Designersđ¤alk #12 with Nitish Khagwal(Senior Product Designer at Webkul) | PHASE 2
Date: October 4, 2020
Nitish is one of the best gift one can have for the design community. He builds a design team at Webkul. Also, heâs always ready to guide young designers while interacting with them and share his views through articles on social media.
Q1. When did you realize UI/UX Design is meant for you?
I initially started as a Web designer in 2013, and with time I adapted to digital product design.
I never aimed to be a UX/UI designer, I discovered it in the practice for almost 7 years.
Q2: Whatâs the most common mistake you find in the designerâs portfolio and how one can rectify it?
Companies hire designers and not portfolios. A designer should be genuine about his work and should not fake the skills they donât have.
A fake design thinking oriented case study in any portfolio is harmful.
Q3: I hope thereâs not a single way to solve the design problem than why most of the young designers are using the design thinking method to make their case studies.
It looks fancy, and a lot of online courses collectively made those 5 big circles over-rated.
Apart from this, aspiring designers look at other portfolios and copies without giving a thought. Surely they need an apt direction.
Q4: How to pick a personal project for the portfolio as a designer especially if you have just started?
Jot down your skills and think about what you can do utilizing each of your skills at its maximum. Rather than showcasing each skill separately, try to bring and gel everything together.
Remember, salt is never tasty but, lemonade is.
Q5: Whatâre the things we should keep in mind while designing for different platforms like website, desktop, ios, and android?
Skinny, fat, lazy, and smart people will use that interface, so try to make it easy for learning and flexible for frequent use.
Q6: "Good design should start and end with our users". How would you justify it?
An option designed and never used by the user is a sin, as it will take deployment effort and will result in no business or user value.
Q7: What challenges do you face as a product design manager daily?
Hiring new designers for the team is the biggest challenge that I face. As it is not about hiring portfolios, it is about hiring real people that smile and weep.
Q8: âIâm coming for the UI/UX designer interview at Webkulâ. On what metrics youâll judge me that Iâm fit for the company or not?
How well you can collaborate with UXlab and how much value your skills will bring to our team. I tend to aim to hire the right (at least good) and not the best.
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