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 _____