Meeting the silent demand for design

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Magic, apparently. Design Waterloo is an organization that I cofounded with Sheffield Wong to be a place for all designers in Waterloo. Largely born out of the broader maker movement in the city with Socratica, we saw that there was a large, unmet gap in the ecosystem for designers beyond the token UX design club.

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Through running events with Socratica, I learned that not everything has to be directly career-driven — in fact often times it's what you do purely for yourself that ends up being the most meaningful for your career, too.