Faster Horses | A podcast about UI design, user experience, UX design, product and technology

Have you ever wondered how product managers turn chaos into a symphony? Our latest episode, featuring the perspicacious Simon Berry who shines a light on the crucial role these maestros play in harmo…

In this episode of "Faster Horses," the hosts, Paul and Mark, delve into the world of AI and UX. They discuss how AI has become increasingly prevalent in various industries and platforms, with a part…

It seems that people are very often confusing a Design System with a component library. The differences are nuanced, drawing the line between those two will be hard, and there’s no right or wrong — b…

Design systems have become a key part of user experience, design and development, but what should it consist of?
 
 We have a good old poke around, question atomic design, figure out audiences and how …

So what’s the difference between design language and tone of voice? Where are the boundaries between the tone of voice and design language, and who leads the strategy of these? Are they interchangeab…

In this episode we talk to Scot Whitney, Podcast Host – The All4Inclusion Pod, an advocate for inclusion and wheelchair user looking to help others see society's boundaries. Find him on Linkedin, htt…

Stock photography – the perfect solution for small business owners, bloggers, and marketers who need to create high-quality visual content without breaking the bank? 

With over 6 million photos and mo…

Discover the journey that we've been on – transitioning from being team members to a leadership position.

What have been the pain points, and how have we overcome that?
What traits do leaders exhibit?
O…

What are the biggest fails of gaming experiences? In this episode, we explore those dreaded button-mashing mishaps.

What makes games sticky? Why is everyone playing Elden Ring?

We look at the mechanics…

In this short, Paul Wilshaw takes on the subject of colours, their use and accessibility.

The way you can think about this in every single colour in your design system should have a definition. What d…

In this episode, we look at the UX of video games.

We all know the most important part of a video game is the gameplay. But what about the UX? In this podcast, we talk about video game user experience…

In this episode, we debate whether designers should code. We find out that there are many different opinions about this topic – what should you be doing?

In the past few years, has coding become an es…

Learn from the people who've been there and are currently doing it, what to look for, how to recruit and what you need to know.

How to Scale a Design Team From a One-Man Show to a Well-Functioning Des…

3 brand new UX tombolas, unwrapped.

Mark, Nick and Paul delve into the UX of Christmas traditions, can we fix the UX of stocking, Christmas dinner and wrapping paper.

We also play a game of guess the o…

🔥 Logs on your fire - Join us for a retrospective of design and UX in 2021 and what are the current trends to look out for in 2022? Faster Horses Christmas Special 🎄 out now.

We got together, braved O…

In this episode, we look at packaging design and how different needs and requirements can change the way you design. We also discuss how consideration for disabilities, care for our environment, and …

Who's shouting the loudest and whose voice carries the most weight?

Make it pop, add some design magic, can we do something cool – heard these phrases when you've done a design? We're here to help.

In …

Like every good superhero, they have an origin story. Faster Horses Podcast is no different, in this special episode we talk about the name of our podcast and that famous quote (somewhat dubiously) a…

What are MVPs?

What do they mean to you?

Should you even ship an MVP?

We explain what an MVP is, how it fits into the design, and throw in a bag of fish eyes for good measure.

Have you ever tried to ship…

In this episode we discuss Job titles, are they even useful even more? Who decides what titles mean? Does your Job title sum up what you do?

And of course, everyones favourite, UX Tombola, featuring …