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Design Review

A bi-weekly podcast about products and design from a unique perspective! Your hosts are Chris Liu and Jonathan Shariat.Each episode, we discuss important design principles and connect it to our own ex... Read more

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Episode 25 - How to design a great portfolio

Episode 25 - How to design a great portfolio

This week Chris and Jon discuss one of the most difficult design projects of them all, portfolios. We talk about what th... Read more

4 Aug 2015

48mins

Ranked #2

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Episode 47 - How to plan your design career(from start to finish)

Episode 47 - How to plan your design career(from start to finish)

How do you get started in Design? What's next after your first job? What positions should I build to? What are the possi... Read more

5 Jan 2017

53mins

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Ranked #3

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Episode 16 - Nielsen's Usability Heuristics: Part 1

Episode 16 - Nielsen's Usability Heuristics: Part 1

This episode, Chris and Jon start a series of shows devoted to everyone's favorite usability heuristics! These principle... Read more

10 Feb 2015

34mins

Ranked #4

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Episode 37 - Landing your first design job!

Episode 37 - Landing your first design job!

This week on the Design Review, Chris and Jon discuss what it takes to land your first job as a professional designer, a... Read more

14 Apr 2016

1hr 29mins

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Ranked #5

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Episode 11 - Sketch

Episode 11 - Sketch

This week, Chris and Jon try out Sketch by Bohemian Coding. It's a tool that many designers are already using, but can i... Read more

8 Dec 2014

36mins

Ranked #6

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Episode 31 - Defining a design strategy that works!

Episode 31 - Defining a design strategy that works!

This week, Chris and Jon are back with another topic from the listeners! This time, we're talking about how to define a ... Read more

24 Nov 2015

43mins

Ranked #7

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Episode 29 - Usability Testing and User Experience

Episode 29 - Usability Testing and User Experience

This week, while Jon is busy editing his new book, Chris spends some time talking (ranting) about usability testing, and... Read more

27 Oct 2015

1hr 2mins

Ranked #8

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Episode 17 - Designing for user control and UI consistency

Episode 17 - Designing for user control and UI consistency

This week, Chris and Jon continue their series on Nielsen's usability heuristics; this time, focusing on "User Control a... Read more

23 Feb 2015

26mins

Ranked #9

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Episode 15 - Designing Playfulness into your UX

Episode 15 - Designing Playfulness into your UX

This week, Chris and Jon talk about how playfulness can help improve your UX. As an example of playfulness, we look at a... Read more

26 Jan 2015

28mins

Ranked #10

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Episode 9 - Webflow

Episode 9 - Webflow

This week Chris and Jon take a look at Webflow. Have WYSIWYG website builders improved over the years? Listen and find o... Read more

25 Nov 2014

47mins

Ranked #11

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Episode 7 - Spotify

Episode 7 - Spotify

Chris and Jon take a look at the newly redesigned Spotify app for iPhone and iPad!--- Send in a voice message: https://p... Read more

12 Nov 2014

36mins

Ranked #12

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Episode 28 - Designing with Empathy

Episode 28 - Designing with Empathy

This week, Jonathan spends some time alone and talks about empathy in design. It's an important topic that is good for t... Read more

15 Oct 2015

23mins

Ranked #13

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Episode 38 - Unloading Cognitive Load

Episode 38 - Unloading Cognitive Load

This week, Chris and Jon talk about the difficulty of dealing with cognitive load. Burdening users with many options or ... Read more

3 May 2016

44mins

Ranked #14

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Episode 43 - UI Vs. No UI

Episode 43 - UI Vs. No UI

This week on the Design Review: we discuss the principle of No UI and whether or not the best interface really is no int... Read more

8 Sep 2016

37mins

Ranked #15

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Episode 5 - Google Inbox

Episode 5 - Google Inbox

Chris and Jonathan take a look and review the design of the web and mobile versions, listen and find out what we like, a... Read more

27 Oct 2014

35mins

Ranked #16

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Episode 36 - Free your mind from design blocks!

Episode 36 - Free your mind from design blocks!

This week, Chris and Jon discuss the ways in which designers can get blocked in their creative process, and what can be ... Read more

22 Mar 2016

45mins

Ranked #17

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Episode 23 - Why ask "Why"?

Episode 23 - Why ask "Why"?

This week, Chris and Jon ask the most important design question in the entire universe, "Why?". We discuss the "Why" of ... Read more

16 Jun 2015

33mins

Ranked #18

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Episode 41 - Designing A/B Tests

Episode 41 - Designing A/B Tests

We're a little late with this show, but Chris and Jon are back in the studio to discuss A/B testing! We break down what ... Read more

12 Jul 2016

40mins

Ranked #19

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Episode 49 - Our Tools of the Trade

Episode 49 - Our Tools of the Trade

This week Chris and Jon talk about the tools they use to get 'er done! From desks, to pens, to apps, we cover it all. St... Read more

21 Feb 2017

1hr 12mins

Ranked #20

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Episode 53 - Good designers write!

Episode 53 - Good designers write!

This week, Chris and Jon talk about why good writing skills are essential for doing good design. Obviously other things ... Read more

30 May 2017

46mins

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