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Made For Us

Tosin Sulaiman

Made For Us is a Signal Award-winning podcast for anyone who’s curious about how to design for inclusivity. An Apple Podcasts Editors' Choice, Made For Us entered Apple's top 10 Design chart, reaching #2 in Canada and #3 in the U.S.

Join us each week for conversations with founders, designers, product inclusion leaders and other creative minds who are challenging the status quo of how everyday products are designed. Each episode will bring you insights from people who've spent years thinking, perhaps even obsessing, about how to develop products or build companies that are inclusive from the start.

AWARDS

2025 International Women's Podcast Awards:

Runner-up: Moment of Absolute Honesty
Finalist: Moment of Behind-the-Scenes Briliance

2024 Signal Awards:

Bronze winner: Most Inspirational Podcast

2024 International Women's Podcast Awards:

Finalist: Moment of Insight from a Role Model & Moment of Visionary Leadership

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  • May 29, 2025 · 28 min

    REPLAY: Reflections on creating the headscarf emoji, with Rayouf Alhumedhi

    This week, we’re rewinding back to one of our most popular episodes from Season 1, with Rayouf Alhumedhi, creator of the headscarf emoji. (The episode was also shortlisted for last year's International Women’s Podcast Awards in the ‘Moment of Insight from a Role Model’ category.) Rayouf launched the Hijab Emoji Project at the age of 16 to push for digital representation for Muslim women around the world. She was named one of Time magazine’s most influential teens and also featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. Rayouf has a Bachelor’s degree in Product Design and an MS in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford University. She currently works as an investor at Bessemer Venture Partners. In this episode, Rayouf shares: Her motivation for creating the headscarf emoji What it takes to design a brand new emoji and get it approved The praise and backlash she received during her campaign How Gen Z is pushing inclusive design to the forefront Know someone who’d be inspired by this? Why not share it with them - and help even more people discover this show by leaving a 5-star rating or review wherever you listen! You might also like: The emoji puzzle: how to fit everyone in --- Learn more about Rayouf Alhumedhi: https://www.rayouf.com/ Follow Rayouf on Instagram --- Connect with Made for Us Show notes and transcripts: https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/ Social media: LinkedIn and Instagram Newsletter: https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/

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  • S2 · E12
    May 22, 2025 · 29 min

    Where is the female crash test dummy? | Astrid Linder and Emily Thomas

    *** Help shape the next season of Made For Us! Please share your feedback in our 4-minute listener survey for the chance to win a $25 Amazon Gift Card and get instant access to our curated reading list of every book ever recommended on the show: https://forms.gle/pNyrCooa23oYsaVk7 --- In this episode: What happens when women aren’t considered in car safety design? For decades, crash test dummies have been modeled on the average male, but studies now show that women are more likely to be injured or killed in certain types of crashes. As the data mounts, so does the urgency to fix the gender gap in car safety. This week, we’re joined by Emily Thomas, PhD, Associate Director of Automotive Safety at Consumer Reports, and Astrid Linder, Professor of Traffic Safety at the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, who developed the world’s first crash test dummy representing an average woman. Together, we’ll explore what it will take to design truly inclusive and safe cars. The conversation covers: Why women face higher injury risks in car crashes What’s involved in designing a female crash test dummy How the shift to driverless cars presents a chance to correct past biases --- Resources Astrid Linder’s research University of Virginia study U.S. Government Accountability Office recommendations --- About Professor Astrid Linder Astrid Linder is Professor of Traffic Safety at Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, VTI, and an Adjunct Professor of Injury Prevention at Chalmers University. She received her PhD in traffic safety from Chalmers from where she also has a MSc in Engineering Physics. Prof Linder initiated and led the research resulting in the world’s first physical dummy model based on the average female, the Seat Evaluation Tool (SET 50F) and was named one of the BBC's 100 most inspiring and influential women in 2023. Learn more about Astrid Linder: https://www.vti.se/en/employees/astrid-linder Follow Astrid Linder on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/astrid-linder-2a0b5a53/ About Emily Thomas, PhD Emily Thomas leads the occupant protection and vulnerable road user safety programs at Consumer Report’s Auto Test Center. Her expertise extends to crash safety, vehicular heatstroke prevention, and child passenger safety. Emily has 15 years of automotive safety experience and holds a PhD in pediatric injury biomechanics from Drexel University and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Learn more about Emily Thomas: https://www.consumerreports.org/about-us/our-people/our-experts/emily-thomas/ --- Connect with Made For Us Show notes and transcripts: https://made-for-us.captivate.fm/ Social media: LinkedIn and Instagram Newsletter: https://madeforuspodcast.beehiiv.com/

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