Product Talent, Book Recommendations, and the Evolution of Design Roles

Abhinav started his career in designing back in 2011. Since then, he has worked with 50+ founders and startups across USA, Europe and India.

Building the design team from scratch & helping build one of the biggest live learning platforms in the world - Unacademy, Abhinav wanted to fix the state of design education. He started 10K Designers -  an invite-only masterclass on becoming a UI/UX designer - to enable the next generation of designers and product thinkers.

In this episode, get insights on -  

- The 10K Designers community (1:14) 

- Collaboration between design & product (5:34) 

-  Data-driven designing (12:32) 

-  The design process (15:40) 

-  Qualitative aspects of design (24:04) 

-  Brand & design (30:50) 

-  SaaS design trends (37:07) 

-  Design overlapping with other functions (43:56) 

-  10K Design curriculum (47:06) 

-  Advice for designers (49:29) 

-  The creator economy (54:18)

Connect with Abhinav -  

Linkedin - https://in.linkedin.com/in/abhinavchhikara 

Twitter - https://twitter.com/abnux

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