Design for San Diego 📐

Our main questions:

  1. How can we employ human - centered design methods to develop new, innovative, and more equitable models of residential design, and affordable land and homeownership in California for next - generation home buyers?

  2. How can we eradicate homelessness??

September - November (2024)

D4SD is a design challenge we host every year in collaboration with UCSD’s Design Lab. This year our main focus is on finding the best design solutions for housing insecurity and homelessness.

Project Overview

At D4SD , I am currently helping with the behind-the-scenes preparation for our upcoming design challenge, set to take place in November at the World Design Policy Conference.

📌 Working closely with cross-functional teams (designers, developers, and product managers) to ensure that our research findings inform the design and development of solutions targeting homelessness. Additionally, I conduct research to provide foundational information for the main website

📌 Collecting and analyzing quantitative data on housing availability, rent prices, vacancy rates, and population growth, along with qualitative data from interviews with affected individuals, community leaders, and organizations

📌 Designing user-centered solutions by synthesizing research insights to address root causes of housing insecurity, such as job accessibility, mental health support, and family stability

📌 Contributing to the UX design by assisting in the layout and development of the D4SD website, enhancing the user experience and incorporating research-driven insights

📌 Assisting with the creation of press releases and communication strategies to promote the D4SD website and increase event attendance

Role

UX researcher 

Timeline

September - November 2024

Here's a glimpse of what we’ve been working on this summer and fall with the D4SD team to prepare the launch of our website!

My areas of focus included gathering more information on Health, Awareness, Upward Mobility, and Placemaking, each one helping us understand the challenges our community faces

Take a look here!

✏️ We collaborated with our UX design team to select the best layout and color schemes for displaying our information

More updates coming soon!