Jutta Treviranus

Jutta Trevianus

Jutta Treviranus

Director and Professor at Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University

Inclusive Ecosystems

We humans are complex adaptive systems. Collectively and individually, we seem to be attracted to things that threaten our well-being. Beyond the obvious vices and weaknesses this includes binaries, labels, hierarchies of power, and elitism. Our extra-large brains have been honed to be siloed and short term, rather than holistic and long term. Time famine, the need for speed, and the competition for attention has encouraged shallowness and fragmentation. What are the implications for well-being? What are the role and responsibilities of designers, and the implications for the practice of design in this existential predicament?



BIO

Jutta Treviranus is the Director of the Inclusive Design Research Centre (IDRC) and professor in the faculty of Design at OCAD University in Toronto (http://idrc.ocadu.ca ). Jutta established the IDRC in 1993 as the nexus of a growing global community that proactively works to ensure that our digitally transformed and globally connected society is designed inclusively. Dr. Treviranus also founded an innovative graduate program in inclusive design at OCAD University. Jutta is credited with developing an inclusive design methodology that has been adopted by large enterprise companies such as Microsoft, as well as public sector organizations internationally.