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Interview with Keyvan Kasaei

Design Legend Interview

20 October 2016

I have studied Industrial Design as a major in University.

Details are important to me in Design. and also I like to have my own creations & products that make a good impact on people's lives.

I have chosen to be a Designer.

I love any aspect of Art & Design and I try to see them as a whole but also I have discovered a new passion in Service Design : developing SaaS Services, Mobile Apps & Cloud Computing

1)Discover, 2)Build 3)Measure 4) Feedback. This is a learning Loop which never ends but validates your Understanding of whether you are on the right track.

Great designers are visionaries but good designers are followers.

I say, The thought process & approach based on the medium & context of the Design. and next is the presentation.

Good design makes habits and habits form how we live.

I would design & implement Services to address unique needs of the Society. like Uber

I always have a long list of projects I want to build, as a designer you are always like that.

Thinking Differently and presenting Differently.

Now days, Elon Musk and those who work on AI.

Tesla Model S by Franz von Holzhausen. I am always fascinated by Car Designs

A project that my team is going to launch in near future. It is a Service based project which lots of User experience touches. I think that would be my greatest achievement so far.

Find your niche and practice.

Business Man.

Design is a way of thinking in which changes the way we live and it can have different forms & approaches.

My Students & teams, Also my Mistakes, Mentors, Environment & Family are on the top of my head.

Mistakes & Risks, Validated learning and also making more mistakes

Learning to organize yourself is as important as the skills you build.

Delivering the message in less than 30 Seconds can help. and also having User in mind is the key.

I am working on SaaS cloud-based Services.

to have an impact on human life through my designs

to present a solid product and services which can change their lives for good.

Design makes us better if not the best we can be.

A Service based Uber-like Mobile app.

Any Service-Design projects that I've been involved were extremely satisfying .

Designers should learn to code. and we should embrace Technology.

AI based future

12 weeks for POC/MVP and based on Success depends on the scope of the project.

Requirement gathering

I am my own competition

they are interchangeable

Technology is the way to go and i think it has already affected our industry,

Rhino, Photoshop, Sketch, AWS cloud services, IOS, Android, various programming languages.

it is like the role of Sun rays in a beautiful day.

Critique my work and give me Constructive feedback. so I can serve more.

Joy & happiness.

Ambitious, Extraordinary and trouble maker.

All those were not Following Common patterns. or set higher standards.

The Biography of Steve Jobs.

Self Taught, Practicing.

Elon Musk & I will.

Feels good. Not at all.

Orange, on a beach, grilled Salmon fish, Summer, Tesla Model S.

I once was drawing a shoe to practice perspective while I was traveling by an inner city bus, and funny enough somebody was willing to buy it from me.

Each sprint that I pass and feedbacks that I receive motivate me to go on.

I really can't say but I had a great imagination and also was drawing things and planning all the time.

We are travelling deep space. but still we are designing

Please keep curious about life. we live only once.

Designer Interview

23 October 2016

I have studied Industrial Design as a major in University. I was Fascinated with Cars, Airplanes, Robots and Sci-fi and I want to Design Robots or Airplanes.

I work as a Consultant and co-operate with other designers or Developers on a per project basis.

Thinking & acting Differently.

I am professionally working in Technology field. The web, Mobile apps and Service Design are my main focus. but I am fascinated in any form of Art & Design. regardless.

Telsa Model S

I have developed and Interactive Multimedia Campain back in my early days.

Material: Wood. Platform: Web, Technology: Service Oriented Technologies.

Usually When I thinker with the Idea and iterate a number of times.

All Most all Details as a Whole.

I feel I'm focused and I don't care about anything else.

Accomplishment.

In my field of Expertise, It's all about user acceptance & retention.

I care about Experience Design as well as Technicality as an expert.

To create a new form of Habit by encouraging the audience to think & act differently.

Design in evolving every day and the Technology would be more integrated with Design even in pure arts like paintings

Como, Italy. And The Next one would be in early 2017.

Like many Designer, I do Sketch out my Ideas and takes those to actions which I think can have a potential.

Minimalistic. Creative and Simple. Simplicity avoids the confusions. I like the expressive way of communication.

I live in Sydney, Australia and we have an active community of designers and developers. Culturally people welcome any ideas which make the life easier but cons are the community has a conservative approach of problem-solving.

As a consultor or Designer/Developer

In my opinion, you can find a good Designer based on the portfolio and similar experiences in the past according to your budget limits.

1)Need Finding, 2)Research, 3)Business Analysis, 4)Minimum Viable Product(MVP), 5)user validation testing, 6)Re-evaluation. 7)Delivery & Maintenance

1)Sculptures 2)Paintings 3)My Laptop 4)Headphones 5)Sun Glasses

Learning, Developing, and {Ideation and Research}

Get involved in your professional community and attend any professional networking events which is possible and also make sure you are recognised based on your portfolio and efforts.

Being a creator is an amazing feeling. but it will lift your standard of living which might not be easy sometimes.

Customer/Audience acceptance and Communications

Being Visionary, Risk Taker, Communicator and Skills they build through time.

I am mainly using a code editor, a graphical Software like Sketch or Photoshop and Invision and I study about new Products developed every day in Platforms like Beta list nd Product hunt and Angelist

I try my best to do plan for a longer development time if possible.

In my Field from 1 week to 12 weeks.

About what were the Key technologies I used

As a Developer working on a Service-oriented project which now is in the market and being used by thousands

Startups, Technology Companies.

Service Design, Due to its Scalability.

Introducing new Products and Services.

Depends on the Project but I do both.

There are two Cloud-based Products and Mobile apps which would be introduced in 2017

Through Social networks, especially twitter

Thanks to everyone helping me and my teams to be where we are today.
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