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Meet Irene Pereyra, a world-class designer who is the co-founder of the Brooklyn-based design studio "Anton & Irene", along with Anton Repponen.

Irene has led the strategy and UX initiatives for clients, including The Met, Kickstarter, Balenciaga, USA Today, EA, Spotify, Google, Nickelodeon, BBC and Red Bull. Her work has been recognised by Cannes, The Webbys, The Emmys, and she is the author of "Universal Principles of UX: 100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology".

The Human Podcast explores stories & ideas about being human.

Timestamps

0:00 - What Is Design?

1:22 - Different Design Fields

2:15 - What Is UX (My Speciality)?

3:56 - How Designers Work With Clients

6:40 - Designer vs Client Disagreements

9:33 - Key Design Principle

12:33 - Why Form Beats Function

14:02 - Design Process: Consider, Empathise, Define, Research, Design, Validate

14:52 - The #1 Mistake Designers Make

18:09 - Personality & Lifestyles Of Great Designers

22:19 - Designers Are Not Relaxed People

23:55 - How To Become A Phenomenal Designer

26:53 - Why I Hate "Design Thinking"

28:19 - Are Design Skills Transferable?

30:44 - Is Design Objective or Subjective?

35:18 - How Irene Got Into Design

37:06 - My Design Heroes & Inspiration

38:42 - My Design Studio With Anton Repponen

40:38 - Creating The NU:RO Watch

42:33 - Working With Google, Spotify, Red Bull & More

44:52 - Why I Can't Stop Designing

47:07 - What Is A Good Life?

Guest - Irene Pereyra

Book: Universal Principles of UX: 100 Timeless Strategies to Create Positive Interactions between People and Technology - https://amzn.to/4saIo4u

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NU:RO Watch - https://nuro.co/

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