Data, Design and the Product Studio

Title: “Data, Design and the Product Studio: A New Model for Social Change” at Design Week 2018 in Denver Colorado.

Presenters: Denise Gershbein + Aman Ahuja

In this presentation at Design Week 2018 in Denver Colorado, Denise and Aman spoke about intersections between design and data paradigms, and on a model for the product studio focused on impact.

Abstract from the Design Week program

Denise and Aman have a combined 30+ years of working in design, data science and social change. Their work often targets impact through seeking levers in the system – working at several levels at once to influence, build capacity, and release solutions that affect the system in multiple places, with a cascading effect.

Today they do that work for The Data Guild, an impact-focused Product studio bringing together viewpoints from design and data science to bring about change in some of our greatest challenges, from local to global in scale.

Denise and Aman will discuss previous work with UNICEF Innovation, The Girl Effect, DataKind and others. They’ll also explain the working model for The Data Guild (part product studio, consultancy, strategic partner and expert network) and why their team believes a systems-based approach is the key to impactful change.