[E08] Rahul Chakraborty — Sr. Product Designer, Swiggy

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Talk Design To Me!

Srinivas Teja K

12 episodes

1 week ago

A podcast about all things art & design — why design matters, the impact of art, the business of design, creative confidence and freelancing. In this podcast we take a deeper dive into different aspects of art & design, the nitty gritties of what makes a good designer, how to find your creative voice and more through candid conversations between our host, Srini — a product designer and our guests from all walks of the creative field.

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[E08] Rahul Chakraborty — Sr. Product Designer, Swiggy

Talk Design To Me!

1 hour 2 minutes 27 seconds

5 years ago

[E08] Rahul Chakraborty — Sr. Product Designer, Swiggy

Rahul Chakraborty is a Senior Product Designer at Swiggy who previously worked at companies like Flipkart and Headout. Rahul is also a great photographer who consistently shares his pictures with the world on Unsplash and he's as involved as anyone can ever be in every design related community and conversation. In this episode we talk about his journey as a designer, his early influences, the difference in work between a junior designer, a senior designer and a lead designer, how a junior designer can take up more projects than what he/she is responsible for to build leverage and grow as a designer, what are some things that Rahul and his team are working at Swiggy to decrease the decision paralysis caused by too many available options, his journey of actively participating in design conversations and being active in the community and some tips for people starting out as product designers. In the "Make The Logo Bigger" section of this episode, Rahul spoke about the problem of having too many opinions on your work and how to effectively give and receive feedback and the importance of feedback. Stay tuned till the end to learn why his website is called "dsintheta.com" and definitely check out his design experiments on Instagram @madebyrahul and also follow him @hckmstrrahul to keep yourself updated about the new things in the design community.

Links mentioned and provided by Rahul:

1. Product Design roles and their definitions at Intercom:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qIH-eNkP4rNF0M1eCsHQNwRTWrP9Yg1-XUqWHPTKAkg/edit

2. IC vs Management track:
https://medium.com/facebook-design-business-tools/designing-a-better-career-path-for-designers-872b0aa50b5b

3. Key things to keep in mind at the beginning your design career:
https://medium.com/the-year-of-the-looking-glass/the-beginning-of-your-design-career-549828025494

4. Open source brand design for Simple:
https://medium.com/simple-dot-org/open-source-brand-design-for-simple-474f03a7fc15

5. Daniel's podcast by High Resolution:
https://www.highresolution.design/7-daniel-burka

6. Personal plug:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/HckmstrRahul

MadebyRahul: https://www.instagram.com/madebyrahul/