Alexa: My boss on Dexter, the production designer, used to have me do a lot of visual research. And so I kind of learned how to present and think through color palettes and textures in that environment. She says she's been recently part of an initiative to advocate for more permanent supportive housing because LA has almost 60,000 homeless people living in the streets.
Alexa Roman motivates us to prove the value of design and contribute to it every single day. She encourages us to always be learning new things since designers work across many different fields. She inspires us to get more excited about analytics and measuring our designs. She also challenges us to think about what we want on our tombstones...while we’re still this side up.
- Secret Identity (7:49)
- Origin Story (12:42)
- What Will Your Tombstone Say? (19:25)
- Biggest Failure (21:50)
- Design Superpower (29:40)
- How Important is Aesthetics? (35:52)
- Awkward Testing Story (48:49)
- Design Kryptonite (55:23)
- UX Superhero Name (63:59)
- Designing with Data (64:30)
- Habit of Success (70:09)
- Invincible Resource (71:39)
- Recommended Book (73:28)
- Best Advice (74:48)
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