After a 2 month break, we are back! We are not just back, we are arguing that everyone is a designer! If you are told that you gotta have a design degree or proper design education to become a designer, you can find some good tips on why we think otherwise. Maybe you would be able to find better ways to become a better designer and perhaps slap 'em…

In this video, we are sharing our journey of how we got ourselves into careers in product design and product management. If you are feeling doubtful and lost about a career change into Design or Product Management after establishing yourself in your current career, this video is for you! If you are wondering if you have the right qualifications to …

Psst! Have you been a victim of the IKEA effect? In this episode, we explain how to use the IKEA effect to design better. Most importantly we will tell you when to avoid the IKEA effect when you design! Design by 3 Hosts Gayanjith Premalal (Ganji) https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayanjithpremalal/ Harshadewa Ariyasinghe (Harsha) https://www.linkedin.co…

Ever wondered why your work always fits the deadline at the last moment? In this episode, we talk about Parkinson's Law which says "work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion". Cyril Northcote Parkinson first wrote about it in 1955 and if you understand how this law works, you can change how you work and have better outcomes. …

You're asking how to brainstorm without having thousands of unproductive discussions and meetings? If you need to have a productive brainstorming session with your team, you need to do these things: Go for quantity over quality. Treat any idea as a good idea. Do it together but individually. When brainstorming, let's try to maintain a diverging min…

Still struggling to find the formula that clicks for your team to do great design? Do you think that you are a great designer and you deserve to be in a greater team? Why not make your team a great team instead? In this episode, we give you 3 tips to design like a champion team player. Design by 3 Hosts Gayanjith Premalal (Ganji) https://www.linked…

Tired of decisions dragging for ages? Stuck with your design as a design decision is not being made fast? In this episode, we will tell you about a simple framework that you can adapt in your work to make design decision making faster and easier. Design by 3 Hosts Gayanjith Premalal (Ganji) https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayanjithpremalal/ Harshadewa …

As the world of design is evolving, the speed of designing is playing a crucial role. Most designers are now practising design in iterations and value the short and fast feedback loops over aiming for perfection. In this episode, we give you 3 simple tips for you to speed up your design process. Design by 3 Hosts Gayanjith Premalal (Ganji) https://…

We the designers know that Collaborative Design can be challenging!🧐 So, for our very first episode, we decided to speak about how you can excel in Collaborative Design. This is a must-watch for all designers who are part of a team. Design by 3 Hosts Gayanjith Premalal (Ganji) https://www.linkedin.com/in/gayanjithpremalal/ Harshadewa Ariyasinghe (H…

As we got bored of talking to each other, we invited the Master Facilitator and Author Douglas Ferguson to our show! In this episode, he enlightens us with Magical Meetings and tips on being good a facilitator. Douglas Ferguson: https://www.linkedin.com/in/douglasferguson Voltage Control: https://voltagecontrol.com/ Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/C…

In this episode, we talk about a much-hyped, trendy 📈 thing in the space of design, (hashtag) DesignOps! 👩‍🔧 Know all the wrong reasons to be a Design Manager! and...we predict the future! 🧙🏽‍♀️ We have become quite a bunch of fortune-tellers! 02:00 What is DesignOps? 04:00 Do you enjoy operating tasks in Design? 10:25 Product of the week: Google T…

14 episodes in 100 days! 🚩 Not a bad ride, eh? To celebrate this, we will tell you how design-matured you are 🧙 followed by a sensitive book review on Rework by Jason Fried 📖 01:23 What does it mean to be a design-driven team? 11:44 Product of the week: Chuck! 16:40 InVision Design Maturity Model 26:45 Book review: Rework by Jason Fried 36:22 How t…

In this episode, we ramble on the evolution of Design Sprints 🐒 ! What pitfalls you may avoid and you may fall into anyway! Also we love Jake Knapp! Buy the Sprint book! 😜 05:10 Can Design Sprints solve all the problems in the world? 10:21 Product of the week: Magic Email 15:15 What not to do when running a Design Sprint 26:26 Book review: Change b…

Are designers born or made? In this episode, we decided to tell you our own story! (Probably we will bore you to death! If you survive, you will never listen to us again). 01:32 Jake Knapp convinced me to be a designer 09:35 Why I was fighting to be a spec writer 13:04 I was, really, really, really good at maths 17:06 Product of the week: Walling 2…

In this episode, we ramble on how designers can fit into Agile Sprints? We think David Kelley is more creative than you. Also, we are so kind to give you some career advice. 01:34 How does the Product Designer role fit into a Scrum Team? 06:30 When should design happen in Scrum? 07:00 Dual and Tri track Agile 11:23 Product of the Episode: Canva 15:…

Have you ever heard of AI Design Sprint™ 🤖? Why does @Ganji think AI cannot replace designers and why the other 2 disagree 😡? Are you ready to disagree to agree in this episode? 00:00 Summer stories or stories of the summer 01:18 Designers in AI-powered world 04:10 Figma and AI are the same 11:28 Product of the episode: Jamm 16:36 Designers! How do…

What is harder, 🏌🏼‍♀️ or 🏏? Is Google's Digital Well-being assessment telling the truth? How many daily phone pick-ups you need, to get labelled as a phone-addict 🚬? 01:40 Google digital wellbeing self-assessment 09:43 TikTok falls under the "creativity" category? 14:13 Product of the episode: TheirTube and Designer Tomo Kihara 19:47 Designers, how…

Did Slack and great Steward Butterfield admit defeat in front of Microsoft Teams? 🏳 Or Are they flighting back with EU competition complaint? ⚔ In this episode, we discuss what a designer could do if you are in a situation similar to Slack? How can you launch a fightback as a designer? 00:41 Slack files EU competition complaint against Microsoft 14…

This episode gets heated up with a rough battle between UX and UI Design. It is extremely controversial and contagious! Wash your ears for 20 seconds after listening to this episode. 00:30 Personas are broken, just use JTBD (https://uxdesign.cc/heres-why-you-should-stop-using-personas-63c09a844e67) 07:00 Designing for accessibility is not that hard…

How do we design features that are rarely used? Is there a difference between a Product Designer and a UX Designer? What the hell is the "API-First approach" in developing products? In this episode, we are trying our best to find answers! Do you think we succeeded? 00:10 Understanding the API-First Approach to Building Products: (https://swagger.io…

Psst, Wanna learn design without breaking the bank? The blabbermouth Ganji finally lets the cat out of the bag. Meanwhile, despite a few hiccups in performance, always pick Mural over Miro ANYDAY!!! P.S. In this episode, we talk about design. 00:10 Product of the Week 11:36 Battle of the week: Miro vs Mural (https://miro.com | https://mural.co) 14:…

In the sea of data, what is the role of gut feeling in making decisions? Is Apple really innovating or just following the leads of Google? What has DesignOps got to do with organizational culture? In this episode, we ramble on many thought-provoking questions and controversial topics that will surely bore you to death. 00:33 Reflections on Apple WW…

A big shout out to IDEO! We respect you! Black Lives Matter! In this episode, we go from bats to hips to Henrik Kniberg's MVP. We also give you a sneak peek at how companies run remote user testing during the pandemic. 00:27 NDI Camera wins the best product of the week 06:35 Hats off to IDEO - BLM! 13:27 'Tiktoking' is a word 15:25 How to do remote…

Ryan Holiday vs Jake Knapp? In this episode, we are at war! While battling it out, we found some time to brain dump about pair design, getting feedback, and most importantly, cooking. --- 00:25 Pair Design changes everything 06:35 Ryan Holiday is Passionate 16:18 Jake Knapp is an Introvert 21:03 How Music Design evolved 30:35 Don't watch News 33:30…

In this maiden voyage, the Db3 team rambles on everything from Design Sprints, Product Design, TikTok, Nasa, Project Management vs Business Analysis, Beatboxing, Mural, and Figma. --- 00:30 WFH is the best thing ever! 05:18 Massive Design Sprint Meetups! 07:00 Design Sprints and Design Processes 17:05 Did NASA learn from failure? 24:37 Failing at i…