Podcast
CategoryDesign Talk 56. Omar Bakhshi, Design Director, Smart Design
Omar Bakhshi sits down to share the story of his career, from tinkering with electronics as a child to the strategic projects he now leads at Smart Design for some of the world’s largest companies. Marek and Omar reflect on how the challenges face…
Design Talk 55. Hampus Jakobsson, Venture Partner, BlueYard; Faster to Next
Before becoming a prolific angel investor and partner at the thesis-driven VC firm BlueYard, Hampus Jakobsson helped co-found TAT, one of the most influential companies in mobile user experience. He talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about the m…
Design Talk 54. Rachel Liu, Lead Service Designer, Pearson; Lifelong learning
Rachel Liu traces her path as a service designer to an early interest in making and a degree in computer science. She talks to MEX founder Marek Pawlowski about the evolution of her career, including the nuances of conducting complex user research…
Design Talk 53. Deep experience; Scott Weiss, VP Product Design, Babbel
Scott Weiss’ career in user experience has its origins in the late 1980s, when he served an internship at Apple in the days of System 6 and 7. He went on to write one of the reference books on mobile user experience, ‘Handheld Usability’. Today he…
Design Talk 52. Amy Daroukakis, Director of Cultural Intelligence, Adjust Your Set; Seeking Reality
Amy Daroukakis has spent her career helping others to see the deeper reality behind users’ lives. Through travel, observation and research she is constantly on the look out for emerging trends. Her work has included time in-house at one of the wor…
Design Talk 51. UX in the machine economy; Kerstin Eichmann, Managing Director, Innogy Innovation
As machines of all kinds become active participants in the economy, how will user experience strategy evolve to shape this new class of digital interactions? Kerstin Eichmann, managing director at Innogy Innovation, is working at the cutting edge …
Design Talk 50. Onika Simon talks troublemaking, user reality checks & delivering innovation under pressure
How does a journey which begins with a degree in philosophy – and a chance conversation with a librarian – lead to a surprise move from Manchester to New York, one of the advertising industry’s foremost fellowship programmes and a career-long inte…
Design Talk 49. Design-led startup; Gil Kahana, co-founder & CEO, ChattyFeet
Gil Kahana is one of a growing number of designers launching their own start-ups. He shares the story with MEX founder Marek Pawlowski, tracing the arc from falling in love with user-centred design at the BBC in the mid-2000s to working agency-sid…