DesignamiteFM

About DesignamiteFM

A Podcast about mindblowing design conversations.

Publisher

Abhimanyu Sirothia and Laveek Garg

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

9 Aug 2020

Latest episode

20 Jun 2021

Latest episodes

7 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   20 Jun 2021

   DesignamiteFM # 7 Designing for the Afterlife

   In this episode, we touch upon a sensitive topic - designing for the afterlife. We talk about why as designers, we need to step up our game and start thinking about what happens when the users that we design for are no longer there. Tune in to be a part of the conversation! Related Reads: What happens to your online accounts after you die? - Death.io (https://www.death.io/what-happens-to-your-online-accounts-after-you-die/) What is a digital will executor? (freewill.com) (https://www.freewill.com/learn/what-is-a-digital-executor) How to Prepare Your Digital Life for Your Death (pcmag.com) (https://in.pcmag.com/onlinecloud-backup-services/142784/how-to-prepare-your-digital-life-for-your-death) How to use 1Password as a digital will – The Sweet Setup (https://thesweetsetup.com/1password-digital-will/) Get Your Digital Accounts Ready In Case of Death - The New York Times (nytimes.com) (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/smarter-living/wirecutter/get-your-digital-accounts-ready-in-case-of-death.html) Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

2. 

   10 Jan 2021

   DesignamiteFM # 6 - Ethical Design, Privacy and WhatsApp

   In this episode, we talk about the recent privacy policy changes for WhatsApp, what might have been the reasons behind it, and why privacy is important. We touch on topics like dark patterns and ethical design. We also discuss 2 WhatsApp alternatives – Signal and Telegram. --- Links from the episode: GDPR: https://gdpr-info.eu/ (https://gdpr-info.eu/) App Store Privacy Labels: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/ (https://developer.apple.com/app-store/app-privacy-details/) Facebook's Newspaper Advertisement: https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22178068/facebook-apple-newspaper-ads-ios-privacy-changes (https://www.theverge.com/2020/12/16/22178068/facebook-apple-newspaper-ads-ios-privacy-changes) NDTV: Should You Switch To Signal From WhatsApp? Experts Answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IjjKm51ftI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IjjKm51ftI) Elon Musk's Tweet about the "Domino Effect": https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347031803987599360 (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1347031803987599360) Cambridge Analytica Scandal: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/17/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-changed-the-world-but-it-didnt-change-facebook (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/mar/17/the-cambridge-analytica-scandal-changed-the-world-but-it-didnt-change-facebook) App's mentioned in the episode: Telegram: https://telegram.org/ (https://telegram.org/) Signal: https://signal.org/en/ (https://signal.org/en/) Whatsapp: https://www.whatsapp.com/ (https://www.whatsapp.com/) --- Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

3. 

   31 Oct 2020

   DesignamiteFM # 5 - UX Design Beyond the Screen

   Episode five is all about UX Design Beyond the Screen. Often, as experience designers, we tend to limit ourselves to designing just around the screens, but the term means a lot more. In this episode, we explore different ways to think of experience design taking real-world scenarios as examples. We touch upon topics like architecture, print design, service design, branding & packaging design, user manuals, car controls, the touch screen in a Tesla Model 3, the Tesla AutoPilot, the SpaceX dashboard UI, micro-copy design, US road signs, experience design for elevators, the psychology of waiting, designing for the internet of things (IoT), sustainable design, designing for extended reality (XR), gesture controls using Google's Project Soli in the Pixel 4, tactile displays, and smell & sound design. --- Links from the episode: SpaceX Dashboard UI: https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-recreated-crew-dragons-ui-15877eddf3ed (https://uxdesign.cc/how-i-recreated-crew-dragons-ui-15877eddf3ed) SpaceX Dashboard UI Figma Prototype: https://bit.ly/31Ugq3R (https://www.figma.com/proto/BMOzSU1B4bCDiBGpvi2PMV/Crew-Dragon---Prototype?node-id=1%3A2133&viewport=1440%2C226%2C0.10563037544488907&scaling=contain) American Highways 101: Visual Guide to U.S. Road Sign Designs & Numbering Systems: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/american-highways-101-visual-guide-to-u-s-road-sign-designs-numbering-systems/ (https://99percentinvisible.org/article/american-highways-101-visual-guide-to-u-s-road-sign-designs-numbering-systems/) 99% Invisible Episode - Wait Wait…Tell Me!: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wait-wait-tell-me/ (https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/wait-wait-tell-me/) Google's Project Soli: https://atap.google.com/soli/ (https://atap.google.com/soli/) Google’s Project Soli: the tech behind Pixel 4’s Motion Sense radar https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20908083/google-pixel-4-project-soli-radar-motion-sense-explainer (https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/15/20908083/google-pixel-4-project-soli-radar-motion-sense-explainer) This is what Soli ‘sees’ when you perform gestures on the Pixel 4 https://9to5google.com/2020/03/12/pixel-4-soli-gestures/ (https://9to5google.com/2020/03/12/pixel-4-soli-gestures/) Tactus Technology Tactile Touchscreen | CES 2013 | WIRED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelhR2iPuw0 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JelhR2iPuw0) Tactile Keyboards That Rise Out of Touchscreens Are Finally Here https://gizmodo.com/keyboards-that-rise-out-of-a-touchscreen-are-finally-he-1685246880 (https://gizmodo.com/keyboards-that-rise-out-of-a-touchscreen-are-finally-he-1685246880) Twenty Thousand Hertz Episode - Sonic Seasoning: https://www.20k.org/episodes/sonicseasoning (https://www.20k.org/episodes/sonicseasoning) --- Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

4. 

   3 Oct 2020

   DesignamiteFM # 4 - Typography

   In episode four, we talk, typography. We discuss the difference between a Font and a Typeface, the origin of the word “Font”, how the terms “Uppercase” and “Lowercase” came into being and a lot more. We talk about how to pick a typeface for your projects and a little bit about everyone’s favorite font Comic Sans 😜 and another special made-by-Google font. Links from the show Videos on Comic Sans A Defense of Comic Sans - https://youtu.be/GUCcObwIsOs Comic Sans Is A Good Thing. Here's Why. - https://youtu.be/HxwItkb3lHc Comic Sans: The Man Behind the World’s Most Contentious Font - https://youtu.be/5l4sCaw71NE What is Comic Sans? - https://youtu.be/34fOZgy4TqI Comic Sans Productivity Hack - https://youtu.be/4r_rNGdbSMM Comic Sans: What's all the fuss about? - https://youtu.be/ep-K_Xvq2zY Comic Sans Must Die - https://youtu.be/CupJsrSqk2A Why Comic Sans Isn't the Worst Font Ever - https://youtu.be/wiKManuLYvM (https://youtu.be/wiKManuLYvM) Microsoft Bob https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Bob) Create your own typefaces: www.calligraphr.com www.prototypo.io www.fontstruct.com (http://www.fontstruct.com/) Noto - A Typeface by Google: https://www.google.com/get/noto/ https://www.typeroom.eu/article/google-monotype-noto https://9to5google.com/2016/10/06/google-noto-font-open-source/ (https://9to5google.com/2016/10/06/google-noto-font-open-source/) Indian Type Foundry link www.indiantypefoundry.com (https://www.indiantypefoundry.com/) Caslon Typeface https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caslon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caslon) Picking a typeface www.typewolf.com (http://www.typewolf.com/) A video on the History of Type https://youtu.be/wOgIkxAfJsk Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

5. 

   13 Sept 2020

   DesignamiteFM # 3 - Design Inspiration

   In episode three, we talk about what we do to find design inspiration. We explore various areas where one could draw inspiration from and about how our favorite products and brands have drawn inspiration from the real world and succeeded. We also focus on multiple ways of tackling creative blocks and how to get out of them, not only for designers but developers too. Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) Here are some key links to resources discussed in the show: Skuemorphism: https://envato.com/blog/skeuomorphism-is-back/ (https://envato.com/blog/skeuomorphism-is-back/) Adobe Capture: Android Playstore - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.creativeapps.gather&hl=en_IN (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adobe.creativeapps.gather&hl=en_IN) Apple App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adobe-capture-creative-camera/id1040200189 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adobe-capture-creative-camera/id1040200189) Prisma: Android Playstore - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neuralprisma&hl=en_IN (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neuralprisma&hl=en_IN) Apple App Store - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prisma-photo-editor/id1122649984 (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/prisma-photo-editor/id1122649984) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

6. 

   25 Aug 2020

   DesignamiteFM # 2 - Accessibility Pt 2

   Episode two deep dives into the details of accessibility. Right from principles and guidelines to what accessibility could mean to a different set of audience. We talk about various scenarios, people, and their requirements. It also brings an interesting thought as to how one can be more able if given a chance, by reinventing ways of accessing the world. Stay Tuned for more mind-blowing conversations at DesignamiteFM. Here are some key topics and links to resources discussed in the show: Accessibility in User Experience Design - WCAG Guidelines https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/ (https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG21/) Accessibility - A challenge in remote areas of India Wonders of Inclusivity - Neil Harbisson (listening colors) https://www.cyborgarts.com/ (https://www.cyborgarts.com/) Professor Hugh Her and bionic legs https://www.media.mit.edu/people/hherr/overview/ (https://www.media.mit.edu/people/hherr/overview/) Accessibility and Aesthetics - Aimee Mullins https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_my_12_pairs_of_legs?language=en (https://www.ted.com/talks/aimee_mullins_my_12_pairs_of_legs?language=en) Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/Glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

7. 

   9 Aug 2020

   DesignamiteFM # 1 - Accessibility Pt 1

   Episode numero uno is about Accessibility. At some level, we all know this to be true - accessibility is the foundation of great design. In this episode, we start exploring this idea and talk about our experiences with accessibility. We realize towards the end, that this topic is vast and requires at least more than one episode to even begin understanding what it involves. So, this, is just part one. Stay tuned for more! DesignamiteFM is a podcast about mind-blowing design conversations. Follow us on the socials: Twitter: @DesignamiteFM (https://twitter.com/DesignamiteFM) Instagram: @DesignamiteFM (https://www.instagram.com/designamitefm/) This podcast is hosted by Abhimanyu Sirothia (@whizabz (https://twitter.com/whizabz)) and Laveek Garg (@glaveek (https://twitter.com/glaveek)). We are designers by day, and well, designers by night too, and we love it!

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