Design Party

In this episode, Antonija delves into designers' work anxieties by gathering insightful responses from the Posts app. Join Antonija and Vitali as they unpack these candid answers, offering thoughtful commentary on the struggles and pressures designers face in the workplace.

Antonija welcomed a guest this time, Dima, who suggested to chat about simplicity and complexity in context of product design. It's not so simple! Defining what is simple and what is complex requires a lot of context and us two are trying to figure out what this actually means! Check the links mentioned in the episode - Bret Victor talk about the novel interface to understand complex idea http...

Antonija and Helena met once again to continue from where they have left of a couple of weeks ago. The chat start with sharing good and bad customer support stories, then it derails into brainstorming if reading human emotions would be a viable source of data for design... And AI again drag itself into our minds! Links from the episode https://octopus.do https://toffeeshare.com

In this episode, Antonija, Helena, and Vitali are chatting about the recent Twitter fiasco involving the firing of Halli, the famous designer from Iceland. As always lately, OpenAI squirmed into our thoughts once again.

In this episode, hosts Antonija Pek and Helena Bukovac discuss the value of customer support in informing and inspiring better user-centered design decisions. They also share their own horror stories where customer support saved the day. Tune in to learn how customer support can provide valuable feedback on user experience, identify pain points, and help designers stay up-to-date on user trends an...

In this episode, we're joined by Antonija and Vitali to discuss their views on ChatGPT and generative AI, and the impact it will have on design. One of our guests believes that AI will help us become better designers, while the other thinks that the future of AI could lead to even less demand for designers. Listen in to find out who holds which view, and what it could mean for the future of the de...

In this episode we dive into the world of design tokens and explore the relationship between designers and developers. Join us as we delve into the world of UI/UX and product design and explore the future of collaboration.  - https://design-tokens.github.io/community-group/format/  - https://www.fraktio.fi/blogi/mikä-erottaa-design-systemin-ja-komponenttikirjaston (in Finnish still)&nbsp...

Antonija, Helena and Vitali share their experiences in using music apps and comment their usability, features and everything in between.

Finally, we have the magical trio - Helena, Vitali and Antonija gathered for one last episode of 2022. Check Vitali’s design course https://fraktio.teachable.com/p/get-started-with-facilitation

Vitali shares his experiences from an agency life!

Antonija and Vitali share their experiences around error handling and some good practices.

Helena and Antonija visit their list of apps with paid subscriptions and come to a shocking realization. Do we live in the era of subscription hell? Is there a better way forward? Antonija's favorite apps Grammarly Flow Keystroke Pro Cursor Pro Spark

Here are resources for further reading. https://www.nngroup.com/articles/design-operations-101/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylDed18OVdY https://www.figma.com/community/plugin/843461159747178978/Figma-Tokens

Check out Vitali's presentation https://youtu.be/cwLepGcOANs

In this episode, Antonija and Vitali chat about prototyping — why do we need it? What tools are out there? And share our own experiences.

In this episode, Vitali and I went to the public library Oodi in Helsinki and recorded our episode there. We took a walk down a memory lane and reflected on our beginnings in design, where we are now, and where our future is, or at least wishful thinking about where we see ourselves in the next few years.

Antonija and Vitali are recording for the first time ever in the same room!  We are talking about the future of Figma, going into detail about what we like, dislike, and would like to see happen in the next years with our favorite tool for designing. Send us a message if you're listening on Spotify! Leave us a rating if possible — it helps reach more designers.

Antonija and Vitali share tips and insights on design processes. Tools mentioned: https://spline.design/ https://rotato.app/ https://jitter.video/ https://rive.app/ https://motionplugin.com/

In this episode, Vitali and Antonija go through responses Vitali got from designers on a meetup. The question was, "what are your biggest frustrations in your role as a designer". We think responses are pretty relatable, and we decided to take a few and share our thoughts.

Hi, your host Antonija here. I met Riley through Good News and we had a little discussion about the new breed of designes. Who are they? What do we mean? Well, hit play and find out.

Helena and Antonija are discussing ways to show your work while having all of those NDAs hovering around you

Antonija and Vitali are chatting about getting rejected from job applications. We are sharing tips on how to apply, how to handle rejects, and sharing some salty personal stories.

Antonija, Helena and Vitali are discussing about services and apps they don't like because of a bad UX

Vitali and Antonija are watching Apple event and sharing their thoughts.

Antonija invited a guest co-host Stefan to talk about startups and being the only designer. Contact for design help @heystefan_ @antonijapek