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  • 8: A Conversation with Mudassir Azeemi (Wells Fargo)

    In this episode, co-hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid talk with Mudassir Azeemi about how he was inspired to switch from software development to UX design and went on to work at Wells Fargo. They also talk about how he introduced writing in Urdu through his Urdu Writer app, his role in introducing the Urdu font on Apple’s iOS platform and more. Don’t forget to check out the show notes below.

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    TAGS

    bill buxton, sketching user experience, deborah adler, clearrx, twitter, unicode, enterprise design, interaction design, accessibility, government regulations, design system, wishspoke, dashboard design, wells fargo, apple, tim cook, ios11

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    ABOUT MUDASSIR AZEEMI

    Mudassir Azeemi is a lead interaction designer at Wells Fargo. He is also the co-founder of Garaj Studio - a design agency helping SaaS product makers to enhance their product experience related to dashboards and data visualizations.

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    LINKS

    https://www.amazon.com/Sketching-User-Experiences-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123740371

    https://www.wellsfargo.com

    http://naanmap.com/

    https://garaj.studio

    https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/06/wishpop-for-ipad-brings-gift-wish-lists-and-thank-you-cards-to-kids-helps-grown-ups-know-what-to-buy/

    https://medium.com/@mazeemi/from-urdu-writer-to-ios8-urdu-keyboard-d011f496e3b1?source=linkShare-563fcf255dda-1562307979&_branch_match_id=676803069040392315

    https://www.oxgadgets.com/2017/10/meet-mudassir-azeemi-the-boy-who-brought-nastaleeq-to-ios.html

    https://mazeemi.com

    https://medium.com/@mazeemi/journey-from-software-development-to-user-experience-8c6fb926f488

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    ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK

    Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design, experience and usability in Pakistan. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.

    You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.

    twitter.com/designbaithak 

    www.instagram.com/designbaithak 

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    ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

    Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Partner at Cordoba.

    Imran Hussain

    https://twitter.com/imranhussain

    https://www.instagram.com/imranhussain

    https://cordobastudio.io

    Dr. Suleman Shahid

    https://www.facebook.com/sulemans

    https://www.instagram.com/sulemans/

    https://cordobastudio.io

    43 min
  • 7: A Conversation with Ali Murtaza (Ricult)
    In this episode, co-hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid talk with Ali Murtaza about why he became a designer, his design educational experiences in Pakistan and the US, agritech, his current role at Ricult and more. Don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes segment at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.
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    TAGS
    ricult, mathematics, design, architecture, bad grades, nca, bnu, communication design, illustration, scad, industrial design, teaching, itu, makeistan, frog, ideo, dunning kruger effect, nightmare on elm street, nasa, etsy, smart design, agri-tech, pakistan, apple, motorola, icloud, me.com, mental models, lifestyles, bush, 9/11, fulbright scholarship
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    ABOUT ALI MURTAZA
    Ali Murtaza is a designer and educator who specialises in industrial and interaction design. He is a Fulbright alumnus, and holds a BFA in Visual Communication, and MFA in Industrial Design from Savannah College of Art & Design (SCAD). 
    Ali has been working as a design consultant for around ten years, in which time he has worked with clients like Dolby Labs, Grid Impact, Coke USA, Working Class Studio, and Innovations for Poverty Alleviation Lab (IPAL). He has also been teaching at design and engineering schools since 2015, while being deeply involved in Pakistan’s burgeoning maker scene, as the program manager of Makeistan, Pakistan’s first academic makerspace. 
    Ali now works as the UX Design Lead at Ricult, an agri-tech startup that aims to empower smallholder farmers in the developing world to make more informed decisions. 
    Learn more about Ali at www.alimurtaza.net.
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    ALI’S TOP 3 DESIGN BOOKS
    - The Design Of Everyday Things, by Don Norman 
    - Change By Design, by Tim Brown 
    - 100 Things Every Designer Needs To Know About People, by Susan M. Weinschenk
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    LINKS
    ITU
    https://itu.edu.pk/
    Dunning Kruger effect 
    https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740
    Collaborative Learning Programme 
    https://www.scad.edu/about/industry-partnerships/executive-education
    FROG design 
    https://www.frogdesign.com/
    SCAD
    https://www.scad.edu/
    Ricult
    https://www.ricult.com/
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    ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
    Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design, experience and usability in Pakistan. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.
    You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
    twitter.com/designbaithak 
    www.instagram.com/designbaithak 
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    ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
    Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Partner at Cordoba.
    Imran Hussain
    https://twitter.com
    https://cordobastudio.io
    Dr. Suleman Shahid
    https://www.facebook.com/sulemans
    https://www.instagram.com/sulemans/
    1 hr 11 min
  • 6: Facebook Innovation Lab Pakistan

    In this episode, Imran Hussain talks with Dr. Suleman Shahid about the first VR Facebook Innovation Lab in Pakistan based at LUMS, the Lab’s vision for creating a VR ecosystem and community, and the first and biggest Facebook developer conference outside Facebook HQ which was held at LUMS, Lahore. Also, don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes segment at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.


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    KEYWORDS

    suleman shahid, lums, vr, facebook innovation lab pakistan, nic lahore, national incubation center, cohorts, igda, abbas khan, experience design, maheen sohail, entrepreneurship, vr ecosystem, vr community building, vr capacity building, vr meetups, ignite, hci, usability lab, big immersive, quixel, tintash, facebook developer circles, ux pakistan


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    LINKS

    • Facebook opens its FIRST Innovation Lab in Pakistan at NIC Lahore
    • Opening of the Facebook Innovation Lab Pakistan
    • Post Innovation Lab launch workshops by Facebook at LUMS
    • Facebook Developer Circles Conference at LUMS
    • Facebook Developer Circles Pakistan
    • The Pakistan chapter of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
    • LUMS
    • National Incubation Center (NIC) Lahore
    • IGNITE


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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK

      Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design, experience and usability in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast. The Design Baithak podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design-led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.

      You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.


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      ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

      Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain , Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Dr. Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at LUMS.

      Imran Hussain: Twitter | Instagram

      Dr. Suleman Shahid: Facebook | Instagram

      23 min
    • 5: A Conversation with Maheen Sohail (Facebook)

      In this episode, co-hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid chat with Maheen Sohail who is a Product Designer on Facebook’s Social VR Team. Topics include Maheen’s multi-disciplinary journey towards design, her current work and role at Facebook, social VR experiences, ethics in design, and more. Don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes segments at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.

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      KEYWORDS

      vr, facebook, oculus, internship, fifa, unity, public speaking, filmmaking, gaming, experience, women in design, architecture, alessi, industrial design, canada, vancouver film school, italy, moleskin, frog design, industrial design, projects, products, furniture, university, documentaries, visual effects, phillips, norman, digital design, game design, ux, social vr, facebook spaces, avatars, safety in vr, trust in vr, ethics in design, titanic

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      LINKS

      Maheen Sohail

      LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/

      Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/maheen_sohail/


      Maheen’s story of becoming a virtual reality designer 

      https://medium.com/facebook-design/becoming-a-virtual-reality-designer-9dcf6ddea4c3


      Simon Fraser University - SFU

      https://www.sfu.ca


      School of Interactive Arts & Technology - SFU

      http://www.sfu.ca/siat.html


      Frog Design

      https://www.frogdesign.com


      Alessi

      https://www.alessi.com/it_it/


      Facebook Spaces

      https://www.facebook.com/spaces


      Get to know more of the Social VR Team at Facebook

      https://www.facebook.com/careers/life/get-to-know-more-of-the-social-vr-team-at-facebook


      Ready Player One

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48

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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK

      Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.

      You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.

      https://www.twitter.com/designbaithak 

      https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak 

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      ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

      Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).


      Imran Hussain

      https://twitter.com/imranhussain

      https://www.instagram.com/imranhussain


      Suleman Shahid

      https://www.facebook.com/sulemans

      https://www.instagram.com/sulemans/

      48 min
    • 4: A Conversation with Ahmed Riaz (Logitech)

      In this episode, our hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid chat with Ahmed Riaz, Head of UX Strategy at Logitech, based in California, USA. Topics include Ahmed’s journey towards design, his time at Frog Design and his current work at Logitech where he’s overseeing transformative products. Don’t forget to check out the outtakes at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.


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      KEYWORDS

      logitech, design strategy, transformative products, mice, keyboard, computers, productivity tools, inductive charging, telenor, farmers, agriculture, middle east, magazines, creativity, art, computer engineering, cultural trends, ethical companies, peter drucker, design doing, craft building, design books, decolonization, outtakes


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      LINKS

      Ahmed Riaz

      http://www.ahmedriaz.com

      https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedriaz/


      Logitech

      https://www.logitech.com/


      The Savannah College of Art & Design

      https://www.scad.edu


      Being Digital, by Nicholas Negroponte

      https://www.amazon.com/Being-Digital-Nicholas-Negroponte/dp/0679762906


      Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud

      https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546281089&sr=1-1&keywords=understanding+comics


      Experiences in Visual Thinking, by Robert McKim

      https://www.amazon.com/Experiences-Visual-Thinking-Robert-McKim/dp/0818504110

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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK

      Design Baithak is a community initiative whose mission is to promote design in Pakistan in order to help people create better products, services and customer experiences. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with design experts who share their insights, opinions and stories. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other about design thinking, human-centered design and more.

      You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.

      twitter.com/designbaithak 

      www.instagram.com/designbaithak 


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      ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

      Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Vice President of Design & User Experience at Systems Limited in Lahore, Pakistan, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan.


      Imran Hussain

      twitter.com/imranhussain 


      Suleman Shahid

      twitter.com/sulemans

      54 min
    • 3: A Conversation with Hasan Habib (Designist)
      In this episode, our host Imran Hussain chats with Hasan Habib, founder of Designist - an experience design firm based in Karachi, Pakistan. Topics include bringing back urban planners from the dead, Hasan’s design education and professional journey, award-winning projects, research-based design and a strange new phenomenon known as ‘Kabootarfest’. Don’t forget to check out the outtakes at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.
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      KEYWORDS
      mohenjo daro, urban planning, designist, karachi, multidisciplinary design, motion design, toronto, fine arts, ontario college of art and design, hyper island, habib university, indus valley school of art and architecture, ux pakistan, nd2c, digital media management, thalassemia, husaini blood bank, service design, patient experience, healthcare, multinet, pakistan sign language, special needs, deaf, design research, customer journey maps, service blueprints, design books, social media, twitter, facebook, linkedin, instagram, snapchat, outtakes
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      LINKS
      Hasan Habib
      https://twitter.com/hasanhabibs
      https://www.instagram.com/hasanhabibs/
      Designist
      https://www.designist.io
      Mohenjo-daro
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohenjo-daro
      Hyper Island
      https://www.hyperisland.com
      Habib University
      https://habib.edu.pk
      Indus Valley School of Arts & Architecture
      http://www.indusvalley.edu.pk
      UX Pakistan
      https://www.uxpakistan.com
      ND2C
      https://www.nd2c.com
      Husaini Blood Bank
      http://husaini.org/bb.php
      Pakistan Sign Language
      http://www.psl.org.pk
      Customer Journey Map
      https://www.visual-paradigm.com/guide/customer-experience/what-is-customer-journey-mapping/
      Service Blueprint
      https://www.nngroup.com/articles/service-blueprints-definition/
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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
      Design Baithak is a community initiative whose mission is to promote design in Pakistan in order to help people create better products, services and customer experiences. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with design experts who share their insights, opinions and stories. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other about design thinking, human-centered design and more.
      You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
      https://twitter.com/designbaithak
      https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak
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      ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
      Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Vice President of Design & User Experience at Systems Limited in Lahore, Pakistan, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan.
      Imran Hussain
      https://twitter.com/imranhussain
      Suleman Shahid
      https://twitter.com/sulemans
      57 min
    • 2: World Usability Day 2018
      Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid discuss World Usability Day which is commemorated around the world every year in November. The theme for this year’s event was ‘Design for Good or Evil’.
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      KEYWORDS
      world usability day, usability professionals association, upa, symposium, lums, lahore, pakistan, design, usability, good, bad, evil, three mile island, addiction, apple, screen time, whatsapp, instagram, twitter, facebook, data, scandal, google, protest, drone, ai, defence, military, pentagon, google glasses, privacy, road sign, hospital, medical equipment, injury
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      LINKS
      Design for Good or Evil - World Usability Day 2018 by Imran Hussain
      https://www.slideshare.net/imranhussain/design-for-good-or-evil-world-usability-day-2018
      World Usability Day
      https://worldusabilityday.org
      User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA)
      (formerly Usability Professionals Association [UPA])
      https://uxpa.org
      Three Mile Island Accident
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCJbmUGoXXU
      The war against Silicon Valley’s evil design
      https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/rnhiPxzkZBiTeETHEaZWGI/The-war-against-Silicon-Valleys-evil-design.html
      How to use Apple’s new Screen Time and App Limits features in iOS 12
      https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/17/17870126/ios-12-screen-time-app-limits-downtime-features-how-to-use
      Facebook scandal 'hit 87 million users'
      https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-43649018
      Google quietly removes 'don't be evil' preface from code of conduct
      https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-dont-be-evil-code-conduct-removed-alphabet-a8361276.html
      Thousands of Google Employees Protest Company's Involvement in Pentagon AI Drone Program
      https://gizmodo.com/thousands-of-google-employees-protest-companys-involvem-1824988565
      Google Glass: is it a threat to our privacy?
      https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/mar/06/google-glass-threat-to-our-privacy
      Bad road sign design - America's 10 Most Confusing Traffic Signs
      https://jalopnik.com/5044869/americas-10-most-confusing-traffic-signs
      Dangerous By Design: How the U.S. Builds Roads That Kill Pedestrians
      https://usa.streetsblog.org/2011/05/24/dangerous-by-design-how-the-u-s-builds-roads-that-kill-pedestrians/
      Road kill
      https://www.economist.com/united-states/2015/07/04/road-kill
      Jeep Grand Cherokees Recalled for Confusing Gear Shifters
      https://www.morris4x4center.com/blog/jeep-gear-shift-recall/
      Scalpel injuries in the operating theatre
      https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2376008/
      Bad Hospital Design Is Making Us Sicker
      https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/well/live/bad-hospital-design-is-making-us-sicker.html
      These students redesigned scalpel packaging to prevent injuries
      https://www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com/college-students-redesigned-scalpels/
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      ABOUT THE HOSTS
      Imran Hussain
      https://twitter.com/imranhussain
      Suleman Shahid
      https://twitter.com/sulemans
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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
      Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast.
      https://twitter.com/designbaithak
      https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak/
      21 min
    • 1: A Conversation With Suleman Shahid (LUMS)
      We kickoff the Design Baithak podcast - a show about all things, design, experience and usability in Pakistan - hosted by Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid. Our first episode profiles Suleman who teaches and conducts research at LUMS.
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      KEYWORDS
      Doors, epiphany, teaching, research, LUMS, UX Pakistan, CHISEL, INDEX, student design society, assistive technologies, additional needs, special needs, children, human computer interaction, dyslexia, autism, visual impairments, design meetup, design baithak, UX Camp, creative economy, knowledge economy
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      LINKS
      Suleman Shahid
      Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan
      lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/4407
      UX Pakistan
      www.uxpakistan.com
      CHISEL
      chisel.lums.edu.pk
      Jan Borchers
      Professor of Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University in Germany
      hci.rwth-aachen.de/paid
      A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design - Book
      By Jan Borchers
      How to start a movement - TED video
      www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement
      Suleman's Top 3 Design Books
      1. The Design of Everyday Things, By Don Norman
      www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654
      2. Interaction Design, By Jennifer Preece
      www.amazon.com/Interaction-Design-Jenny-Preece/dp/0471492787
      3. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, By Alan Cooper
      www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum-Products/dp/0672326140
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      ABOUT THE HOSTS
      Imran Hussain
      https://twitter.com/imranhussain
      Suleman Shahid
      https://twitter.com/sulemans
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      ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
      Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast.
      https://twitter.com/designbaithak
      https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak/
      37 min

    About Design Baithak

    From the publisher's feed

    A podcast about all things design, experience and usability in Pakistan by Imran Hussain and Dr. Suleman Shahid. This show will put a spotlight on people working within the field of design in Pakistan; cover local design events and meetups; and discuss topics that are relevant to the design community within Pakistan.