Nodes of Design

We’ve spoken to many design leaders throughout Nodes of Design, but this episode is the first chance we’ve had to talk with someone who comes from the research and innovation side of design. Fabin Rasheed, Design-led, Innovator who worked in the Experience Design space for over eight years with seven patents filed as a primary inventor, four granted of which also he is Officially an Adobe Inventor. He Innovated many things in multiple new technologies like Gesture, Voice, AR/VR, AI etc.  

 Fabin had worked in Corporate and Academic labs, including Xerox Research, Adobe Design Lab and Embedded Interactions Lab. In this episode, he shared his immense knowledge of Mixed Reality and the skill set required to build mixed reality experiences. Fabin shares his creative process and his source of inspiration to innovate and invent. 

Take-Aways -  Whats is mixed Reality. What is the toolset needed?  What is the future of design like?  

Books Suggested by Fabin Rasheed

The Alchemist -Paulo Coelho

The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself - Michael Alan Singer

Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture - Casey Reas 

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Nelio Barros is a Designer, Entrepreneur, Paraglider pilot and Type Designer of the popular type - Nixin Typeface which is one of the most-backed campaigns on Kickstarter.  

In this episode, Nelio shared his journey of creating the typeface Nixen. We also had a brief talk on breaking the doubt- Typeface vs Font. Thruout the episode, we had a great conversation on how various styles of type and how to get inspiration on choosing the right font for your next major design project.

 Key takeaways - What is type design, making a type and tools required, and choosing the right typeface.

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Nikhil Pawar, a Freelance Motion & Graphics Designer and the founder of Dope Motion- living in a world where design is not an option but a choice to do it. With that in the head, Nikhil disrupted motion graphics and built a network of 215K Subscribers on YouTube. Helping teach creatives on motion graphics across the globe.

In this episode, I talked with Nikhil on what is his process in making such cool animations? We also discussed his creative journey of choosing a tool and excelling in it. Nikhil also shared his opinion on whether a design degree matters or the skills to survive or shine in motion graphics. 

Takeaways: What is motion graphics? The process of Nikhil. The base resources you need to begin your motion graphic designs journey. 

Podcasts Suggested by Nikhil Pawar 

1. School of Motion 

2. The Bless show 

3. The Futur 

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Patricia Reiners has had a fantastic arc to her designing for the future career from working with clients like Adobe, Google, IKEA, Vodafone. Patricia has always sought to design things that are “useful, usable, and magical. Along with the exceptional touch of Storytelling. She also runs a podcast, Future of UX, where she interviews design leaders on Designing for the future. 

In today's episode, I talked with Patricia about what is it to be designing for the future. We also get Patricia’s take on what are the vivid applications of AR/VR. Along with breaking down her way of approach for creating solutions for these mixed reality environments. 

Takeaways: How is it to be like building for the future. What opportunities and challenges are there when designing for AR/VR.How to follow a process along with a different set of tool to proceed. 

Books Suggested by Patricia Reiners

 1. Creative Confidence - Tom Kelley & David Kelley

 2. Design of Everyday things  - Don Norman

 3. Don't make me think - Steve Krug 

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Hey, everyone, I am super happy to announce the episode on "Hiring and Portfolios", a value bomb episode with Elize Todd is finally here. 

Elize became a UX director at a digital marketing agency within one year and a co-founder of a UX design agency within two years. Now, she creates content that helps emerging designers learn how to expedite their careers. Her past clients include Adobe, USA Today Network, Papyrus, and Robert Half. She is also an educator at the general assembly and adobe.

 Elize had shared her experience in reviewing thousands of design portfolios and shared her vision on how a perfect collection should look. We also discussed the practical arrangement of content and the do's and don'ts in a portfolio, along with different ways to show your personality through your resume or portfolio.

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Luis Ouriach - who is an expert in communicating ideas through visual design, words, and debate. Luis is a lead product designer at upgrade pack, and he is a co-host of Noise podcast and manages a design publication - 8Px on medium.

 Luis and I had a great conversation on design systems- tokens, values, elements, and so on. Luis shared his practical experience in building and scaling design systems and how one can start from scratch. The whole talk is filled with so much value and insights for anyone who wants to understand design systems or build one for their teams. 

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Hey, everyone hopes you guys are safe and doing well. On this episode of Nodes of Design, we hosted Eric Lauer, a creative sales coach and owner of Genmonster. They help many creative minds understand sales strategy and how to grow innovatively.

 We are glad enough that Eric shared those similar teaching with us in this episode, which includes how to build a relationship with clients, manage and grow your network, and convert your leads. We also discussed the onboarding process and multiple sales terms like CAC and how to plan if you are freelancing as the market never stays constant. In the end, we have some outstanding reads that will help you understand the business side of design and help you know how to grow your sales. 

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Hi, everyone hopes you guys are safe and secured. We have Miriam Isaac on today's episode - She is a UX designer and Co-Founder at Hux. She is known for spreading design knowledge across various platforms. She has been Interviewed by @instagram for the @design launch. And Top 18 UX Instagram accounted for the following in 2019.

 Miriam and I had a great conversation on Interaction Design while Miriam shared her UX process breaking in stage by stage. We had a great chat filled with a lot of laughers in between, some learning so much value and insights thru out the episode. On a concluding note, she shared her favourite reads on UX & Behavioural Sciences. 

If this episode helped you understand and learn something new, please share and be a part of the knowledge-sharing community #Spreadknowledge. This podcast aims to make design education accessible to all. Nodes of Design is a non-profit and self-sponsored initiative by Tejj.