018 - Square Peggy in a Round Hole with Joey Zeledón

Join the WID team and our guest Joey for a powerful conversation about identity informing our designs and how our design work in turn shapes us. Joey moved through the world with certainty for years - from finding and sticking to a career path in the third grade to applying to one perfect college- but it took acknowledging an underlying feeling of dissonance in their work and life to come out as trans. This self acceptance has had profound effects on their creativity and given them a new perspective on the role of identity and ego. We discuss how stripping away all our titles and accomplishments can make it possible to identify creative mashups or design better for the users you don't know. Design confines, just like gender, can be a limiting box if left unexamined but true, unfiltered expression is an ongoing source of inspiration. More show content: beyondraypodcast.com