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Why UX Designers Are Great at Interior Design Jun 21, 2021

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This week Ryan and Mustafa look at interior design trends and how they can be applied to UX and digital design. They also talk about the perfect working environment and the meaning of design. About the hosts Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate at Google. His skills include user research, interviews, surveys, usability reviews, producing documentation including personas, site maps, user journeys and flows, as well as various fidelities of annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

Jason Pamental - What is the W3, Becoming a Design Strategist, and the future of Web Fonts Jun 14, 2021

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This week we are speaking to Jason Pamental, a design strategist, author, speaker, UX leader, technologist, an expert in web typography, and an Invited Expert on the W3C Web Fonts Working Group.

He has worked with many organizations including Adobe, Audible, Condé Nast, GoDaddy, IBM—and given presentations and workshops at conferences all over the world. I also publish a newsletter on web typography.

Responsive Typography Book
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/responsive-typography/9781491907085/

Jason's website
https://rwt.io/
https://rwt.io/presentations
https://rwt.io/resources

10 Things Your Need to Do to Complete a UX Design Review for Websites and Apps Jun 07, 2021

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This week we are talking about running design reviews and how we like to run them. Ryan speaks about his consultancy experiences and how he likes to focus on a goal to improve a specific metric and Mustafa dives into a holistic way of running reviews. We also discussed the tools you can use to boost your reviews and quick wins that can help you build confidence.

Tools mentioned in the Podcast;
https://www.webpagetest.org/
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.accessibility.auditor
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faizmalkani.keylines

About the hosts
Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate at Google. His skills include user research, interviews, surveys, usability reviews, producing documentation including personas, site maps, user journeys and flows, as well as various fidelities of annotated wireframes.

Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

10 Ways to Build an Outstanding Ecommerce Website Design May 31, 2021

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This week Ryan and Mustafa talk about the best practice for e-commerce websites, how you can improve your search results, and tips on reengaging with your customers so they do not end up on a dead-end.

Good eCommerce web design is crucial for turning website visitors into customers. Ideally, the design elements of your website should make the shopping experience and purchase process as quick, easy, and stress-free as possible. Learn more and subscribe.

Design News - Legos, Interfaces, London's Metro System, and David Hockney's Brilliant Idea May 24, 2021

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In this episode, Mustafa and Ryan talk about the history of interfaces with Lego and how they break down their designs. We also take a look at David Hockney's redesign of the London Metro System station signs and finally explore how brands have changed their tone of voice during Covid.

Sites;

https://interactionmagic.com/UX-LEGO-Interfaces

https://www.creativebloq.com/news/hockneys-london-artwork

https://www.creativereview.co.uk/brands-tone-of-voice/

Mandy Michael, Senior Software Engineer at Hireup, talks on Variable Typography, her type experiments, and the art of discovery May 17, 2021

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In this episode we are interviewing Mandy Michael, a Front End Developer, previously a Development Manager for the news organization Seven West Media in Western Australia. She now works as a Senior Software Engineer at Hireup. She speaks at conferences and events locally and internationally sharing her work and experiments with new and old technology.

Mandy gave an introduction to variable fonts, her type experiments, how she used creativity to reignite her passion for coding, and what it is like to be famous.

Mandys Type Experiments: https://codepen.io/mandymichael

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mandy_Kerr

UX Designers react to Awwward winners: Wax Poetics, Pola and Flipaclip May 10, 2021

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In this episode Ryan and Mustafa review the winners of the Awwwards.com website. Awwwards.com, as the name suggests, awards the talent and effort of the best web designers, developers and agencies in the world.

The sites we looked are:
https://www.waxpoetics.com/
https://www.pola.com/wecaremore/
https://flipaclip.com/

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Liam Spradlin from Google Material Design talks about creating design systems and designing typefaces May 03, 2021

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In this Episode, we speak to Liam Spradlin, a designer on Google's Material Design System, Speaker, author, and host of the famous Design Notes Podcast. We spoke about designing a design system, the difference between Android and iOS, and how he went about designing several typefaces. Design Notes: https://designnotes.fm/ Liams Typefaces: https://iamli.am/work

The Complete History of Branding Apr 26, 2021

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In this episode Mustafa takes us through the history of branding, which he has written about on his blog.

The term branding comes from the Old Norse “Brandr” which means to burn. Cattle, slaves, timber and crockery were burnt or branded with the markings or symbols of the owner using a hot iron rod. The concept of branding was essentially to depict ownership, in particular things which had value, this practice dating back to 2000BC. The transition from “This belongs to me, so leave it…” to “This was made by me, so buy it” started to evolve in the 1800’s.

Article
https://www.designtoday.info/brand-new-the-history-of-branding/

Design News: Mental health, Zoom Fatigue, and Nikes accessibly sneakers Apr 19, 2021

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In this episode, Mustafa & Ryan talk about Zoom Fatigue, a condition that Stanford researchers have discovered that makes people feel tired due to the overuse of popular video chat platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic. We talk about tips you can use to mitigate tiredness. We also discuss Nike reveals hands-free GO FlyEase trainer, the laceless sneakers, which can be put on and taken off without using your hands to replace "antiquated" shoes with laces. References: Stanford researchers identify four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their simple fixes Team word game - https://draw.rknoll.at Nike reveals hands-free GO FlyEase trainer

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