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Melody Chong
Product and interaction designer (MDes, Emily Carr University) based in Vancouver and Hong Kong, known for "The Walking Muse" mindful-design thesis.
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Oct 5, 2026
Corners and Intersections: Community
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20:07Jennifer LamontGUEST
Oh, Mengmi, do you wanna talk about your, um, the relationship between designers and communities?
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20:12Melody ChongGUEST
Actually, when I'm listening to, um, Jo and Jennifer, um, I, I, I went from, what I, what I understand is that they, you, you two are, um, looking at a broader view in your, um, system design.
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20:30Melody ChongGUEST
Like, um, you are, like, uh, seeing the issue or problem from a, um, higher point of view.
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20:40Melody ChongGUEST
Um, what interesting for me is that my thesis is actually doing the opposite, which is like you are seeing yourself, um, like what Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen master, called it deep looking.
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20:59Melody ChongGUEST
Like, ask the question, who are you? Like, uh, what can I do? Or what can I serve? Like, this kind of question when you are asking yourself, um, you sort of, like, you, you start to see from yourself to a broader community.
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21:18Melody ChongGUEST
Um, so one of my resha- research question is how can designers design for, with, and through mindfulness.
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31:53Giulia BorbaMODERATOR
Yeah.