Completed Episodes

Liz Fosslien ‘No hard feelings: Emotions in Design’
Hello, and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. I’m your host Chi Ryan and in this episode, I’m speaking to Liz Fosslien, designer, illustrator, and co-author of the brilliant book: No Hard Feelings, The Secret Power of Embracing...

Brendan Dawes ‘Working at the intersection of People, Objects & Technology.’
We’re at Pixel Pioneers in Belfast today. A conference that has been going for two years. It was a fantastic day.

Dr. John Curran ‘Two tribes go to war. Dealing with conflict as part of Design.’
Hello and welcome to the first episode of 2019. I hope you had a good break and a good holiday season.

Gerry McGovern ‘Top Tasks; A method for understanding peoples product and service requirements’
There's some of you might know the Top Tasks methodology already and even if you do, I encourage you to listen as I break down the methods to better understand the mechanics and get Gerry's insights into where it works...

Steve Portigal ‘Symbolic Lab Coats, ASMR and Coke-Fueled Lap Dances: More User Research War Stories’
Hello and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. I'm your host Chi Ryan, and in this episode, I'm speaking to researcher Steve Portigal. Steve is the Principal of Portigal Consulting and the author of two books: Interviewing Users:...

John Thackara ‘Designing for all of life, not just human life’
Hello and welcome to another episode of This is HCD. My name is Gerry Scullion and I'm a human centered design practitioner based in Dublin, Ireland, and this week I caught up with one of my design heroes, John Thackara...