Design Much: Recent Episodes
Andy Page and Patrick Cox
Andy and Patrick speak to real, practicing designers to learn how they perform their everyday tasks, then share that with you so you can level up your design skills with them.
Michal Chaplin joins Andy and Patrick to chat about her experiences finding a love of UX
Andy sits down with Michael Nielsen to chat about how you can stay creative in all your endeavors
Mike Hall joined Andy and Patrick to chat about the best practices for rolling out a redesign
The legendary Tim Hansen joins Andy and Patrick to chat about what happens if you feel like just a mockup artist
Jordan Reading joins the podcast to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being the lone designer
Andy and Patrick are joined by friend of the show Michael Nielsen to discuss whether designers have the chops to become PM's
Andy and Patrick sit down to chat about how you can move from an individual contributor role to a management role. Also, they discuss the important of soft skills and growth.
Andy sits down with Derek Boman, Director User Experience Design at MX, to chat about how understanding your business's needs will help you be a better designer
Andy and Patrick chat about what whitespace is and how to know if there is enough or not.
Andy and Patrick chat about how to handle burnout and why Andy didn't know who George Harrison was
Andy and Patrick open up about who really controls the podcast and why this is not the final episode. Also, a huge sausage versus bacon debate.
Andy has a new mic which just makes his voice feel even more smooth and elegant, so why not listen to him talk about Design Sprints.
Andy and Patrick span the globe of topics, from ethics in design, to design twitter, to shampoo bottle design, to how you can be heard as a designer
Andy and Patrick sit down with the Design Much adopted son Brian Talbert to discuss starting a career in design.
Andy and Patrick discuss their favorite sitcoms before discussing what kind of impact they would like to make on their companies and career.
Right after Andy and Patrick chat about our poor system of sizing clothing they jump into best practices for developer handoff
Andy and Patrick chat about ideas on how to improve your relationship with your manager.
Andy and Patrick tackle baked potato toppings and why designers seem to change job frequently
Andy and Patrick sit down with Nikki Isaacson to discuss her rise to fame and fortune as a UX design manager.
Dillon Winspear, host of Designed Today podcast, joined Andy and Patrick to talk about evolving as a designer
Tom Delong sends in a topic about aliens, Andy and Patrick talk about alien UI and humanity in general
Matt Born writes in: How many people does it take to screw in a lightbulb, or how many people does it take to ship a feature?
Matt Born joins the pod to chat about his path a designer and how building relationship can help build your own career.
Today's topic, Andy and Patrick tackle the age old question... do engineers make good designers?
Andy and Patrick celebrate the 100th episode of the pod by chatting with some of their favorite guests
Andy and Patrick discuss Squarespace, Web Flow and other platforms used for freelance design work
Elissa Lauber jumps on the pod with Andy and Patrick to discuss how you can build your own research program at your company.
Andy sat down with awesome special guest Alli Clark to discuss how anyone can be a UX leader on their team.
Patrick blows Andy's mind with his ability to snap using his ring finger as well as his index finger.
Andy and Patrick sit down via the interwebs to discuss ow often we should be validating working software.
Andy and Patrick sit down beside the campfire to tell scary stories when PM legend Michael Nielsen jumps out of the bushes.
Andy and Patrick debate whether doing free work and internships is better at getting a job then just waiting around, they also chat about finding ways to stand out when looking for a gig.
Andy and Patrick try to figure our when you know you have designed enough on a project.
Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about Jessica Goldman's topic - what makes a senior designer.
Patrick interviews Andy about how to tell a story and be a more effective communicator of design, they also chat about Patrick's new Raycons
Following up on the last episode about junior designer career development, Andy and Patrick throwback to their interview with Ashley Hunt and her experience being a jr finding a gig.
Andy and Patrick chat about why some companies don't like to hire jr talent, and what can be done about that. Oh, we also talked about Andy's Halloween costume from a few years ago.
Andy finally watched Top Gun and he talks about how much sweat is in the film. Oh and Andy and Patrick chat about not feeling inadequate.
Andy and Patrick finally finished Hamilton and gave it a good solid crit. They also chat about how to hire the best talent.
Big episode packed with a ton of info. Andy and Patrick chat about rebranding themselves, how to get a job in the covid market and we take the Hamilton challenge,
Andy and Patrick chat about getting developers to do more work, watching Hamilton, and poopy talk.
Andy and Patrick sit down virtually to discuss how you can gather data and apply it to your design decision making
Andy and Patrick chat about their educational background and discuss if it's necessary to get a design degree to become a UX designer.
This episode is loaded with topics: What happens when your design work isn't built, how would our world be different if humans had eyes in the back of our heads, licorice, and the wisdom of Frozen.
After Andy and Patrick chat about how to arrest a crocodile and how to take down a standing shark they dive right into how to negotiate salary and promotions.
Andy and Patrick start off the pod trying to diagnose Andy's hatred for olives and then jumped into changing priorities.
Andy and Patrick discuss the perils of office politics, Andy's new rad Dribbble shots, and a few solid blog marketing ideas you can steal.
Andy and Patrick chat via the interwebs about a topic that every UX designer has experienced at least once.
Andy and Patrick kick off this episode by stack ranking their favorite nuts and end the episode with a great chat about design systems.
Yep, chicken switches are lame and will make you a lame designer, Andy and Patrick talk about why.
In this special episode, Andy and Patrick were joined briefly by Patrick's Grandmother before diving into the topic of how to build and scale end to end user experience.
Andy and Patrick chat about a lot of things in this episode; what happens when you lose your design at the mall, how to improve UX without alienating existing users and even Andy's take on Onward... good stuff, good stuff
Ken Jackson AKA K-Jax sent Andy and Patrick a very deep topic - How to handle broken trust in the workplace.
Aaron Watson sends forth the topic of favorite user research tools, Andy and Patrick discuss.
Andy and Patrick virtually chat about what happens when you feel like your job no longer serves your career. We also go in depth about Andy's job at the Training Table and when he quit nobody noticed.
Chelsea Nelson asked the question "How do you find and build creativity everyday?" Andy and Patrick sat down to figure it out.
Jordan Reading joins Andy and Patrick to chat about design bootcamps, are they good? Are they creating good designers?
Andy and Patrick sit down to discuss if it's UX's responsibility to bring people and departments together. Also chatted about all the old TV shows Andy hasn't seen and Star Wars.
Andy and Patrick sit down to chat about learning patterns, practice and trying new things.
Andy and Patrick sit down to talk about the pros and cons of working on cross-functional teams and the racist origins of Fanta
Trae Winterton joined Andy and Patrick to chat about his recent transition from user research to product management.
Patrick sat down with Jon Anderson to follow up on Jac Madsen's question about Agile principles and methodologies.
Let the giggle factory continue. Andy and Patrick tackled Jac Madsen's topic of Agile.... what it is and what it means to designers.
Weston Youd sent a great topic about how product managers can better critique designs - Andy and Patrick sat down in the new pod digs to discuss it.
Friend of the show Matt Born submitted a great topic - what does "senior" mean. Andy and Patrick chatted about the requirements and traits of a senior designer.
The first ever Design Much live! Andy and Patrick had the opportunity to record this podcast at a Product Hive Utah Meetup, hosted by Solution Reach. Fun times, fun times.
Matt Born asks the question, How much design output is informed by observation vs. gut? Andy and Patrick sit down and try to figure it out.
Visual artists make fun of UX designers and UX design make fun of visual artists.... so who right? Do visual artists make better UX designers? Well, Andy and I make the final judgement in this gripping episode of Design Much.
After building a snowman, Andy and Patrick warm up with a nice conversation about the user experience of Christmas.
In this episode, Andy and Patrick argue about when Frozen 2 was released, the difference between a raven and a crow, but most importantly the benefits of specializing, being a generalist or jumping into management.
Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about thanksgiving as well as being threatened by the skills of other designers.
Andy and Patrick field a topic from listener Danny G about networking practices for junior and senior designers.
This week we have a special guest, product management legend Michael Nielson joined us to chat about reboots, series, original ideas and familiarity in movies, pop culture and design.
Andy and Patrick sit down and chat about why design trends are cyclical? Why do they evolve? Why haven't jorts made a huge comeback yet.
Andy and Page sit down and chat about a hot topic in the design world today - how do 1980's car designs influence today's modern web design.
Andy and Patrick way the pros and cons of working remotely as a UX designer.
Listen to Hear:* Whats makes remote work great and where it can be a struggle for a designer’s personality or work-style. * The pros for hiring remote workers from a company’s perspective. * Witness first-hand as Patrick finds himself in a google search rabbit hole with “Kinky” results
Announcements:The next Design Much workshop is scheduled! Come join us September 27th at 9 AM to learn about how to user test with Maze. See more details and RSVP here.
Do you have a design topic or question that you would like us to explore? Tweet at us with the hashtag: #designmuchtopics or email us at topics@designmuch.org
Design Much has opened a merch store with 2 different t-shirt designs for sale! Check them out here and help support the podcast.
Andy and Patrick cover the current state of design tools in 2019.
Listen to Hear:* A quick pass-through of each major design tool, where it is exceeding/lacking * Hear the official Design Much La Croix rating for each major design tool
Announcements:The next Design Much workshop is scheduled! Come join us September 27th at 9 AM to learn about how to user test with Maze. See more details and RSVP here.
Do you have a design topic or question that you would like us to explore? Tweet at us with the hashtag: #designmuchtopics or email us at topics@designmuch.org
Design Much has opened a merch store with 2 different t-shirt designs for sale! Check them out here and help support the podcast.
Andy and Patrick discuss how designers can realistically answer the age-old question that designers are asked with each new project: “How long will this take?”
Listen to Hear:* How estimate your time based on your project’s current status * Why you should be using Pinterest to help you find and collect examples for your visual design inspiration
Announcements:The next Design Much workshop is scheduled! Come join us September 27th at 9 AM to learn about how to user test with Maze. See more details and RSVP here.
Do you have a design topic or question that you would like us to explore? Tweet at us with the hashtag: #designmuchtopics or email us at topics@designmuch.org
Design Much has opened a merch store with 2 different t-shirt designs for sale! Check them out here and help support the podcast.
Andy and Patrick go over the typical day in the life of a UX designer.
Listen to Hear:* How designers balance the collaboration and design aspects of the job on the daily * The challenges that designers face with constant context switching * A small rant about how to get users to switch to your solution from a competitor’s
Announcements:The next Design Much workshop is approaching! Come join us August 30th at 9 AM to learn about how to facilitate a design critique. See more details and RSVP here.
Do you have a design topic or question that you would like us to explore? Tweet at us with the hashtag: #designmuchtopics or email us at topics@designmuch.org
Design Much has opened a merch store with 2 different t-shirt designs for sale! Check them out here and help support the podcast.
Andy and Patrick explore how designers can coach project stakeholders on design best practices and how it can improve the effectiveness of their involvement.
Listen to Hear:* Why project outcomes can benefit from stakeholders understanding the portions of the design process in which they are involved * Tips for how to approach and coach stakeholders on the design process * Patrick challenges the term, “everyone’s a designer”
Announcements:The next Design Much workshop is approaching! Come join us August 30th at 9 AM to learn about how to facilitate a design critique. See more details and RSVP here.
Do you have a design topic or question that you would like us to explore? Tweet at us with the hashtag: #designmuchtopics or email us at topics@designmuch.org
Design Much has opened a merch store with 2 different t-shirt designs for sale! Check them out here and help support the podcast.
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Andy and Patrick sat down with Jordan Reading, Product Design at Jane.com to discuss how to understand and handle imposter syndrome. Fantastic interview with some great insight in dealing with an issue most designers deal with at some point in their careers.
If you have any questions or comments, hit us up on twitter @Design_Much (https://twitter.com/design_much) The Introduction and closing beats created Burnell Washburn, an amazing local Salt Lake City hip hop artist (https://www.burnellwashburn.com) Check him out there or find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.
DESCRIPTION: Andy and Patrick sat down with engineer Neil Oler to discuss how to build long lasting relationships with developers to improve not only your work environment, but also to create better products/projects.
If you have any questions or comments, hit us up on twitter @Design_Much (https://twitter.com/design_much) The Introduction and closing beats created Burnell Washburn, an amazing local Salt Lake City hip hop artist (https://www.burnellwashburn.com) Check him out there or find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.
Andy and Patrick sat down with the mighty Nick Bluth again to chat more about design practice, specifically the 'deliberate practice' method and how we can hone our skills by slowing things down and feeling good about failure.
Please tell us what you learned from this episode on twitter @Design_Much https://twitter.com/design_much
The Introduction and closing beats were created Burnell Washburn, an amazing local Salt Lake City hip hop artist https://www.burnellwashburn.com Check him out there or find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.
DESCRIPTION: Andy and Patrick sat down with Senior Designer, Jonathon Juvenal to discuss the pros and cons of being a design team of one. Jonathon has deep experience in the world of digital design and has been a part of some fantastic design teams as well as been the sole digital designer, that experience has allowed him to develop a pretty unique point of view.
If you have any questions or comments, hit us up on twitter @Design_Much (https://twitter.com/design_much)
The Introduction and closing beats were created Burnell Washburn, an amazing local Salt Lake City hip hop artist (https://www.burnellwashburn.com) Check him out there or find him on Spotify and Soundcloud.