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Christina Li is Forging the Current-to-Future Advancement of Mentorship and Leadership in UX Design and Research

What are you working on—on the side?

I have two side projects. They are uxmentor.me and Leading Research.
I co-founded uxmentor.me with my friend, Chris Mears, over 8 years ago in 2013. It’s a User Experience (UX) mentoring program. Our aim is to help designers and researchers to transition into the UX industry and support them in their first UX jobs.
It has evolved over the years and we now offer 1:1 mentoring services (with a monthly subscription).
Over our 8 years of experience, the biggest gap w...

From her book “Chasing Portraits” to the platform ”Authors Answer,” Author and Documentary Film Producer Elizabeth Rynecki Seizes Passion in Passion Projects

What are you working on—on the side?

I’m kind of a side project addict. You originally asked me about Authors Answer, so I’ll start there.
During the March 2020 pandemic shut-down in California, I realized that many authors might not be able to get out into the world to promote their books. Getting your book into the hands of just the right reader is hard enough without further obstacles like a worldwide pandemic. I’m a fan of author interviews, but had grown weary of formulaic classics like “What...

Product Manager Adam Attas Co-Founded an Organization Excited by Compelling Ways to Greatly Intertwingle Design and Business—Starting in Chicago, Illinois

What are you working on—on the side?

I’m the co-founder of Business Designers | Chicago which is focused on the intersection of design and business—how this intersection creates meaningful, sustainable and mindful value. Our members have diverse backgrounds in design and business. They seek to create richer conversations. We foster this desire through guest and member presentations, social events, working sessions, published content and more. Our mission is to use business design methods and mind...

LinkedIn’s Insights Manager Hallie Moldawer Reinforces Enablement When it Pertains to Launching Products and Services

In her recent talk with data-skills school Promotable, Hallie Moldawer, Senior Insights Manager at LinkedIn, stated: “A big piece of it is enablement.” She referred to the practical reception of data-driven products and services. The awareness, use and ultimate success of these creations relies on enablement.
“Enable” is one of those go-to business proclamations. However regularly it comes up in project stakeholder gatherings and the media, “enable” is essentially–in the product-and-service-build...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—112th Interview: Shayla Hunter Created “The 100 Black Queens Project” to Show What It Means to Be a Black Woman Now

This COVID-19 pandemic can be described as one, massive inflection point—especially when it concerns race and gender. Both have been sharply pronounced in their humanity—culturally, socially, economically—as factors to keep unpacking toward progress over crisis. In her proactive effort of “The 100 Black Queens Project,” Shayla Hunter takes into account race and gender through visual storytelling that is personal, grounded and absolutely timely. Here, Shayla elaborates on her uniting advocacy and...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—111th Interview: In her latest book “Trustworthy,” Margot Bloomstein Gives both Informed Motivation and Methods Against the Cheap Refuge of Cynicism

More than a meme, trust is the ultimate basis in relationships. Margot Bloomstein is a Speaker and Content Strategist examines the critical importance of this all-seasons quality in her new book—“Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap.” It is, as Margot put it, “the fierce urgency of now” that reinforces sharply the challenge of expressing and executing trust in business, design and tech—most of all, throughout society.

1. In a business sense, what is trust?

Tr...

At Literation, Michelle Ruiz Explores the Eclectic Range of Books that Inspire Designers and Creative Practitioners

What are you working on—on the side?

Literation is an Instagram and web project featuring designers, artists, and studios, who share some books, zines, published ephemera and so on which specifically inspire their creative practice. The books that my guests share are so varied. Some have unique, one-of-kind items, some just have one item they love, and some have familiar design favorites. For the ones that are somewhat widely available, a long-term project of mine is to make a directory or list w...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—110th Interview: Sawako Puts Confidence and Style Back on the Road with her Beautifully Protective Helmets

Cycling is one of many outdoor activities highly desired to further adopt and surely pick up in the anticipated post-pandemic era. Sawako Furuno is both an enthusiast and entrepreneur in bike-helmet culture, who founded aptly named Sawako to provide protective-head gear that also makes a wonderfully stylish fashion-statement. Here, she shares more about her helmet company—especially her excitement for the thrills of living and biking.
1. While as an architect, you arrived at the idea of Sawako. H...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—109th Interview: In Minnesota, Real-Food Advocacy and Action Group Appetite For Change Lead Their Local Community in a Fresh and Sustainable Way

It was through the National Public Radio story “A Garden Is The Frontline In The Fight Against Racial Inequality And Disease” that I learned about Appetite For Change, a group dedicated to growing and distributing naturally grown food—“Real Food” as they precisely put it—to the people in North Minneapolis. Here, co-founder, Princess Haley, gives an in-depth account of her compassionate organization—its local-yet-global mission, mechanics, motivations and more.

1. Well-stated! “Food is the tool th...

Design Feast’s Makers Series—108th Interview: When Designing Heartfelt Spaces Together, Co-Founders Miri Buckland and Ellie Buckingham are Sticking The Landing

The proverb “Home is where the heart is” rings true. Miri Buckland (left) and Ellie Buckingham (right) do take seriously this declaration. Together, they founded a furnishing service—completely reimagined and aptly called The Landing. Here, they share their thoughts and experiences on creating a company, collaborating on projects, making ideas happen and more.

1. How did you become collaborators turned business founders?

We met at graduate school, where we realized that becoming entrepreneurs mean...