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Kristian Mikhel.
Product Designer, Accessibility Advocate, Speaker & Writer. PhD candidate, University of Tasmania.
- Denty
Examining the user experience of mental health chatbot applications to manage anxiety in dental patients.
- Cuddl
A mobile platform empowering people to share their experiences in a safe digital environment, receive support and care, and be there for each other.
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Side projects
- The Accessibility Apprentice
A semiregular newsletter that covers accessible and universal design in the digital world and beyond, accessibility audits and redesigns, tools and products. Useful, actionable tips for designers, engineers, and managers.
- Paper and Pain
Paper and Pain is a podcast channel for product designers who want to learn more about the industry in Singapore, Southeast Asia and globally. Hosted by Steve and Kris, two product designers based in Singapore, the podcast covers topics such as design trends, challenges, opportunities, and best practices in the industry. Paper and Pain aims to inspire and empower designers to design better products for the world.
- Formbricks
Designing an open-source survey tool for small and medium enterprise.
Writing
- The Scent Of UX: The Unrealized Potential Of Olfactory Design
Various practical applications of scents in product experience, from immersive entertainment to healing spaces and medical appliances, and how designers can drive innovation across spheres and disciplines.
- The Art Of Looking Back: A Critical Reflection For Individual Contributors
Discover the importance of critical reflective practice and challenge some beliefs about reflection and its role in our work and growth.
- The Many Deaths of UX Design
How UX was proclaimed dead (again), what do AI and Elon Musk have to do with it, and what poses a real threat to the discipline of design.
- A foreign designer’s ultimate guide to Chinese Internet
How to adapt your mindset and your product to digital life beyond the Great Firewall.
- The power of affordable technology
How companies bridge the technological gap and deliver digital services for developing markets.
Speaking
- The power of design for open source
How designers help improve open source products, and why having a designer on board is a fabulous idea.
- Serving the underserved: becoming a better designer by helping others
This talk underscores the importance of these areas in driving personal and professional growth.
- Design For Good: How To Become A Better Designer By Helping Others
Universal design and accessibility advocacy and contributing to open source projects: from getting started to leveraging this unique experience to advance a design career.
- Accessibility in the Age of Uncertainty: advocating for universal design and staying sane
How designers can pioneer accessibility at their organisations, become the voice of the underserved, and stay sane when no one is listening.
- Switching Careers into UX
An unexpected journey: how I unknowingly became a UX designer.
- Cross–cultural design
How to design experiences for everyone.