Paper and Pain is a podcast channel for product designers who want to learn more about the industry in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Hosted by Kristian and Steve, two experienced product designers based in Singapore, the podcast covers topics such as design trends, challenges, opportunities, and best practices in the region. Paper and Pain aims to inspire and empower designers regionally and ultimately, globally. Tune in to hear their stories, insights, and tips on how to design better products for the world.
Paper and Pain is available on multiple streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Deezer and Acast.
We’d love to hear from you! Do drop us a message at hi@pain.design if you want to share anything with us.
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Paper and Pain is a podcast channel for product designers who want to learn more about the industry in Singapore and Southeast Asia. Hosted by Kristian and Steve, two experienced product designers based in Singapore, the podcast covers topics such as design trends, challenges, opportunities, and best practices in the region. Paper and Pain aims to inspire and empower designers regionally and ultimately, globally. Tune in to hear their stories, insights, and tips on how to design better products for the world.
Paper and Pain is available on multiple streaming platforms including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, JioSaavn, Deezer and Acast.
We’d love to hear from you! Do drop us a message at hi@pain.design if you want to share anything with us.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Tune in as we discuss how we do design, which steps in the design process are essential, and how to plan and execute your research successfully.
Check out "Design in Theory and Practice" by Ernest Allen here: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132372634-design-in-theory-and-practice-classic-reprint-paperback-2012-auth
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Designing for mental health
How to stay sane amidst layoffs, why products for mental health matter, and how to find support in a loving community. Looking for answers with Sangeetha, our own Chief Growth Officer.
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Paper and Pain comes back for its second season! In this episode, Kristian and Steve debate whether corporate life is the ultimate killer of creativity, or big company is the right place for a designer to thrive.
We’d love to hear from you! Do drop us a message at hi@pain.design if you want to share anything with us.
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In the final episode of the first season, Kristian and Steve discuss the challenges of socialising as an introverted designer. Is it possible to go off-grid, keep a low social profile and build a successful career in the age of connectivity? How communities we choose to join and build impact our personality and professional growth? Tune in to learn more!
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We'd love to hear your story too! Feel free to drop in your story and question at hi@paperandpain.com
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Today, Kristian and Steve discuss the notorious impostor syndrome. Why do we doubt our own talent and abilities so often? How does it affect our careers and personal lives? Is it possible to get rid of it? Tune in today to learn more.
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We'd love to hear your story too! Feel free to drop in your story and question at hi@paperandpain.com
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In this episode, Nadia Kishlan, a social media influencer, activist, and advocate for sustainability and climate action, shares her take on mindful living and Earth-forward lifestyle. We discuss how small changes can have a tremendous lasting impact on the environment and the society, what it takes to change you way of living and how designers can use their skills and influence to drive the transformation at scale.
Learn more about Nadia: https://www.nadia-kishlan.com/about. You can also find her on Instagram @skinnykatwoman. To find out more about the climate designer she mentioned in this episode and take some actions if you are interested, check this website out: https://www.climatedesigners.org/. Plus two more names to dig more about the initiative: Natalie Seisser and Karin Aue.
To recap on our previous episode with Timothy Huang on slow living, check out here: https://podcasts.apple.com/sg/podcast/paper-and-pain/id1683076703?i=1000623674608
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We'd love to hear your story too! Feel free to drop in your story and question at hi@paperandpain.com
P.s. Happy birthday Kristian! Wish you get wiser as moving into another chapter of life. <3
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In this episode, Steve and Kristian open up about their personal struggles, share their personal recipes for staying sane, and break biases surrounding therapy, emotional wellness and mental impairments.
Drop us a message at hi@paperandpain.com if you want to reach out. We'd love to hear from you.
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How to survive loosing a job and embrace a newly acquired freedom from the corporate grind?
In this episode of Paper and Pain, Samantha Lo, product designer and illustrator, shares her experience being made redundant, reigniting old passions and building an identity beyond job titles.
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In this episode, we discuss the role of AI in design, highlights, concerns, and challenges with Ninad Patil (@NKPyo), a researcher and a holistic designer for anti-fragile products & systems. We chat about designing with and against AI, developing skills for survival in the era of intelligent tech, and debunk some common myths about artificial intelligence.
Bonus: Ninad’s recommended newsletters and podcasts for staying up to date with the tech and world news:
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