The Importance of Design

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Meison Sen means it's the deliberate placement of elements in a scene. It was coined by French filmmakers, the French New Wave filmmakers to sort of describe their approach to filmmaking. Bucky Fuller says he has a great quote that something like, I know that I'm solving this problem, I don't solve for beauty, but if the results are not beautiful then it doesn't matter. Like I'm solving the problem.

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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