Nodes of Design
179 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 6 ratingsWelcome to the Nodes of Design podcast, where we delve into the fascinating design world with leaders from around the globe. Join us as we sit down with top designers, artists, and researchers to learn about their unique journeys into the design world and gain insights into their creative processes.
Each episode explores a different aspect of the design(nodes), providing listeners with a rich and diverse range of perspectives on this fascinating field. This podcast is dedicated to folks who want to learn, implement, and grow as designers.
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Nodes of Design#113: Leadership in UX Research by Gloria Osardu Ph.D.
April 12, 2024 09:48 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBGloria Osardu, Ph.D., is an industry-agnostic senior business executive with over 16 years of extensive experience driving business strategy with insights. She has successfully led UX/customer insights and analytics teams, providing the right research, data, insights, and opportunities to leaders. Gloria ensures that business decisions and product prioritizations are made with accurate information and customer insights. Throughout her career, Gloria has built, led, and scaled research and i...
Nodes of Design#112: Scaling Design teams by Aditi Sharma
March 22, 2024 09:46 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBAditi Sharma is an award-winning design executive passionate about inclusive, ethical, sustainable, and human-centered innovation. She is the recipient of the prestigious 'Dr. Sarojini Naidu Award' from the Govt. of India, '40 under 40' award from Business Elite, 'Woman Who Builds' award by Globant, and was named an inspirational woman in STEM by the Authority Magazine. As a lecturer at Pratt, Aditi curated one of the top ten UX programs offered in the United States. Aditi is a published des...
Nodes of Design#111: Design as a Life Skill by Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar
March 05, 2024 12:56 - 51 minutes - 48.1 MBWith over two decades of experience in arts, design, culture, education, and nonprofit sectors, Ruki Neuhold-Ravikumar brings a unique perspective and passion for reimagining the future of creative learning and practice. A proven administrator, award-winning designer and educator, and globally respected thought leader, Ruki has served as the President & CEO of the Kansas City Art Institute, Acting Director of Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York, and the Acting Under Secretar...
Nodes of Design#110: Form Meets Function: Inside Footwear & Apparel Design with Karen Korellis Reuther
February 08, 2024 13:56 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode of the Nodes of Design Podcast, we were honored to have Karen Korellis Reuther, a design luminary with over 20 plus years of experience Karen Korellis Reuther is an experienced creative executive, and a Design Critic in architecture at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. From 2021-2022 she was a Senior Fellow at Harvard’s Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI). Before ALI she was Vice President of Creative Direction + Future at Reebok and Global Creative Director at NIKE for t...
Nodes of Design#109: Audio User Experience by Connor Moore
January 20, 2024 09:31 - 39 minutes - 36.3 MBConnor Moore is a seasoned design leader focused on the audio UX and audio branding space. For the last 15 years, Connor has been able to work with some of the most forward-thinking brands creating innovative sound solutions that drive functionality and build brand affinity. These clients span a range of industries and include the likes of Google, Lucid Motors, Ford, Peloton, Uber, Airbnb, and State Farm to name a few. Connor founded CMoore Sound at a time when brands first began considerin...
Nodes of Design#108: Heuristics to AI: The Future of UX with Jakob Nielsen
January 01, 2024 17:16 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBJakob Nielsen, Ph.D., is a usability pioneer with 41 years of experience in UX and the Founder of UX Tigers. He founded the discount usability movement for fast and cheap iterative design, including the heuristic evaluation and the 10 usability heuristics. He formulated the eponymous Jakob’s Law of the Internet User Experience. Named “the king of usability” by Internet Magazine, “the guru of Web page usability” by The New York Times, and “the next best thing to a true time machine” by USA To...
Nodes of Design#107: Design Leadership 101 by Andy Budd
November 12, 2023 06:33 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBAs a well-known agency founder and design leader, Andy helps companies like Virgin Holidays, John Lewis and Penguin Random House with issues of customer experience, product strategy, and digital transformation. Andy's role at Clearleft was to set strategy and vision, promote the value of design, and help their clients realise their digital potential. Andy was very active in the company's day-to-day running, managing the leadership team, setting company culture, and looking after the happine...
Nodes of Design#106: Rethinking responsible design in the era of AI by Albert Shum
October 31, 2023 08:50 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBAlbert Shum is a design leader who recently retired from Microsoft as a Corporate Vice President of Design. With over 25 years of global consumer brand and design development expertise, Albert has led strategic initiatives across multidisciplinary teams at Nike and Microsoft, scaling design thinking and launching products that influence millions. He led the recent efforts to reimagine Microsoft’s web experiences, including search, browser and services across a suite of products that reached ...
Nodes of Design#105: Design Executives 101 by Gordon Ching
October 14, 2023 17:56 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBGordon Ching is the Founder & CEO of the Design Executive Council (DXC), the premier membership network dedicated to advancing strategic design leadership to the highest levels of business and society. DXC has carved a niche in raising design leaders' strategic competence and profile to ascend and succeed in strategic roles, including Vice Presidents of Design, Chief Design Officers, and Board Members. Launched in 2022, DXC provides design executives with a true peer-to-peer network and acce...
Nodes of Design#104: Demystifying Industrial Design by Kirti Trivedi
October 06, 2023 08:59 - 33 minutes - 30.4 MBKirti Trivedi is a Design Thinker, Designer, Educator and Researcher. After a Master of Design from the Royal College of Art, London, he joined IDC, IIT Bombay in 1975 and was a Professor there till 2013. He founded India's first Master of Design program in 1981 at IIT Bombay. He was a UNESCO fellow in Japan under the guidance of Prof. Kohei Sugiura, who introduced him to the intellectual depth of Asian Design. Besides teaching and research, he is active as a design consultant in the areas o...
Nodes of Design#103: Design Systems Decoded by Anton Stén
September 13, 2023 09:22 - 35 minutes - 32.9 MBAnton Sten is a seasoned designer and accomplished writer specialising in sculpting superior, user-centric experiences. With a rich tapestry of 25 years in the industry, he has collaborated with global giants such as IKEA, Spotify, Google, Loom, Ueno, and numerous others, leaving an indelible mark on their user experiences. Dive deep into the world of design systems with design leader Anton Sten. In this insightful episode, we unravel the intricacies of what truly makes a design system tick...
Nodes of Design#102: Intersection of Digital Design and Branding by Alexander Christian
August 25, 2023 11:53 - 1 hour - 60.7 MBAlexander Christian is a globally recognized design leader with nearly 20 years of experience envisioning, shipping, and creating next-generation consumer and B2B products. He leads and motivates teams, demonstrating proven success in various environments, including global-scale tech companies and large, mid-sized, and bootstrapped startups. Passionate about building tight-knit, high-performing teams and creating cultures of inclusion and trust, Alexander is a calm and confident leader. He ...
Nodes of Design#101: Intelligent Interfaces by Rachel Kobetz
August 17, 2023 16:16 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MBRachel Kobetz is a distinguished Chief Design executive with proven expertise driving the vision, strategy, and implementation of customer experiences and organizational transformation for Fortune 100 companies. Her ability to shape product cultures that humanize technology and forge meaningful connections between products and consumers has made her a sought-out operator, indispensable advisor, and industry thought leader. Rachel builds world-class organizations integrating human-centred des...
Nodes of Design#100: The 100th Node: The Listener's Edition
August 17, 2023 14:39 - 1 minute - 1.62 MBAs we mark the remarkable journey of 'Nodes of Design' with our 100th episode, we're turning the spotlight onto you – our treasured listeners. This isn't just a milestone for us but a collective celebration of the stories, insights, and voices that have woven the fabric of this podcast. Dive into this special edition as we traverse memory lanes, explore standout moments, and anticipate the future of design. It's a heartfelt thank you, a toast to shared experiences, and a glimpse into the myr...
Nodes of Design#99: Design for a Better World by Don Norman
July 25, 2023 18:42 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MBWelcome to this extraordinary episode of Nodes of Design. Today, we have the rare privilege of hosting the venerable Don Norman, a luminary in the design world whose contributions have paved the way for countless others. A visionary, an author, a researcher, an educator, a cognitive scientist and a champion of human-centred design. Don Norman is a legend in UX design. Since the 1960s, he has been at the forefront of human-computer interaction and human-centred design; His group coined the t...
Nodes of Design#98: Designing for Innovation by Deepak Menon
July 19, 2023 07:22 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBDeepak Menon is Vice President at Microsoft India, leading the Product Experience, Design and Research teams across products in the Experience & Devices (E+D) and Security, Compliance, Identity and Compliance (SCIM) divisions at Microsoft India. They include products like Windows, Teams, Office, Edge, Search, Bing, OneDrive, SharePoint, Outlook, and Loop. Deepak’s team helped define the enquiry around ‘What is productivity for billions of mobile-only users’, which has led to product innovati...
Nodes of Design#97: Designing for AI by Christopher Reardon
June 21, 2023 08:25 - 56 minutes - 51.9 MBChristopher Reardon, a product visionary with a strong focus on AI, Chris has played a pivotal role in shaping the industry, particularly as the Head of Design for Meta's Responsible AI organization, where he established industry standards that have impacted over 3.6 billion monthly users. His expertise in AI has enabled him to drive innovation and create cutting-edge solutions in various sectors. Before joining Meta, Chris led product design at a stealth startup, where he spearheaded the de...
Nodes of Design#96: Automotive UX by Guthrie Dolin
June 14, 2023 13:12 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBGuthrie Dolin is a seasoned design executive and advisor to early-stage companies. Guthrie has over two decades of experience building cross-functional teams and fostering cultures of collaboration and creative excellence. Guthrie has spent his career working with forward-looking companies developing disruptive offerings. Including; defining work for Tesla, Nest and Fitbit, as well as innovative initiatives for the likes of Microsoft, Nike, Apple and Sony. He founded Rise & Co., a design ...
Nodes of Design#95: Design for Futures by Anab Jain RDI
June 07, 2023 09:24 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBAnab Jain is a filmmaker, designer and futurist. She co-founded Superflux, a pioneering speculative design and experiential futures company in London, UK, working for clients and commissioners such as V&A, Google, Red Cross, UNDP, IKEA, Deepmind and many more. Anab has delivered prolific talks at TED, Skoll, NEXT, House of Lords and House of Commons UK, and shown work at MoMA New York, V&A London, National Museum of China and Museum of the Future Dubai. Profiles on Anab and Superflux can be ...
Nodes of Design#94: How to grow as a designer by Amit Dangwal
May 13, 2023 07:34 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBAmit Dangwal is a Design Director at Microsoft India Development Center, where he leads the Search and AI design studio. He has been with Microsoft for 16 years, with 20 years of experience designing user-centric products and solutions. Amit has led the design team for products like Microsoft Office, SharePoint, CRM and Lync. He holds a Master of Design degree from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and a B.Arch degree from the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi. He is pa...
Nodes of Design#93: Designing at Scale by Matthew Holloway
April 24, 2023 13:15 - 41 minutes - 38.5 MBMatthew Holloway is an accomplished design leader with a career spanning 25 years; Matthew has co-founded six start-ups after holding leadership and executive roles at Apple, WebMD, Shutterfly, and SAP, where he shifted their strategic direction with his team's innovations, delivering increased customer value and market share. Collaborating across organizations, Matthew helps executive teams fully engage design as a critical differentiator for their businesses while assisting design lead...
Nodes of Design#92: Product Maker Mindset by Sheri Panabaker
April 14, 2023 17:36 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBSheri Panabaker is an accomplished UX Leader with an impressive 23-year tenure at Microsoft, where she served as the Senior Director of UX Research. While at the tech giant, Sheri played an instrumental role in shaping product and marketing strategies for a diverse range of consumer, enterprise, and employee experiences. Her extensive expertise in UX research and data analytics enabled her to drive a user-centred culture within Microsoft, significantly influencing the development of innova...
Nodes of Design#91: The Psychology of Design by Irene Au
April 07, 2023 15:46 - 46 minutes - 43.1 MBIrene Au is Design Partner at Khosla Ventures, working with early, mid, and late-stage startup CEOs. She is dedicated to raising the value of design and user research within software companies through better methods, practices, processes, leadership, and talent. Through her mentorship of the next generation of designers, she helps companies build an empathetic understanding of user needs, inspiring and informing product design and experiences. Irene has unprecedented experience elevating ...
Nodes of Design#90: Data + Design by Darjan Hil & Nicole Lachenmeier
March 26, 2023 08:27 - 32 minutes - 30.3 MBNicole Lachenmeier is a Swiss information designer and co-founder of the data experience agency Superdot, founded in 2011. Alongside her team, she has developed over a hundred visual tools and design systems for large companies, NGOs and governmental organizations. Besides her agency work, Nicole teaches visualization (and design) at several design universities. She also won many accolades for her work in visualisation and design. Darjan Hil is an information designer. He co-founded Superdo...
Nodes of Design#89: Designing Your Path by Ryan Rumsey
March 19, 2023 23:30 - 29 minutes - 27.5 MBRyan Rumsey is the author of Business Thinking for Designers, founder of Chief Design Officer School, and CEO of Second Wave Dive, a peer-coaching community for the next generation of design leaders and executives. For 20+ years, he worked as a designer and executive at Apple, Electronic Arts, USAA, Nestlé, and Comcast. Highlights include designing the first capitally funded Learning Management System at Apple, using CSS as a security measure, selling design systems before asking for buy-...
Nodes of Design#88: Creative Entrepreneurship by Kristen Shenk
February 27, 2023 14:24 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBKristen is the Founder + Creative Director of MLTI NYC, a multi-disciplinary boutique creative agency based in New York City — specializing in Campaigns, Branding, Art Direction, Graphic + Motion Design, Photography, Brand Films, & More for Fortune 500 Companies and Start-Ups. Shockingly, only 0.1% of creative agencies are founded by women. After designing and leading teams at Nike and PepsiCo for ten years, Kristen created MLTI NYC to tell compelling visual stories and powerfully bring bra...
Nodes of Design#87: The brain and creativity by Susan Weinschenk , PhD
December 31, 2022 18:33 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBSusan Weinschenk has a Ph.D. in Psychology and is the Chief Behavioral Scientist, and CEO at The Team W, Inc. Susan consults with Fortune 1000 companies, start-ups, governments, and non-profits, and is the author of several books, including 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, 100 MORE Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People and How To Get People To Do Stuff. Dr. Weinschenk’s area of expertise is the brain and behavioral science applied to the design of products a...
Nodes of Design#86: Creativity and Differential experiences by Iain McConchie
October 24, 2022 08:40 - 35 minutes - 33 MBIain McConchie is an award-winning digital product designer and design executive whose career started in 2000, working for MTV in London. Entertainment and cultural media have always been a core influence in his design approach, emphasizing the emotional experience as the utility of a digital product or service. He has worked for brands and clients such as Disney, VISA, McLaren F1, Transport for London, News UK, Netflix, and Headspace and is currently the senior director of product design ...
Nodes of Design#85: Collaborative Innovation by Rafael Brandão
September 25, 2022 08:12 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBRafael Brandão is a Product Experience Director passionate about arts and technology. For over 15 years, he has worked in several Advertising Agencies, Design Offices, Startups, and big companies. Currently, he is the Director of Product Experience at HBO Max Latam (Warner Bros Discovery). Professor and course coordinator at Miami Ad School, the most creative Design School worldwide (elected at Cannes 2019 and 2022), and career and business mentor at Designed.org and AbeLLha. In this episod...
Nodes of Design#84: UX strategy by Denise Pilar
August 30, 2022 08:12 - 30 minutes - 28 MBDenise Pilar is a UX Researcher/Strategist with over two decades of experience. She is also one of the three authors of the very first Brazilian book on UX Research: UX Research com Sotaque Brasileiro (in Portuguese). She holds BS and MS degrees in Computer Science, a Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, an MBA in Positive Psychology, and is currently a strategist at NU bank. In this episode, Denise shared great insights on UX strategy and its importance. She spoke on different frameworks for UX ...
Nodes of Design#83: User interface design by Bob Baxley
March 01, 2022 09:45 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBBob Baxley is a design executive, advisor, mentor, and advocate who has built, managed, and led UX teams at some of Silicon Valley's most respected companies. With a career spanning three decades, Bob's work at Apple, Pinterest, Yahoo!, and elsewhere has touched hundreds of millions of users worldwide. Currently, Bob serves as the Senior Vice-President of Design at ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence, and data analytics platform. Before ThoughtSpot, Bob was Head of Product Design at Pinte...
Nodes of Design#82: Industrial design by Charles L Mauro, CHFP
January 28, 2022 12:35 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MBCharles L. Mauro CHFP is president and Founder of MAURO Usability Science (MUS), a New York-based consulting firm founded in 1975. Mr. Mauro is a Certified Human Factors Engineering Professional BCPE. Mr. Mauro has personally managed over 4,000 research and development projects over his 40-year career as a leading expert in human factors engineering, product design, and design research. His clients include Nike, Dyson, Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Pfizer, Merck, Amazon, Facebook, and industries...
Nodes of Design#81: Human Centered Research by Reggie Murphy, PhD
December 10, 2021 17:30 - 45 minutes - 41.8 MBReggie Murphy is passionate about creating a human-centered world. He is a 20-year veteran of the UX Research and Design space and currently leads the Creation and Conversations Research team on Twitter. Before Twitter, Reggie built and led the client experience research team at Vanguard. He also led research teams at Meta (formerly Facebook) who helped build Facebook's Camera Effects Platform, Facebook Groups, and Workplace. Before Meta, Reggie led research and design engagements for Elect...
Nodes of Design#80: Data Enabled Design by Eva Deckers
November 07, 2021 05:13 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBEva Deckers is a design leader and design strategist. At present, she is the Director of Data-Enabled Design at Philips Experience Design, where she leads a team of designers at the cutting edge of integrating design, data, and AI. Eva holds a Ph.D. in human-centered AI and translates her ideas into the health technology context. As a strategist, she supports her organization in shaping and implementing customer-driven strategies, ensuring strategy always starts from the benefit you will del...
Nodes of Design#79: System Design by Nur Karadeniz
September 11, 2021 14:29 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBNur Karadeniz is a design leader in human-centered services and systems. With a deep passion for shaping new technologies and delivering value for humanity, Nur helps organizations achieve sustainable transformations and leverage new technologies for better use. Over the last decade, Nur has set up award-winning innovation teams for Fjord, Accenture, and Wongdoody of Infosys and leading global innovation capabilities for large organizations. She is currently authoring a book, System Design P...
Nodes of Design#78: Lean design practices by Rich McCoy
August 27, 2021 17:05 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBRich McCoy is a highly experienced creative leader. He is passionate about his work and has led teams for Trade Me and Nationwide Building Society. His creative endeavors have seen him working at celebrated agencies such as AKQA, LBi, Isobar, and Saatchi & Saatchi. He is currently contracting for Air France/KLM via Isobar Paris. He is also running his art practice, a vegan cooking photoblog, and mentoring a new generation of creatives. In this episode, Rich shared great insights on lean des...
Nodes of Design#77: Industrial design by Afshin Mehin
August 13, 2021 09:13 - 20 minutes - 18.8 MBAfshin Mehin is the founder of Card79, a creative studio based in San Francisco and Vancouver, helping companies give form to the future. Consistently blurring the boundaries between our digital and physical lives, he’s worked with clients ranging from startups such as Neuralink and Noon Home to large organizations such as Amazon, Lululemon, and Ford. Before setting up Card79, Afshin worked for design studios such as IDEO and Whipsaw in the Bay Area, designers such as BarberOsgerby and Teren...
Nodes of Design#76: ResearchOps by Brigette Metzler
August 06, 2021 16:08 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBBrigette Metzler is the ResearchOps Lead at the Australian government Department of Agriculture, Water, and Environment. From 2017-2020, Brigette led the user research library at Services Australia. Alongside chairing several government communities of practice, she is also the co-chair of the ResearchOps Community, a global community of people discussing ResearchOps — the people, mechanisms, and strategies for scaling research. She also hosts The ResearchOps Podcast, where she does fireside ...
Nodes of Design#75: Editorial Design by Kieron Lewis
July 23, 2021 16:05 - 21 minutes - 20 MBKieron Lewis is a south London-born freelance graphic designer and public speaker. Over the years, he has designed numerous self-directed and client-based projects for clients such as Harper Collins, Penguin Books, Levi Strauss, and Adobe. This year, Kieron was a judge at the D&AD Awards for the Writing for Design Jury. In October, he will be speaking at Adobe Max, exploring topics within the editorial design, the African community and its diaspora, and the importance of collaboration. In t...
Nodes of Design#74: Creative thinking DNA by Randy Herbertson
July 16, 2021 14:59 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MBRandy Herbertson is a recognized brand strategist and creative director with over twenty years of marketing and innovation experience. Randy has worked with WPP and Omnicom agency networks, Conde Nast Publications, Allied Domecq, and E&J Gallo. In addition, Randy has recently worked in the boutique agency world, owning and operating two firms, including The Visual Brand, founded in 2013. In this episode, Randy had shared great insights on Creative thinking DNA, where Randy explained how to...
Nodes of Design#73: Behavioural Design by Ashwin Rajan
July 09, 2021 14:07 - 49 minutes - 46 MBAshwin Rajan is a strategic designer accelerating the emerging discipline of Behavior Design. He has two decades of innovation experience in the digital industry. He is also the founder of the Fabric behavioral lab. They work with clients to bring behavioral thinking methods and tools to product growth, user and customer experience, competence building, employee and citizen engagement. In this episode, Ashwin shared great insights on Behavioural Design and its importance and How could desig...
Nodes of Design#72: Breaking into UX Research by Varun
July 02, 2021 11:28 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBVarun is co-founder and Head of Research at Apple & Banana, where he believes that everyone can do fruitful research. Varun has spent his career immersed in psychology, technology, and design at organizations like Facebook, UnitedHealth Group, and Best Buy, along with rising startups across the country. In this episode, Varun shared great knowledge on Breaking into UX Research, where he shared great advice on how to break into the field of UX research with three fundamental methods on which...
Nodes of Design#71: Designing for Delight by June Mineyama-Smithson
June 25, 2021 08:25 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBMAMIMU (aka June Mineyama-Smithson) is a London-based artist on a mission to inject optimism into the world. Special lecturer at UAL, D&AD judge and speaker at YOOX Net-a-Porter, Design Manchester and Ladies, Wine & Design. Her bold joyful work has been featured internationally on ITV, Creative Boom, SCMP and Cow Parade Niseko. In this episode, June shared great insights on how to design for delight and the process of crafting these patterns? We then discussed the different ways we can desi...
Nodes of Design#70: Design + Music by R. Michael Hendrix
June 11, 2021 16:09 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MBR. Michael Hendrix is a design leader and musician currently; he is a Partner and Global Director of Design at IDEO and an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music. As a graphic designer, he has received more than 50 awards from major U.S. design associations and publications. He is also a keynote speaker on various occasions and a regular guest lecturer at universities including Harvard, Mass Art, RISD and the University of Tennessee. He co-authored the book with Panos Panay, SVP of ...
Nodes of Design#69: Lettering by Craig Black
June 04, 2021 12:41 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBCraig Black is a Scottish artist and independent designer specialising in typography and lettering. He currently runs his own art and design studio in Greenock, Scotland. Craig’s work has been celebrated and exhibited worldwide: from London, New York, Sydney and Dubai. He is also known across the public speaking circuit for sharing his inspirational creative journey at conferences and creative events worldwide. In this episode, Craig shared great insights on Lettering and how different is ...
Nodes of Design#68: Design in Aviation by Nancy Kumar
May 30, 2021 11:14 - 19 minutes - 17.6 MBNancy Kumar is a design practitioner with a decade of experience in experience design and design strategy. Currently, she is a strategic design manager at Airbus and previously leads teams in Boeing and Honeywell Aerospace. Nancy believes, "Every design has a problem to solve and a purpose to meet, but a good design has the capacity to change and improvise the lives around us". Nancy is also a keynote speaker on various occasions. In this episode, Nancy shared great insights on Design in ...
Nodes of Design#67: User Interviews by Steve Portigal
May 22, 2021 05:18 - 37 minutes - 35.1 MBSteve Portigal helps companies to think and act strategically when innovating with user insights. Over the course of his career, he has interviewed hundreds of people and helped many organisations to understand their users. He’s also the Dollars to Donuts podcast host, where he interviews people who lead user research in their organizations. He is also the author of two famous titles - Interviewing Users: How to Uncover Compelling Insights & Doorbells, Danger, and Dead Batteries: User Resear...
Nodes of Design#66: Responsible Design by Ekta Rohra Jafri
May 14, 2021 10:47 - 39 minutes - 36.9 MBEkta Rohra Jafri, a design leader with over two decades of experiences in the design & user experience of digital entities. From web to mobile to TV, short-form text to 3D reality. She is currently Design Director at IBM iX, where she was instrumental in launching design-led opportunities and strategies. She is also a visiting professor of interaction design at Anant National University and a keynote speaker on various occasions. In this episode, Ekta shared great insights on responsible ...
Nodes of Design#65: Design Strategy by Roberta Virzi
May 07, 2021 07:25 - 15 minutes - 14 MBRoberta Virzi is a designer with over a decade of experience specialised in the e-commerce sector. Currently, she is in a hybrid leadership role as a senior individual contributor and manager of interdisciplinary and multicultural teams at booking.com. In this episode, Roberta shared great insights on Design strategy and its importance in creating an effective design strategy that fits all the use cases. We then discussed how to utilise the design strategy to bring in the culture of innovati...
Nodes of Design#64: Hyper-Personalization by Claudio Baptista
April 30, 2021 11:04 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBClaudio Baptista, a design leader with over 20 years of experience. He had worked with some of the best brands throughout his career – from fashion to consumer goods, from global agencies to entertainment. Currently, he is the Director of User Experience for GoPro, and previously he acted as head of design for the Walt Disney Studios. In this episode, Claudio shared great insights on Hyper-Personalization and the benefits of hyper-personalization and how designers could leverage the various...