The COVID-19 disease has caused serious problems since it arose in China in December 2019. It has been spreading globally to over 200 countries and is threatening people’s health and the medical systems around the world (WHO,2020). As the number of cases continues to increase, the WHO (World Health Organization) declared COVID-19 a pandemic and…
What the health!? The magnitude of the impact the coronavirus currently has on our lives exceeded what most of us would have imagined just one month ago. The people who are healthy and not in the risk group may only have realized the seriousness of the situation when increasing number of businesses and schools were…
What regular home office workers don’t tell you. Regardless if you are used to working from home regularly or every now and then, due to the current COVID-19 situation, many of us had to quickly switch in desks for the dining table and a swirl chair for the sofa. For some it has been easy…
The human-centered design methodology encourages designers to develop an empathetic understanding of people’s needs to design relevant solutions. But what is with the needs of our planet? How can we include every organism and life in designing our world? The range of life Human-centered design is tackling the importance of fully engaging with the needs of…
Have you ever scrolled through a famous digital platform such as Google, Youtube or Instagram and wondered how these companies optimize the design of their product experience for the user? How do they make these websites instantly catch the user’s attention, or make sure that the browsing experience is as smooth as possible and the…
With International Women’s day happening just a few week ago, we once again made a call to close the gender inequality gap. While the topic of gender inequality at the workplace is something we’ve all heard about (and might be tired of hearing), the topic is especially pressing in the design industry. And here is…
Depression can affect everyone – an introduction to the topic “My world falls apart, crumbles, the centre cannot hold. There is nowhere to go.” ― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath In Switzerland one person out of seven experiences depression symptoms at least once during their life (FSO, 2020). Although depression is a widespread disease,…
Everyone knows it and everyone hates it. The process of applying for a design job. But why so? Probably because everything counts. Because every little detail on how the application is put together is perceived and valued. How it is structured, which font is used, and so on; it is the whole package that…
Sometimes a world needs a crisis for it to adopt significant change. Crises can pave the way for new systems, structures (maybe even a tolerance for the lack thereof) and values. It can bring a new spark to relationships that appeared to be long lost. Stuck in our routine, we are often not aware of…
Image: Bettina Tianah Introduction Skin bleaching has become a global phenomenon. But the reason why I am focusing in West Africa is because of the health and financial implications it has in West Africa, as equally important to also discuss remedies for the practice. West Africa is a place where people live on less than…
