Complementary

Complementary

By Anthony Hobday, Katie LangermanArtsDesign
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Complementary episodes

  • 08: 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
        • 43 min
      • 06: 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

            • 47 min
          • 05: 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/⁠
                  • 35 min
                • 04: 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
                      • 44 min
                    • 03: 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
                          • 35 min
                        • 02: 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
                            • 38 min
                          • Pilot: Taste

                            In this pilot episode, Anthony and Katie discuss taste as it relates to visual design.

                            Topics covered:

                            • Defining taste
                            • Are you born with good taste, and can it be learned?
                            • Why taste is important for designers

                              • References:

                              • Brie Wolfson: Notes on "Taste" 

                                • Hosts:

                                • Anthony Hobday, Generalist Product Designer: https://twitter.com/hobdaydesign
                                • Katie Langerman, Systems Designer: https://twitter.com/KatieLangerman
                                  • 39 min

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                                A podcast about the principles and practices of interface design.