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Design Much

Andy and Patrick speak to real, practicing designers to learn how they perform their everyday tasks, then share that with you so you can level up your design skills with them.

Further podcasts by Andy Page and Patrick Cox

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137 - How to Stay Creative with Michael Nielsen from 2022-04-12T16:22:05

Andy sits down with Michael Nielsen to chat about how you can stay creative in all your endeavors

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136 - UX Myths with Logan Williams from 2022-03-08T15:53:41

Logan Williams joins Andy and Patrick to discuss some common UX myths

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135 - How to Rollout a Redesign with Mike Hall from 2022-02-15T15:32:47

Mike Hall joined Andy and Patrick to chat about the best practices for rolling out a redesign

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134 - So You're Just a Mockup Artist with Tim Hansen from 2022-02-08T07:27:24

The legendary Tim Hansen joins Andy and Patrick to chat about what happens if you feel like just a mockup artist

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133 - Design Team of One with Jordan Reading from 2022-02-01T04:01:34

Jordan Reading joins the podcast to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being the lone designer

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132 - Do Designers Make Good PMs with Michael Nielsen from 2022-01-25T06:20:18

Andy and Patrick are joined by friend of the show Michael Nielsen to discuss whether designers have the chops to become PM's

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131 - A Very Special Design Much Christmas from 2021-12-20T17:06:48

Andy and Patrick read The Polar Express, sort of.

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130 - Alignment, Priorities, Ramen, 5th Ave Bar from 2021-12-15T05:14:26

Andy and Patrick chat about team alignment, oh and also, ramen and candy.

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129 - Path from IC to Management and Soft Skills from 2021-12-01T08:23:40

Andy and Patrick sit down to chat about how you can move from an individual contributor role to a management role. Also, they discuss the important of soft skills and growth.

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128 - Are You Afraid of the Dark IIII from 2021-11-11T23:12:02

Halloween came a bit later this year for Design Much.

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127 - Building a Super Fantastic Design Team from 2021-10-14T06:33:05

Sir Ben Picard submits a very regal topic for Andy and Patrick to dissect

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126 - Designers Should Business with Derek Boman from 2021-10-07T16:08:50

Andy sits down with Derek Boman, Director User Experience Design at MX, to chat about how understanding your business's needs will help you be a better designer

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125 - It’s Really, Really, Really, Important to Know Who You are So You can be Effective at What You Want to Accomplish from 2021-09-23T15:03:44

Andy and Patrick sit down to tackle the longest topic ever submitted on the pod

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124 - What's the Difference Between a Jr, Mid, and Senior Designer from 2021-09-16T05:14:45

Andy and Patrick discuss the the intricacies of the design levels

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123 - Whitespace Much? from 2021-09-02T17:50:15

Andy and Patrick chat about what whitespace is and how to know if there is enough or not.

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122 - Dots and How to Survive Toxic Culture, as a Designer from 2021-08-18T07:40:37

Andy talks while Patrick eats dots.

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121 - How to Handle Burnout from 2021-08-12T16:11:26

Andy and Patrick chat about how to handle burnout and why Andy didn't know who George Harrison was

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120 - The Final Episode and What to Look for in a New Job from 2021-08-03T05:43:51

Andy and Patrick open up about who really controls the podcast and why this is not the final episode. Also, a huge sausage versus bacon debate.

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119 - Design Sprints from 2021-07-21T06:35:42

Andy has a new mic which just makes his voice feel even more smooth and elegant, so why not listen to him talk about Design Sprints.

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118 - How to be Heard: A Very Special Design Much Special from 2021-07-07T12:51:02

Andy and Patrick span the globe of topics, from ethics in design, to design twitter, to shampoo bottle design, to how you can be heard as a designer

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117 - Starting a Design Career feat. Our Adopted Son Brian Talbert from 2021-06-30T15:08:30

Andy and Patrick sit down with the Design Much adopted son Brian Talbert to discuss starting a career in design.

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116 - Moonlighting from 2021-06-17T17:46:11

Andy and Patrick chat about moonlighting

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115 - What Impact Do You Want To Make from 2021-06-08T22:12:10

Andy and Patrick discuss their favorite sitcoms before discussing what kind of impact they would like to make on their companies and career.

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114 - Developer Handoff from 2021-06-03T07:12:46

Right after Andy and Patrick chat about our poor system of sizing clothing they jump into best practices for developer handoff

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113 - How to Work Better with Your Manager from 2021-05-20T19:16:38

Andy and Patrick chat about ideas on how to improve your relationship with your manager.

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112 - Why Designers Change Jobs Frequently from 2021-05-13T08:12:29

Andy and Patrick tackle baked potato toppings and why designers seem to change job frequently

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111 - Activities that Slow Designers Down from 2021-05-06T07:44:26

Andy and Patrick chit chat about activities that slow down designers.

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110 - Reach Out of Your Comfort Zone feat. Nikki Isaacson from 2021-04-28T05:48:49

Andy and Patrick sit down with Nikki Isaacson to discuss her rise to fame and fortune as a UX design manager.

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109 - It's Evolved Over the Years feat. Dillon Winspear from 2021-04-20T22:31:08

Dillon Winspear, host of Designed Today podcast, joined Andy and Patrick to talk about evolving as a designer

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108 - Aliens have to have Great UI from 2021-04-15T09:45:26

Tom Delong sends in a topic about aliens, Andy and Patrick talk about alien UI and humanity in general

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107 - How Many People Does it Take to Ship a Feature from 2021-04-01T06:43:40

Matt Born writes in: How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb, or how many people does it take to ship a feature?

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106 - This is Actually Pretty Difficult feat. Andy Page from 2021-03-24T06:32:34

Patrick sat down with Andy to discuss his path to design.

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105 - Get in the Car feat. Patrick Cox from 2021-03-16T07:53:40

Andy digs deep into the the brain of Patrick Cox to find out how he ticks.

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104 - Potato Farming feat. Jason Metzgar from 2021-03-10T15:44:02

Andy and Patrick sit down with Jason Metzgar and discover how hit ticks.

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103 - What is the UX Hill You Die on Regularly from 2021-03-01T09:03:46

Andy and Patrick discuss what hills they die on and why

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102 - Mischievous Mess Making (feat. Matt Born) from 2021-02-17T23:17:36

Matt Born joins the pod to chat about his path a designer and how building relationship can help build your own career.

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101 - Do Engineers Make Good Designers from 2021-02-09T09:21:34

Today's topic, Andy and Patrick tackle the age old question... do engineers make good designers?

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100 - Celebrating 100 with Jordan Reading, Michael Neilsen, Allison Zubal, Alli Clark, Nick Bluth and Danaan Clarke from 2021-02-03T06:48:44

Andy and Patrick celebrate the 100th episode of the pod by chatting with some of their favorite guests

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099 - Are Square Space and Web Flow Viable Options for Freelance Work from 2021-01-27T05:53:55

Andy and Patrick discuss Squarespace, Web Flow and other platforms used for freelance design work

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098 - What Rules Should Every Designer Break from 2021-01-19T17:40:23

Andy and Patrick chit chat about the rules every designer should break.

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097 - How to Start a Research Program (Feat. Elissa Lauber) from 2021-01-12T17:22:30

Elissa Lauber jumps on the pod with Andy and Patrick to discuss how you can build your own research program at your company.

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096 - How to Save Christmas from 2020-12-15T18:49:54

Andy and Patrick try to figure out the best way to save Christmas

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095 - How Do You Check Design Quality with Developers from 2020-12-10T06:26:49

Andy and Patrick chat about design QA, radio voices and The Mandalorean

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094 - Being a UX Leader on Your Team (feat. Alli Clark) from 2020-11-24T07:23:33

Andy sat down with awesome special guest Alli Clark to discuss how anyone can be a UX leader on their team.

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093 - Physical Products, Digital Products, and Snapping from 2020-11-18T04:52:23

Patrick blows Andy's mind with his ability to snap using his ring finger as well as his index finger.

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092 - How Often Should We Be Validating Working Software from 2020-11-10T21:49:24

Andy and Patrick sit down via the interwebs to discuss ow often we should be validating working software.

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091 - What Does the Term “Clean” Refer to in Design from 2020-11-03T08:37:03

Andy and Patrick record the dirtiest episode yet.

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090 - Are You Afraid of the Dark III (feat. Michael Nielsen) from 2020-10-27T06:23:18

Andy and Patrick sit down beside the campfire to tell scary stories when PM legend Michael Nielsen jumps out of the bushes.

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089 - Internships, Free Work, and Ways to Stand Out from 2020-10-19T05:11:57

Andy and Patrick debate whether doing free work and internships is better at getting a job then just waiting around, they also chat about finding ways to stand out when looking for a gig.

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088 - Is Being a Design Manager Fun from 2020-10-13T15:41:22

Andy asks Patrick what it takes to be a design manager and if it's fun or not.

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087 - Throwback with Allison Zubal, How to Speak Up from 2020-10-05T04:42:47

Great throwback interview with the mighty Allison Zubal on how to speak up

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086 - Did You Spend Enough Time on a Design? from 2020-09-29T07:31:45

Andy and Patrick try to figure our when you know you have designed enough on a project.

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085 - What Makes a Senior Designer? from 2020-09-22T05:36:34

Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about Jessica Goldman's topic - what makes a senior designer.

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084 - How to Tell a Story from 2020-09-15T07:57:24

Patrick interviews Andy about how to tell a story and be a more effective communicator of design, they also chat about Patrick's new Raycons

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083 - Throwback Interview with Ashley Hunt, Ask Questions, Get a Mentor from 2020-09-08T04:35:23

Following up on the last episode about junior designer career development, Andy and Patrick throwback to their interview with Ashley Hunt and her experience being a jr finding a gig.

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082 - Career Development for Junior Designers and Andy’s Halloween Costume from 2020-09-01T07:03:54

Andy and Patrick chat about why some companies don't like to hire jr talent, and what can be done about that. Oh, we also talked about Andy's Halloween costume from a few years ago.

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081 - How to not Feel Inadequate and The Sweat in Top Gun from 2020-08-24T15:44:46

Andy finally watched Top Gun and he talks about how much sweat is in the film. Oh and Andy and Patrick chat about not feeling inadequate.

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080 - Hamilton Crit and How to Hire the Best Talent from 2020-08-19T07:19:48

Andy and Patrick finally finished Hamilton and gave it a good solid crit. They also chat about how to hire the best talent.

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079 - How to Get a Job in the Less Than Ideal Covid Job Market&Hamilton Challenge Part 1 from 2020-08-10T05:26:44

Big episode packed with a ton of info. Andy and Patrick chat about rebranding themselves, how to get a job in the covid market and we take the Hamilton challenge,

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078 - Is It Fair to Have Engineers Do More Work? from 2020-08-03T06:01:23

Andy and Patrick chat about getting developers to do more work, watching Hamilton, and poopy talk.

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077 - Design Stereotypes from 2020-07-28T07:18:40

Andy and Patrick sit down to discuss the stereotypes of designers.

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076 - How to Use Data to Inform Designs from 2020-07-20T21:40:24

Andy and Patrick sit down virtually to discuss how you can gather data and apply it to your design decision making

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075 - Should I Get a Design Degree? from 2020-07-13T14:06:17

Andy and Patrick chat about their educational background and discuss if it's necessary to get a design degree to become a UX designer.

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074 - What Happens When Design Work Doesn't Get Built and The Wisdom of Frozen from 2020-07-07T05:49:32

This episode is loaded with topics: What happens when your design work isn't built, how would our world be different if humans had eyes in the back of our heads, licorice, and the wisdom of Frozen.

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073 - How to Negotiate Salary and Arrest a Crocodile from 2020-06-29T08:08:42

After Andy and Patrick chat about how to arrest a crocodile and how to take down a standing shark they dive right into how to negotiate salary and promotions.

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072 - Changing Priorities, Food We Hate, and Boots Versus Flip Flops from 2020-06-22T07:13:47

Andy and Patrick start off the pod trying to diagnose Andy's hatred for olives and then jumped into changing priorities.

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071 - How to Resolve Design Conflicts from 2020-06-15T08:06:29

Andy and Patrick sit down and discuss resolving and preventing design conflicts

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070 - Navigating Office Politics, Andy's Dribbble Account, and Back Actions from 2020-06-08T06:26:45

Andy and Patrick discuss the perils of office politics, Andy's new rad Dribbble shots, and a few solid blog marketing ideas you can steal.

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069 - This Doesn't Need UX from 2020-06-01T05:44:39

Andy and Patrick chat via the interwebs about a topic that every UX designer has experienced at least once.

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068 - Is a Design System’s Worth Product or People Centric from 2020-05-25T06:05:23

Andy and Patrick kick off this episode by stack ranking their favorite nuts and end the episode with a great chat about design systems.

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067 - Chicken Switches Are Dumb So Do Not Ever Use Them from 2020-05-18T07:25:24

Yep, chicken switches are lame and will make you a lame designer, Andy and Patrick talk about why.

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066 - How to Scale End to End User Experience from 2020-05-11T06:20:27

In this special episode, Andy and Patrick were joined briefly by Patrick's Grandmother before diving into the topic of how to build and scale end to end user experience.

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065 - Improving UX for New Users without Alienating Existing Users from 2020-05-05T06:17:22

Andy and Patrick chat about a lot of things in this episode; what happens when you lose your design at the mall, how to improve UX without alienating existing users and even Andy's take on Onward.....

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064 - Dealing with Broken Trust from 2020-04-27T07:55:23

Ken Jackson AKA K-Jax sent Andy and Patrick a very deep topic - How to handle broken trust in the workplace.

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063 - Fave Tools for Tracking and Analyzing Research from 2020-04-20T06:09:23

Aaron Watson sends forth the topic of favorite user research tools, Andy and Patrick discuss.

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062 - When Your Job No Longer Serves Your Career Goals from 2020-04-13T06:30:54

Andy and Patrick virtually chat about what happens when you feel like your job no longer serves your career. We also go in depth about Andy's job at the Training Table and when he quit nobody noticed.

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061 - Finding and Building Creativity from 2020-04-06T04:46:04

Chelsea Nelson asked the question "How do you find and build creativity everyday?" Andy and Patrick sat down to figure it out.

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060 - Are Bootcamps Creating Effective Designers from 2020-03-30T06:53:20

Jordan Reading joins Andy and Patrick to chat about design bootcamps, are they good? Are they creating good designers?

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059 - Bringing People Together with UX from 2020-03-23T05:45:01

Andy and Patrick sit down to discuss if it's UX's responsibility to bring people and departments together. Also chatted about all the old TV shows Andy hasn't seen and Star Wars.

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058 - What are Common Learning Patterns from 2020-03-16T04:59:19

Andy and Patrick sit down to chat about learning patterns, practice and trying new things.

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057 - How to UX on Cross-functional Teams from 2020-03-09T04:56:50

Andy and Patrick sit down to talk about the pros and cons of working on cross-functional teams and the racist origins of Fanta

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056 - Transitioning Careers with Trae Winterton from 2020-03-02T02:51:52

Trae Winterton joined Andy and Patrick to chat about his recent transition from user research to product management.

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055 - Agile and Designers Part Deux feat. Jon Anderson from 2020-02-24T08:53:20

Patrick sat down with Jon Anderson to follow up on Jac Madsen's question about Agile principles and methodologies.

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054 - Agile and Designers from 2020-02-17T06:19:01

Let the giggle factory continue. Andy and Patrick tackled Jac Madsen's topic of Agile.... what it is and what it means to designers.

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053 - WTF with Designer Layoffs from 2020-02-10T06:11:53

Andy and Patrick chat about recent tech layoffs and how it effects designers

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052 - How Can Product Managers Critique Designers from 2020-02-03T05:28:56

Weston Youd sent a great topic about how product managers can better critique designs - Andy and Patrick sat down in the new pod digs to discuss it.

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051 - What Does Senior Mean from 2020-01-27T07:08:13

Friend of the show Matt Born submitted a great topic - what does "senior" mean. Andy and Patrick chatted about the requirements and traits of a senior designer.

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050 - LIVE IN THE HIVE from 2020-01-20T05:51:01

The first ever Design Much live! Andy and Patrick had the opportunity to record this podcast at a Product Hive Utah Meetup, hosted by Solution Reach. Fun times, fun times.

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049 - Observation or Gut? Where Should Output Come From from 2020-01-13T06:03:52

Matt Born asks the question, How much design output is informed by observation vs. gut? Andy and Patrick sit down and try to figure it out.

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048 - Do Visual Artists Make Better UX Designers from 2019-12-30T06:47:15

Visual artists make fun of UX designers and UX design make fun of visual artists.... so who right? Do visual artists make better UX designers? Well, Andy and I make the final judgement in this grip...

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047 - The UX of Christmas from 2019-12-23T19:18:14

After building a snowman, Andy and Patrick warm up with a nice conversation about the user experience of Christmas.

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046 - Benefits of Specialization, Generalization, and Management from 2019-12-05T07:23:55

In this episode, Andy and Patrick argue about when Frozen 2 was released, the difference between a raven and a crow, but most importantly the benefits of specializing, being a generalist or jumping...

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045 - Are You Threatened by Other Designers? from 2019-11-27T07:40:34

Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about thanksgiving as well as being threatened by the skills of other designers.

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044 - Networking Practices from Junior to Senior from 2019-11-07T07:22:51

Andy and Patrick field a topic from listener Danny G about networking practices for junior and senior designers.

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043 - Are You Afraid of the Dark Part II from 2019-10-31T05:09:50

Andy and Patrick tell spooky design stories around the campfire.

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042 - Why are Successful Movies These Days (and apps) Only Remakes or Series? from 2019-10-09T07:23:44

This week we have a special guest, product management legend Michael Nielson joined us to chat about reboots, series, original ideas and familiarity in movies, pop culture and design.

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041 - Why are Design Trends Cyclical? from 2019-10-03T17:19:20

Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about why design trends are cyclical? Why do they evolve? Why haven't jorts made a huge comeback yet.

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040 - The Influence of 80's Car Design on Modern Web Design from 2019-09-26T07:00:13

Andy and Page sit down and chat about a hot topic in the design world today - how do 1980's car designs influence today's modern web design.

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039 - Pros and Cons of Remote Work from 2019-09-12T06:33:37

Andy and Patrick chat about the pros and cons of remote work and mix in a little Kinky Friedman analysis.

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038 - 2019 State of Design Tools from 2019-09-05T14:29:06

Andy and Patrick power through their allergies to chat about the state of design tools in 2019. What they like, what they don't like and fig newtons.

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037 - How Long will This Take? from 2019-08-30T05:51:05

Andy and Patrick discuss the inevitable design question, "How long will this take?"

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036 - Day in the Life of a Designer from 2019-08-15T16:00:40

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035 - Coaching Stakeholders on Best Practices from 2019-08-09T04:44:08

Andy and Patrick explore how designers can coach project stakeholders on design best practices and how it can improve the effectiveness of their involvement.

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034 - How to Collaborate on Bigger Design Teams from 2019-08-01T07:34:21

Andy and Patrick begin to tackle the struggles of collaboration in large design teams.

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033 - Figma Pt. 2 from 2019-07-25T06:29:54

Andy and Patrick follow up their discussion about the design tool Figma. They discuss feedback from designers and design teams that are currently using Figma full-time.

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032 - Figma from 2019-07-18T05:52:10

Andy and Patrick cover the collaborative design tool Figma, its pros and cons and how it differs to other tools that offer similar functionality.

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031 - Consistency — when you need it, when you don’t from 2019-07-11T04:48:56

Andy and Patrick discuss design consistency within design systems. When it is needed and how designers can challenge consistency with design unification.

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030 - What to do with your design after it’s released from 2019-07-03T06:33:52

So you have shipped a design, now what? Andy and Patrick discuss the next steps designers can take after a design or product is live.

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029 - How to Communicate Design Problems with Your Team from 2019-06-27T04:08:35

Andy and Patrick explore how a designers can approach communicating problems with built designs to developer and QA team members.

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028 - Product Design vs. Marketing Design from 2019-06-20T05:31:52

Andy and Patrick pit product design against marketing design by exploring the differences between each discipline; their outcomes, career paths and day to day tasks. It’s a fight to the death, whic...

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027 - How to Approach a Project Pt 2 from 2019-05-30T06:16:56

Andy and Patrick continue to explore how selecting and working with stakeholders can help designers approach design projects.

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026 - How to Approach a Project from 2019-05-22T05:39:06

Andy and Patrick explore the nuances of how designers approach a larger design project vs a smaller design update.

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025 - How to be Self-aware (feat. Ingrid Cruz) from 2019-02-21T08:09:59

Andy and Patrick sat down with Ingrid Cruz to talk about how self-awareness can help designers with their career growth.

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024 - How to elevate your research game (feat. Danielle Green) from 2019-02-05T06:37:38

As designers, there are many potential things that could keep us up at night. Fear that our portfolio isn’t good enough, logo redesigns that we just love to hate, or even worry that you aren’t doin...

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023 - How to break down a large project (feat. Eric Avarell) from 2018-12-07T18:36:21

Andy and Patrick sat down with product manager, Eric Avarell to get a better understanding of how he works to break down large projects so that his team can be more effective in building the best p...

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022 - How to Speak Up (feat. Allison Zubal) from 2018-11-15T17:33:50

Communication is a vital part of each UX designer’s role. However, sometimes we can find ourselves in situations where we lack the confidence to speak our opinions or offer feedback even if we thin...

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021 - Are You Afraid of the Dark...Patterns? (feat. Andy and Patrick) from 2018-10-24T04:12:30

For this special Halloween episode, Andy and Patrick did what all designers do on Halloween, they sat down at a campfire in the dead of night just to tell each other about product experiences that ...

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020 - How to Test Designs at Every Step (ft. Brett Gunter) from 2018-10-05T03:59:31

Testing, in some form or another, can almost always be found in each designers utility belt. But as designers, when and how often should we be testing our designs? How do we know we are testing the...

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019 - How to Understand the Different UX Design Disciplines (feat. Jeff Carter) from 2018-09-21T07:16:54

As designers, should we all know the differences that make up the other various disciplines? Can having that understanding benefit us as designers? Andy and Patrick conversed with Jeff Carter, the ...

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018 - How to Better Design for Accessibility ft. Carlos Filoteo from 2018-07-25T21:36:04

If you are a designer, chances are you know that your app should, in some way, support users with disabilities. But with so many potential disabilities that can affect a portion of your users, you ...

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017 - How to Increase Team Alignment Using Figma (feat. Dan Vineyard) from 2018-07-09T04:47:29

We all know that communicating a design to our team is a vital part of the design process. But since many design tools don't focus on design transparency and collaboration, sharing our work while w...

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016 - How to Run A Design Critique (feat. Ben Peck) from 2018-06-21T05:22:59

Design critiques are a great way for a designer to get feedback from his/her design team. However, depending on the way they are facilitated or the manner of which a designer asks for feedback, som...

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015 - How to Front, a special conference episode featuring Andy and Patrick from 2018-06-06T06:18:39

Andy and Patrick attending the Front design and product conference last week in Salt Lake City Utah. We had a great time at the event and wanted to share our insights with you all. If you want to c...

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014 - How to Avoid Designing Only the Happy Path with Andrew Ditto from 2018-05-25T05:21:47

Andy and Patrick sat down with Andrew Ditto from Canopy to help us understand how QA approaches design. We had a great time interviewing Andrew and we hope you will enjoy it as much as we did. If y...

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013 - How to Influence Stakeholders (feat. Andy Vitale) from 2018-05-09T17:56:46

Design Much, Level up your design game one bite size podcast at a time

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012 - How to Avoid Confirmation Bias (feat. Nate Sanders) from 2018-04-25T08:52:57

Andy and Patrick sat down with the mighty Nate Sanders from Pluralsight to help us understand confirmation bias better.

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011 - How to deal with Imposter Syndrome (feat. Jordan Reading) from 2018-03-21T07:46

Andy and Patrick sat down with Jordan Reading, Product Design at Jane.com to discuss how to understand and handle imposter syndrome. Fantastic interview with some great insight in dealing with an i...

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010 - How to Build a Great Relationship with an Engineer (feat. Neil Oler) from 2018-03-08T08:39

Andy and Patrick sat down with engineer Neil Oler to discuss how to build long lasting relationships with developers to improve not only your work environment, but also to create better products/pr...

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009 - How to Deliberately Practice (feat. Nick Bluth) from 2018-02-28T08:32

Andy and Patrick sat down with the mighty Nick Bluth again to chat more about design practice, specifically the 'deliberate practice' method and how we can hone our skills by slowing things down an...

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008 - How to be a Design Team of One (feat. Jonathon Juvenal) from 2018-02-15T08:25

Andy and Patrick sat down with Senior Designer, Jonathon Juvenal to discuss the pros and cons of being a design team of one. Jonathon has deep experience in the world of digital design and has been...

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007 - How to Gamestorm (feat. TJ Nelson) from 2018-02-07T08:19

Andy and Patrick sat down with TJ Nelson to find out more about Gamestorming. TJ is a Sr Product Designer at Inmoment and Founder at ProductBound (productbound.co), you can find him on social media...

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006 - How to Involve Developers in the Design Process (feat. Blake Simkins) from 2018-01-25T08:13

Andy and Patrick sat down with Blake Simkins, Director of Product Design at Podium to discuss how he has involved developers in the design process. Follow Blake on Twitter using @blakesimkins.

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005 - How to Select a Font (Feat. Trevor Nielsen) from 2018-01-19T07:58

Andy and Patrick sat down with the articulate Trevor Nielsen to discuss how he selects the perfect font for his design projects. Trevor is currently a senior designer at Mojo Marketplace (https://w...

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004 - Learning Framer, Small Wins and Mic Drop (feat. Danaan Clarke) from 2018-01-13T07:52

Andy and Patrick sat down with the tall and mighty Danaan Clarke to learn more about learning new tools, specifically learning FramerJS and his experience with the design and prototyping tool.

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