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Ben Shown

@benkshown

Head of Design at @BlinkUX / Previously at @gotectonic, Microsoft Envisioning, @MoPOPSeattle / Co-founder of @hellopostershow / Alumni of @uwsoa

 Cambridge, MA
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Joined January 2011
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Blink UX@BlinkUX10 Oct 2023
Replying to @NASA
@NASA joined forces with @BlinkUX to take a comprehensive look at its digital ecosystem. Together, we created a new and unified NASA.gov experience. Check out our full case study to learn more! blinkux.com/work/nasa-case-s… #Evidencedriven #NASA #BlinkUX @Mphasis
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👋Over here at @BlinkUX , we’re hiring for two exciting design leadership roles: Design Director + Principal Product Designer! DM me if interested or please share! #designleadership #designagency #designdirector #uxdesign jobs.lever.co/blinkux/92dd90… jobs.lever.co/blinkux/0d8358…
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At @BlinkUX we’re hiring a mid-level designer (product/interaction/visual). Looking for folks in Boston but open to WA, CA, remote candidates too. Especially interested in meeting Black, Latinx, Indigenous candidates. DM if you’re interested! #designjobs jobs.lever.co/blinkux/4b9daa…
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Just posted a photo instagram.com/p/COdyqTFB_Dk/…
New merch alert! Limited edition (50) two-color silkscreen 18x24 poster, designed by @benkshown, printed by. $25 includes shipping for US domestic. #posterart #silkscreen
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At what level are you tackling the problem from? Definitely interested in using this worksheet to scope @BlinkUX engagements xitter.gq/round/status/121540854… #intheweeds #10kftview #productdesign #designstrategy
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@round9 Jan 2020
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Really pleased with the updated worksheet! are.na/block/5868308
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Playful minimalism in these art kits for your hall’s walls by TOO Designs design-milk.com/interactive-…
Interactive TOO D Magnetic Art Kits From TOO Designs

Interactive TOO D Magnetic Art Kits From TOO Designs

TOO Designs creates magnetic art kits composed of metal canvases and geometric magnetic pieces that you can mix and match into works of art.

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#ThrowbackThursday to this nifty data visualization/illustration from 1978 on areas most often missed during hand washing #washyourhandslike #tbt #coronavirus #covid19 kottke.org/20/02/map-of-area…
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Take 3 minutes to read this article by @RebeccaCokley on the disability community’s preferred lexicon medium.com/@rebecca.cokley/w…
Why “Special Needs” is _______

Why “Special Needs” is _______

Why “Special Needs Student” is not the preferred lexicon

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“Mercury’s intention-as-context architecture vaccinates the user against the unintentional consumption of information.” 🔥revisiting this from 2019 by @jasonyuan uxdesign.cc/introducing-merc…
👀 Degrees of Freedom’s origami-inspired flat-pack furniture that self-assembles core77.com/posts/94178/Self-…
Self-Assembling "Origami" Furniture Designed by Former SpaceX Engineer - Core77

Self-Assembling "Origami" Furniture Designed by Former SpaceX Engineer - Core77

SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft features a neat trick: After being launched into space, it deploys massive solar arrays that unfold from the rocket body (video here). These arrays suck up the sun's...

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So pumped on these Olympic and Paralympic kinetic icons by Masaaki Hiromura + Kota Iguchi for #Tokyo2020 itsnicethat.com/news/tokyo-2…
Tokyo 2020 unveils first ever animated pictograms used in Olympics’ history

Tokyo 2020 unveils first ever animated pictograms used in Olympics’ history

The 73 kinetic icons designed by Masaaki Hiromura and animated by Kota Iguchi each show their sport in motion, representing 22 Paralympic sports and 33 Olympic sports.

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Upset caused by the resignation of #CooperHewitt director Caroline Baumann is the least of the design museum’s problems dezeen.com/2020/02/27/cooper…
"I hope the Smithsonian uses this whole debacle to rethink Cooper Hewitt"

"I hope the Smithsonian uses this whole debacle to rethink Cooper Hewitt"

The furor caused by the resignation of Cooper Hewitt director Caroline Baumann is the least of the design museum's problems, says Aaron Betsky.

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Brazilian designer Warleson Oliveira has a rad minimalist take on the Uno card game creativebloq.com/news/minima…
Designers go wild for minimalist UNO concept design

Designers go wild for minimalist UNO concept design

Classic card game goes back to basics.

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“Every great design begins with an even better story.” - @lorindamamo #MotivationalMonday #DesignerQuotes #StoryDrivenDesign
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#ThrowbackThursday to when @alannamacgowan and I (along with other UWers) made a postcard project that got picked up by @knockknock #TBT vimeo.com/10192039
Write On! by positivepost.org

Write On! by positivepost.org

Sending a positive postcard to a friend or foe is a first class way of saying hello!

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Get your own positive postcards here: amazon.com/dp/1601068603/ref…
This music video by @rianjohnson for @lcdsoundsystem’s oh baby is so damn haunting and resonant: youtube.com/watch?v=5gIhrPGy…
Decolonizing design roundtable with Ramon Tejada, Miguel Navarro Sanint, Neebinnaukzhik Southall, Amy Wu eyeondesign.aiga.org/decolon… via @aigaeyeondesign
“The most important possible thing you can do is do a lot of work.” – Ira Glass on taste. Video by Daniel Sax vimeo.com/85040589 #MotivationalMonday #IraGlass #DanielSax
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