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Adriana Valdez Young

Adriana Valdez Young

Making room at the designer’s table

Oct 15, 2023

Making room at the designer’s table

Oct 15, 2023

Adriana Valdez Young

Dad

My dad, Philip Kwock Yin Young, was born in Honolulu on August 21st in 1945, just a couple of weeks before the end of World War II.

Oct 15, 2023

Dad

Oct 15, 2023

Adriana Valdez Young

Please, please help synthesis from hurting so much

Why is synthesis so hard? I’ve heard from many students, clients and, friends that synthesis can be a real slug. Your physical walls or…

Sep 27, 2022

Please, please help synthesis from hurting so much

Sep 27, 2022

Adriana Valdez Young

Resources for people-centric practice

Understanding and integrating design research into your everyday work

Sep 4, 2022

Tableau of a colorful magazine cover featuring an illustration of a hand making a peace sign, an eye, and a heart. A pencil, Sharpie, and paint brush lay on top of the magazine. A post-it with a hand-written list “ identity, power, trust” rest atop a framed piece of colorful line art.

Sep 4, 2022

Adriana Valdez Young

Research methods explained with donuts

Analytics research — What’s the best time of day to send promotional emails about donuts?

Feb 23, 2022

Feb 23, 2022

Adriana Valdez Young

To practice inclusion, we need to let go of designer-centered design

A graduate design student recently reached out for advice on her project to enhance a public space in northern Brooklyn. She was curious…

Feb 2, 2022

To practice inclusion, we need to let go of designer-centered design

Feb 2, 2022

Adriana Valdez Young

61 synthesis frameworks & counting

From… to…

Apr 5, 2021

61 synthesis frameworks & counting

Apr 5, 2021

Adriana Valdez Young

It Was All A Dream

It is December 10th, 2032.

Dec 10, 2020

It Was All A Dream

Dec 10, 2020

Adriana Valdez Young

Kids vs. Zoom

Artist and educator, Kay Liang, talks about squashing “Zoom Gloom” with dog bands, friendly robbers, and disco breaks

Nov 17, 2020

Kids vs. Zoom

Nov 17, 2020

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Using Data to Design Equity-Centered Cities

An interview with Tara Pham, Co-founder & CEO of Numina

Oct 14, 2020

Using Data to Design Equity-Centered Cities

Oct 14, 2020

Adriana Valdez Young

Adriana Valdez Young

Mother, inclusive design researcher, always moving furniture around at MFA Interaction Design School of Visual Arts.

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