Download - Designing for People you didn't know existed
Designing for People you didn’t know existed
Kayla J Heffernan | UX Designer
Kayla Heffernan
UX Designer @ SEEK & PhD Candidate
@kaylajheffernan
You are not the user
So how do you design for people you might not know exist?
Gender ! = Sex
@kaylajheffernan
There are > 2 genders
@kaylajheffernan
People have families different from yours
@kaylajheffernan
People have relationships different from yours
@kaylajheffernan
Women can be doctors
@kaylajheffernan
People wear things you don’t
@kaylajheffernan
I is a valid surname
@kaylajheffernan
Joe is also a valid name
@kaylajheffernan
Deaf people have a language
@kaylajheffernan
People can have > 1 ‘impairment’
@kaylajheffernan
Okay, you probably knew most of these people exist
Discovering & remembering to design for people outside your umwelt*.
* The world as it is experienced by a particular organism
Stop & think about inclusive design
Get out there and meet different people
Pay attention to tweetavists
#Everydaysexism#queeringgender#equalrights
sWhen in doubtRule 34
Thank you