In this episode, we speak to Textile Designer Aditi Jain. Listen here: Aditi tells us about her decision to pursue a career in textiles and the learnings picked up during her course. She takes us through the process of designing and making handloom textiles at Gandhigram where she currently works. She talks about the subject […]
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In this episode, we speak to recent graduate, UX designer and Co-founder of Cmd+J, Anshuman Dhar who shares how mentorship can help newbies as well as seasoned designers. Listen Here: References Anshuman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ans_humane Anshuman’s website: https://www.anshumandhar.com/ Cmd+J: https://www.cmdplusj.in/ Anshuman’s blog on best practices for Mentees Highlights: Anshuman talks about how he moved from […]
The design career What kind of design work should I do? Thoughts on the UX and Product design career: Job boards Startups: https://angel.co/product-design/jobs D+P job board : https://dplusp.org/ Resume and Personal Branding Knowing your point A Self-Awareness – HBR book on Self awareness https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40496105-self-awareness Assessing your product design skills https://uxdesign.cc/assessing-your-product-design-skills-e5fa269de050 https://uxdesign.cc/what-are-the-key-skills-a-great-ux-designer-needs-a1ae20685396 Portfolios Portfolio handbook by […]
In Part 2 of this episode, Madhuri – Designer, and Host of the Hireworthy Podcast – gives us valuable insight about applying, positioning oneself and interviewing for a new career opportunity. Listen here: We discuss in depth, about how developing product thinking skills and understanding business can enable designers who wish to move into product […]
In Part 1 of this episode, Madhuri Maram – Designer and Host of the Hireworthy Podcast – talks about her role as an enabler in design-in-tech recruitment. Listen here: She brings out the various gaps in the process and tells us how D+P and Xperian were created to support the design community. She gives valuable […]
In this episode, we speak to Akshaya Zachariah, who is an illustrator and conservation artist. Listen here: We start with the beginnings of her interest in wildlife and nature and what led her to launch Elzac Doodles as a way to use art to raise her voice and environmental awareness. She talks about her […]
In Part 1 of this episode, Manojna Yeluri – Lawyer and Founder of Artistik License, walks us through the legalities of being artists and designers. She tells us what got her working with the creative community as a lawyer. We learn about the methods she has used to demystify legalese and make useful legal information […]
In this episode we talk to Ragini Siruguri about her work as a book designer at Tara Books. She shares how she got started and tells us about her interesting book projects while working there. We also discuss her eye for visual communication and the ways in which she documents the world around her visually. […]
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E024 Play for Everyone
In this episode, we talk to Aditi Agrawal who is the co-founder of Studio Gudgudee – a design studio that works on inclusive playgrounds. We discuss how designing for playful learning requires deep observation and getting out of the way and allowing it to happen. We re-iterate the power of play in the over all […]
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E023 Experiments with Productivity
In this episode, we talk about productivity and how it can be about managing expectations and emotions as much as it is about managing time. Listen to the episode here: References: NY Times article about procrastination Book: Make Time Book: Atomic Habits Book: Design the Life you love Transcript Angie: Hi, this is Design […]
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