Kalyani Tupkary – Product Designer at Twitch – Whiteboard.fm #033

Our guest for today is Kalyani Tupkary, she's a Hybrid Experience Designer. Currently, she's working as a Product Designer at Twitch, the world’s leading live streaming platform for gamers. Kalyani has done her Bachelor’s in Design from NID, Ahmedabad followed by a Masters in Fine Arts from the Parsons School of Design. The insights you're going to get from this episode would be phenomenal! ⭐ Subscribe to Whiteboard.fm to stay updated with more interviews and clips https://www.youtube.com/whiteboardfm?sub_confirmation=1 _____ 🌐 Visit Our Website to explore Hiring Processes and Case Studies https://www.whiteboard.fm/ 🔮 This podcast is part of the 10kdesigners Network https://10kdesigners.com _____ ⏱️ Timestamps 00:00 Our guest of the day — Kalyani Tupkary from Twitch 00:55 Welcoming Kalyani to the show! 01:00 From NID Ahemdabad to Parsons School of Design - The Journey 04:03 You say you're a Generalist. What are your views on being a Specialist v/s a Generalist? 05:52 What is your advice on recognizing the overlaps. How do you expand your knowledge of contrasting domains? 08:15 Designs that revolve around portals to alternate worlds. The purpose behind designing new realities. 10:08 How can one re-wire the constructs, biases, and mental models which are wired in us? 11:36 Which realities should one choose after realizing all these alternate possibilities and constructs? 13:59 What is Speculative Design? What's this design discipline focused on? 15:05 Kalyani's Top 3 Free yet Extremely Powerful Design Resources! 17:22 How to be Energetic and in the State-of-Flow as a Designer? 19:01 Summing it up! 19:44 Conclusion _____ 🔑  Resources mentioned by Kalyani: •  Design Podcasts -     Design Matters, Scratching the Surface, Design Better, etcetera. •  Near Future Laboratory - Podcast to jump into Speculative Design •  Learning from mentors on https://adplist.org/ and other platforms. • Design Books -    Design, When Everybody Designs, Don't Make Me Think, The Design of Everyday Things, Silicon Values. _____ 🎙️ Listen on • Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2WqW23aOsygZudWiQtGfmT • Google Podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy8xNjEzNzUwYy9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw • Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/in/podcast/whiteboard-fm/id1507168159  _____ ⚡ Connect with us! • Twitter: https://twitter.com/whiteboardfm • Instagram: https://instagram.com/whiteboard.fm _____ 💫 Our guest, Kalyani's Socials: • Website: https://www.kalyanitupkary.com/ • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kalyanitupkary/ • Twitter:  https://twitter.com/kalyani_tupkary • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kalyani_tupkary/  __ ✨ Brought to you by your host, Ansh Mehra • Website: https://www.anshmehra.com/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anshmehra.work/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnshMehraaa _____ 📚 Browse bite-sized learning in business, product, UI/UX design, freelancing, and more https://booklets.io 🪄 Get real design inspiration from the world's best-designed apps https://uisources.com _____