A designer, social innovator, and academic, Liz is an expert on sustainable design and spatial innovation in challenged urban environments globally. From designing shelters for immigrant day laborers in the U.S. to a water and health social enterprise for low-income Kenyans, Liz has a long history of engagement in the design for social impact movement.
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What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them?
TopicsCommunity, Social Innovation
Liz Ogbu is an architect who works on spatial justice: the idea that justice has a...
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How do we build better?
TopicsCommunication, Social Innovation, Sustainability
Architect, designer and social innovator Liz Ogbu and famed New York street...
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100s Under 100, #show-n-tell IRL R4
DisciplineGraphic Design
TopicsCareer, Communication, Creativity
Speaker Sabrina Hall
The Power of No. Our show-n-tell series is an opportunity for folks across a range...
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Lesson learned: looking at more than one metric to inform your designs
DisciplinesData Science, User Experience
TopicsData, Design Strategy
IndustryRetail
Speaker Stephanie Lawrence
As a designer in ecommerce, it's tempting to try to find that one customer metric to...
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Intersectionality and Design for Responsible AI (SXSW 2021)
DisciplineUser Experience
TopicsCulture, Design Strategy, Diversity & Inclusion, Ethics, Privilege, Robotics & AI, Social Innovation
Speaker Ruth Kikin-Gil
Getting beyond the clichés of AI requires updating our approaches to design. By...
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