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About the Episode

On this episode, I’m having a conversation with Madhuri Maram. She is a designer and co-founder of Xperian.

She is also the host of The Hireworthy Podcast. There she talks about the hiring side of design and careers in design.

In the episode, we talked about podcasting. Why Madhuri choose podcast as a platform, what she learned and unlearned from doing the hireworthy podcast. So if you’re thinking of starting your podcast, this episode will help you with what all goes behind the scenes.

Episode Navigation

[01:20] - Guest Introduction

[03:31] - Why Podcasting?

[05:01] - Hypothesis before podcast that got proved wrong

[06:25] - Things to improve in Season 2 of Hireworthy Podcast

[07:19] - Three things she learned and unlearned during the podcast

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No Code Low Code

Hireworthy Podcast

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About the Episode

The guest for this episode is Akshay Verma. Akshay is the Lead Product Designer at Obvious. An Award-winning design agency in India.

Akshay has done his bachelors from NID and Masters in Interaction Design from the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design.

In this episode we discuss what is interaction design, Some of the processes he uses for the projects at Obvious and how does processes help a designer or design team.

Episode Navigation

[00:58] - Tell us about your design journey

[01:27] - What is Interaction Design?

[03:15] - Do titles for designer limit their creativity?

[05:19] - What are the systems Signal, Process and Reveal?

[07:19] - How does creating processes help a designer or a design team?

[09:29] - Process and Recipe. What is the difference?

[10:41] - Underrated and Overrated thing about design

[12:18] - Future of Design in India?

Akshay on the internet:

Website: www.akshayverma.net

Facebook.com/akshayverma1

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About the Episode

In conversation with the hosts of Design Lota Podcast, Angie and Sushi.

Angeline Bhavya aka Angie is an interaction designer with an experience of 8+ years. Apart from working full time, she has a personal brand called Letter Melon, building products and using Lettering and Typography.

Sushmita Charlu aka Sushi is a Product Designer and Sustainability Strategist. Eleveniche by Sushmita Charlu is design consultancy where she offers comprehensive services. And apart from that, she is the Co-Founder of Studio Vrtta, a design studio with a focus on sustainability.

In this episode, the three of us debunks some myths about side projects. We talk in-depth about side projects. Should you have one? How do to choose your side projects? And how to keep at it?

Episode Navigation

[01:07] - Guest Introduction

[02:16] - What are some of your side projects?

[03:50] - When should you make your side project your main job?

[05:19] - Difference between a hobby and a side project

[05:56] - How do you find an idea for a side project?

[08:21] - Should you monazite your side projects?

[11:27] - How does a side project contribute apart from monatization

[13:49] - Should your side project be related to your work?

[15:06] - Does your side projects mean more than to you?

Letter Melon

Studio Vrtta

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About the Episode

I’m having a conversation with Sadiyah Lasania, UX Writer at CleverTap.

In this episode, we talk in length about

👉 What is UX Writing?

👉 Designer-Writer Collaboration

👉 Layout or Copy. What should come first

👉 Her Writing Process

👉 Transitioning to UX Writing

👉 Portfolio of a UX Writer

👉 What do you think about the future of UX Writing in India?

Episode Navigation

[01:31] - Tell us about your design journey

[02:04] - What is UX Writing?

[04:55] - Layout or Copy. What should come first

[06:56] - Designer Writer Collaboration

[07:58] - Her Writing Process

[10:17] - Portfolio of a UX Writer

[11:49] - Transitioning to UX Writing

[12:43] - What do you think about the future of UX Writing in India?

Mentions

Yuval Keshtcher

UX Writing Hub on Facebook

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Sadiyah on the internet:

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About the Episode

My guest for this episode is King Sidharth. Sidharth is a Designer, Entrepreneur, TEDx Speaker and currently the Head of Design at Headout.

Being in the industry for 11+ years, He has worked both as a designer and a product manager.

In this episode, we talk about essential skills a designer must-have, how to transition in management and how to be a good manager.

Episode Navigation

[01:11] - Tell us about your design journey

[04:16]- What should Designers learn from Product Managers

[06:27] - Qualities a designer must have

[09:21] - Giving up IC role to be a manager

[11:36] - Problems faced by new managers

[13:37] - How a manager can communicate their vision to the team

[16:18] - Fulfilling your creative appetite being a manager

[18:02] - What makes a good manager

Sidharth on the internet:

https://www.kingsidharth.com/

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About the Episode:

My guest for this episode is Soo Basu. She is a designer, storyteller and currently the Principal Design Manager at Microsoft.

Working as a designer for 16+ years in various domains. Currently, she has been working on the Microsoft Internet Edge browser.

In this episode, we will talk about her journey as a designer and a storyteller, how storytelling can help in our design process and the future of design in India

Episode Navigation:

[01:26] - Tell us about your design journey

[04:56] - How to use Storytelling in the design process?

[07:04] - How much time did you invest in making stories?

[07:48] - How to keep subjective feedback in the story

[10:22] - What makes a good story?

[12:40] - Challenges faced in the age of micro-content

[13:56] - How to use imagination for future interactions?

[15:47] - What do you think about the future of design in India?

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Book - Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton

Book - Six Thinking Hats by Edward D Bono

Soo on the internet:

Personal Blog - Inktales.me/

Twitter.com/soosixty

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About the Episode

On Episode 06 of the Elements if design podcast, My guest is Akash Chandan; Designer and Researcher at Dunzo

 He specialised in Social Design, A discipline that involves designing for society and how design affects the lives of humans. He has done his bachelors in Engineering, Masters in Interaction Design from National Institute of Design and Urban Fellowship at Indian Institute of Human Settlements.  In this episode, we' will discuss in-depth about social design, Life at NID and the future of design in India.

Episode Navigation

[01:06] - Tell us about your design journey

[04:39] - What is Social Design?

[08:40] - What is a Design School? What did you learn at NID?

[11:21] - Challenges faced by a design graduate at their first job?

[14:31] - Design School cost a lot? Is it worth attending one? What are the Job Opportunities like?

[17:06] - Rapid Fire

[18:00] - What’s the most underrated and the most overrated thing about design

[22:18] - What do you think about the future of design in India?

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Akash on the internet:

Website: https://akashchandan.com/

LinkedIn: Linkedin.com/in/akashchandan/

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About the Episode

On Episode five of the Elements of Design Podcast, Our guest is Surabhi Mathur. Surabhi is a UX Researcher and has been working as a researcher for 5+ years,

She has a background of industrial design and business design as a part of her under-graduation and post-graduation education respectively.

In our conversation we talk about what makes a good UX Researcher, How to pivot from UX Design to Research, Performing research in different organisation and the future of UX Design and Research in India

Episode Navigation

[01:15] - Tell us about your design journey

[03:20] - How to pivot from UX Design to UX Research

[04:54] - What makes a good UX Researcher

[05:48] - Which research method to choose and when

[07:10] - Your favourite User Research method

[08:24] - Is Ethnographic Research a good research method

[10:33] - How to present qualitative research to stakeholders. How to find the right users for research

[11:52] - How to perform research at a startup or a new product

[13:50] - Rapid Fire

[15:14] - What do you think about the future of design in India?

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About the Episode

In this episode of Elements of Design, I interviewed Rahul Das.

He is currently a Lead Product Designer at Myntra-Jabong. He had been doing design for 7 Years now.

Rahul previously worked in Treebo hotels, Signeazy and Chance Inc.

Apart from this he also writes articles and contributes to publications like UXBlog and Prototypr helping designer all around the world.

In this episode we talk about, how designers can present designs to various stakeholders with least friction and opinions, Designing for Enterprise products and what are the future opportunities for designers in India.

Episode Navigation

[01:00] - Tell us about your design journey

[04:15] - How is Enterprise design different from Product Design?

[06:50] - Selling your designs.

[08:34] - Don’t Build Solution

[09:31] - Gather Feedback and iterate.

[10:22] - Role of a mentor. How should one choose their mentor.

[11:14] - Rapid Fire

[12:10] - What do you think about the future of design in inda?

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