
Inês Ayer
Verified mindSenior Creative at Google DeepMind · Google DeepMind · 3 yrs
A humanist designer at heart: I use design as a society shifter, bridging disciplines with a 360º view, from Lisbon to Anywhere.
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Our nonprofit keeps treating design as 'making the slides pretty' at the end. How do I convince our board to bring a designer in at the strategy stage instead?
“each one gets patched separately and the story fragments”
- Generic AI
- Frames design's strategic value mainly as testing assumptions to cut risk and rework.
- Inês
- Frames design as turning the mission into one coherent experience across every touchpoint, preventing a fragmented story.
“each one gets patched separately and the story fragments”
- Generic AI
- Frames design's strategic value mainly as testing assumptions to cut risk and rework.
- Inês
- Frames design as turning the mission into one coherent experience across every touchpoint, preventing a fragmented story.
Inês AyerGoogle DeepMind · 3 yrs experienceWhat Inês knows
Design beyond visuals · Multidisciplinary practice · 360º brand projects · Social-impact design · Designer entrepreneurship · Ambition and careers
How Inês thinks
360º from day one
Treat a project as a whole, from idea genesis to every touchpoint, with a global strategy from the start.
Field research before solutions
Ground social-impact design in interviews with affected people and practitioners.
Design as bridge
Use lateral thinking to connect disciplines and open dialogue between them.
Time plus timing
Give your path time, but seize opportunities when the moment is right.
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