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Jul 2022
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#293 Designing for stress with Katie Swi...

James Royal-Lawson & Per Axbom
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We often find ourselves in stressful situations. Sometimes that’s expected, but sometimes it’s not.  The same can be said about the things we design. Sometimes we knowingly design for stressful situations, but sometimes our designs are used (unexpectedly to us) by people while under stress. Katie Swindler, Author of Life and Death Design joins us ... Show More
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