Elements of Design

E01. W/ Nitish Khagwal, Product Designer @Webkul


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About the Episode

In this episode of Layers of Design, I interviewed Nitish Khagwal

Nitish is a Full Stack Product Designer @ Webkul and has been designing for 8 years now.

He’s the creator of CoolHue 2.0, Vivid.Js and Micron.Js libraries and a product called UXEM. An online Empathy Mapping tool.

He’s also the founder of WebKul Design Community, a great mentor and he loves to make pixel dance.

In this episode, we talk about why designers, especially ones who are just starting their career, should have a mentor.


Episode Navigation

[01:10] - What is "3x Invision Studio smasher" means?

[02:30] - Are you a design unicorn?

[03:46] - At point do you realise to specialise in a skill?

[05:47] - What’s the most underrated and the most overrated thing about design?

[09:20] - How do make something easy when there is a lot of information out there?

[12:27] - What is important; Design Awareness or Design Education?

[15:33] - What makes a good mentee?

[16:25] - What makes a good mentor?

[18:02] - What are the three dealbreakers for being a designer?

[20:32] - How does one identify the difference between correct and incorrect information.

[22:17] - Rapid Fire

[23:10] - Tell us about your design journey

[29:10] - What is the role of side projects in a designer’s career?


Mentions

  • Pablo Stanley
  • Charles Patterson
  • Steven Fabre
  • Lottie Interaction Library
  • Miriam Issac
  • Bandwagon Effect
  • Anchoring
  • Priming
  • Find Nitish on the internet:

    • Instagram
    • Twitter
    • LinkedIn
    • Behance
    • Dribbble
    • Medium
    • Podcast on the internet:

      • Facebook.com/uxandmore
      • Instagram.com/uxandmore
      • Medium.com/@uxandmore
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      • Myself on the internet:

        • Facebook.com/hellomanav
        • Instagram.com/hellomanav
        • Twitter.com/hello_manav
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