Hosted by Dr Chris Parker · 🇺🇸 US · EN-GB · 48 episodes
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Practical UX: Methods, Research & Design Thinking is a podcast for professionals and students who want to move past theory and use real-world user experience practices. Each episode covers tools, methods, and mindsets that shape strong design, including user research, design thinking, usability testing, prototyping, and product design strategy. Dr Parker talks with UX leaders, researchers, and designers who share practical insights you can use in your own work.Dr Parker is a Senior Lecturer in UX Design at Loughborough University (School of Design and Creative Arts)
Dr Chris Parker hosts Practical UX: Methods, Research, and Design Thinking, a arts show with 48 episodes published.
What if UX could do more than improve products — what if it could realign entire organisations?In this episode, Peter Kotsonis shares how uncovering a clear “North Star” can turn customer insight into strategic direction
What if UX could do more than improve products — what if it could realign entire organisations? In this episode, Peter Kotsonis shares how uncovering a clear “North Star” can turn customer insight into strategic directio
In this episode of Practical UX , we explore how systems thinking can help designers solve complex problems and create more sustainable, impactful solutions. Our guest is Sheryl Cababa, author of Closing the Loop: System
In this episode of Practical UX Methods: Research and Design Thinking, host Dr Chris Parker sits down with Douglas Ferguson — entrepreneur, human-centered technologist, and president of Voltage Control, an Austin-based a
Host: Dr Chris Parker Email: c.parker@lboro.ac.uk In this episode of Practical UX, we go beyond buttons and screens to explore what’s next for user experience: trustworthy AI, physiological synchrony in social VR, foldab
Practical UX kicks off with Steve Portigal, author of Interviewing Users (2nd ed.). We dig into why solid research sometimes says “don’t ship,” how the practice has matured (ops, leadership, insourcing), and why there’s
The UX Usability podcast returns after a prolonged hiatus. Dr Chris Parker talks about the show, its future, UX's role in the world around us, and life as an academic.
In the latest episode of The UX Usability Podcast, host Dr. Chris Parker from Loughborough University engages in an enlightening conversation with renowned author Irene Pereyra. The spotlight of this episode is Irene's l
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We talk with Karl Randay: Product Designer, Human Centred Design advocate, and currently Head of Design for Customer Experience Studio 383. He's worked in fashion and global leisure brands, healthcare, and the energy sec
Dr Parker talks with Gaurav Sharma about returning to his Masters in UX Design, international design, and life as a UX Designer at The Economist. Loughborough University UX Design Courses MA: UX and Service Design MSc: U
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of User Experience Design (UX)'s most exciting and challenging areas. This week, Frank Spillers, CEO and founder of Experience Dynamics shares his thoughts and approaches to designing engaging
Dani Sampson (freelance Brand Strategist) talks about the experience of design, what makes agencies work well, and creating powerful identities beyond UX. Connect with Dani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dani-sampson-37290
Dr Chris Parker returns for Season Four of the UX Usability Podcast. We kick off in conversation with Sarah Doody about her trailblazing work shaping UX designers' career strategies, portfolios, and ways of working. Disc
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Cees de Bont (Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University) discusses his career inventing the Senseo coffee machine at Philips, managing design at Delft, and leading Design at Hong Kong Univ
Dr Keneilwe Munyai describes her journey through fashion, design, and sustainability. We discover what a small Italian leather tanner has to offer African sustainability and the power of resilience. Connect with Dr Parke
Discover Enterprise Design Thinking: https://www.ibm.com/design/ Dr Parker sits down with the incredible Karel Vredenburg (IBM) to discuss design education, enterprise design thinking, and the role designers have in a mo
Dr Parker and Eugene Murphy discuss how Indeemo is revolutionising ethnography and diary studies for Design Research, why emotions are critical, and the future of technology. Check out Indeemo: https://indeemo.com/ Follo
Dr Parker talks with Abhijeet Shukla, UX Designer at Tata Design Consultancy Services (Mumbai), about his work beyond design thinking, working effectively in business, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in design. Read mor
Sheryl Cababa
author of Closing the Loop: Systems Thinking for Designers · Optimistic Design
1 appearance on this show
Douglas Ferguson
Master Facilitator, Author, and Speaker · Voltage Control
1 appearance on this show
Steve Portigal
User Research Consultant & Author ”Interviewing Users” · Portigal Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Chris Parker
on 'Stop Being So Dramatic Tour' · Town of Tillsonburg
1 appearance on this show
Gaurav Sharma
Product Leader for Value Tools and AI Systems · Unthinkable Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Doody
Career Strategy Lab
1 appearance on this show
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