This week we speak with Servando Sanchez, Creative Director at Regex, SEO talks about SEO, web design, and what it takes to be a self-made designer in our industry. We also looked at his early beginnings with MySpace and how that grew into a real job. 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 jo...
Nov 15, 2021•11 min•Transcript available on Metacast James is the Founder and Chief Designer of Known Unknown , a global design community. James is a brand design and marketing aficionado. As former VP of Global Design for The Coca-Cola Company , James has spoken at 200+ events in 30 countries about design, brand strategy, entrepreneurship and company culture. Those also happen to be 4 of the most requested topics to discuss on Design Huddle. At Coca-Cola, James led Design Thinking, Brand Design execution of 40+ identities, designed the Coca-Cola ...
Nov 08, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast Facebook has gone all Meta, but what does this mean for the company and how does its brand connect Facebook's other products? Listen to this episode to learn more. https://www.inputmag.com/culture/facebooks-new-name-is-meta 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, and variou...
Nov 01, 2021•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are covering the Apple launch event, the good, the bad and the downright silly. We also ask if a $19 polish cloth is a branding marvel or just plain ridiculous. 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, and various fidelities of annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrend...
Oct 25, 2021•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we look at super apps, which is an app that includes many functions all rolled into one—for example, having your streaming service, food delivery, and payments app collected together. Some popular ones include China's WeChat and AliPay, India's Paytm, Singapore's Grab, Indonesia's GoTo, Vietnam's Zalo, and South Korea's Kakao. But why haven't they been popular in the West, and what can app developers do to promote their success? About the hosts Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on i...
Oct 18, 2021•32 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Ryan and Mustafa look at UX portfolios and take a look at some of the best of 2021. They also cover tips on what to focus on and how you can scale your skillset. Top 21 UX Designer Portfolio Websites in 2021 https://www.casestudy.club/journal/ux-designer-portfolio Sites reviewed http://www.jonathanpatterson.com/ http://lifeofpai.com/ https://www.kysondana.com/ https://www.lizvwells.com/ About the hosts Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate...
Oct 11, 2021•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast The sprint is a five-day process for answering critical business questions through design, prototyping, and testing ideas with customers. Developed at GV , it’s a “greatest hits” of business strategy, innovation, behavior science, design thinking, and more—packaged into a battle-tested process that any team can use. See the GV site for more details: https://www.gv.com/sprint/ About the hosts Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate at Google. His skills incl...
Oct 04, 2021•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we cover tips and tricks on excellent UX design CVs, looking at some brilliant examples of a designer who designed their resume to look like Spotify when applying for a job there. We cover customization, format and also go into things to look for in a job interview. 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,...
Sep 27, 2021•34 min•Transcript available on Metacast David Martin is obsessed with websites. Making them functional. Making them beautiful. Making them fast. But most importantly, making them profitable for the people who run them. After nearly a decade building online businesses for others, he founded UXHACKS - a consultancy that builds and optimizes websites to maximize their traffic's potential and explode conversions. Having worked as a web designer, full-stack developer, and director of user experience in the past, he now shares his...
Sep 20, 2021•48 min•Transcript available on Metacast On this episode we bring back one of our favorite guests - Melinda Livsey. As the founder and brand strategist of Marks and Maker, Melinda unites over ten years of professional design experience with a penchant for thoughtful customer service. Melinda’s experience with notable names like Oakley, Paramount Pictures, and Loot Crate, coupled with her passion for creative thinkers and entrepreneurs, creates the perfect cocktail of impeccable workmanship, exceptional brands, and happy clientele. Not ...
Sep 13, 2021•45 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are speaking with Karl Salisbury, a product designer working at the payment processing company Adyen. Adyen serves enterprise clients such as Uber, Wise, Spotify, eBay, Microsoft, and LinkedIn, to name just a few. Before that, he was at Booking.com, joining during the company's hyper growth phase of 2017 and the crisis of 2020 with Covid. Having worked on both the customer and supply sides, Karl has a lot of experience regarding how travel sites and apps are designed. In this episod...
Sep 06, 2021•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Ryan and Mustafa are talking about Japanese design and how they have a persona that they present to the outside world, which is serene and straightforward, vs. their local style, which appears a lot more chaotic. They also look at other examples of international design that differ from our western styles and methods. Special thanks to Feedspot, who ranked our Podcast in the top 25 for design. Check it out here https://blog.feedspot.com/design_podcasts/ About the hosts Musta...
Aug 23, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Matthew Mottola is a leading voice and entrepreneur building the ‘Human Cloud’, the remote and independent model of work that over half the US workforce will transition to within the next five years. As the author of #1 New Release The Human Cloud , he sets the standard for the Future of Work. As the CEO of Venture L , he enables freelancers and clients to execute remote outcomes at scale. As a Forbes Contributor , he shares the stories and operating insights driving our shift to the human cloud...
Aug 16, 2021•39 min•Transcript available on Metacast The week we are speaking with Kevin Marshall. He has a background deep in a number of design roles and most recently laser-focused on UX design, Kevin is a true expert in the digital space. At The Basement, Kevin helps national clients achieve success across digital products. Kevin's talent lies within being a lifelong learner. Give him a package or technology and a few hours, and not only will I come back with a creation, but he'll also present it to the client and then sho...
Aug 09, 2021•47 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode we cover the logo design news and trends, from logo mashups to rebrands. News stories covered https://www.creativebloq.com/news/combined-logos https://www.creativebloq.com/graphic-design/pro-guide-logo-design-21221 https://www.creativebloq.com/news/visa-rebrand https://www.creativebloq.com/how-to/logo-typography-guide https://www.creativebloq.com/news/wasps-logo About the hosts Mustafa Kurtuldu is a UX lead on install-ability on Chrome and Design Advocate at Go...
Aug 02, 2021•28 min•Transcript available on Metacast In this episode, we look at content creation and several great tools you can use to streamline and scale your content creation. Tools we looked at; Veed.io is amazing for auto-generating subs conversion.ai - writes copy for you goodsalesemails.com - campaign templates Pixelhunter.io - resize photos for all platforms Grammarly - blog copy, spell check Descript - All-in-one audio & video editing, as easy as a doc. Riverside - Locally recorded, separate audio and video tracks. About the hosts M...
Jul 26, 2021•38 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are talking about the Top 10 design best practice for travel sites. Topics we cover; 'call to action' design tips, discuss the negative impact of dark patterns plus many more. 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 fideliti...
Jul 19, 2021•31 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we talk about the biggest flops and design fo-pars in tech history, from the Galaxy phone to Blockbusters rejection of Netflix. 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 Partnership...
Jul 12, 2021•20 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week we are covering the top design news stories from around the world. The Stories we covered are; https://www.designboom.com/design/10-winners-from-if-design-award-2021-creatively-respond-to-the-pandemic-06-11-2021/ https://www.creativebloq.com/features/best-and-worst-web-design-trends-2021 https://www.robertcreative.com/blog/typography-trends-in-2021 https://thecxlead.com/topics/5-common-mistakes-when-deciding-to-build-a-customer-journey-map/ https://www.uxpin.com/studio/blog/hambu...
Jul 05, 2021•13 min•Transcript available on Metacast This week Ryan and Mustafa try out a new trend of 'Would you rathers', looking at the fun yet the odd world of weird alternative scenarios. As per usual Mustafa tries to hack his way through. 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 ann...
Jun 28, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 wiref...
Jun 21, 2021•23 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/9781491907...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.app...
Jun 07, 2021•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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.
May 31, 2021•35 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/...
May 24, 2021•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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 ...
May 17, 2021•42 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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/ ➡️ Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/designhuddle ➡️Twitter: https://twitter.com/designhuddlepod ➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designhuddl. .. Hosted by Ry...
May 10, 2021•40 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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
May 03, 2021•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
Apr 26, 2021•24 min•Transcript available on Metacast 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...
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