Opacity

Should designers learn? Yes, yes they should. But the real question is how. How should designers learn their craft? What prepares a designer and gives them the skills they need to be successful for todays jobs? How about those of the future?

There's no shortage of options out there. College degrees, bootcamps, online certificate programs and, of course, the self-taught route. All distinct paths to try and create a successful career. Tom and Craig get into it from their two distinct backgrounds. 

Here are some highlights from the discussion—

Here are some links from the schools we talked about. Note that none of these schools were involved in this episode.

General Assembly

Lambda

UX Design Institute

Interaction Design Foundation

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What does the future hold? We all have opinions on where the coming year will take us. Tom and Craig are no exception. In this episode the guys discuss a few bits and bobs floating in the empty cavern where their articulate minds used to be.

The best thing about the future is no one can say you're wrong. Yet, at the same time, it's so easy to disagree about it. Best not to take any of it too seriously.

Here are some highlights from the episode.

And more! Check out the article referenced here at https://uxdesign.cc/8-undoubtably-true-predictions-for-ux-in-2019-89cc368103cd

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Welcome to the first ever episode of Opacity!

Tom and Craig go down a variety of rabbit holes as they think out loud about experience design. Craig tries to instigate, but Tom remains stoic as ever. Everything is on the table, from the designing bathroom experiences to artificial intelligence. In the end, experience design wins, but not without a few scratches.

Here are a few highlights from the episode.

- Poking at UX Design

- The Best Experience is No Experience

- Humility & Ego in Computational & Classical Design

- The Commodification and Bubblefication of UX

- Artificial Intelligence, Creativity

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Welcome to Opacity, a podcast about working in design.

What does it mean to be a designer? As a craft, design lives and grows. But with growth comes complexity. 

Designers today are often navigating their career paths on their own. Forging new ways to do new types of design. It isn't easy, and the rate of change in the industry makes it even harder.

Opacity is a podcast about working in design, hosted by Tom Cunningham and Craig Phillips. Designers that live at the intersection of design, product, and strategy. But with distinct paths and perspectives. 

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Recorded and produced in Dublin, Ireland.