Complementary

By Anthony Hobday, Katie Langerman

A podcast about the principles and practices of interface design.... more

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How many episodes does Complementary have?

The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.

Complementary episodes:

June 25, 2023 11: The Value of Visual Design to your Career
Anthony and Katie discuss why visual design is valuable for your career as a designer.

Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
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45min
June 18, 202310: Taking Interaction Design from Good to Great
Anthony and Katie discuss what takes interaction design from good to great.
Things look like they act and act like they look

Useful animation

Physical/spatial consistency

Speed and responsiveness

Fiddle factor

Context awareness

Links:
WWDC talk on fluid interfaces

Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign

Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
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51min
June 04, 2023 09: Pace Layering
Anthony and Katie discuss pace layering, design systems and AI.

Articles mentioned:
Nathan Curtis: Design System UI is More Expensive than a Product Team's UI
Mark Boulton: The Fast and Slow of Design

Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
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46min
May 14, 202308: Conveying Good Taste in a Design Portfolio
Anthony and Katie discuss design portfolios, case studies, and networking.

Links mentioned:
Original tweet

Button design walkthrough

Anthony's website

Checkbox design

Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign

Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
...more
43min
May 07, 202307: The Three Pillars of Visual Design: Typography, Layout, and Color
Anthony and Katie discuss what makes typography, layout and color the three pillars of visual design.

Links mentioned:
Non Designers Design Book

Grid systems

Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign

Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
...more
41min
April 09, 202306: Design Systems
Anthony and Katie discuss design systems.

Topics covered:
How to define the term “design system”

Design tokens

Naming things and ordinal scales

Breaking out of a design system

Links mentioned:
https://gk3fyi.substack.com/p/the-cost-of-craft
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47min
April 02, 202305: Improving Your Visual Design Skills
In this episode, Anthony and Katie discuss how to improve your visual design skills.
Topics covered:
Tacit vs. explicit knowledge

Systematic approaches to learning patterns

Caring about design details

How quality in impacts quality out
Visual design inspiration links:
https://www.lapa.ninja/

https://land-book.com/

https://godly.website/

https://saaslandingpage.com/

https://www.siteinspire.com/

https://twitter.com/awesome_saas

https://twitter.com/saasshots
Other links mentioned:
https://open-props.style/⁠
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35min
March 19, 202304: Accessibility
In this episode, Anthony and Katie discuss accessibility for interface design.

Heads up that there's a slight audio quality change about halfway through.

Topics covered:
Incorporating accessibility into your design process

Evaluating a design for accessibility issues

How design systems impact the designer’s role in crafting accessible interfaces

Designing with constraints
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign

Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
...more
44min
March 04, 202303: Skeuomorphism
In this episode, Anthony and Katie discuss skeuomorphism.
Topics covered:
How we define skeuomorphism

The rise and fall of design trends

Applying realism and visual richness to flat design

How design systems might handle embellishments vs. flat design
Hosts:
Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign

Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
...more
35min
February 18, 202302: Beauty
In this episode, Anthony and Katie discuss beauty.
Topics covered:
Universal beauty

Classical vs. expressive aesthetics

Practical applications of beauty

The societal impact of beautiful interfaces

Relying on classical beauty techniques when expressive design is out of reach
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38min

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The podcast currently has 71 episodes available.

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