UX Design Huddle

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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.   --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support

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 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/designhuddle/support