Design Meets Business

Google's Austin Knight: Why Understanding Economics Is Important for Designers

Aug 31, 2020

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Episode notes

Introduction

4min

The Un-Solicited Redesign of a Nonprofit Organization

3min

How to Start Your Career in a Different Way

5min

The Challenges to Overcoming at HubSpot

5min

The Importance of Building Relationships With People

5min

How to Be a Successful Designer

4min

What Attracted You to Google?

4min

Designing for the Next Billion Users

5min

The Challenges of Designing for the Western World

2min

10.

The Importance of Designing for the Business

5min

11.

The Importance of Intellectual Curiosity in Design

2min

12.

The Importance of Conflict Resolution in Design

5min

13.

The Importance of Mutual Respect in Design

3min

14.

The Imposter Syndrome of Design

2min

15.

The Imposter Syndrome Effect

4min

16.

The Future of Design Is Distributed and Diverse

4min

17.

The Importance of Sharing Out Your Work

5min

Austin is a designer at Google and previously the first UX Designer at HubSpot. We talk about the importance of economics as a designer, why the change to distributed teams is inevitable, and why understanding the value systems of a company you're interviewing for is important before saying ‘yes’ to an offer.

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