Non Breaking Space Show 120: Dan Brown — UX Design Consultant

Dan Brown is co-founder of EightShapes, a UX design discovery shop that serves clients in healthcare, education, not-for-profit and high-tech. He’s recently written a book called, *Practical Design Discovery,* published by A Book Apart.

Dan Brown is co-founder of EightShapes, a UX design discovery shop that serves clients in healthcare, education, not-for-profit and high-tech. He’s recently written a book called, Practical Design Discovery, published by A Book Apart.

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Jump to a conversation on…

4:20 How long have you been working in the web industry?
7:45 What does it mean to give everyone a voice?
9:40 I want to have the hard conversations but you have to be willing to listen and be vulnerable.
11:10 Talking about the game Dan Brown has made.
13:10 Some of the techniques I’ve used to move situations forward are…
18:25 How did you get started with Eight Shapes?
20:40 Having a kid made the risk worth it.
21:20 Nathan’s doing great work on design systems.
23:20 Where do you see the future of design going?
28:25 In what ways did A Book Apart take care of you in writing a book?
30:40 The cover is a bit of a dad joke.
33:30 Do you still get a lot of blowback from clients these days?
35:50 What we need help with is we’ve got a big problem we don’t understand.
39:00 Frankensteining a project and amplifying feedback.
45:30 You still need data to back up your design decisions.
46:40 How can people get in touch with Dan Brown?

Links:

Christopher Schmitt
Christopher Schmitt on Twitter
@Brownorama on Twitter
EightShapes.com
Dan’s Game - Surviving Design Projects
Practical Design Discovery
Designing Together
GreenOnions.com
The Internet is Broken - Ev Williams on Twitter and Medium
Nathan Curtis
#catsinasink
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