In this episode, co-hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid talk with Mudassir Azeemi about how he was inspired to switch from software development to UX design and went on to work at Wells Fargo. They also talk about how he introduced writing in Urdu through his Urdu Writer app, his role in introducing the Urdu font on Apple’s iOS platform and more. Don’t forget to check out the show notes below.
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TAGS
bill buxton, sketching user experience, deborah adler, clearrx, twitter, unicode, enterprise design, interaction design, accessibility, government regulations, design system, wishspoke, dashboard design, wells fargo, apple, tim cook, ios11
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ABOUT MUDASSIR AZEEMI
Mudassir Azeemi is a lead interaction designer at Wells Fargo. He is also the co-founder of Garaj Studio - a design agency helping SaaS product makers to enhance their product experience related to dashboards and data visualizations.
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LINKS
https://www.amazon.com/Sketching-User-Experiences-Interactive-Technologies/dp/0123740371
https://www.oxgadgets.com/2017/10/meet-mudassir-azeemi-the-boy-who-brought-nastaleeq-to-ios.html
https://medium.com/@mazeemi/journey-from-software-development-to-user-experience-8c6fb926f488
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ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design, experience and usability in Pakistan. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.
You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
twitter.com/designbaithak
www.instagram.com/designbaithak
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) and Partner at Cordoba.
Imran Hussain
https://twitter.com/imranhussain
https://www.instagram.com/imranhussain
https://cordobastudio.io
Dr. Suleman Shahid
https://www.facebook.com/sulemans
https://www.instagram.com/sulemans/
https://cordobastudio.io
In this episode, Imran Hussain talks with Dr. Suleman Shahid about the first VR Facebook Innovation Lab in Pakistan based at LUMS, the Lab’s vision for creating a VR ecosystem and community, and the first and biggest Facebook developer conference outside Facebook HQ which was held at LUMS, Lahore. Also, don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes segment at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.
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KEYWORDS
suleman shahid, lums, vr, facebook innovation lab pakistan, nic lahore, national incubation center, cohorts, igda, abbas khan, experience design, maheen sohail, entrepreneurship, vr ecosystem, vr community building, vr capacity building, vr meetups, ignite, hci, usability lab, big immersive, quixel, tintash, facebook developer circles, ux pakistan
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LINKS
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ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design, experience and usability in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast. The Design Baithak podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design-led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.
You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain , Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Dr. Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at LUMS.
In this episode, co-hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid chat with Maheen Sohail who is a Product Designer on Facebook’s Social VR Team. Topics include Maheen’s multi-disciplinary journey towards design, her current work and role at Facebook, social VR experiences, ethics in design, and more. Don’t forget to check out the behind-the-scenes segments at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.
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KEYWORDS
vr, facebook, oculus, internship, fifa, unity, public speaking, filmmaking, gaming, experience, women in design, architecture, alessi, industrial design, canada, vancouver film school, italy, moleskin, frog design, industrial design, projects, products, furniture, university, documentaries, visual effects, phillips, norman, digital design, game design, ux, social vr, facebook spaces, avatars, safety in vr, trust in vr, ethics in design, titanic
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LINKS
Maheen Sohail
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maheensohail/
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/maheen_sohail/
Maheen’s story of becoming a virtual reality designer
https://medium.com/facebook-design/becoming-a-virtual-reality-designer-9dcf6ddea4c3
Simon Fraser University - SFU
https://www.sfu.ca
School of Interactive Arts & Technology - SFU
http://www.sfu.ca/siat.html
Frog Design
https://www.frogdesign.com
Alessi
https://www.alessi.com/it_it/
Facebook Spaces
https://www.facebook.com/spaces
Get to know more of the Social VR Team at Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/careers/life/get-to-know-more-of-the-social-vr-team-at-facebook
Ready Player One
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSp1dM2Vj48
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ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with experts from different fields of design. Our guests candidly share their stories, insights, opinions and experiences. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other. We believe that by using a design thinking and human-centered design led approach people can create better products, services and customer experiences.
You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
https://www.twitter.com/designbaithak
https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Managing Partner at Cordoba, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS).
Imran Hussain
https://twitter.com/imranhussain
https://www.instagram.com/imranhussain
Suleman Shahid
https://www.facebook.com/sulemans
https://www.instagram.com/sulemans/
In this episode, our hosts Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid chat with Ahmed Riaz, Head of UX Strategy at Logitech, based in California, USA. Topics include Ahmed’s journey towards design, his time at Frog Design and his current work at Logitech where he’s overseeing transformative products. Don’t forget to check out the outtakes at the end of the podcast episode and the show notes below.
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KEYWORDS
logitech, design strategy, transformative products, mice, keyboard, computers, productivity tools, inductive charging, telenor, farmers, agriculture, middle east, magazines, creativity, art, computer engineering, cultural trends, ethical companies, peter drucker, design doing, craft building, design books, decolonization, outtakes
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LINKS
Ahmed Riaz
http://www.ahmedriaz.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedriaz/
Logitech
https://www.logitech.com/
The Savannah College of Art & Design
https://www.scad.edu
Being Digital, by Nicholas Negroponte
https://www.amazon.com/Being-Digital-Nicholas-Negroponte/dp/0679762906
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud
https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Comics-Invisible-Scott-McCloud/dp/006097625X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1546281089&sr=1-1&keywords=understanding+comics
Experiences in Visual Thinking, by Robert McKim
https://www.amazon.com/Experiences-Visual-Thinking-Robert-McKim/dp/0818504110
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ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK
Design Baithak is a community initiative whose mission is to promote design in Pakistan in order to help people create better products, services and customer experiences. Our podcast features in-depth conversations with design experts who share their insights, opinions and stories. We also organize meetups across the country that enable people to connect with, and learn from, each other about design thinking, human-centered design and more.
You can learn more about Design Baithak on Twitter and Instagram.
twitter.com/designbaithak
www.instagram.com/designbaithak
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ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS
Design Baithak is organized and curated by Imran Hussain, Vice President of Design & User Experience at Systems Limited in Lahore, Pakistan, and Suleman Shahid, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Lahore, Pakistan.
Imran Hussain
twitter.com/imranhussain
Suleman Shahid
twitter.com/sulemans
