Hosts: Sarah Keniston and Ethan Duffy Welcome to the podcastIn today’s episode we talk with Denis Kennedy, an Accessibility Consultant and lecturer.You are very welcome to the podcast Denis. To start, can you tell us a little about yourself?1.For you, what is the essence of design?2.What are some examples of good design or bad design?3.Do we have to make trade-offs between accessibility and usability in software?4.Can you talk about the challenge of making the case for accessibility from day one?5.Who do we raise awareness about accessibility requirements when pitching a project/product?6.How tough is your audience? How do you get them on-side?7.How do we evaluate an app for different levels of accessibility use?8.How deep does accessible functionality need to go?9.What lessons have you learnt that have changed your approach on new projects.10.And any final comments before we finish?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us today.Notes:Denis Kennedy: LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-kennedy-098982b2/AcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host: Daniel Guenther and Katie Fallon In today’s episode we talk with Dónal Fitzpatrick, a Senior ICT Design Advisor with Ireland’s National Disability Authority.You are very welcome to the podcast Dónal. To start, can you tell us a little about yourself?1.What are some good examples of bad design?2.How do you raise people’s design awareness? [on using baddesigns.com… to encourage discussions even arguments about good and bad design…]3.What is the difference between universal design and accessible design?4.What are some good examples of good universal design?5.How do you build universal design into the heart of a new product?6.With its emphasis on empathy, you could argue that the Design Thinking approach already implies a universal design goal. Is that enough or do you think it needs to be emphasised?7.Can you tell us about the NDA's annual grand challenge competition for colleges?8.Do you have any final comments before we finish?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us today.Notes:Dónal has also appeared on the NCBI Podcast: https://youtu.be/q6tcOw5OqPQAcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Monika Lukosiute and Cian MageeWe are talking with Lorcan O'Keeffe of Hands On PerformanceYou are very welcome to the podcast Lorcan. Can you tell us a little about yourself?1.What is your vision for both O’Keeffe Design and Hands on Performance?2.Could you give us a brief intro to e-sports, sim-sports, racing simulators?3.Why put so much attention to replicating road car and motor sport controls in a sim-sports driving rig?4.Who was your inspiration? [Who do you design for?]5.What are your design goals? [A general-purpose rig or a platform that can be configured?]6.What is your own design process?7.As an entrepreneur/early-stage start-up, who or what are the most valuable supports out there?8.What tips would you give to someone starting down this road, taking an idea from concept to initial prototype.9.More questions?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.Notes:Lorcan O’Keeffe on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorcan-o-keeffe-386b7b220/Working in Automotive Technology, Product Design, Parametric modellingParticipant in the New Frontiers entrepreneurship programme – validating the market - https://www.wit.ie/schools/business/new_frontiers AcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Kira Koval and Amine BerrahalWe are talking with Fiona Walsh from Imagine Coaching. You are very welcome Fiona. Can you tell us a little about yourself?1.PowerPoint has become a hugely important medium for communication, and you are becoming known as a go-to person for PowerPoint design and power tips. What do you look for in a well-designed presentation? [checklist?]2.What awesome features do you use for your own designs, that people don’t generally know about? 3.Can you talk about your own workflow?4.Is using PowerPoint for webinars and for creating videos essentially the same thing?5.Is there single slide design that can satisfy the whole audience - visual, auditory, textual? [mixed audience; assess your dominant VAK/VARK]6.What design choices making a slide more accessible? [font, size, colours, contrast, on screen readability, information density - who, how and where it will be presented…] [complex tables are a particular area of concern for screen readers…]7.How can we build accessibility into presentations? [use the built-in accessibility checker] [use the screen reader to listen back to the slides as they would be read by blind user] [use subtitle/captioning features]8.Can you give us some tips on the tools you use to get the aesthetics right, the colour combinations, the layout? [Text Effects] [Adobe Color] [symmetry/asymmetry; rule of thirds; golden ratio; silver ratio; contrasting/complimentary colours; negative space; white space; visual: contrast, alignment, symmetry, repetition, proximity; dealing with text+visual; different reading orders; less-is-more; intended clutter…]9.Is there anything extra you’d like to share before we finish? [speaker notes] [exporting or printing PDF]Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us today.Notes:Website: https://www.imaginecoaching.ie LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fionawalsh1/AcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host(s): Olivia Raines, Kyle Coldrick Welcome to the podcastWe are talking with Jack Clark and Matt Obee from NearForm. Nearform is an enterprise software development and capability building company, headquartered in Waterford with offices around the world.You are very welcome to the podcast Jack and Matt. Can you tell us a little about yourselves and your roles in NearForm.1.Can you talk about some tools that anyone can use to evaluate the accessibility of a web page or an app? [run on the Nearform website to show?]2.Onboarding is a key function for apps and web-services but captcha tests present challenges… [so, for those don’t know, a captcha is…] [why have a captcha, is there good captcha? Implications of WCAG 2.2 and no longer relying on a cognitive function test]3.Many sites use 3rd party overlays. Does that solve the problem? [so, for those who don’t know, overlays are…] [but no, overlays solve the wrong problem, overlays are a band-aid…]4.How do you solve the problem when the underlying failures originate in design or engineering?5.What does it take to establish an accessibility practice within an organisation? [approach to coaching teams, how to practice accessible design in the day-to-day, user communities, diverse employees etc.]6.Let's talk about some good designs [what I like about X website or Y app…] [a design that I think works well is…]7.How accessible are game consoles and console controls? [Forza 5 praised for accessibility features] [Special Effect]8.Is there anything extra you’d like to share before we finish?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for talking with us today.Notes:https://www.nearform.comSpecial EffectsEveryone CanAcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host(s): Julia Weyndling and Moritz Meier Hi, welcome to the podcast.Today we are talking with Bernie McGahon, from IRDG, the Industry Research & Development Group, a member-based, non-profit, business-led Innovation Network.You are very welcome to the podcast, Bernie. Can you tell us a little about yourself, IRDG and its members to begin?1. When did you first encounter Design Thinking? 2. Why has it become so popular?3. Can you talk about the value of getting more comfortable with the problem space before jumping into the solution space?4. A lot of organisations just want a quick fix. Is that the way Design Thinking is supposed to work?5. Does Design Thinking replace designers?6. How does IRDG promote and support its members with Design Thinking?7. Have you any Irish examples of where DT has worked well?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.https://www.irdg.ie Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Juliet Gusinde-Duffy and Lilly Cordover We are talking today with Eileen Diskin, Entrepreneurial Specialist with the UCD Innovation Academy, environmental scientist, and professional facilitator.You are very welcome to the podcast Eileen. Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin?UCD’s Innovation Academy showcases cutting edge hacker-creator tools such as VR, 3D printing, LEGO, while at the same time values paper and cardboard too. Can you talk about the need for physical prototyping for idea development?What do you think is motivating the “Design” movement? Is it a fad or a real shift in mind-set and commercial imperative?Can anyone develop a design attitude? How can a newbie start out?Can you talk about the role of the facilitator? What are the benefits of having someone facilitate a group design sprint?I think that facilitation is a bit of an art. What do you look for in our own facilitation practice, how do you stay fresh and keep on-track?For people listening in, who have an idea for a new product/service/etc… what would you suggest they do to make it happen?How do you prepare people to think differently for creative problem solving, for solution finding?How do we identify and decide on the challenges that drive a design sprint? Do you have any tips for helping to find those big problems?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.AcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Host(s): Geoffrey Ax and Cian Hanlon Hi, I am GeoffreyAnd I am Cian Today we are talking with Tina Lowe, UCD Campus Accessibility Officer".You are very welcome to the podcast Tina. 1.     Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin? 2.     What designs, out in the world, end up creating inequality? 3.     As someone with visual impairment, is dealing with design inequality a daily experience for you?4.     How accessible is the University campus?5.     One of the principles we talk about in this class is that “universal access” is a “universal requirement” for all designs. But how can we raise awareness of accessible design, when the barriers people encounter are invisible to the majority?6.     In a recent letter to the Irish Times (Feb 12, 2022) Susan Dennehy, whose teenage daughter is a wheelchair user, concludes that “the charitable model of disability [must] be replaced by rights-based model”. Is that the solution? How can we make things better?Other questions?Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.AcknowledgementsMusic(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: The Driver - Humanscale Blueprint - Space Envelope for a Compact AutomobileArtist: Graphic design by Allen Higgins Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The graphic is under Fair Use and adapted from “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” from Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the podcast. I am CalayjiaAnd I am Zain. Today we are talking with Rohan Perera, entrepreneur and one of the founders of HEBE, Design Sprint Ireland and Leandisruptor.com among other ventures.You are very welcome to the podcast, Rohan. Can you tell us a little about yourself to begin?The idea of “Design Thinking” and “Design sprints” seem to have become ubiquitous in recent years, who is using it and why? So: build, make, tinker and learn - prototype test, observe and evaluate.Isn’t design thinking just another (new product development (NPD) process?What do you think is motivating the “Design” movement? Is it a fad or a real shift in mind-set and commercial imperative?Can anyone develop a design attitude? How can a newbie start out?Can you talk about the role of the facilitator? What are the benefits of having someone facilitate a group design sprint?I think that facilitation is a bit of an art, subtle and difficult to get right. What do you look for in our own facilitation practice, how do you stay fresh and keep on-track?What is the difference between facilitating a sprint and conducting (or managing?) all the multiple moving parts of the whole new product development process?How sustainable are Sprints? If the approach is so productive, why don’t we do it all the time?Jack Knapp’s Sprint process starts with “setting the stage”, starting with a big problem, a long-term goal.But where do long-term goals come from? How do we identify and decide on these big problems?That is a good point to finish on. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.Acknowledgements:Music(EzaOne - Supernova: youtu.be/xZDYu5azS-c)Title: Eza One - SupernovaArtist: Argofox (record label)Source: “https://soundcloud.com/argofox/ezaone-supernova”License: “CC BY”Argofox is a record label releasing royalty free music for creators to use in monetized videos and streams in exchange for credit.Cover Art Title: "Blueprint for the Human Driver"Artist: (a graphic treatment by Allen Higgins).Source: fileLicense: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0The blueprint is a treatment of the image “Space Envelope for a Compact Automobile” and is used under Fair Use. From “Humanscale 7/8/9 booklet by Niels Diffrient, Alvin R. Tilley and David Harman; Henry Dreyfuss Associates, M.I.T. Press (1981)”Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hosts: Conor Fitzpatrick and Gary SandfordOur guest today is David Nyaluke. David is the UCD Proudly Made in Africa Fellow in Business and Development. You are very welcome to the podcast David. Could you say a few words about yourself and PMIA?1.Can you start by bringing us up to speed on the countries, the politics, and the economics of Africa? 2.Does Africa truly benefit from global trade? [yes and no] Let’s start with the NO argument… 3.Is there a YES argument? 4.Is the Ubuntu Linux distribution an African initiative? 5.What characteristics make Africa attractive for business and the digital economy?6.What challenges remain? 7.How has the Jumia story progressed since then? 8.Returning to your organisation, Proudly Made in Africa (PMIA) and the idea of Impact Sourcing. What advice do you give to organisations seeking to work with suppliers in Africa?9.Any last thoughts? Well, we’ll wrap up there.Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experiences today.Notes:David Nyaluke on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-nyaluke-33891134/Proudly Made in Africa (PMIA) - https://proudlymadeinafrica.orgAcknowledgementsMusic Title: Check Them InArtist: Ema GraceSource: https://bit.ly/2tJ6BndLicense: CC BY 4.0Artist notes: Ema Grace is an AI vocaloid produced by Ryoma MAEDA (@Ryoma_Maeda). Styled as virtual Singer&Idol 架空のバーチャルアイドル & シンガー、それがEma Grace. Cover Art Title: Guest BillboardArtist: Allen HigginsSource: License: Podcast LicenseDesign Talk (dot IE) CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 The license can be viewed at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0By taking part you give permission for your voice to be recorded, for the recording to be edited, and for it to be posted and published as a podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.