GRANT HOLDER 2017
What has the grant meant to you and your career?
Receiving the scholarship was a big boost to my confidence still today, the award helps me remember what I want my work to stand for. The grant also gave me the opportunity to pivot to a different masters programme when the first one I enrolled on turned out not to be the right fit. Today, being part of the MTS jury helps me stay in touch with the latest ideas in the industry and seeing the enthusiasm and vision around sustainable design the applicants bring forward makes me feel both hopeful and excited.
What are you up to today?
I’m now based in Glasgow where I’m a Senior User Researcher for a digital consultancy. Prior to this, I worked in a scaling, world-leading femtech startup, working on connected hardware products. I typically describe myself as a t-shaped design researcher who applies service design and industrial design skills to create products and services with people at their centre.
What are your two cents on design today and tomorrow?
Design has always been a shapeshifter - adapting to the ever-evolving needs of the world we live in. But no matter the different ways we apply its principles, what remains as a constant for me is design’s duality in spirit: its humility in wanting to understand the why’s of today and its boldness in proposing the how’s of tomorrow.