Winter 2022

Level up your design research & product strategy with our Design for Women Methodology to meet the commonly overlooked needs of women.

Mansi Gupta

Women-Centric Innovator & Founder at Unconform

Build Inclusive Products & Services with Women-Centric Design

The world is rife with products &amp; services creating unintended consequences for women. Embedding women-centricity into our design process ensures that our solutions actually serve women as equal users. But, getting started with inclusive design can feel overwhelming. We can help.

Designing for "everyone" often leads to one-size-fits-men solutions

You are a design practitioner who shapes products, services &amp; programs. You practice HCD methods driving research, insights &amp; ideation.

You are sick of talking about "why inclusive design" matters — you are excited about the how, but unsure of how to get started.

You dream of a world that also designs for women and you want to actively help create that future.

This course is for you if...

This course will help you

Through a repository of examples and thoughtfully designed exercises, practice how products and services serve or overlook women. Evaluate the world's experiences as offensive, impartial, informed, or holistic with our foundational "Women-Centric Eye" framework.

Activate your internal "inclusive design eye"

Incorporate women-centricity into problem scoping, research and ideation by engaging in our 'Six Non-Negotiables Framework.' Apply your learnings on a real project during the course.

Embed key women-centric lenses in your own design project

Inclusive design conversations can be hard. What's more, it can feel like they never lead to action. Our tools and frameworks are designed to help you shift the discussion from the why to the how with your teams.

Facilitate inclusive design sessions to get your teams aligned, energised, and engaged

Each module will allow you to apply what you've learned in small, supportive groups. You will not only expand your women-centric perspectives and understanding, but also build relationships with fellow inclusive design enthusiasts.

Join a community of like-minded practitioners committed to women-centric design

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Meet your instructor

Get grounded with why we need women-centric design. Meet your classmates and get to know your working group for the course. Explore our fundamental women-centric eye framework. Choose a project to work on for the next few sessions.

Orient + Activate

Diving into three of our six non-negotiables, evaluate your project with the lenses of safety, trust, and non-linearity. Experiment how these themes might change your research and ideation phases.

Explore Non Negotiables: Safety, Trust, Non-Linearity

Diving into three of our six non-negotiables, evaluate your project with the lenses of lifecycle design, community, and role of men. Experiment how these themes might change your research and ideation phases.

Explore Non-Negotiables: Lifecycle, Community, Role of Men

Reflect on which exercises, examples and non-negotiables most resonated with you. Identify potential opportunity areas in your product, program or service. Re-construct your problem scoping, research and ideation methods with women-centric design and chart a plan to get your team onboard.

Converge: Reflect, Identify, Apply

Course syllabus

Our first cohort runs this December – an end-of-year opportunity to reflect on your product, service, or program and get set up to drive inclusive design action next year.

Course Dates: December 6 – 15, 2022

Our live sessions will take place Tuesdays and Thursdays (December 6, 8, 13, 15). Each live session will include content sharing, small group exercises, time to work on your specific project, and ample time for Q&amp;A.

Live Sessions: Tuesdays & Thursdays

I offer 1:1 time to help move your women-centric design practice even further.

Optional Office Hours

Course schedule

This course builds on live workshops and hands-on projects

Active hands-on learning

You’ll be interacting with other learners through breakout rooms and project teams

Interactive and project-based

Join a community of like-minded people who want to learn and grow alongside you

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