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Creating Space for Yourself in Design with Lesley-Ann Noel, North Carolina State University
Description
How do you create space for your identity in design? Join Lesley-Ann Noel, an Assistant Professor in the Dept. of Design Studies at North Carolina State University, as she brings us along her entire design journey—from her first encounters with design education, creating the Designer's Critical Alphabet, and recently, The Little Book of Designer's Existential Crises in 2022. Lesley brings an expansive lens to practice design through emancipatory, critical, and anti-hegemonic lenses to center those who are often excluded from research. She advocates for critical awareness in design, and sits as co-Chair of the Pluriversal Design Special Interest Group within the Design Research Society.
Tune in to hear Lesley's perspective on:
Her "I'm a designer" moment as a young student
Critical thinking in design and design education
If you’re not in existential crisis as a designer in 2022, maybe you’re not doing it right!
Creating A Designer's Critical Alphabet card deck
The Anti-design movement
Transactional design research
Entering design and challenging it
Lesley's shoutouts:
Follow Lesley!
Website: https://lesleyannnoel.wixsite.com/website
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lesleyannnoel/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesleyannnoel/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mamaazure
Technical Difficulties is hosted by Liz Gerber and produced by Lauren Lin & Gilli Nieh. Special thanks to the Alumnae of Northwestern and Northwestern’s Center for HCI + Design.