Daily Deluxe – Design, UX & Tech
By Jo Ippen & Nico Engelhardt
Daily Deluxe is brought to you by Human Deluxe – Experience Design Studio.
Daily Deluxe – Design, UX & TechFeb 27, 2019
DD026 - How do you manage your day?
In this episode of Daily Deluxe, Jo talks about Todo Tiles, a productivity technique that uses pen & paper to get a great overview of your day. You can read more about it here: https://johannesippen.com/2019/todo-tiles/
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD025 - Where do you work?
DD024 – What books should UX designers read?
Do we even need to read? Jo explains why reading books on complex topics is still more advanced than watching Tutorials. Here is his list of books that UX designers should read:
- Don’t make me think – Steve Krug
- The Design of everyday Things – Don Norman
- The Power of Moments – Chip & Dan Heath
More book recommendations here:
https://johannesippen.com/2017/good-reads/
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD023 – How do you organize?
Jo talks about how Human Deluxe uses Trello, Post-its and glass-house plastic boards to organize the studio work
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD023 - Do you like to travel?
DD022 – What is Human Deluxe?
It’s Jo’s birthday! 🎂 He takes the opportunity to talk about Human Deluxe, his design studio in Berlin – and, more importantly – Human Experience Design. There‘s also an article he wrote about that: https://johannesippen.com/2019/humans-not-users/
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD021 – How long until a habit forms?
Making this podcast a habit is Jo’s mission – but how long do you need until you create a habit? We will talk about the 2 numbers that seem to matter and find our own, seemingly good middle ground.
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD020 – How to make a daily podcast?
20 episodes! Jo recaps on the Daily Deluxe podcast and explores how to make a daily podcast. There is two big things that help building a habit, explained in this episode.
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD019 – Are Designers Really That Important?
Are designers really that important? Nico and Jo discuss John Maeda’s point: https://www.fastcompany.com/90320120/john-maeda-in-reality-design-is-not-that-important.
Jo’s interview with Adobe XD's Khoi Vinh: https://johannesippen.com/2017/khoi-vinh/
Article about the role of the designer in 2019: https://johannesippen.com/2019/designer-skills/
Daily Deluxe Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=EBwiYIyfQjW8aucgKEdRnA
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD018 – Office Music
What is your favourite music to work to? Jo and Nico discuss J Dilla, Trent Reznor and beta rhythms. Jo actually wrote an article about the topic – read it here: https://johannesippen.com/2017/playlist/.
Daily Deluxe Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=EBwiYIyfQjW8aucgKEdRnA
Our favourite focus music: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX3XlP43fJptv?si=mJ7UlhLlSI-mEgLidJuHLQ
Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD017 – Apple Keynote Event
Nico has his own theory about why we enjoy redesigns in physical products, but not so much in digital products. Also, who’s looking forward to the Apple Keynote Event?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8SShgWqJvg
Check out our official Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=YpTkH8aNS4yPMroQQ4LvgA
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD016 – Quantified Self
During his evening walk, Jo thinks about the quantified self – using Google Fit (https://www.google.com/fit/) and Toggl (https://toggl.com/).
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD015 - Design Tools for Non-Pros
DD014 – Pessimists Archive
DD013 – Story Time
What do Toga parties have in common with design tools? Jo shares the story of how he started a web series from a bus on his way from Berlin to Hamburg. Find the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjs0QCKByQ Nico says he's disappointed in the quality, but Hey, it’s the joke that counts!
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD012 – Creative Mornings
Jo calls Nico, who went to the Creative Morning Session today – listen now to hear a summary about the talk, and check out the Creative Mornings platform: https://creativemornings.com/cities/ber
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD011 – Big Files in 2019
Nico is back! But he won’t tell us where he went. Follow him on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nico_engelhardt or follow Jo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johannesippen. Also, check out Firefox Send here, the tool that we talk about: https://send.firefox.com/
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD010 – Never Hide
Jo found a note about a design principle he came up with: Never Hide! In this episode, he explores what that means and why hiding information can result in terrible UX. The links of today:
- iA Writer: https://ia.net/writer
- Graphical Cooking FAQs: http://graphicalcooking.com/#faq
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD009 - Achtung, German Teil 2
DD008 – Digital Infographics (Achtung, German!)
Jo talks about how a blackout was responsible for us not being on air – excuses, excuses. To make up for it, here is the first half of the digital infographics talk we did last week at the dpa Berlin HQ.
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD007 – Inspiration is for Amateurs
Tired Jo shares how he’s getting inspired. Check out the following tools he is using:
Also, see the full Mike Monteiro interview on Sara Dietschy’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCGMSuDJYVY
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD006 – Kill Your KPIs
Left alone in the studio, Jo rambles about how designing for KPIs can destroy a brand. Also, read this: https://johannesippen.com/2019/kill-your-kpis/
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD005 – Five Lenses!
Jo tries to sell the Nokia 9 Pureview, QVC style! (https://youtu.be/nRNgsannOCU) Also, here’s some UX groups on Facebook for you to check out:
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/333331966875849/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/153692614977217/
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/159669727989988/
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD004 – Galaxy Fold
Nico and Jo talk about the Galaxy Fold (https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-fold/), Samsung’s latest mobile phone innovation. Would they buy it? And how does it change the way we design for phones?
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD003 – How I met Your Nico
In today's episode of Daily Deluxe, Jo will talk about how he met Nico how Smashing Magazine and the iPad started their working relationship. The article Jo is referring to at 2:25: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-death-of-the-blog-post/ The final Aside Magazine mentioned at 5:20 can be found here: http://asidemag.com/
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD002 - Supereasy, Superslick, I Love it!
In this episode of Daily Deluxe, Nico and Jo compare their favourite Top 3 design tools at the moment. Although Jo claims at 4:25 that you cannot download Skitch anymore, you actually can! Here’s the link: https://evernote.com/intl/en/products/skitch
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com
DD001 – The Last Question
Jo asks Nico a very important question. Jo doesn’t like biology, but had a great plan to be able to fly when he was younger. Nico is fascinated by all things evolution – but how can one integrate this into design?
Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com