Ulla is an exited Founder turned writer currently promoting her new book “Firesoul Leadership”. Hear about her experience of growing a business, the challenges and rewards of creating a compassionate design culture, and why she believes UX professionals should pursue entrepreneurship to solve big social issues. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Helena Bright for making this episode!
Sofia is a long-time member of CPHUX. She is currently working as a Product Designer at Bryq. Moving from Cyprus to Demark to study architecture, she then decided to switch to UX design instead. Hear about her experience of being a UX team of one with all its challenges and satisfactions and find out about her new exciting side project! Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Giorgia Meton for making this episode!
Sasha is a self-thought UXer and one of our dearest CPHUX members. She is currently working as a Senior Product Designer at Billetto. Hear about what she is currently working on, gather useful insights about her documentation process, and find out about her amazing experience with CPHUX! Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Giorgia Meton for making this episode!
Sandra is part of our Event Steering group and a beloved member of CPHUX. She is currently working as a User Experience Designer at Getinge. Her journey to UX was quite uncommon, starting with the fashion industry and moving on to banking and sales, they were all crucial steps in her development as a UX designer today. Hear about her day to day working process and about her volunteer work as a UX design mentor and teacher Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Giorgia Meton for making this episode!...
Gui is currently working as a Senior Digital Product Designer at Universal Robots and he is been part of the CPHUX family for a long time. He comes from Brazil where he first started working in Industrial design but he always felt a connection to user experience. Hear about his long path in UX and what UX Design means to him. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Giorgia Meton for making this episode!
Alina Kristensen is a long-time member of CPHUX. Hear about her long journey to UX, starting from Business, moving on to marketing and front-end, to finally landing in Design. Currently, she is working as a Senior UX Designer at Danske bank. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Giorgia Meton for making this episode!
Helena and her business partner Jayden reflect on their past year and overall time being together as co-founders with a BIG announcement. Hear their highlights and the biggest accomplishments from the beginning to the present. They then close with a reflection on the next year ahead of us. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Bailey Smith is an old member of CPHUX and even contributed for a short time. She is originally American but moved to the North of Jutland to study Information Architecture at Aalborg University. She, later on, moved to the capital; Copenhagen. Currently, she is working as a contract UX Designer at Milestone Systems. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!...
Moira Mastrone is currently working as a Senior UX Researcher at MMS Technology in the South of Germany, but when she joined CPHUX, she lived in Odense. She is originally from Italy but has been all over the world. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Liana Møsbæk is today working at Siteimprove as a Product Designer. Hear her story which brought her from Romania to Denmark, and hear where she sees the future bringing UX. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
William started his career in graphic design. When he started at Anthill Agency he moved into the UX space. Today he is UX Lead and in this episode, we get to know him better. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
After several years in the movie and craftsman business, Simon wanted to use his head more than his hands. He studied at KEA and Aalborg University in Copenhagen. Today he sees himself as a mix of Service Designer and UX Designer. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Jayden and Helena reflect on the past year at CPHUX; what stood out and what they’re proud of. They’ll talk about the upcoming year and why their activities tie so perfectly into their ambitions. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Petra is from Slovakia and has been a member of CPHUX for almost 2 years. From studying graphic design, creating posters and painting murals. Petra moved from art to web design to working more with applications and development. Today she works as a UI Designer at CONSENSUSThanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Tom is the Managing Director at Wholegrain Digital (a conversion focussed web design agency working exclusively with WordPress) This episode is about how Tom got about writing the book: " Sustainable Web Design" with A Book Apart. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for editing this episode!...
Beth is currently working at Hubspot for 12 years and has just released her book “Cultivating Content Design”. She is a leadership coach, content strategist and communications leader. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Lotus is from Portland US and after 20 years in the Bay area, she immigrated to Denmark where she joined CPHUX after 1 month. With a background in advertisement, she naturally moved into the UX space. Today she works at the global agency FFW as a Senior Customer Experience Service Design Consultant. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra for making this episode!
Ugnė is one of the oldest members of CPHUX. She is a creative soul and in this episode, she shares her story. Her take on the benefits and challenges of working in a startup. Lastly, she will share her own startup idea coming alive. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Adelajda Kołodziejska for making this episode!
Madelein studied sociology in Sweden and later found that UX could enable her to do research differently. She's currently working at Saxo Bank but previously she was contributing at CPHUX so Helena knows her quite well. Madelein was actually the first CPHUX member and we're proud to share her story. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for making this episode!...
Helena and her business partner Jayden reflect on their business marriage - who is super approachable and who is playing hard to get? They also look back at the year that has passed, discussing obstacles, celebrating victories, and optimistically looking onwards to 2021. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for making this episode!
Steve Portigal, the author of 'Interviewing Users' and 'User Research War Stories', has become a human confessional for user researchers and their stories about the crazy and unpredictable things they experience in the field. Steve has facilitated and encouraged knowledge sharing between research professionals from even before he wrote a book about the subject. Now the book and his website have taken a life of their own where stories are getting shared across the world. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra an...
Susan "The Brain Lady" Weinschenk guests the show after the CPHUX Book Club read her recognized book "100 Things Every Designer Needs to Know About People". She shares her creative process of writing books and recommends how to stay on top of new psychology research that can be used in design. Thanks to Preely for sponsoring this episode. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for making this episode!...
With over 20 years in UX and design, Fernanda Barbato has a lot of experience. As a Design Director at iZettle she is more managing than designing, but no matter what she'll do she'll always be a designer by heart. Through most of her career, the user has been at the center of her design process, but after realizing the consequences for the bigger system, she now asks: user-centered design at what cost? Thanks to Preely for sponsoring this episode. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for mak...
'What Is Wrong with Why UX?' should be the title of this special episode of 'Why UX?' where Helena interviews the host of the podcast 'What Is Wrong with UX?' and author of the books 'UX for Lean Startups' and 'Build Better Products', the one and only, Laura Klein. Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for making this episode!
From Milano in Italy, through Delft in the Netherlands, and ending up in Stockholm in Sweden. Stefano has been far and wide, and due to a little question-asking-worm in his ear, he has been cumulating vast knowledge and experience on the way, which he will share in yet another zoom-pandemic-version of WHY UX? Thanks to our sponsor Preely, Thanks to Pavel Bavtra and Simon Dybdal for making this episode!...
Guiseppe's first job as an intern at an internet marketplace company ended abruptly as the company went bankrupt as a consequence of the dot.com bubble in 2000. But as a phoenix Guiseppe rose from the ashes of his old employers, with a burning interest in HCI and IA. Twenty years later he finds himself working as a Senior UX Design Lead for Ericsson out of Stockholm, where he gets the chance to do what he likes best: solve complex problems. Thanks to our sponsor Preely, Thanks to Pavel Bavtra an...
Helena traveled to Sweden to interview Swedish experience designer, Karolina, at IKEA Retail Business and Digital Department in Malmö. It doesn't get much more Swedish than that! Karolina originally wanted to become a 3D animator, but after being taught many things she wasn't interested in learning, she now, two decades later, finds herself enabling 'design for the many' as a Senior Experience Design Leader at Ingka Group, IKEA’s largest strategic partner. Hear her story, how she works and her v...
Have you ever woken up to realize you are not where you are supposed to be? This has happened to Anne-Louise. Twice. First when she was studying Economics and Finance, later when she was studying Architecture and Design. She then discovered Service Design and she knew she was home. She is now working out of Idean in Malmö where she does UX and Service design as a consultant - thriving on the varied days, focus on users and creative freedom. Thanks to our sponsor Preely, Thanks to Pavels Konstant...
Today Kevin Fox works at EGGS Design, but his journey to this job and into service design was not as straight as can be. Kevin finished a bachelor in architecture but never worked as an architect. Instead, he got a job as a test analyst, however, after questioning too much how the product was designed, he ended up as the company’s UX/UI designer. This wasn’t enough for Kevin’s searching soul! He found himself being curious about the impact and effect of his work for the people he was designing f...
“Service is when a person leaving the store getting more than they expected”. These words from a supermarket training course for new employees proved to determine the direction of Helena’s life. Giving more than people expected has been her recipe ever since she complained her way into Kolding design school. Here her extraordinary passion for digital interaction design has moulded her into the community builder and UX advocate we all know her for today. Thanks to Pavel Konstantinov, Simon Dybdal...
