About us
UX for Change was launched on March 8th 2015, at the Talk UX Conference in Manchester, UK, and is the first organisation of its kind. UX for Change emerged from the founder, Sandra Gonzalez, original challenge of how to mobilise the UX design community to get involved with the 2013 UK legislation that focused on teaching children as young as five how to code, but with no plans on teaching them how to design human-centred experiences for the improvement of their community and their own lives.
The organisation has been active for a decade across the world, and its focus has widened to meet new challenges focused on supporting positive social and planetary impact, such as utilising technology to aid refugees, providing internet safety tools and techniques for gender-diverse children, and giving consumers powerful information about their carbon footprint, to name a few.
The projects and ways in which the organisation engages the UX community have continually evolved depending on the needs and context. Still, at the core, UX for Change has always been about creating meaningful connections. We are committed to connecting the purpose-driven sector with the people interested in learning and applying responsible design practices while promoting collaboration, critical thinking, accountability, and social impact.
There are many UX for Change chapters around the world in London in the United Kingdom, Barcelona in Spain, Sydney in Australia, New York, Central Florida, Miami, and Los Angeles in the United States.
Our Vision
A world where products and services are rooted in regenerative practices, as opposed to extractivism.
Our Values
Humanitarian: We actively promote human welfare and social reform.
Reciprocal: We provide expertise to purpose-driven sectors and educate the UX community on key topics that drive positive change.
Critical-Thinking: We challenge conventional thinking. Always.
Regenerative: We aim to restore the well-being of our ecosystems and ourselves with our responsible design practices.
To learn more about our mission and values, visit our website.
Upcoming events
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Radical re-imaginations of the future | Cross-Community Gathering
·OnlineOnlineAn online gathering co-organized by Design Reparations, Inclusive Design Jam, Humanitarian Designers, Design Changemakers and UX for Change.
This is limited spots event, and it is participatory. If you anticipate you won't be in the conditions to fully participate please don't sign up.
With the rise of anti-rights politics, plans of militarization and the degradation of our ecosystems, we are all feeling the grief and the exhaustion of disappointment, in our common commitment towards social justice, dignity and regeneration.
While these feelings are important and we need to acknowledge them, we believe that hope is a practice and that no future will ever exist if we are not going to imagine it together.
Let’s get together for a collective exercise of radical, ecological, reciprocal, trans-national, and just co-imagination.
This is the second edition of this gathering which took place the first time on the 19th of February. This session will have the same format at another time to be accessible people in other timezones. You can have a look at the collective output of that session.
What to Expect
During this event, we will explore collective creativity to imagine, visualize and materialize worlds where:- - Colonial, economical, and social structures are dismantled
- - Indigenous knowledge is recognized as equal
- - All forms of life are respected and upheld
- - Land is restored and given back to their ancestral custodian
- - Relationships are repaired and healed through dialogue and global solidarity
- - Innovation and progress are measured by intergenerational and inter-species wellbeing
"It always seems impossible until it's done."
- Nelson MandelaAccessibility
We will offer closed captions, a live transcript, and multiple modes of participation (for instance, chat, live discussion, small group conversation, etc).Privacy & care
This session will be recorded only for the organizing team to review. If you wish to participate anonymously, you can turn your camera off, remove your display picture, and/or anonymize your name. If you don't anticipate to fully participate please do not sign up, this is not a listening-in kind of event.
To create a safe and inclusive space, all participants must abide by our community agreements, which will be shared at the start of the gathering.
Some optional reading ahead of the event
A few resources to prepare you further for this exercise of imagination:2 attendees
Past events
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