This is episode #49! Our guest today is a Co-Founder and Principal at Meld Studios; an Australian design firm specialising in Service Design and Interaction Design. Her foundational beginnings stems from graduating with Honors in Psychology, Masters in Social Sciences, and starting in Information Architecture. Her career has been focused on humanising products and services down to the most detailed of interactions within them. She is an incredible woman, a mentor to me and many others, and I’m excited for you all to hear this.
Some of the topics we spoke about include:
If you’ve ever been fascinated by the collision of human behaviour and design, this episode is for you.
I present to you … the warm-hearted, generous and thoughtful ... Janna DeVylder!
More on Janna can be found via the links below:
Medium.com/@jdevylder
Meldstudios.com.au
Linkedin profile
Twitter.com/jdevylder
Instagram.com/jcybill
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