Episode 1: Whitney Quesenbery on Election Ballot Design
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Whitney Quesenbery is the Co-founder of the Center for Civic Design. She’s passionate about making interactions with government effective and enjoyable, giving design literacy to elections and other government workers, and on a mission to ensure voter intent through design.
Whitney publishes, presents and teaches workshops on personas, usability and user research, plain language, and accessibility, and has served on federal advisory committees for voting system design
and Section 508.
Show Notes
Whitney Quesenbery is the Co-founder of the Center for Civic Design. She’s passionate about making interactions with government effective and enjoyable, giving design literacy to elections and other government workers, and on a mission to ensure voter intent through design.
Whitney publishes, presents and teaches workshops on personas, usability and user research, plain language, and accessibility, and has served on federal advisory committees for voting system design and Section 508.
Before being seduced by a little beige computer into software, usability, and interface design, she was a theatrical lighting designer on and off Broadway, learning about storytelling from some of the masters.
References & Links
Whitney Quesenbery’s Books
A Web for Everyone: Designing Accessible User Experiences (with Sarah Horton)
Storytelling for User Experience (with Kevin Brooks)
Global UX: Design and Research in a Connected World (with Daniel Szuc)
Resources
Good Design is the Secret to Better Democracy New York Times
Follow Whitney Quesenbery on Social Media
Transcript
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