design-ERS
By Raffaele Vitale
The pandemic stretch made the worlds of two unconventional Italian designers collide. One of Medium's top writer in Design, born in Sorrento and living in Amsterdam, met a Silicon Valley-adopted experience strategist raised in Tuscany. Expect this show to be eccentric at the very least. Federico and Raffaele will share their bold thoughts and practical ideas about what Design means in today's world, and why is continuously evolving. Together with some phenomenal guests, enjoy this journey into the most unexpected, irreverent species of "design-ers".
design-ERSJul 08, 2020
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The Intersection of Psychology, Fashion and Design with Chidinma Kalu
Jul 20, 202114:47
![[LIVE] 2020 Retrospective](https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_episode400/16087440/370a394e7c0374fc.jpeg)
[LIVE] 2020 Retrospective
First live episode, discussing the highlights of our 2020 across our 18 episodes so far.
Check them all, including our visuals, on https://medium.com/design-ers
Check them all, including our visuals, on https://medium.com/design-ers
Feb 04, 202115:16
The Future of Design is No-Code with Adrianne Ngam
Discover the creative potential of No-Code solutions and their mission with Adrianne Ngam.
Dec 14, 202032:53
Experience Excellence with Andrea Rolleri
We talk a lot about customer experience and delighting our users. But one of the key parts of every cocktail is to create a great balance between the ingredients. When it comes to crafting the perfect journey, we believe that one of those killer dynamics is combining creativity with data.<br /><br />Today we have the pleasure to host a real ninja in experience excellence. Andrea Rolleri, who started his professional journey in telco to move into travel and now landed in the entertainment world.
Nov 24, 202031:11
Earbuds That Fit Your Unique Ear Shape with Micheal Roy
The audio market has been completely revolutionized by the Earbuds.
What is the future for this accessory and in which direction is technological innovation focusing?
We talked about this with Micheal Roy, an industrial designer working at UE and the new launch of the UE Fit: https://custom.ultimateears.com/pages/ue-fits
What is the future for this accessory and in which direction is technological innovation focusing?
We talked about this with Micheal Roy, an industrial designer working at UE and the new launch of the UE Fit: https://custom.ultimateears.com/pages/ue-fits
Nov 09, 202037:47
Beating Cancer with Giovanni Di Napoli
We are discovering together with Giovanni di Napoli, General Manager for Medtronic, the challenges in the MedTech field of a revolutionary product that aims to help the prevention of colorectal cancer.
Oct 24, 202035:54
The Design Dilemma
In today's episode, we talked about "The Social Dilemma", a documentary released by Netflix that talks about the advent of social media and the impact it is having on our lives.
PLEASE NOTE - In this episode we share our personal opinions about "The Social Dilemma", our key takeaways and the implications for the design community.
Facebook official response to the Netflix documentary is available here: https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/What-The-Social-Dilemma-Gets-Wrong.pdf
PLEASE NOTE - In this episode we share our personal opinions about "The Social Dilemma", our key takeaways and the implications for the design community.
Facebook official response to the Netflix documentary is available here: https://about.fb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/What-The-Social-Dilemma-Gets-Wrong.pdf
Oct 10, 202013:57
Luxury Product Design with Vittorio Pieroni
We promised the most unconventional design-ERS, and we're doing our best to deliver. Raise your hand if you've ever designed a yacht or a motorhome like the ones below. No? Well, this is an opportunity to learn something more about it, and apply it to your creative environment.
Sep 21, 202032:43
Practice Empathy, not Bull$*!t
We shared some experiences and practical tips to develop a sense of empathy.<br />What do we really mean when we say 'Empathy'?<br />What are some tangible examples to become more empathetic (or empathic, they are bot correct!) with the people we're designing for?
Sep 07, 202016:31
Designing Designers with Paulo Fonseca
Paulo is a design extraordinaire who built his first website just a couple of months after turning five years old. He’s been working on UX Design for the past 8 years, doing Research, Strategy, Design, and Testing to help all kinds of organizations around the world and in a lot of different industries to build products that their Users love.
We had to spend some time together, and we're sharing with you a number of practical advice to become a better designer, with plenty of tips for your interview & testing sessions and how to approach your daily work to own your growth.
After all these years and all these labels, and after a heavy dose of self-reflection as well, he now labels himself with the big mouthful of "Designer Designing Designers".
We had to spend some time together, and we're sharing with you a number of practical advice to become a better designer, with plenty of tips for your interview & testing sessions and how to approach your daily work to own your growth.
After all these years and all these labels, and after a heavy dose of self-reflection as well, he now labels himself with the big mouthful of "Designer Designing Designers".
Sep 01, 202045:14
Lee Robinson, a digital maker from 2025
The journey of Lee Robinson, a Senior Developer with a creative vision, sharing his experience with launching his new course: React 2025.
http://react2025.com
http://react2025.com
Aug 25, 202038:51
Natalie Griffen: a True Multipotentialite Story
Natalie Griffen, from Professional Soccer Player and Mechanical Engineer to Instagram webcomic artist, screenwriter and movie director is our new creative mind guest.
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📱 ApplePodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
💻 Medium: https://medium.com/design-ers
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https://designERS.show
📱 ApplePodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
💻 Medium: https://medium.com/design-ers
Aug 15, 202039:13
Design for Belonging
We discussed why Experience Design should go beyond Inclusivity, Accessibility and Diversity and focus on Belonging, defined as ‘the acceptance as a full member of the community; comfort in bringing your full self/contributions to work that improves motivation and persistence’.
Make sure you're going beyond accessibility and think big!
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https://designERS.show
📱 ApplePodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
💻 Medium: https://medium.com/design-ers
Make sure you're going beyond accessibility and think big!
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https://designERS.show
📱 ApplePodcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0c5wPUIvfJ0ej2Y3QXXXMb?si=cldm37hzQPuUmLXt1JXlzA
💻 Medium: https://medium.com/design-ers
Aug 13, 202013:46
The 'Soosee' Story with Jordi Bruin
In this episode of our Life Stories series, we had the pleasure of hosting Jordi Bruin, creative thinker and unconventional developer, who shared with us his experience in building Soosee during the lockdown, an AR iOS app ingredient scanner that helps people avoid ingredients you can't have or don't like.
Aug 02, 202038:53
The Rise of Enterprise UX
Enterprise UX is the design of holistic working experiences to empower employees in being successful and developing a genuine sense of belonging towards the organization they work for. <br />- It does include software and service design, but it's bigger than that<br />- It's all about workplace design and workforce culture<br />- It's grounded in inclusive design<br />- Functionally, sits at the intersection of IT, HR, corporate strategy and internal comms<br />This episode will shed some light on what makes enterprise UX different from the well-known, almost-infamous digital experience design applied to end-users. Plus, we'll share with you why you should consider it for your career.<br />TWEET US @design-ers_audio
Jul 29, 202018:02
The 'Modern Designer' Recipe
DOWNLOAD THE MODERN DESIGNER MAP HERE: bit.ly/moderndesigners <br />What are the skills needed for a designer in 2020? <br />Should we keep the focus on our creative craft or learn more about business? <br />Is content strategy important, or should we learn how to code?<br />We discussed how tricky the creative universe is nowadays and we introduced the 9 skills we believe to be the foundation of a modern designer, starting a conversation to identify what is the art of the possible to better craft our competence and build an effective personal development plan for our expertise.
Jul 27, 202018:29
The IPTVX Story with Matteo Gobbi
The journey of a senior iOS software engineer launching his personal project while working in Silicon Valley for Google and Twitter. <br />IPTVX, the app to watch your digital content, Movies, Shows and Live Streaming with style!
Jul 23, 202037:10
Work-Life Balance: Myth or Reality?
In this episode, we discuss how self-awareness is the key to define work/life balance in terms of tangible outcomes, not just time. We shared our happiness-focused approach that starts with defining personal priorities and considers how they might shift during lifetime both for the planned and unplanned event. Eventually, you're in charge of your work/life balance, be ready to experiment but don't let anybody decide it for you!
Jul 16, 202017:45
Creating Meaningful Connections
What we learned about combining Networking and Collaboration to create real, trustworthy connections.
Jul 14, 202023:55
The Creative Process Applied To Our Podcast
In the first episode, we discussed the creative process and how we applied to the creation of this podcast
- What is creativity and our process to create this podcast
- Idea Rave & Strategy
- Divide and conquer (artwork, tools (audio & video), logistics, etc.)
- Iterations and refinement
- What we liked
- What should have done better
- What is creativity and our process to create this podcast
- Idea Rave & Strategy
- Divide and conquer (artwork, tools (audio & video), logistics, etc.)
- Iterations and refinement
- What we liked
- What should have done better
Jul 08, 202025:05
The Pilot
The pandemic stretch made the worlds of two unconventional Italian designers collide. One of Medium's top writer in Design, born in Sorrento and living between Milan and Berlin, met a Silicon Valley-adopted experience strategist raised in Tuscany. Expect this show to be eccentric at the very least. Federico and Raffaele will share their bold thoughts and practical ideas about what Design means in today's world, and why is continuously evolving. Together with some phenomenal guests, enjoy this journey into the most unexpected, irreverent species of "design-ers".<br />By the way, nobody reads descriptions anymore, so just give it a try! Enjoy the show and let us know what you think. Ciao!
Jul 06, 202021:19