College of Humanities & the Arts Artistic Excellence Programming Grant Presents:
Digital Design for Sustainability: A UI UX HACKATHON
Please join us on Monday, April 18th for the Digital Design for Sustainability: A UI UX Hackathon! We will have 4 presentations to talk about climate change, sustainability, and the evolution of GrowthDay. This event will be held in DBH 117, breakfast will be served for everyone at 9:45 am and the presentation will begin at 10:00 am.
The presentations will have a range of topics from climate change in a global context for understanding climate change science, impacts, and adaptation and mitigation options to sustainability and our responsibility to help and reduce our impact to the power of design intention to help bring personal development to the world through the use of tools, community, and life coaching. Three presentations will be in person and one will be presented over Zoom.
Meet Our Speakers
Cass Tylor
Purpose Marketing Lead | Adobe
Presentation Time: 10:30 am - 11:00 am
Perceptive Design with Purpose
Today, information is consumed in various ways at an extremely rapid pace. This will alter how one approaches designing a digital experience that can impact society that is not inclusive and sustainable. Perceptions are lived experiences that can filter into one’s design thinking. The designer needs to liberate themselves from the routine of perceptive thinking. This liberation is the basis for all innovative design. Considering the dominant role of a deliberately oriented perception in the creative design process, we consider design as a Perception-in-Thought Method. Design is more a study of human perception and how it can impact the senses we feel or want to feel. Designers can shape and form our visual experiences in the best way possible, but they cannot always predict the outcome. That’s why it is so crucial for design to become much more human-centric, sensitive, and as close to the actual experience as possible. Using the human experience to integrate a purpose-driven methodology in using reflective perceptions to design a digital experience that focuses on 4 trust signals, Humanity, Transparency, Capability, and Reliability. A societal approach to the full digital experience for inclusivity and sustainability.
Drew Bridewell
Founder of Next Level UX, Head of Design and Product at GrowthDay
Presentation time: 10:00 am - 10:30 am
Take a Deep Breath—let's Talk About the Power of Design Intention.
"Focus on the people, empower the community, then bring intention and context into all that we do". This past year placed a magnifying glass on what matters most to each of us. Family, careers, joy, and life fulfillment. Whether you're a seasoned pro, or just getting into product and design you'll learn fast that without strong peer building networks, community, and support the pursuit of life fulfillment can feel like a lonesome path. However, it's 2022 and we live in an age of a technology boom, with so many tools, so many opportunities, with limitless potential.
In this talk, Drew Bridewell, CHPC will reflect on the evolution of GrowthDay, a 2021 Startup that was founded to help bring personal development to the world through the use of tools, community, and life coaching. Built and founded during COVID, GrowthDay is a cross-platform personal development app. Led by world-renown 3-time New York Times bestselling author and High-performance coach, and CEO Brendon Burchard. GrowthDay had 20 years of research and has been serving the community without an app. You'll see what's possible in 1 year with great intention, responsibility, and empowerment.
Drew will also uncover the power of how rituals and routines played into the early success of this platform. Drew will also discuss how he leveraged his training and development platform. Next Level UX to develop frameworks around the most important areas of focus when building new companies, teams, and relationships while manifesting a rich learning and high-performance culture.
Regine Gilbert
Industry Assistant Professor, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Presentation Time: 11:00 am - 11:30 am
Accessibility and Sustainability
Inclusive Design is sustainable Design. We are responsible for creating worlds of experiences, environments, services, and systems that impact millions of people – with lasting impacts. There is more to be done to elevate its power in the sophisticated world of technology, where accessibility is critical to one’s experience. So what else can we do with UX & Design to broaden technology’s reach, and what design solutions can we build into our services and products to make them more consciously inclusive?
Katherine Kao Cushing
Chair and Professor, Department of Environmental Studies Director, Global Studies, San Jose State University, Senior Advisor at CommUniverCity San José
Presentation Time: 11:30 am - 12:00 pm
What the World Needs Now
Young adults today are worried about climate change and concerned that governments are not doing enough to combat it. Here in California, we are living proof that one outcome of a changing climate, extreme weather events, such as wildfires and droughts, are happening more frequently and are more severe. To mark the 52nd anniversary of Earth Day, Dr. Cushing will provide a global context for understanding climate change science, impacts, and adaptation and mitigation options using the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's most recent findings. Additionally, she will speak about the importance of loving nature and each other as necessary conditions for human progress.
If you are interested in coming in person, please RSVP for the Presentations Below!
Come enjoy free breakfast that will be served at 9:45 and meet our presenters! The first presentation begins at 10:00 am in DBH 117
If you are unable to attend in person and would still like to view the presentations join us on Zoom at 10 am for the first presentation!
Turtle Hurtle: A Design Sprint
For this creative contest, we ask you to create a climate game or app to educate and inform about disaster risk reduction and what to do in the event of a natural disaster. It’s up to you if you want it to be about just one or all of the climate disasters. The game or app you create will teach about climate change through engaging, science-based gaming experiences!
Do you know what to do in case of a climate crisis? With the rise in climate change and the way our planet is changing, we are at a high risk of a climate disaster. This can range from a wildfire, earthquake, flood, or storm. But how can we make sure that everyone else knows what to do to keep themselves and others safe?
You will be working in teams of up to two people. You will work entirely in Adobe XD and present a prototype of at least 10 screens that you will walk the audience through in exactly 10 minutes.
Each member of the winning team will receive swag! There’s also an Audience Choice Award selected by attendees, picked through an online poll. Attendees vote while you deliberate.
Kick Off: April 18th, 2022 @ 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET
Sprint: April 18-21, 2022: Work virtually with your team to design a game/ app. You should submit your final prototypes by April 21 at 3 pm PT.
Submit Your Project: Friday, April 21st @ 3:00 pm PT / 6:00 pm ET. Maximum of one entry per team.
Showcase: Friday, April 22nd @ 12:00 pm PT /3:00 pm EDT. Join the 1-hour virtual Showcase! We’ll share presentation highlights and review the best projects to discover thoughtful design concepts and innovations for the design sprint. Teams with showcased entries will earn international bragging rights + swags.
Meet the Judges!
All projects will be judged on Thursday, April 21, at 3 pm and the winners will be announced on Friday, April 22nd.
Credits:
Created with images by Chaosamran_Studio - "ux designer creative prototype Graphic planning application development for web mobile phone . User experience concept." • I Believe I Can Fly - "Graphic designers work together with computer designing application for mobile phone, Graphic designers concept" • Iuliia Pilipeichenko - "UX mobile application wireframe. Sketch, prototype, framework, layout future app design project. UI/UX - user interface and user experience designer. Creative concept for smartphone. App development"