Kiasu Design Life

Kiasu Design Life

Hsuan, Adilah Anuar

English Technology Explicit
Episodes 41
Avg. Duration 36m
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Since Jun 2022
Latest Episode Jun 2025

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A UX & product design podcast based in Singapore 🌤 Hosted and produced by Adilah and Hsuan. Give chance and listen leh.

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41: Behind the Firewall: Design in Singapore’s Defence Tech

Jun 12, 2025 41m

What’s it really like designing digital tools you can’t talk about in Singapore’s defence tech space? Sharon and Dionne take us inside their work at CSIT, the leading cybersecurity agency in MINDEF,…

40: Inside UX bootcamps: What it’s really like in Singapore

Feb 03, 2025 1h 2m

Ever wondered what it’s really like to make the leap from a UX bootcamp to a product design career in Singapore? Well, we’re about to find out!Join us for a candid, no-holds-barred chat featuring…

39: The power of starting something (a talk at The Good Circle)

Jan 08, 2025 21m

📹 🔴 This is a recording of a talk we did for  the pilot meetup of "The Good Circle" back in November 2024 where we shared how simply being open thrusts ourselves towards starting something we both…

38: Rock hard truths 🪨 about UX design

Nov 04, 2024 39m

One undeniable and hard truth we all know about UX is that "the design process never linear".But what other truths exist in this realm? Today, with insights from the internet and our listeners, we're…

37: Small kids, big thinkers - Design thinking in primary schools!

Sep 06, 2024 40m

Heard of design thinking for kids? That's right - kids as young as 10 years old are learning coding, researching, brainstorming and even pitching in primary schools! Get ready to meet Team GummyCare,…

36: Radical thinking: Lion dance for seniors?!

Aug 07, 2024 58m

Imagine this: lion dance meets active ageing!Singapore is one of the fastest ageing nations in the world, and staying active is key. But what if we take that a step further? That's what Hao Jie and…

35: Kopi ☕️ Chat Pt.2: Interviewing, rejections, salary cut & fake listings?

Jul 22, 2024 38m

Remember back in 2021 when we used to ask each other, “Have you been vaccinated?” Fast forward to 2024, and now the greeting is, “Have you found a job yet?”This year might feel like a rollercoaster…

34: Kopi ☕️ Chat Pt.1: Challenges & superpowers as a designer & parent

Jul 08, 2024 34m

Oh parenthood! It’s a whole new world that no manual can truly capture the essence and make you feel prepared. You will only experience the reality of it when you are in it. 😅Heyo - we're back from a…

33: Chat with Carla Diana - The sweet intersection of products and humans

May 02, 2024 47m

🎥 The video version is available on YouTube! 🎥Now that we've wrapped up "My Robot Gets Me" in our book club, let's hear it straight from the author herself! Other than her journey into writing the…

32: Chat with Fiona - Personal Branding as a UX Designer

Apr 15, 2024 1h 2m

🎥 The video version is available on YouTube! 🎥Here's another chat with a local designer and content creator - Fiona Lim! With 18.5k followers and 6 years of experience under her belt, she's here to…

31: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.7-9 "Robotics crowdsourcing and design ethics!""

Apr 11, 2024 35m

YEEEHAWWWW! We've reached the final stretch of this book! We wrap this journey up by talking about ecosystems - how products work together to enhance your life, the difference between AI and AGI, and…

30: Chilli Padi 🌶️ - 6 UX portfolios we love!

Mar 25, 2024 20m

Chilli padi is back! We scoured the internet to find 6 UX portfolios worth mentioning and explained why we like it! Portfolios we mentioned:IC PortfoliosAng Yi Xin 🇸🇬 [Link]Yuan Jie 🇸🇬 [Link]Billy…

29: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.5-6 "Why do we find products..dumb?"

Mar 11, 2024 38m

Have you ever find yourself saying "Why is this person so weird?", or "Gosh this product is dumb". This 2 chapters help us to peel the layers and explain in a structured manner. And in turn, teach us…

28: Chat with Sangeetha - Hiring insights from a design recruiter

Feb 26, 2024 1h 9m

A design recruiter has joined the chat! Join us with Sangeetha as she shared insights of design job market, hiring and staying competitive in Singapore.___Our guest: Sangeetha SelvarajaReach out to…

27: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.3-4 "How do products present and express themselves"

Feb 21, 2024 31m

We're covering how products have "Presence" and "Expression". We had such fun recording this episode as we draw examples from our daily lives to illustrate the design concepts.📚 My Robot Gets…

26: SimplyGo or No? We review the app!

Feb 13, 2024 43m

Riding on (🤓) the SimplyGo drama, we put on our commuter & designer hat and review the SimplyGo app!Is this the standard of our local apps? 🫠🫠🫠Timestamp:(00:00) Hello!(01:29) SimplyGo drama…

25: My Robot Gets Me 📚 Ch.1-2 "We have social interactions with products too?!"

Feb 01, 2024 25m

In this light-hearted episode, we're discussing chapters 1 & 2 of My Robot Gets Me! We introduced 'social interactions', how that relates to product design, and how automatic doors gotta do with…

24: How to embrace layoffs

Jan 24, 2024 38m

This is a follow-up to our previous episode "22: Going through a layoff". We've already shared a personal story of how one of us got laid off, but today we're covering what you can do knowing you're…

23: Introducing a new concept! 📚🤓

Jan 16, 2024 11m

Help us decide our club name by polling in Spotify and Instagram!Our first book: My Robot Gets Me - Carla DianaOfficial WebsiteCheck availability in NLB (Physical book/ audiobook/ eBook)🗓️ Chapters…

22: Going through a layoff

Jan 08, 2024 51m

Happy 2024! We did it, we've tide through another year! Let's give a gentle pat on our backs.Since it's the new year, we decided to share a personal story about ____'s layoff experience (guess who).…

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