This Human - Design Character: Know who you are as a designer

Description

Design Character explores the values, ethics, and motivations behind every designer, helping the reader to navigate introspection and find out how their morals and situated within the world of design. Perfect for a designer or someone that's simply looking to become more aware of the values that lie behind every action they take, this book is created for those wanting to develop their introspective skills. Design Character is structured over seven chapters, moving through different pillars of identities and building to the final character blueprint, which draws everything together. This summative experience helps designers to increase their confidence, potency, and their understanding of the impact they have. As the world becomes increasingly complicated, Design Character helps us look inwards to give us the tools to deal with the outside world.

Dr Melis Senova is a recognised industry leader in human-centred leadership and design, a published neuroscientist, entrepreneur, author, and creator of Deep Leadership. She founded award winning strategic design firm Huddle; its associate school, Huddle Academy; and This Human, a community of practice focused on advancing and deepening the practice of design to help address our shared planetary challenges. Melis is an advisor to many influential people, from business leaders to heads-of-state. Her work and influence are broad ranging and deep, from participating in the establishment of Australia's Space Agency to supporting female entrepreneurs in the South Pacific, West Africa, and Aruba. Melis has a PhD in Human Factors (HCD) and has been designing, teaching, and mentoring for over 20 years. Her current research is focused on establishing the new practice of Therapeutic Design. She teaches within the post-graduate design courses at RMIT and Swinburne University. Melis has lived and worked internationally since 1996, from Akita to Amsterdam, New York to Chennai, she currently resides in Melbourne, Australia. Alongside her work with local, state, and federal governments, Melis has founded her own strategic design firm (Huddle), which has won multiple international awards. A highly-regarded thought leader, advisor, and mentor to high-performing leaders across the globe, Melis has become an acclaimed figure in human-centred design.