
Vanissa Wanick, Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design 📚 University of Southampton, UK
05/03/23 • 7 min
Vanissa Wanick is a Design Researcher, UX Designer & Educator. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Vanissa has more than 10 years of international experience in digital design and user experience design, working as a designer for several companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vanissa has also published more than 20 papers in the area of games design, gamification, user interface design, brand experience, VR/AR/XR, cross-cultural design and engagement.
Mentions:
- Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered - Book by Don Norman: https://amzn.eu/d/ej0lqJV
- Designerly ways of knowing - Book by Nigel Cross: https://oro.open.ac.uk/39253/8/designerly%20ways%20of%20knowing%20ds.pdf (The Open University)
Where to find Vanissa:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanissawanick/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanissa
- Read her upcoming book:
- Reinventing Fashion Retailing: Digitalising, Gamifying, Entrepreneuring: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031111846
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Vanissa Wanick is a Design Researcher, UX Designer & Educator. Currently, she is a Senior Lecturer in Interaction Design at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. Vanissa has more than 10 years of international experience in digital design and user experience design, working as a designer for several companies in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vanissa has also published more than 20 papers in the area of games design, gamification, user interface design, brand experience, VR/AR/XR, cross-cultural design and engagement.
Mentions:
- Design for a Better World: Meaningful, Sustainable, Humanity Centered - Book by Don Norman: https://amzn.eu/d/ej0lqJV
- Designerly ways of knowing - Book by Nigel Cross: https://oro.open.ac.uk/39253/8/designerly%20ways%20of%20knowing%20ds.pdf (The Open University)
Where to find Vanissa:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vanissawanick/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/vanissa
- Read her upcoming book:
- Reinventing Fashion Retailing: Digitalising, Gamifying, Entrepreneuring: https://link.springer.com/book/9783031111846
Where to find the show:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/7minProdSeries
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/7min-product-master-series/
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/7minProdSeries
- Email: [email protected]
- Tell us how we’re doing: https://forms.gle/THrAepw1kWRbbBeZ8
Where to find Lewis:
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngeshlew
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew
If you like the show ❤️, please be sure to tell a Product person and subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple podcast or your favorite podcast app.
Don’t forget to leave us a rating ⭐️ or comment because it helps to other people to discover our show 🙌🏾
Thanks for listening!
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If you like the show ❤️, please be sure to tell a Product person and subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple podcast or your favorite podcast app.
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- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ngeshlew
If you like the show ❤️, please be sure to tell a Product person and subscribe to us on Spotify, Apple podcast or your favorite podcast app.
Don’t forget to leave us a rating ⭐️ or comment because it helps to other people to discover our show 🙌🏾
Thanks for listening!
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