Barnes & Noble hosting her talk and book signing in NYC, Feb. 2nd
“Our hope is that kids learn to question, dream, and design a better world.”
Mona Patel says –
“What if an elephant really wanted to use a playground? Could that work? Would anyone try to make that work?
At some point in life, everyone– even make-believe elephants– loses the drive to play, create, and try new things. Instead, we live by what we ‘should’ do. We maintain the status quot. But what if we did more?
Walk through the design process with an elephant to discover how a swing re-inspires curiosity, vulnerability, and persistence to go for “”crazy”” ideas, even when a skunk keeps saying it can’t be done. Our hope is that kids learn to question, dream, and design a better world. ”
Mona is the CEO & Founder of Motivate Design, a UX-led agency based in New York City. Motivate Design helps clients discover customer needs and design solutions that meet those needs. Through her experience, Mona developed the Reframework, an 8-step process that any company can use. Her first book was an Amazon Bestseller, Reframe: Shift the way you work, innovate and think, that demonstrates how this process can help companies innovate and design simple, beautiful experiences. In addition to helping clients and other Fortune 500 companies feel unstuck, Mona is also a teacher at Parsons the New School for Design
Mona is also an Author, Design Researcher, Professor, Speaker, and Mother. Her parents say that she’s been on a mission to design more usable experiences since age two, when she created a bottle holder in her crib out of pillows so the milk wouldn’t leak. Check out Mona’s first book, Reframe: Shift the Way You Work, Innovate, and Think, available on Amazon. And her second book now released is for children but also adults!
