Hustle: The Future Product Designer (feat. Adam Saint)

The list of the product designers responsibilities goes on and on. When is it too much for one position to handle with quality? Maybe there's a different way to look at it all together.

With many of today's industry leading studios closing up shop for one reason or another we are left with a lot of questions. Why are they closing? What does the future hold for design agencies? Funsize sits down with Greg Storey, former partner at Happy Cog to discuss these questions.

Show Notes

• 00:00 Introductions


• 04:30 Product designer responsibilities


• 08:20 Specializations and generalists


• 10:20 Design is planning


• 14:18 The role has changed


• 17:15 Elevate your thinking beyond deliverables


• 19:50 "Design with intent"


• 21:40 Can a product designer be a product manager?


• 26:00 Affect of design in early stages of product vs post-MVP


• 34:22 Design with humility and diplomacy


• 37:32 Values to look for when hiring a designer


• 40:00 The future product designer

Links

• Adam on twitter


• Bench.co


• @mantwan @rickmesser @funsize


• Anthony's talk adapting to change


• Anthony's tweet about designers needing to learn project management

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