David Malpass

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  • Posted to How does Invision's documentary "Design Disruptors" represent the design community when everyone featured is white?, in reply to Maurice Cherry , Oct 12, 2015

    Sorry for the delay, just to follow up here..

    The reality of shooting a documentary is that you have MUCH less control over the scheduling of your subjects (not a hired cast) so you often end up cutting the trailer out of the first few people you shoot. As luck would have it, ours just ended up being a bit whiter than the film itself.

    Here are some quick stats from the actual film:

    People you see in trailer: 13

    People in actual movie: 51

    Male/Female: 34/17

    White/Non-White: 32/19

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  • Posted to How does Invision's documentary "Design Disruptors" represent the design community when everyone featured is white?, in reply to Maurice Cherry , Oct 05, 2015

    Hey Maurice, do you think you'd be open to giving me an intro? If so pls email me @ davidmalpass[at]invisionapp[dot]com. Thank you!

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  • Posted to How does Invision's documentary "Design Disruptors" represent the design community when everyone featured is white?, Oct 05, 2015

    Hey awesome people, David from InVision here,

    Sorry for the slow response, at an event today and just catching up. By no means am I aiming to stop the great conversations here because they're incredibly important ones that should be had (it's clear by the passion in this thread)!

    I just want to make sure you know that we are also VERY aware and sensitive of this. Without too many spoilers, the importance of diversity in the success of a design team / design process keeps coming up and is actually one of the recurring themes that we'll be discussing in depth in the full-length film.

    The trailer was cut a while back and the good news is that we're actually STILL filming (at about 45 people so far!). Although the aim of the film is not to primarily discuss diversity and tech, we've worked hard to make sure the full-length film highlights a diverse group of people.

    A big challenge with any film is getting access to really busy peoples' time, so please, please reach out to me at davidmalpass[at]invisionapp[dot]com if you have a warm intro to someone you think would be great in the film. We still have some gaps in the story!

    (P.s. Thanks @Maurice Cherry for the suggestions if you have any contact info I would love intros!)

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