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About the Episode

In this episode of Layers of Design, I interviewed .

. What is the theme of this episode

Episode Navigation

[01:03] - Tell us about your design journey

[12:02] - Did you already had Unacademy in mind

[13:11] - How do you choose a mentor? How important is mentorship in a designers carrer?

[17:52] - Did you ever thought of attending a design school?

[19:35] - Most if the designers you met are self taught, What do you think is the reason for that?

[23:57] - What’s the most underrated and the most overrated thing about design

[26:22] - Rapid Fire

[27:47] - What do you think about the future of design in India?

Highlight Quote

[13:47] - When you look upto someone, the only reason you’re inspired and motivated by them

is because you want to be like them.  

Mentions

• Adobe XD

• Travello

• Unacademy.com - India Largest Learning Platform

• Abhinav Chikara - Head of Design at Unacademy

• Abhinav’s Youtube Channel - ABNUX

• NID.edu - National Institute of Design

• Johny Vino

• CEED Exam - Common Entrance Exam for Design

• DesignUp - Design Conference

• Cred.club

• The Future

• Chris Do

Chetan on the internet:

• Facebook.com/kvsChetan

• Twitter.com/kvschetan

• Instagram.com/design_pilot

• Youtube - Design Pilot

• Linkedin - Chetan KVS

• Medium.com/@kvsChetan

• Behance.com/chetankvs

• Dribbble.com/chetankvs

• Tip Tok - haha! You are reading this. Not on Tiki’s Tok yet :P.

Elements of Design Podcast on the internet:

• Apple Podcast/iTunes

• Google Play

• Spotify

• Pocket Cast

• Sticher

• Anchor.com/ElememtsofDesign

Myself on the internet:

• Facebook.com/hellomanav

• Instagram.com/hellomanav

• Twitter.com/hello_manav

• Behance.net/hellomanav

• LinkedIn.com/in/helllomanav

• Youtube - UXANDMORE

• Medium.com/@uxandmore

• Instagram.com/uxandmore

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About the Episode

In this episode of Elements of Design, I interview Subin Idiculla.

Subin has been a designer for the past 15 years and has experience in designing for Enterprise, Product, E-Commerce and classifieds business.

He has worked in companies like JKT, Naukri, Snapdeal, Carwale and currently he’s the Director of Design @Housing.

In this episode, we talk about why designers should stay for longer in an organisation, especially in the early years of their career.

Subin also talks about why understanding the basics of design and sticking to them is an essential step in creating well-designed products.

Episode Navigation

[01:10] - Tell us about your design journey.

[05:19] - How do you choose where to work and how do you decide that you should stay for a longer duration?

[06:11] - Isn’t it intimidating to switch domains after working in one for long and start from zero.

[07:02] - What’s the most underrated and the most overrated thing about design?

[09:02] - How can a designer evangelise design in their organisation?

[11:02] - What do you think about the future of design in India?

[14:07] - Rapid Fire

Highlight Quote

[07:18] - You should understand user empathy.

[07:26] - It’s now about you, your product manager or co-founder. It’s about the user.

Mentions

Find Subin on the internet:

Podcast on the internet:

Myself on the internet:

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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

Find Nitish on the internet:

Podcast on the internet:

Myself on the internet:

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About the Episode

Hello and welcome to layers to design, a podcast where I interview design leads, mentors, influencers and evangelists to talk to them about their design journey, how to new a better designer and the future of design in India.

I’m your host Manav Madaan, a UX designer based out of New Delhi, India and with this podcast I want to contribute to the design community by inviting people that I admire and having a candid and in-depth conversation and help those who are just starting or someone who wants to pivot in their design career.

Since this is an introductory episode, I recommend you subscribe to Layers of Design in your favourite podcast app.

Podcast on the internet:

Myself on the internet:

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13/01/2020