In this episode we get to speak with Creative Direction and Design human, Quintin Lodge. We talk with Quintin about career roles/titles and how the industry distributes its hierarchy of responsibility and ownership. We also discuss empathy: empathy for the user and being able to empathize with what the customer wants.

About Quintin

Avid snowboarder, creative director, product designer, father, and husband. I help companies define and design new products as well as re-imagine existing ones. Recently launched Spring for iOS and helped Square re-imagine their products and services across multiple platforms. Currently working as Executive Creative Director at Spring, Inc.

Show Links

* Guest: Quintin Lodge

* Watch this episode on YouTube

* LinkedIn

* QuintinLodge.com

* Some of Quintin’s latest projects

* Fab – #1 Shopping App for Accents & Decor

* Spring: Shop + Buy Clothes, Shoes, Purses + Beauty

* Spotlight

* Brian:  Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott, A story about dimensions

* Frederick: User Defenders Podcast: Great Products Start With Empathy with Jonathan Pimento

* JD: Mass Effect Andromeda

* Quintin: Three Body Problem by Cixin Liu