Design Process

That Maytagged feeling

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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 direction is up and you feel utterly powerless … That Maytagged feeling

UX Mag: User Research in Asia – 5 Lessons Learned

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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

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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

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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 Carter

Hand drawing, patterning, and fabric

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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, but the process has been satisfying so far. I think … Hand drawing, patterning, and fabric

Design meets Science at McGill University

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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 an assignment to write a Geology-format paper on a controversial topic in … Design meets Science at McGill University

One month of design at Williams College

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I spent January at my alma mater, Williams College, teaching a course on design during the school’s one-month Winter Study term. Sixteen fantastic students dove into design process for the first time and tackled challenges related to sustainability at Williams. They each presented their work publicly at the end of the month. Projects ranged from … One month of design at Williams College

My inner stylist

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Every month or so we set up the salon at home. Here is a short stop motion capture of a haircut. Photos by Ty Kennedy-Bowdoin. Hairstyle and movie by me.

Practice seeing patterns everywhere

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This assignment is about seeing patterns out of everyday life. Some patterns are obvious, others are found by looking closely at your surroundings and visually extracting, multiplying, copying.