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August 5, 2020

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We represent a team of Product, Service and systems designers creating change through human-centered design.

Designing WITH the people, FOR the people ft. Make

Designing WITH the people, FOR the people ft. Makerere University - John Hopkins University Research Collaboration.

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#dwbafrica #humancentereddesign #designthinking #designforhealth #cocreation #participatorydesign

Fun times at the YIIYA screening😊🛠️ . . .

Fun times at the YIIYA screening😊🛠️

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#productdesign #humancentereddesign #documentary #dwbafrica #buildugandabuyuganda #industrialdesign #localmanufacturing

We’re so excited to share that we successfully p

We’re so excited to share that we successfully premiered YIIYA: Rethinking Product Design, a documentary made possible by our colleagues over at Delft University and the SASA College of Industrial Design, Busiika.

Combined with fun games for the guests, and powerful words from our key speakers, the event showcased the world of Product Design in the Ugandan context highlighting the role of the country’s artisans to the practice. As the pillars of product design in Uganda, they were the foundation and inspiration for the filming.

A huge thank you to @emilewaterkeyn and @merlijnn__ , the brilliant Product Design students that made this all happen!

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#productdesign #documentary #humancentereddesign #film #industrialdesign

It’s been an awesome 2 months working with and l

It’s been an awesome 2 months working with and learning from Riccardo Torta @richardcake_ , Service Design Masters student from Politecnico di Milano @polimi
We’re excited to see you grow and achieve exceptional things✨

Cheers Mr. Cake!

Without a doubt, this week’s highlight was the i

Without a doubt, this week’s highlight was the inaugural 3-day course on CBPR & HCD that was delivered to a brilliant group of Masters students and researchers.

The training aimed to introduce and highlight the value in combining these two very similar approaches when working to create more successful community driven interventions✨

Partners:
@makerere School of Public health’s Trauma, Injury and Disability Unit, @imperialcollege and The George Institute for Global Health.

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#dwbafrica #humancentereddesign #cbpr #research #designtraining

Currently working to modify one of our existing fi

Currently working to modify one of our existing financial literacy engagement tools to suit a variety of contexts.

Through gamification, Aki encourages group debate and personal reflection on everyday financial decisions within a rural Ugandan setting.

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#dwbafrica #gamification #financialliteracy #productdesign #servicedesign #humancentereddesign

This #womensmonth DwB will be putting a spotlight

This #womensmonth DwB will be putting a spotlight on some really amazing women we’ve encountered through our work…

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77 yr old Opoka is a lady full of passion and vigour who is very well known by all in Jinja’s Kikaramoja neighbourhood. On any given day, she single handedly manages her household of 10 very active grandchildren left to her care by their parents. Her strength and resilience is admirable, as she spends her day making eco-friendly briquettes and stoves for income. She also takes it upon herself to ensure proper waste management in her neighbourhood for the safety of the many children playing around often unattended.

We celebrate Mrs. Opoka this women's day as a powerful source of inspiration for the family and society. She has been instrumental to us during the Child Injury Prevention Project, and a reminder to us that the most impactful solutions reside in the community and are driven by the existence of people just like Opoka.✨

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#women #womensday #dwbafrica #sustainability #community

And we’re live!!🥳 Highlights from the Advanc

And we’re live!!🥳

Highlights from the Advanced Certificate of Industrial Design kick off led by the #dwbafrica team at the SASA College of Industrial Design.

We’re extremely proud to be a part of this weekend program running for 6 months, that will introduce students to core product design modules featuring design practitioners in and out of Uganda.

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#productdesign #dwbafrica #industrialdesign #buyugandabuilduganda

Highlights from the Health Innovation Conference o

Highlights from the Health Innovation Conference organized by @idimakerere last year where we got to share some of our #designforhealth projects with health innovators in the country✨

Get in touch with us to collaborate and leverage Human-centred design to develop health solutions that respond to contextual challenges 💡

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#designforhealth #humancentereddesign #dwbafrica #dwbprojects #healthinnovation #productdesign #servicedesign

The SASA College of Industrial design is nothing b

The SASA College of Industrial design is nothing but a milestone for Uganda, in line with the country’s NDPIII strategy to increase production of locally manufactured exports.

Licensed by the National Council of Higher Education, SASA design academy is set to disrupt Uganda’s education system by equipping the next workforce generation with practical skills essential for industrial design.
The facility is equipped with a design studio, prototyping workshop, and accommodation for its students.
We’re proud of this accomplishment, and continue to collaborate with the institution in a bid to build design capacity in the country.

Cheers!

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#industrialdesign #productdesign #manufacturing #buyugandabuilduganda🇺🇬

With a wealth of designers in the country limited

With a wealth of designers in the country limited by standardization of their skills, so many talented youth remain underutilized in emerging opportunities🛠️

What exactly is the role of industrial design in the development of Uganda’s manufacturing industry….

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#industrialdesign #productdesign #manufacturing #buyugandabuilduganda🇺🇬

As we wrap up the year, a special shout out to our

As we wrap up the year, a special shout out to our amazing cohort of fellows that successfully completed the design fellowship with honors, and now represent DwB as Design associates😊

And to @adimaoz26 for co-ordinating key activities throughout the program.
Cheers!✨

A word from our designers and end users in Jinja t

A word from our designers and end users in Jinja that worked together to develop products and environmental modifications to address unintentional injuries among children under 5 in informal settlements.

Here’s to #humancentreddesign ✨

In the spirit of #design4health, @dwb_africa is ex

In the spirit of #design4health, @dwb_africa is exhibiting some recent projects that had the team leveraging design to address a spectrum of challenges within the health sector in developing countries.

A huge thank you to the organizers of the Health Innovation Conference led by the Academy for Health Innovation under @idimakerere ✨

We’re developing both product and service design

We’re developing both product and service design interventions, including this KMC chair we prototyped, built and tested together with our @tudelft interns and artisans in Kampala.

For more information about this and more of our work, feel free to reach out to us!
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#productdesign #humancentereddesign #dwbprojects #prototype #designforhealth

DwB has been exploring existing barriers to increa

DwB has been exploring existing barriers to increased KMC practice by directly engaging with mothers of preterm babies, previous KMC practitioners, and healthcare workers in order to design contextually relevant interventions to increase KMC adoption by mothers.
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#dwbprojects #humancentereddesign #designforhealth #maternalhealth

The @who defines Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as ear

The @who defines Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) as early, continuous and prolonged skin-to-skin contact between a mother and preterm babies. The KMC practice has been shown to reduce the mortality risk of preterm and low birth weight infants by up to 40%. However, KMC is still not widely practiced in LMICs due to a number of limitations…
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#designforhealth #maternalhealth #dwbprojects #humancentereddesign

2022 interns Part 1 of Part 2😬: Sensei @merlijn

2022 interns Part 1 of Part 2😬: Sensei @merlijnn__ …. We really had a great time collaborating with the @tudelft students over the summer! These folks take rapid prototyping to a whole new level. What was the project?
💡Two clues…product design & maternal health.

Stay tuned for more project updates!
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#dwbafrica #dwbprojects #productdesign

2022 interns Part 1 of Part 2😬: Introducing @em

2022 interns Part 1 of Part 2😬: Introducing @emilewaterkeyn , one of the 2 Product Design Masters students from @tudelft that we had the pleasure of working with on an in-house project, and now one of our favorite product design Senseis!
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#dwbafrica #productdesign

2022 interns Part 1: We have the pleasure of worki

2022 interns Part 1: We have the pleasure of working with @adimaoz26 , a product designer and International development Masters student from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel with a passion for creating value using sustainable materials and experience working in various international contexts.

She just jumped right in has been actively working on a couple of projects!
Here’s to collaborative learning 🥂

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