Mauricio Mejía
@mejiando.bsky.social
Professor of Design at Arizona State University
Design Empathy or Design Tastemaking?
[Alert: controversial take] Design empathy based on gathering insights is rarely how good designers work. While I wish good designers were empathetic and worked to deeply understand people and their needs, it has never been a primary design approach.
[Alert: controversial take] Design empathy based on gathering insights is rarely how good designers work. While I wish good designers were empathetic and worked to deeply understand people and their needs, it has never been a primary design approach.
July 28, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Design Empathy or Design Tastemaking?
[Alert: controversial take] Design empathy based on gathering insights is rarely how good designers work. While I wish good designers were empathetic and worked to deeply understand people and their needs, it has never been a primary design approach.
[Alert: controversial take] Design empathy based on gathering insights is rarely how good designers work. While I wish good designers were empathetic and worked to deeply understand people and their needs, it has never been a primary design approach.
“Transdisciplinary design” is a redundancy. Transdisciplinarity is the nature of design; design practitioners must integrate knowledge to make compelling and effective proposals.
April 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
“Transdisciplinary design” is a redundancy. Transdisciplinarity is the nature of design; design practitioners must integrate knowledge to make compelling and effective proposals.
Designers tend to laser-focus on the features, characteristics, and forms of the products and services they are creating.
February 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Designers tend to laser-focus on the features, characteristics, and forms of the products and services they are creating.