Alba Villamil is an independent User Researcher who specializes in designing for the social sector. Her work focuses on making products and services more equitable for historically underserved and vulnerable populations like refugees, low-income parents, and domestic violence survivors. She is also a facilitator at HmntyCntrd, one of Fast Company’s 2021 Most Innovative Companies, where she teaches about research and design ethics to design practitioners.
TopicsDiversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Methodology
User research has a problem with race....
TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Methodology
Rethinking how to integrate cultural differences in product design...
TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Ethics, Methodology
Today, technologists design for a diverse, globalized world. To reach untapped...
TopicsEthics, Methodology
Six principles of ethical user research...
DisciplineUser Experience
TopicsCareer, Design Strategy, Leadership
As director of user experience design for Google Cloud, Sara leads research &...
DisciplineUser Research
TopicsCommunity, Environment, Leadership, Methodology
Emma Boulton is a Design / User Research Leader based near Cardiff in the UK....
DisciplineUser Research
TopicsDesign Strategy, Social Innovation
IndustryEducation
After a career in interior architecture in South Africa, came to the U.S. to teach in...
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