These are helpful! We have some commentary on how some of these present design, but this is still good to start with. If you have suggestions to add to the list, email us angelac4@illinois.edu!
Intro to Human Centered Design
- DevEx Explains: What is HCD (3 minutes)
- Why social design is a north star for entrepreneurs (6 min)
- Vox: It’s not you. Bad doors are everywhere (5 min)
- DC Design: What is Human Centered Design (5 min read)
- Design at Sydney: Five Human-Centred Design Methods to Use in Your Projects When You Are in Isolation (10 min read)
Deeper dive
- Creative Reaction Lab: Equity Centered Community Design Field Guide (link for $1 purchase; if you would like support for a free copy email angelac4@illinois.edu)
- Stanford d.School: Liberatory Design (resource list)
Critiques & commentary
- The Creative Independent: How to think differently about doing good as a creative person (15 min read)
- Natasha Iskander: Design Thinking Is Fundamentally Conservative and Preserves the Status Quo (15 min read)
- Design Thinking is a Rebrand for White Supremacy (15 min read)
- Panel: Anti-Blackness & Technology (1.5 hour)
- In Defense of Design Thinking, Which is Terrible (20 min read)
Misc
- Call to Action to Address Racism & Social Injustice Research Program (UIUC)
- Want to pursue research on some of the thoughts you’re addressing in your essay? Reach out to a professor to apply to this grant.
Social Hack 