Why designers must not stay silent, with Harrison Wheeler artwork
The Creative Boom Podcast

Why designers must not stay silent, with Harrison Wheeler

  • S2E36
  • 1:05:52
  • January 25th 2021

Harrison Wheeler is a UX Design Manager at LinkedIn in Silicon Valley. For the last 15 years, his diverse career has taken him from freelancing and later scaling a startup to working at one of the largest social media platforms in the world. Here, we talk about how the Internet has changed the world. We discuss Black Lives Matter and inclusivity in design. There’s even a story about how an Apple Watch saved Harrison's life – something that reveals his true strength and resolve.

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A journalist, writer and broadcaster, Katy Cowan is the founding editor of Creative Boom, one of the UK's leading platforms dedicated to the creative industries. She launched her magazine in 2009 with a mission to celebrate and support artists and designers, particularly those who are underrepresented. Today, her site delivers inspiration, insight and advice to seven million creative professionals every year.