Inside Shopify UX S2 EP08 | Bridging culture in design
Host and UX director Lola Oyelayo-Pearson speaks to Aditi Kulkarni and Farai Madzima about designing for different cultures, and why designers need to evolve the idea of good design beyond a Western-centric point of view.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intros
05:22 – Cultural sensitivity and universal design
09:00 – Western design colonization
12:15 – Degrading experiences for 2G internet connections
15:55 – Make commerce better for everyone and localization
22:24 – Every-day bridges for cultural considerations
28:00 – Live-selling through video
32:30 – Design practices that work or fail
41:00 – How we hire and interview designers from different cultures
46:00 – Fortune teller
Full transcript: https://ux.shopify.com/inside-shopify...
Shopify is building the future of commerce, but who are the people building it? The Inside Shopify UX podcast introduces some of the leaders and crafters on our UX team and asks them to explain the big commerce problem their team is trying to solve, and gives the real talk on some of the industry's challenges and questions.
Listen to learn more about the complex UX challenges our team is solving and how we're making it easier for entrepreneurs to thrive.
Join us: shopify.com/careers/ux
Credits:
Produced by Jen Shaw, UX Communications and Marketing
Assisted by Isabelle Hamel Carassi, Merchant Services Coordinator
Edited by Michael Busse, Technical Production Operator
Artwork by Senior Illustrator Alisha Giroux, Senior Culture Designer Dani Chavez Ackermann, and Broadcast Motion Graphics Artist Trevor Silvani
With music by Senior UX Manager Matt Griffin (silentquietspaces.com)