Gender Gap – How to design a workplace that empowers women

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…

4 Ways to improve & excel in remote teamwork as a design management student

The current crisis forces people around the world, including us students, to stay inside – still performing and producing solid work outcomes. The crisis also forces a lot of Swiss design students to participate in seemingly endless video-conferencing meetings, staring into a screen for most of the day. Studying design management myself, I am consistently…

Are you a diversity champion?

In our design management studies at the Lucerne University of Applied Science, we have a lot of project work in diverse teams of four to six people. Each semester, we work at least in three different teams to engage together in a creative endeavor towards a goal set by the lecturer. Sometimes we form our…