ve got lying around, I took sections of some of my favorites, patterned them, and then printed them on fabric. Not yet sure what I’m doing with them,...
Design meets Science at McGill University

Design meets Science at McGill University

I am super interested in the cross-applicability of science and design. As a geologist and a designer, I have always wanted to experiment with design techniques in the geosciences. I partnered with Dr. Christie Rowe at McGill University in Montreal. The students had...