In this episode, Jan chats with our Director of Design Operations, Diego Nuñez. Diego is one of the latest additions to the team, but his experience and fresh eyes to what we do in Mews made him a perfect guest. You may have noticed that we changed water for beer. It has its reasons, but maybe the next guest will have the same treatment. Apart from beer, we covered Diego’s path from marketing for the Renault F1 team to designing systems. How does he view the roles of UX research, design systems, and other roles? And what do design and a trip from Alicante to Ibiza have in common? One quote that defines the discussion and Diego’s worldview is: “We’re not artists; we’re designers.”
00:00 Intro & beer
02:55 What is design?
04:49 Different roles within design
10:13 Designers understanding clients, users and colleagues
11:40 Engineers, designers and product managers working together
13:32 How did Diego get to DesignOps?
16:58 Difference between User research and Market research
18:08 Diego’s path to Mews
20:27 What are Diego’s role model companies when it comes to design work?
22:10 Speed vs Quality
24:10 Where do designers come from?
27:30 Usage of data in design
30:00 Who does the company go to when trying to fix certain
33:00 Breaking the silos and the role of design system
37:50 Role of mews.design in Diego’s decision to join Mews
39:08 Describing design in a metaphore
42:00 Desired legacy
43:00 Design’s role in bringing bright future
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Diego Nuñez