Daily Deluxe – Design, UX & Tech

In this episode of Daily Deluxe, Jo talks about Todo Tiles, a productivity technique that uses pen & paper to get a great overview of your day. You can read more about it here: https://johannesippen.com/2019/todo-tiles/ Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo talks about office space - what is good, what is bad and where you can get most productive.

Do we even need to read? Jo explains why reading books on complex topics is still more advanced than watching Tutorials. Here is his list of books that UX designers should read: Don’t make me think – Steve Krug The Design of everyday Things – Don Norman The Power of Moments – Chip & Dan Heath More book recommendations here: https://johannesippen.com/2017/good-reads/ Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo talks about how Human Deluxe uses Trello, Post-its and glass-house plastic boards to organize the studio work Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Today, Daily Deluxe is coming from the airport ✈️

It’s Jo’s birthday!

Making this podcast a habit is Jo’s mission – but how long do you need until you create a habit? We will talk about the 2 numbers that seem to matter and find our own, seemingly good middle ground. Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

20 episodes! Jo recaps on the Daily Deluxe podcast and explores how to make a daily podcast. There is two big things that help building a habit, explained in this episode. Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Are designers really that important? Nico and Jo discuss John Maeda’s point: https://www.fastcompany.com/90320120/john-maeda-in-reality-design-is-not-that-important. Jo’s interview with Adobe XD's Khoi Vinh: https://johannesippen.com/2017/khoi-vinh/ Article about the role of the designer in 2019: https://johannesippen.com/2019/designer-skills/ Daily Deluxe Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=EBwiYIyfQjW8aucgKEdRnA Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

What is your favourite music to work to? Jo and Nico discuss J Dilla, Trent Reznor and beta rhythms. Jo actually wrote an article about the topic – read it here: https://johannesippen.com/2017/playlist/. Daily Deluxe Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=EBwiYIyfQjW8aucgKEdRnA Our favourite focus music: https://open.spotify.com/user/spotify/playlist/37i9dQZF1DX3XlP43fJptv?si=mJ7UlhLlSI-mEgLidJuHLQ Music by our all-time favourite David Cutter: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Nico has his own theory about why we enjoy redesigns in physical products, but not so much in digital products. Also, who’s looking forward to the Apple Keynote Event? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8SShgWqJvg Check out our official Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/1121762316/playlist/7wUbhSKNwdi5lr1Sb32Jaj?si=YpTkH8aNS4yPMroQQ4LvgA Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

During his evening walk, Jo thinks about the quantified self – using Google Fit (https://www.google.com/fit/) and Toggl (https://toggl.com/). Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Shameless plug for Jo's newest blog article (https://johannesippen.com/2019/access-over-ownership/). He lists design tools that can be accessed bei non-pros, but deliver very good outcome. Music, as usual, by the great David Cutter

Podcast recommendation of the day: Jo discovered "The Pessimists Archive", where they talk about how people reacted to tech innovations at the time they happened. Did you know that using the Walkman on the street was illegal in some US cities? Check it out here: https://pessimists.co/ Music, as usual, by the one and only David Cutter

What do Toga parties have in common with design tools? Jo shares the story of how he started a web series from a bus on his way from Berlin to Hamburg. Find the film here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKjs0QCKByQ Nico says he's disappointed in the quality, but Hey, it’s the joke that counts! Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo calls Nico, who went to the Creative Morning Session today – listen now to hear a summary about the talk, and check out the Creative Mornings platform: https://creativemornings.com/cities/ber Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Nico is back! But he won’t tell us where he went. Follow him on Instagram: https://instagram.com/nico_engelhardt or follow Jo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/johannesippen. Also, check out Firefox Send here, the tool that we talk about: https://send.firefox.com/ Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo found a note about a design principle he came up with: Never Hide! In this episode, he explores what that means and why hiding information can result in terrible UX. The links of today: iA Writer: https://ia.net/writer Graphical Cooking FAQs: http://graphicalcooking.com/#faq Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Part 2 of the Infographic talk at dpa. Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo talks about how a blackout was responsible for us not being on air – excuses, excuses. To make up for it, here is the first half of the digital infographics talk we did last week at the dpa Berlin HQ. Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Tired Jo shares how he’s getting inspired. Check out the following tools he is using: http://raindrop.io https://eagle.cool/ https://github.com/seenaburns/isolate Also, see the full Mike Monteiro interview on Sara Dietschy’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCGMSuDJYVY Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Left alone in the studio, Jo rambles about how designing for KPIs can destroy a brand. Also, read this: https://johannesippen.com/2019/kill-your-kpis/ Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo tries to sell the Nokia 9 Pureview, QVC style! (https://youtu.be/nRNgsannOCU) Also, here’s some UX groups on Facebook for you to check out: https://www.facebook.com/groups/333331966875849/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/153692614977217/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/159669727989988/ Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Nico and Jo talk about the Galaxy Fold (https://www.samsung.com/global/galaxy/galaxy-fold/), Samsung’s latest mobile phone innovation. Would they buy it? And how does it change the way we design for phones? Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

In today's episode of Daily Deluxe, Jo will talk about how he met Nico how Smashing Magazine and the iPad started their working relationship. The article Jo is referring to at 2:25: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/the-death-of-the-blog-post/ The final Aside Magazine mentioned at 5:20 can be found here: http://asidemag.com/ Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

In this episode of Daily Deluxe, Nico and Jo compare their favourite Top 3 design tools at the moment. Although Jo claims at 4:25 that you cannot download Skitch anymore, you actually can! Here’s the link: https://evernote.com/intl/en/products/skitch Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com

Jo asks Nico a very important question. Jo doesn’t like biology, but had a great plan to be able to fly when he was younger. Nico is fascinated by all things evolution – but how can one integrate this into design? Music by: @dcuttermusic / http://www.davidcuttermusic.com