Introduction to Digital Product Design is a 7-week course taught semesterly by undergraduate students as part of the project team Cornell App Development.
I knew that design was for me the moment I attended my first lecture for this class in the Spring of 2022. My course instructors, Emily Romero and Tise Alatise, showed us two side-by-side pictures of different students’ bedrooms: one was a seemingly messy, scattered room, while the other was clean and full of bins. Which one was good design?
Their answer, as you might have thought, was not what the class expected, and that was the hook for me! Design was about thinking outside the box, challenging common assumptions, and more importantly, listening to the context to solve problems as common as a messy room.
My journey began here, thanks to some amazing people who have become my biggest career and life mentors.