UX Design Huddle

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 journeys and flows, and various fidelities of annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

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 One Brand Strategy implemented in 200+ markets and led partnerships with Disney, Marvel, Google and Star Wars. https://knownunknown.co/  https://www.jamessommerville.co/ 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 Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

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 various fidelities of annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

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 Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

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 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 Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com

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 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 Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years of experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design. Contact: designhuddlepodcast@gmail.com 

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 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

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, site maps, user journeys and flows, as well as various fidelities of annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Product, Business Development and UX Design.

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 expertise on website best practices with his clients and on his YouTube channel where he streams every Friday at 1pm ET. Website: uxhacks.com Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/DavidMartinUX/ UX Audit Course: https://uxhacks.podia.com/website-ux-audit-course Checkout: 50% off course coupon, DSGNHDDL 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 only is Melinda a rockstar entrepreneur she is the works for for The Futur as a Co-host on the Process. If you want to learn to be a better team consultant, strategist, or team member this episode is for you. Check out: https://www.marksandmaker.com/

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 episode, we talk about the design process and the UX dark patterns.  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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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. Matthew has led and transformed today’s leading companies. At Microsoft, in joint partnership with Upwork, he built the Microsoft 365 freelance toolkit - the unlock for enterprises to embrace the human cloud at scale - bringing Microsoft from nascent to an industry leader in under two years. At Gigster, he built Ideation - connecting remote freelance developers, data scientists, and product managers with companies to consistently generate what should be built in the software development lifecycle. At Georgia Tech, he helped develop the entrepreneurship curriculum with Faculty of the Year awardee Arn Rubinoff and guest lectures. Matthew is a recognized voice for leadership teams, public investors, and media. His work has been featured by Forbes and Fortune to name a few. He has been named a top 50 remote work expert to follow. He is an international keynote speaker, speaking at leading conferences Remote Work Summit and YPO’s Innovation Week to name a few. He advises through expert knowledge networks. He is the author of StartUp Not StartDown and contributor to leading industry reports.

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 show and teach all those around him on how to implement it. He has an extensive background in design theories including UX research and discovery, a desire to listen to the problem at hand, and then explore solutions via ideation. He believes that it just doesn’t end with all the creative, UX, product design stuff though folks. Kevin was awarded the honor of TechPoint's Top 25 in Technology in 2018.    About The Basement: The Basement is a full-service integrated agency, founded by early pioneers of digital, bringing high-quality design and a media-first approach to branding campaigns via interactive storytelling. The agency works to deliver radical clarity to agile brands by leveraging modern storytelling and data acumen. Based out of Indianapolis, The Basement works with brands on the national stage like Schlage, NCAA, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, American College of Education, Transitions and more.

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 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 fidelities of annotated wireframes.  Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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/hamburger-menu-and-ux-design/ https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2021/beatport-rebrand/ https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/7-13-june-2021/typographic-accessibility/ https://uxmag.com/articles/what-are-ux-errors-of-omission-and-commission https://dribbble.com/stories/2021/06/01/inclusive-design-tips https://www.creativebloq.com/news/fusion-footballs-euro-2020 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 annotated wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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 wireframes. Ryan Warrender is Web Product Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

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/9781491907085/ Jason's website https://rwt.io/ https://rwt.io/presentations https://rwt.io/resources

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.apps.accessibility.auditor https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.faizmalkani.keylines  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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.  

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. 

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/

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 is like to be famous.  Mandys Type Experiments: https://codepen.io/mandymichael Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mandy_Kerr 

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 Ryan Warrender and Mustafa Kurtuldu: ➡️Ryan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.warren... ➡️Mustafa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mustafa.ux/ #DesignTalk #UXD #UXDesign Ryan and Mustafa work for Google. The opinions expressed are solely our own and do not express the views or opinions of our employer.

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

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 was made by me, so buy it” started to evolve in the 1800’s. Article https://www.designtoday.info/brand-new-the-history-of-branding/

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 four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their simple fixes Team word game - https://draw.rknoll.at Nike reveals hands-free GO FlyEase trainer

In today’s episode we have a special guest Ioana Teleanu the UX expert behind the instagram account @UXGoodies, which has over 210k followers.. Ioana is a senior UX Designer with a super impressive design background working in RPA, Healthcare, Financial Services and Banking. She is a phenomenal  mentor and educator. She is also the cohost of Honest UX Talks.  ➡️ Subscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/designhuddle ➡️Twitter: https://twitter.com/designhuddlepod ➡️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designhuddl... Hosted by Ryan Warrender and Mustafa Kurtuldu: ➡️Ryan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ryan.warren... ➡️Mustafa's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mustafa.ux/ #TechNews #DesignTalk #UXD #UXDesign Ryan and Mustafa work for Google. The opinions expressed are solely our own and do not express the views or opinions of our employer.

In this episode Ryan 'The War Ender' Warrender and Mustafa 'The One Who Escaped' Kurtuldu discover our origins (or rapper names), origins of the web, and how we got started in tech. We take a look at Input Magazine's data visualization of the web and how they present the design in a slideshow design, factual design, and accessibility. From there we speak about how design needs to revolve around the people and not the other way around. We also discuss San Diego's new logo, typeface, and poster design and how brands need to adapt to a digital world. References: This psychedelic data viz shows the wild evolution of the internet Ingenious new San Diego Zoo logo will make you look twice

In this episode, Mustafa & Ryan discuss UX best practices with writing. We discuss how users read websites, the two types of readers, Scanners and Methodical, and how you can design your website to improves its readability. We also talk about User Fudged Experiences, which are observations of users who do weird and wacky things with your products, what it means, and how you can innovate to support them achieve their goals. References: Eye-Tracking Study You Won’t Finish This Article Jakob Nielsen study

In this episode, we are speaking to Brendan Kearns, a designer who has worked at Twitter, InVision, and Google. He has recently set up his agency and now works with clients from Europe to Silicon Valley.  We discuss how he started as a Business Major at college, transitioned to agency life, and ended up in Silicon Valley. Brendan gives great advice to those who want to start their own design business and his ambitions as a founder of his agency.  We also talk about the time Trump advisor, Anthony Scaramouchi followed him on Twitter and the discussion they had via DMs concerning UX design. 

The psychology of waiting, loading animations, and Facebook Welcome to Design Huddle, a podcast where two Googlers breakdown what’s new in tech and design. Each week we talk about what’s trending in tech, have some epic interviews, and drop some knowledge on you so you can stay ahead of the robot apocalypse. 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design.

Welcome to Design Huddle, a podcast where two Googlers breakdown what’s new in tech and design. Each week we talk about what’s trending in tech, have some epic interviews, and drop some knowledge on you so you can stay ahead of the robot apocalypse. 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design. This week we talk NFTs. NFT stands for "non-fungible token." This kind of token is like Bitcoin, except while you can trade Bitcoin and have more of the same thing that represents real money at a varying market value, each NFT is unique. You possess the token that says you own something, like an art piece, and you can trade it, but if you do, you'll be getting an entirely different piece. To keep all the parts in place, there's enforced (artificial, but isn't everything?) scarcity.

Welcome to Design Huddle, a podcast where two UX designers breakdown what’s new in tech and design. Each week we talk about what’s trending in tech, have some epic interviews, and drop some knowledge on you so you can stay ahead of the robot apocalypse. 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design. Topics: How Well Do You Know UX Principles? - Discuss the pros and cons of being a self taught UX Designer  Travel Remotely - Travel site with a twist, imagine if you could visit a city from the comfort of your own home. Created by John Ornelas Why a cardboard shortage is driving innovation in packaging design - Online shopping, office closures and Brexit have all impacted cardboard supplies. Material innovation and smarter packaging design could provide a solution. As well as being light, easy to rip up and cheap, cardboard has sustainable advantages. It contains a high percentage of recycled material – sometimes up to 80%. Genius airline design - The concept of travel might be a distant memory for many right now, but while we're all waiting for the world to return to normal, one ingenious airline poster has recently resurfaced online. The internet is currently going wild for Norwegian Airlines' clever way of communicating its various destinations, and we're loving the smart and simple execution. Please subscribe and share this episode!

Welcome to Design Huddle, a podcast where two Googlers breakdown what’s new in tech and design. Each week we talk about what’s trending in tech, have some epic interviews, and drop some knowledge on you so you can stay ahead of the robot apocalypse. New co-host! 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 Partnerships Manager at Google. Ryan has over ten years experience working in Business Development and UX Design. Topics:  McDonalds Packaging Redesign  Influencers Instragram selfies are putting gorillas at risk  Carbon Footprint of Your Website 

In this episode, Ryan and Brandon discuss Nike’s new shoe tech, How AI Dungeon-maker Latitude raises $3.3M to build games with ‘infinite’ story possibilities, and 2021’s Design Trends ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★  

In this episode, Ryan and Brandon discuss why Gamestop stock went to the moon, the new Virgin Hyperloop designs, and all the HBO movies that drop in 2021.  ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★  

In this episode, Ryan and Brandon discuss Zune collectors, a home office built into the back of a car, and the Netflix shuffle feature.  ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

In this eposide, Brandon and Ryan discuss the new Apple car concept, Razer's super cool N95 mask, and discuss how robots are taking over. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

In this episode, Brandon Groce & Ryan Warrender discuss the outlandish 2020 Design Trend Neumorphism. What it is, what’s wrong with it, and where to go from here! ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

In this episode of Design Huddle, Tony Daussat (Creator of the XD Podcast and HiredUX.com )and Brandon Groce talk about happy accidents in the life of creative and entrepreneurs. 

Tony Daussat shares with us his ups and down, triumphs and failures through his years in the design and tech industry, as well as how he dealt with his losses and turned those losing situations into the energy he needed to kick start his amazing career at Bottle Rocket and amazing digital agency as well as create the amazing XD Podcast, where he interviews MANY of the leading thought leaders in the design industry today. 

🔥HiredUX.com Website: - HiredUX.com 📩 Where to Find Tony Daussat: https://www.xdpodcast.com/links. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

In this episode, we talk with Scott Dasse on what propels young creatives to make major strides in their careers, get hired, grow their skill set and MUCH MORE. Scott Dasse is a principal at Upstatement where he leads the design department and maintains a hands-on approach to the work. His clients have included MIT, Harvard, Bloomberg, NPR, Penguin Random House, Steelcase, and of course Tito's Handmade Vodka. He brings brands and technology together to build platforms and experiences that users love. His work has won awards from AIGA, SPD, Fast Co, and The Webbys. Scott is a Massachusetts native with an MFA in Graphic Design from Boston University. 🔥Upstatement’s Website: - Upstatement.com 📩 Contact Scott Dasse: - scott@upstatement.com. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

Ana Santos is a UX Consultant, coach and educator, who shares with us her journey of working with global brands like Google to become a full time consultant and design educator, and how you can do the same 🔥. Trust me, this is not an episode you want to miss! Ana Santos Website: Ana-Santos.com Social: ➡️ Instagram.com/ux.by.ana. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

James Martin shares with us his back story, how he got into branding & logo design, as well as starting his own agency BabyGiant Design Co. - 🖥 Find James online: Instagram: https://instagram.com/made.by.james?igshid=1xjd89j8vopjn - Website: https://www.baby-giant.co.uk/ - You can find us online here: 🖥Website: ALMOST DONE! 📲Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/designhuddletime - 📗Shop Our Book List: https://amzn.to/35RNbz1 - ✅Instagram Course: https://brandongroce.teachable.com/p/instagram-course

In this episode Ryan & Brandon get into what has gone over well for us in 2019 and what we are looking forward to moving into in 2020. You can find us online here:  📲Instagram: https://www.Instagram.com/designhuddletime. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

User flow is the path taken by a prototypical user on a website or app to complete a task. The user flow takes them from their entry point through a set of steps towards a successful outcome and final action, such as purchasing a product. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★

Jeff White, Cofounder @ Kula Partners & Previous UX & Design Professor at NSCAD, shares with us what has propelled designers to create amazing careers for themselves and what the most important thing are to truly focus on in ones early career, whether you decide to go to school, or not. - You can find Jeff White online here: 🖥Website: Kulapartners.com 📲Twitter: twitter.com/kulapartners. ★ Join the conversation on Discord: https://discord.gg/XEsKbd9 ★