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Designer DNA

Designer DNA

Illuminate your Values

Overview

The Designer DNA session begins with a dialogue centered around human-centered values of designers. What mindsets, values, ethics do modern designers need to solve 21st century challenges? Session attendees will organically explore the range of values-based design principles to take into their product design workflow.

Schedule + Outcome

  • Dialogue | Discuss design values for the 21st century
  • Practice | Explore a values-based design framework
  • Implement | Define your personal design-led manifesto

Structure

This is an instructor-led session held live over a remote Zoom call. (You will receive a Zoom link with your enrollment email). Each session is intended to foster a hands-on learning environment to engage in dialogue, practice the session material, and implement the learning into your design workflow.


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Session Lead

Tyler Hartrich

Tyler is a product designer with a mission to create delightful digital experiences that deeply impact people’s lives. With an academic background in urban design, ecological systems design, and an MBA in Sustainable Enterprise, he approaches design problems with a human-centered methodology, focusing on building empathy throughout the design process.
 
He has worked with organizations spanning solar technology, electric bicycles, organization design, farm-to-fork food systems and climate impact analysis for local governments. Tyler is a current UXDI Immersive instructor at General Assembly in New York City.
 

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