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Co-founder, creative director, Foossa; advisor, Purpose

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MFA Design for Social Innovation

India: Researching ways to deliver affordable clean drinking water

We worked with Purpose, a major European manufacturer, and an Indian social enterprise to deliver affordable clean water systems to low-income communities. In the course of the project, we conducted immersive user research in low-income and informal settlements in New Delhi. Based on the insights from the research, we designed ways to deepen the engagement of the local communities and to encourage them to drink clean water.
Opening underused storefronts to new possibilities

MiLES (Made in the Lower East Side) is a community-centered initiative that "works with residents, artists, businesses and landlords in the Lower East Side of Manhattan to identify, program and fill underused spaces and turn them into vibrant community hubs for working, learning, connecting, and starting up new projects." We were featured in Fast Company and received the 2012 One Prize.
Meu Rio: Redesigning the user interface for civic participation

Meu Rio is a non-partisan democratic youth movement that creates online tools to connect citizens and ensure that they have a voice in the decisions that are transforming the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Working with Meu Rio and Purpose, we conducted user research among a wide cross-section of Rio's youth population. We then designed the brand identity and user experience and developed the innovation process for the organization.
Promoting achievement, leadership and community through capoeira

Afro Brazil Arts is a non-profit organization whose mission is to inspire achievement, leadership and community through capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian martial art disguised as a dance, made accessible to people of all ages and abilities. We provide Afro Brazil Arts with design, communications and strategic support. Our ongoing work includes social media strategy and community management, print and online content production, as well as technology training for Afro Brazil Arts staff.
UX for Good Vancouver: Supporting mindfulness education

UX for Good is a wildly ambitious effort to design systemic solutions for some of the most vexing social challenges. In our 2013 event, user experience designers from around the world will gather in Vancouver, Canada. Selected from some of the world's most important tech companies and hottest boutique firms, these twelve UX masters will put their heads together not to build a better online shopping cart, but to take on a fundamental problem in education: how to embed social and emotional learning into children's school experience.

Education

BA, cum laude, Harvard University; MPS, New York University

Professional experience includes

Development, outreach associate, Human Rights Watch; Web, multimedia consultant, Human Rights Watch; campaigner, Avaaz; co-founder, webmaster, JetWit

Accounts include

Dove, General Electric, LiveStrong, United Nations Foundation, Global Zero, Conservation International, Human Rights Watch, Creative Commons, Made in the Lower East Side, Afro Brazil Arts, Tenement Museum, Dalai Lama Center, Packard Foundation, Grammy Foundation, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Publications include

Freedom Vs. Security: The Struggle For Balance; Gizmondo; PSFK; Fast Company; Huffington Post; GOOD

Tweets from @foossa_com

August 22nd, 12:13pm

The latest #FoossaPod: @uzmaalam3 + @leesean discuss #Community Engagement and #Design for #Humanitarian #Health… https://t.co/G4JCk0SXwF
August 22nd, 9:50am

RT @leesean: I just published “How Community Engagement and Design Can Save Lives in International Humanitarian Health Contexts” https://t.…
August 22nd, 9:42am

"How Human-Centered #Design Contributes to Better #Policy" via @HilaMehr https://t.co/763ZtAnBVS https://t.co/Vkg7Rk96z6

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Lee-Sean Huang

Co-founder, creative director, Foossa; advisor, Purpose

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See Think Solve: A Simple Way to Tackle Tough Problems

New Power: A Key to Leadership in the 21st Century

Learn Design Thinking, Facilitation, and Futurecasting Online, On Your Own Time