E19 | A Conversation about Design for Non-Designers | Kim Calderone

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In this episode, we have a great conversation all about the language of design with my guest Kim Calderone, a Product Designer at ServiceTitan with a background in User Experience, Design Research and Graphic Design.

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Questions Asked

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• Tell us about your background.
  
• Please define design from a UX perspective.
  
• For user centered design, is layout or style affected by the user?
  
• Is the blueprint more objective versus style being more subjective?
  
• How can a company standardize on a single blueprint?
  
• Why is it important for developers to understand more about design?
  
• How can we bridge the gap in design knowledge between designers and developers?
  
• How do you strike the balance between your design and the limitations of code?
  
• What should designers know about developers to improve communication?
  
• What should developers know about designers to improve communication?
  
• Tell us about the designer lifecycle and how it compares to the software development lifecycle.
  
• What is a problem statement?
  
• Tell us about user research and when that happens?
  
• When do you work on the blueprint for the design?
  
• Tell us about information architecture and when do you start it?
  
• What are wireframes and when do you start that?
  
• What is usability testing?
  
• What is a prototype?
  
• When is style and colors added to a design?
  
• When do developers get involved during the design phase, if at all?
  
• When should you involve content authors during the design process?
  
• What is ideation?
  
• What are the tools you use to create prototypes?
  
• How do you strike the balance between the amount of time you put into a prototype versus the actual finished product.
  
• What are "micro animations"?
  
• What kinds of research do designers perform, apart from user research?
  
• How do designers use data to guide their designs?
  
• What's the difference between User Experience Design, Visual Experience Design and User Interface Design?
  
• Should designers be involved in the content modeling phase of a project?
  
• How can we bring content modelers and designers together earlier in the project?
  
• What is the most important thing people in a team should know about designers?
  

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Reference Links

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• Figma (https://www.figma.com/)
  
• Sketch (https://www.sketch.com/)
  
• Zeplin (https://zeplin.io/)
  
• Invision (https://www.invisionapp.com/)
  
• ServiceTitan’s Anvil Design System (https://anvil.servicetitan.com/)
  
• Kim’s Portfolio (https://www.kimcalderone.com/)