Designers' Tea Break

Mansurul Haque , founder of ⁠Doplac CRM⁠ , started his career as a Meme creator. Over the year he has transformed himself from a designer to a SaaS founder. How was his journey to become a founder? What was his biggest challenge? What does he recommend other designers? In today's episode, we talked with Mansurul bhai and heard about that story.  ---- This podcast is just a collection of casua...

Dan Mall, the founder of Design System University has recently shared one of this design project experiences (Full story here: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/spine-dan-mall-txpke/)। On light of his story, today we talked about how designers should iterate on a design project and most importantly whether they should iterate for the sake of having higher no of iterations? ---- This podcast is just a...

Apple has recently launched Vision Pro - their AR/VR Headset which they claimed as spatial computing. The tech industry is hyped on this as it became publicly available few days back. As designers, how are we taking this new piece of tech and what are we expecting from it in future? Why does this tech exist in the first place? Sashoto Seeam, Principle Designer of LifeData, has joined us today for...

Welcome back after long break! This time, We're taking a little trip down memory lane, looking back at the wild ride that was 2023. Did it live up to our early-year expectations? But that's not all the tea we're spilling today. We're also peering into our design crystal ball, dishing on the trends that are going to shake up 2024. From AI wonders like Chat GPT to the crazy stuff that went down in t...

Shoaib Mahmud runs a great learning program for local designers, called Platoon. Over the year it has transformed many designers into more mature & skillful. In this episode, we discussed on this amazing platform - how it was started, how it works, why it is different and how it will evolve over time. Join us and learn about Platoon.  You can learn stay up-to-date with Platoon here: https...

Today we have a discussion with Shahed bhai, a dedicated UX Researcher who has experience working with Adidas and also served local startups like Pathao and Intelligent Machines. We learned about his amazing journey of becoming an UX Researcher, discussed how a person can grow skill in UX research, talked about how designers and product managers can build empathy for users through research and lis...

Both Shoaib bhai and me receive this question a lot - how do you work on so many things at a time? how do you manage time? If you also have the same question, in this episode you will learn our secret. Hopefully you will also get to figure out how you can channel your efforts on multiple things at a time. ---- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between Md Shamsuddin (Head of D...

Sylhet Design Community has shown strong presence in the design industry in last several years. Two of the most influential figures behind this community are - Surja Sen Das Raj (Product Design Lead at GoDaddy) and Shekh Al Raihan (Head of Design at Ofspace Digital Agency). We got to talk with them today and discussed how they build this community and grew it into today's position. We also discuss...

How to bring more solid ideas on the table & explore interesting UI concepts Often time young designers find themselves stuck during the ideation or iteration phase - no new ideas is coming or all the variations look similar. How can we get out of this blockage? Me and Shoaib bhai discussed about this topic today. We share our own tricks to handle this sorta situation or how we try to keep our...

To grow as a designer certainly one has to improve their design skills. But there are certain other qualities (these are not related to design directly) that will help them excel as a better designer in the long run. Discipline & Proactiveness are two of those qualities. In today's episode we discussed on this topic and share some of our experiences and thoughts on them. ---- This podcast is j...

ডিজাইনের পেছনের যুক্তিগুলো কিভাবে স্টেকহোল্ডারদের বুঝাবেন এবং রাজি করাবেন? ডিজাইনার হিসেবে আমরা প্রতিদিন নানা ডিসিশন নেই। কিন্তু স্টেকহোল্ডারদের মতামত অনেক সময়ই আমাদের সেই ডিসিশনগুলোর সাথে মিলে না। কিছু ক্ষেত্রে তাদের মতামতগুলো আমাদের ডিজাইন প্রিন্সিপাল বা বেস্ট প্র্যাকটিসগুলোর বিপরীত হয়। কিভাবে আমরা নিজেদের মতামত ও যুক্তিগুলো গ্রহণযোগ্যভাবে তুলে ধরতে পারি সেটি নিয়ে আমাদের আড্ডায় আজকের আলোচনা।...

UX ডিজাইন জব ইন্টারভিউগুলো তে App Critique খুবই কমন একটা টাস্ক। কিন্তু এটা করতে গিয়ে আমরা অনেকে খুব silly কিছু ভুল করি। এই অ্যাপ ক্রিটিক কি এবং কিভাবে এটিকে যথাযথভাবে করা যায় তা নিয়ে আড্ডা হয়েছে এবারের পর্বে। কি কি বিষয় খেয়াল রেখে ক্রিটিক করতে হবে বা কি কি বিষয় এড়িয়ে চলতে হবে এবং কিভাবে এর জন্য প্রস্তুতি নেয়া যায় সব নিয়েই আলোচনা করেছি আমরা। আড্ডায় মেনসন করা রিসোর্সগুলোঃ  https://...

অনেক ডিজাইনার চমৎকার ডিজাইন করলেও তার আয়ব্যয় বা ইনভেস্টমেন্ট ডিসিশন নিয়ে অনেক কনফিউশনে থাকেন। কিভাবে রিস্ক ম্যানেজ করতে হয়ে, কিভাবে আয়ের ব্যাকআপ রাখতে হয় বা ব্যক্তিগত জীবনে কিভাবে অর্থ সম্পর্কিত সিদ্ধান্ত নিতে হয় তা নিয়ে অনেকেই চিন্তিত থাকেন। আমাদের আজকের আড্ডায় আমরা লিমন ভাইয়ের সাথে এই বিষয়গুলো নিয়েই কথা বলেছি।িত করবে। ---- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between Md Shamsu...

আমি বা শোয়াইব ভাই কেউই UX ডিজাইন নিয়ে ক্যারিয়ার শুরু করিনি। আমার শুরু একজন ব্যাংকার হিসেবে। অন্যদিকে শোয়াইব ভাই CA হবার জন্যও একসময় পড়াশুনা করেছেন। ভিন্ন ব্যাকগ্রাউন্ড থেকে এসে কিভাবে আমরা UX Designer হয়ে উঠলাম তার গল্পই করেছি আজকের এপিসোডে। যারা ডিজাইনের বাহিরে অন্য সেক্টর থেকে এখন ডিজাইনার হয়ে উঠার চেষ্টা করছেন আশা করছি আজকের আড্ডাটা আপনাদের সাহায্য বা অনুপ্রাণিত করবে। ---- This podcast is just...

We saw the rise of several impressive AI based tools in the recent times. Some of these are even making cool arts & designs based on quite simple prompts or instructions. These amazing results are causing concerns for some of the designers. But is it something to worry about? Can it rather be an opportunity for us? How to handle this scenario or adapt with these changes? We have discussed on t...

How was 2022 for us? Have we achieved our goals for the year? What are our plans for the next year? In the very last episode of 2022, we have discussed about our new year resolutions.  --- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between Md Shamsuddin (Head of Design at Shifl) and Shoaib Mahmud (Product Designer at Toptal). We will be discussing about Product Design, Design Pro...

Data is so valuable these days for every aspect of a business and Design is no different. We as designers can make better decisions if we collaborate with Data team and learn and use behavioral data of our users. We have Araf Hasnat, Lead of Growth and Analytics at Truck Lagbe, with to discuss on this topic. Learn about Araf Bhai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/araf-hasnat-46ab6716b/ ---- This podcas...

There were several tech & design events recently. There are several more in the coming weeks and months. So, in this episode we discussed about these events, our experience & expectations from these and how designers can utilize these opportunities to grow in their career. ---- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between Md Shamsuddin (Head of Design at Shifl) and Shoai...

Reading books is a great habit. Shoaib bhai loves to read books. How can this habit help a designer? How can we build this habit? Our discussion will cover these questions in this episode. Links mentioned in the podcast: YouTube Channel for book summary: https://www.youtube.com/@ProductivityGame Instagram Account for book suggestions: https://instagram.com/booklyreads ---- This podcast is just a c...

We had Risat Rajin bhai with us today. He was the Chief Design Officer (CDO) of JoomShaper. We talked about creativity - what it is, what makes someone creative, how to be or stay creative and other related subjects. Learn more about Rajin bhai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/risatrajin/ ---- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between Md Shamsuddin (Head of Design at Shifl) and S...

This week we have Md Ashiful Haque, Product Designer of Grab Singapore with us. We have discussed about designer's portfolio, how to apply for a design role, and how to stand out among candidates. Hope you guys will enjoy the episode. Md Ashiful Haque: https://www.linkedin.com/in/md-ashiful-haque/ Links mentioned in the episode: https://www.useronboard.com/ https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2018/01...

Today we have talked about design process. Shad Iqbal, Lead Product Designer of 10 Minute School was our guest. The discussion originated based on this Medium post: https://uxdesign.cc/design-is-not-a-process-its-an-odyssey-replacing-double-diamond-d6bc06965238 Learn about Shad Iqbal bhai: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shad-iqbal ---- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between M...

Today we have a discussion with Shuvashis Ghosh, who have worked as UX Researcher, Product manager, Product Analyst and Business Analyst. We talked about collaboration between Product manager and Product designer. Shuvashis Ghosh: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shuvashisghosh/ Article Mentioned in the episode: https://cutt.ly/FB3fX9D ----- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions betwe...

Resources Mentioned: https://resumeworded.com/ https://www.bestfolios.com/resumes https://youtu.be/wSS2J5M9GxI https://www.grammarly.com/ https://www.copy.ai/ ------- This podcast is just a collection of casual discussions between  Md Shamsuddin  (Delwar), Head of Design at Shifl and  Shoaib Mahmud , Product Designer at Toptal. We will be discussing about Product Designing, Design P...

Hey 👋 This is the first time you are listing to our podcast. Welcome to our tea party 😉 If you are a designer, you certainly have faced an interview. You will face more on your career (most probably). So, what to consider while you prepare for the interview? What you can do during or after the interview to increase your chance of getting hired? We discuss on this in today's episode. We shared ou...