Bianca Aguilar
@biancamikaila
designer, educator, writer, learner
bianca.digitalBianca Aguilar
The Cute Factor
Ahhhhh, the “cute” factor. Japan is a gentle, nonviolent country and that core cultural thread is sewn throughout eCommerce and mobile communication.
Rich Mirocco • Big in Japan: Web Design in the Land of the Rising Sun
Networking Peripheries: Technological Futures and the Myth of Digital Universalism
direct.mit.edu
anthropology and
Significant Misconceptions #1 Africans were illiterate before colonization #2 Africa lacked civilization before European contact
Henri Lotin • Big Picture: The State of Web Design in Africa
Iterative — Founders Supporting Founders
iterative.vc
According to Britannica, language patterns in Southeast Asia are highly complex and are rooted in four major language families: Sino-Tibetan, Tai, Austro-Asiatic, and Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian). Also it must be noted that there are countless languages as well as dialects are used in the region.
Project Lima • Inclusive design in Southeast Asia
Cross-Cultural Design by Senongo Akpem
abookapart.com
"Some of the favelas, which are low-income settlements, were run by drug lords and gangs of all kinds who would force you to be on Facebook."
Payal Arora • The Next Billion Users: Digital Life Beyond the West
Communication
The culture of a country sews threads throughout everything its members see and say. Here, details are a welcome aspect of communication and therefore web design too, as a website conveys information and sells the company and its products in place of a live salesperson. Details are needed because risk is absolutely not tolerated. More
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