design by us

By Luigi + Ravi

Every Monday, Luigi and Ravi debunk how product, marketing, and design are shaping the way humans behave through our world. Think about it, we are unconsciously doing things everyday only because some... more

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October 29, 2020 023 | 'Have long showers' - Staying creative and productive
Ravi and Luigi discuss how they manage their tasks, knowledge, time, and creativity during a tough time.
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39min
October 21, 2020 022 | Design Experiment Número 00: Designing a Spotify-like experience for hearing-impaired users
We are trying something new! What if we could design anything? What problem will you pick? This time we decided to explore the idea of designing a Spotify-like experience for hearing-impaired users. We want to emphasise that this is a design exercise, in a real world situation you should speak to the users first and learn about their problems.
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37min
October 15, 2020 021 | [Bonus Episode] 'Yet another Apple Event' - the new iPhone and more
We discuss yet. another. Apple. event. Featuring special guest Cesar.

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1h 7min
October 10, 2020 020 | 'That's quite dystopian' - Apple Event
We belatedly discuss the Apple Event featuring the new Apple Watch, iPad(s), and services.
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1h 9min
October 01, 2020 019 | Designing Ourselves: Resilience, Stay Positive, and Fail Forward - Di Zhen Ye
This time we welcome Di Zhen Ye, currently the Founder and CEO of Zhennovate. She has embarked on the journey of helping people to understand how to cultivate an empowering mindset to develop constructive habits and become great leaders. We also discussed Di’s previous experience at Microsoft, how we can drive innovation in a corporation, and her lessons on working with 2000 engineers and one same code base.
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Show Notes:
Zhennovate: https://zhennovate.com

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45min
September 23, 2020 018 | ‘Design What Matters’ and Managing Creativity - Eva Guerra
This time we welcome Eva Guerra, Interior Architect, Designer, and currently Creative Director at Designit. We go into Eva’s design journey and discover the impact of how growing up in a circular house can impact a child’s career choice. We also discuss lessons on how to nurture and manage creativity within teams, how to define personal success as a designer, and even the potential of redesign the experience of death.
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Show Notes:
Designit: https://www.designit.com
Nobel Peace Centre: https://www.nobelpeacecenter.org/en/

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46min
August 25, 2020 017 | ‘The Beginning of the Journey’ - Lessons from Luigi and Ravi
Similarly to you, we are starting our design journey. It is very likely that we share the same challenges. Hence, we decided to make an episode where we share key learning points that we have experienced and have helped us develop our skills and career. We hope this episode inspires you to keep working hard on your skills and on designing the future of our world.
Peace,
Luigi and Ravi.
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Show Notes:
‘How to’ by Michael Bierut:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26140485-how-to
‘Logo Modernism’ by James Müller:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26786839-logo-modernism
‘Brand Identity Essentials’ by Kevin Budelmann and Yang Kim:
https://brand-identity-essentials.com
‘Logo Design Ideas Book’ by Lauren Ceking and Steve Heller:
https://www.laurenceking.com/product/the-logo-design-idea-book/
Apple Design Awards: https://developer.apple.com/design/awards/
‘Ordia’ (mobile game) - by Loju: https://loju.co.uk/ordia.html
Lucky Orange - Dynamic Heatmaps:
https://www.luckyorange.com/heat-maps.php
Adobe Colour: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
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36min
August 19, 2020 016 | ‘That Fan in the Car’ - The Revolutionary Work of Gordon Murray
Gordon Murray is one of the most innovative designer in the history of Formula 1. This time we discussed his work, principles and what made him such a revolutionary designer. Also, how cool is to launch your own automotive company to just design one Supercar?
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Show Notes:
McLaren F1 - The ultimate drivers car:
https://www.mclarenstore.com/es/en/lifestyle/models/
McLaren MP44 Model:
https://www.mclaren.com/racing/heritage/cars/1988-formula-1-mclaren-mp4-4/
T50 Model Presentation (min 5:41):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGw2NDgERgI
Ride of a lifetime - Book by Bob Iger:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44525305-the-ride-of-a-lifetime
Gordon Murray Automotive: https://gordonmurrayautomotive.com/en/
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47min
August 02, 2020 015 | 'Black Sweaters' - The Work and Philosophy of Vignelli
Massimo Vignelli is one of the great modernist designers. Join us as we explore his philosophy and some of his works.
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Show notes:
Ravi was wrong! Check out the Canon in eBook form: https://rationale-design.com/resources/vignelli-canon/
New York City Subway Map: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway_map
See Naples and Die: https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2014/04/27/a-dramatic-gesture/
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39min
July 27, 2020 014 | 'Ever encountered a shark?' - Biomimicry
Biomimicry is using nature's unlimited R&D budget to improve all of our designs. Listen in as we take you through 4 real world examples.
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Cement from Coral: https://earthsky.org/human-world/brent-constantz-builds-cement-like-coral-do
Sahara Forest Project: https://www.fcrn.org.uk/research-library/sahara-forest-project-uses-seawater-and-sunlight-produce-drinking-water-and-food
Kingfisher Bullet Trains: https://earthsky.org/earth/sunni-robertson-on-how-a-kingfisher-inspired-a-bullet-train
Shark Skin: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-27409836
Neri Oxman’s TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVa_IZVzUoc&t=774s
Michael Pawlyn speaking at Cambridge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7e4litZ8pA&t=3016s
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FAQs about design by us:

How many episodes does design by us have?

The podcast currently has 114 episodes available.