Human-Centered Design

January 31, 2019 Civic Engagement Across the globe, leading mayors now champion a new appreciation of the role of design on livability. Last year, the City of Los Angeles gained attention for hiring its first chief design officer, tasked with improving...

September 24, 2018 Civic Data Augmented and virtual reality — digital tools that either superimpose images on the real world (AR) or bring users into an artificial digital experience (VR) — have captured the imagination of the consumer world in the form...

May 2, 2018 Human-Centered Design Our #DataSmart Resources series curates links and examples for those looking for an introduction to a particular civic data topic. How might local governments become truly user-centered? By fundamentally changing the ways...