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- #160 The design tools we actually use
Anfi and Ioana discuss how AI and design tools they use daily have impacted their workflows. They share their experiences with various tools, highlighting which ones have become essential, and predict how these tools will evolve and shape their work in the coming year.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
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38 min - #159 Should you get into UX design if you are starting out in 2026?
Anfi and Ioana explore the design scene in 2025, sharing insights on current trends, key shifts, and the evolving landscape. They discuss the changing value of designers in the age of AI, questioning whether traditional roles will remain relevant. Additionally, they offer practical advice for newcomers entering UX design in 2026 from diverse backgrounds amidst this rapid transformation.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
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37 min - #158 The biggest hardships in our UX careers
Ioana and Anfi discuss their biggest career challenges, explore what the industry should do to empower designers and prioritize design, and consider how a shift towards everyone becoming builders might impact the industry's future.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
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28 min - #157 5-Step plan to get started with vibe-coding
Ioana explains the origin of the term "vibe coding" and its core principles. She outlines how to build products using this approach, including a practical plan for coding with vibe coding methodologies. Ioana discusses how vibe coding can lead to burnout if not managed properly and emphasizes that vibe coding is a genuine approach to software development, not just a trend. She also recommends tools to start exploring vibe coding.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
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17 min - #156 How to Become an Entrepreneur as a UX Designer
Anfi and Ioana discuss how to start your entrepreneurship journey as a UX designer.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• How can you transition to entrepreneurship, and how do you know it's the right path?
• What is Anfi and Ioana’s entrepreneurial experience?
• How do you navigate ambiguity?
• Can starting with no money lead to success?
• Top practical tips for aspiring entrepreneur-designers.
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
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40 min - #155 Balancing Parenthood and a UX Career w/ Ran Liu
Ioana and Ran share their experiences of becoming mothers, exploring how to navigate the pressures of succeeding in the tech industry while balancing parenthood, and addressing the challenges of parental burnout.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
This episode's guest:
Ran Liu's LinkedIn
Check out these links:
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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46 min - #154 Important Ideas from TED AI Vienna
Ioana uncovers a bunch of other eye-opening insights she learned at the TED AI Vienna conference, such as how AI could actually widen inequality, possesses surprisingly strong persuasive power, might be making us intellectually lazy, and is completely transforming the way scientific research is conducted.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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21 min - #153 What I relearned from being a Product Manager
Anfi shares valuable lessons she learned while trying her hand as a Product Manager—insights that aren't typically included in job descriptions.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
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26 min - #152 How to nail your portfolio one-liner
Anfi and Ioana discuss how to craft an effective one-liner for your portfolio.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• What exactly is a one-liner, and why is it important to focus on it?
• What are the common pitfalls when crafting a one-liner?
• What essential elements should a strong one-liner include?
• What are some examples of good and bad one-liners?
• How can you personalize your one-liner to reflect who you are, incorporating your past experiences and future aspirations?
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
35 min - #151 Designers become curators: UX in the age of generative UI
Ioana explores how AI is transforming the role of designers from creators to curators and editors of machine-generated outputs.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
• When did you first notice AI design outputs starting to look the same?
• If our role shifts to curation—similar to art curators—what qualities define a design curator?
• Are we still truly creating, or have we become editors and directors of AI-generated work? Are we building solutions as before, or primarily guiding and shaping AI outputs?
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
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Honest weekly conversations about Product Design careers, challenges, portfolios, mental health, and all things tech + design. Ioana and Anfisa together have 20 years of experience in the Product Design field and trying to share their main lessons to help anyone who's looking for a safe space with sincere and practical career advice.
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