Ramblings of a Designer podcast

We have Luis Garotti talk about his work as a young kid to his current love for his company, 292 Co, Luis utilizes the knowledge he has gained over the past 15 + years. The loss of his uncle in 2019 due to the stresses of running a business deeply impacted Luis and motivated him to prioritize mental toughness and personal development. Additionally, Luis has overcome major health challenges, furthe...

Aloha Everyone! This is an update from Laszlo and Terri. The summer is coming to an end, and we will be back with more guests from the creative field, and even better, our email is now working. We would love to hear from you.  Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Faceb...

Jonathan is a Senior UX Designer from New York working at a tech startup in the construction industry. He had spent the last several months working freelance while traveling the world with his wife and loves creating and working in design systems. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: fla...

Over the last 20 years, Rajeev has worked in a variety of roles spanning software engineering, sales, marketing, and most recently in the field of user experience. From 2013 onwards, he has focused his efforts on the growing field of UX, helping organizations of all sizes creatively solve complex problems in the digital space. He received his B.S. in Computer Science from Georgetown University and...

Finally, we can return emails. We were locked out for a long time. So if you email us, we will get back to you. Let's get back to our podcast we have Doug Levin is the small business owner and operator of JobStars USA, a career services practice providing Resume Writing and Career Coaching services for professionals of all industries and experience levels. He is a Certified Professional Resume Wri...

Antonio García is Head of Design at TXI. He's also the founder of Dadwell & Co. and Board Advisor to AIGA Chicago. In addition to design leadership, Antonio is a mentor, educator, and lecturer. Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramb...

Here is number three by Kevin! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience Advisory Council, Forbes, and Invision's Design Leadership Foru...

Here is number two by Kevin! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience Advisory Council, Forbes, and Invision's Design Leadership Forum....

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! Here is our series with our own Kevin! More to come! Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cited in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience...

This one you don't want to miss, we have Adam Sherman is a long-time San Francisco resident, graduate of San Francisco State University, environmental social justice activist, and a writer who is relatively new to the scene, having mostly done his writing on social media and public service announcements through his activism before embarking on his first published book. With past experience in publ...

  The month of August got away from us, but today we have Justin shares his experience with brand, art, and business! A great life lesson by Justin.  Justin Bordeaux is an entrepreneur & strategy consultant with more than 22 years of industry experience across different industries. As a personal brand strategist, he coaches business leaders on getting to the next level. Justin is a partner in othe...

Aloha Everyone, Life happens and here is a short update. More next month! Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com, Support us on Patreon...

Today we are talking Kevin and more about...Kevin is currently Head of UX for Pie Insurance. Throughout his career, Kevin has offered design leadership for many well-known brands such as: GEICO, IBM, and Quicken Loans. His research has been cite in over 50+ countries. He is a Council member for the George Washington University Customer Experience Advisory Council, Forbes, and Invision's Design Lea...

We have our own 'Adan' back to the show, and he will let us know what he has been doing. Adan's Bio:  Adan Zepeda is a graphic designer from the San Francisco Bay Area. He considers himself a true generalist in the industry he has been in the past 15 years. Lately Adam has been going a more traditional route and learning old school painting and printing techniques like letterpress and screen print...

Michael Arndt is an award-winning graphic designer and author and illustrator of several books including Cat Says Meow and other animalopoeia, My Heart Grows, Minimal New York City: Graphic, Gritty, and Witty, One Yellow Sun, Thoughts Are Air, and rAinbowZ. His love of language and typography inspired this book. Michael lives in New York City with his dog Clooney and his cat Greta. In his spare ti...

George is from Texas and he is a lawyer. He shares his stories and got started in his career! Ramblings of a Designer podcast is a monthly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com, S...

As a kid, he drew everything he could think of, hung out with the designers at the advertising agency where his mom worked, and constantly took things apart to better understand them. Always looking for new ways to solve problems, Jeremy was the kid, and later the adult, to whom people turned to when they needed help expressing themselves and their ideas graphically. Today, as the principal of his...

Josh Bakken is your friendly neighborhood game designer who founded ZU Studios in 2019 to self publish his game ZU Tiles: Hime. And by hook and by crook and with no help from Covid he launched ZU Tiles: Hime in Nov 2020, just in time for the holidays. Other things to add: ZU Tiles (Facebook); zu_tiles (Instagram); available on Amazon but please check in with your local game store first. www.zuhime...

Alexander is an accomplished Creative and Technical Recruiter based in Southern CA with a passion for activism, mental health, and all things beauty & makeup. He spent most of his career recruiting Design talent for some of the countries most impactful and recognized brands/companies, and has seen the best and worst of design portfolios. Staying on the creative realm and through their passions, th...

Thomas Girard is a Canadian scholar. Girard was accepted to attend the University of Oxford in lectures equivalent to graduate coursework. Girard has received several Emerging Scholar awards, first at the Design Principles and Practices conference in Barcelona, Spain at the prestigious ELISAVA. At Emily Carr University of Art and Design he received his second Emerging Scholar award. Other awards i...

This is a short podcast, we will be back in a few weeks with more interviews!  Ramblings of a Designer podcast is bi-weekly design news and discussion podcast hosted by Laszlo Lazuer and Terri Rodriguez-Hong (@flaxenink, insta: flaxenink.design). Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Ramblings-of-a-Designer-Podcast-2347296798835079/ Send us feedback! ramblingsofadesignerpod@gmail.com, Support us on Pa...

Today we talk to Anci Sun, a former recruiting professional turned Product Designer, working at a startup that builds software to improve the eRegulatory process for clinical research sites. She's committed to advocating for the importance of not abstracting human needs from emerging technologies, and plans to attend graduate school to pursue this goal. Outside of work, Anci enjoys talking to indi...

Tolu Garcia is the Founder of UI Narrative, which provides online learning for Product Design (UI, UX, IxD, and Research) through the podcast, mentorship, and future online courses/products. She's also a Senior Product Designer at NotDev, a small design studio in Dallas, TX, working with clients ranging from startups to large corporations like Toyota and Google. When Tolu is not designing product...

Today we talk to John and I have to tell you this a good one to listen to! So John have a long-term interest in Natural Language learning and Technology. He has lived, studied or worked in Madagascar, Japan and Mexico. John was born in Massachusetts and moved with my family to Florida, where his father worked supporting the early space program. He graduated in 1989 with a BA in French and spent th...

Desmond Chan leads product management at Zumigo building the next generations of Zumigo products. Desmond is an innovative product leader with 20 years of increasing responsibility in global product management in Mobile Identity, Online Payment, E-Commerce, and Fraud Management. Prior to Zumigo, Desmond had spent 9 years as Director of Product Management at PayPal managing end-to-end merchant and...