Kim Chatterjee - Designing for Dignity

UX Australia 2021 DAY 2

Good design can empower, include, unblock, and give people a way to step into a new identity. In this compendium of culturally-diverse stories from social impact projects around the world, involving toilets, digital wallets, furniture and peanut butter, I'll share how thoughtful design can create positive and meaningful ripple effects in people's lives.

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1. design
   for
   dignity
   Kim Chatterjee
   

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2. hello, world straya
   

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3. sonder
   (Photo by Ingo Joseph / Pexels)
   

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4. ...so a drama group
   came to campus...
   ‘pines
   

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5. (Photo by Korhan Erdol / Pexels)
   

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6. … everything has either a price or a dignity.
   Whatever has a price can be replaced by
   something else as its equivalent;
   on the other hand, whatever is above all
   price, and therefore admits of no equivalent,
   has a dignity.
   Immanuel Kant
   

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7. dignity:
   being worthy, honored, esteemed
   inherent to each human
   respect of others, and self
   

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8. self
   (image by @elskenney)
   

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9. See me.”
   “
   

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10. u.s.a.
    I want to have choices
    

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11. tanzania I want to look and feel fresh,
    not smell like smoke all the time
    

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12. (Photo by Akhtar Soomro/Reuters)
    pakistan
    I don’t know HOW to worry about my
    pregnant wife, what do other fathers do?
    

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13. mozambique
    Of course I can afford your insurance,
    if you had anything that suited me
    

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15. (Photo by Val Stoker / Unsplash)
    u.s.a.
    

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16. u.s.a.
    

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17. u.s.a.
    

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18. u.s.a.
    

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19. self
    (image by @elskenney)
    

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20. “now, I can…
    

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21. zambia
    Now I can sit comfortably
    and read the paper…
    

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22. kenya
    Now I can spend more time
    on my business
    

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23. (Photo by Camilla Zanzanaini/ 17 Triggers)
    zambia
    Now I can start saving…
    

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24. Now I can just be a regular kid
    u.s.a.
    

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26. self
    (image by @elskenney)
    

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27. design
    for
    dignity
    

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