Practical UX: Methods, Research, and Design Thinking
Episodes
Beyond UX: Finding the North Star That Transforms Businesses (with Peter Kotsonis)
27 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if UX could do more than improve products — what if it could realign entire organisations?In this episode, Peter Kotsonis shares how uncovering...
Beyond UX: Finding the North Star That Transforms Businesses (with Peter Kotsonis)
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if UX could do more than improve products — what if it could realign entire organisations?In this episode, Peter Kotsonis shares how uncovering...
Closing the Loop: How Systems Thinking Transforms UX and Design Practice
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Practical UX , we explore how systems thinking can help designers solve complex problems and create more sustainable, impactful sol...
Success in Design and Sprint Culture | with Douglas Ferguson
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Practical UX Methods: Research and Design Thinking, host Dr Chris Parker sits down with Douglas Ferguson — entrepreneur, human-ce...
UX Research Review: How the Next Generation of UX Designs for Trust, Emotion, and Connection
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host: Dr Chris ParkerEmail: [email protected] this episode of Practical UX, we go beyond buttons and screens to explore what’s next for user ex...
Interviewing Users, Evolving UX — with Steve Portigal
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Practical UX kicks off with Steve Portigal, author of Interviewing Users (2nd ed.). We dig into why solid research sometimes says “don’t ship,” ...
The Hiatus is Over!
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 lif...
Irene Pereyra: Universal Principles of UX
26 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of The UX Usability Podcast, host Dr. Chris Parker from Loughborough University engages in an enlightening conversation with ren...
[BONUS] Chris on the Lazy Marketing Hour!
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The Lazy Marketing Hour @YouTube
Karl Randay - Design for Consumer Experience
22 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with Karl Randay: Product Designer, Human Centred Design advocate, and currently Head of Design for Customer Experience Studio 383. He's worke...
Gaurav Sharma - Taking a Masters in UX Design
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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. Lo...
Frank Spillers - VR Design and UX
06 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual Reality (VR) is one of User Experience Design (UX)'s most exciting and challenging areas. This week, Frank Spillers, CEO and founder of Experi...
Dani Sampson - Design Strategy and Philosophy
23 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dani Sampson (freelance Brand Strategist) talks about the experience of design, what makes agencies work well, and creating powerful identities beyond...
Sarah Doody - UX Portfolios, Careers, and Mindfulness
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Season 4 (Coming Soon)
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Subscribe to hear Season 4 of the UX Usability Podcast as soon as it launches.
The Future of Design Education | Cees de Bont (Dean of Loughborough School of Design and Creative Arts)
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Cees de Bont (Dean of the School of Design and Creative Arts at Loughborough University) discusses his career inventing the Senseo coffee machine at P...
South Africa's Powerful Human-Centred Design | With Keneilwe Munyai (African Design Thinking)
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Keneilwe Munyai describes her journey through fashion, design, and sustainability. We discover what a small Italian leather tanner has to offer Afr...
Reinventing Design at IBM | with Karel Vredenburg (Director, Global Design Leadership at IBM)
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Discover Enterprise Design Thinking: https://www.ibm.com/design/ Dr Parker sits down with the incredible Karel Vredenburg (IBM) to discuss design e...
The Future of Ethnography | With Eugene Murphy (Indeemo)
22 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Parker and Eugene Murphy discuss how Indeemo is revolutionising ethnography and diary studies for Design Research, why emotions are critical, and t...
A new form of Design beyond Design Thinking | With Abhijeet Shukla (UX Designer, Tata Design Consultancy, Mumbai))
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Parker talks with Abhijeet Shukla, UX Designer at Tata Design Consultancy Services (Mumbai), about his work beyond design thinking, working effecti...
Netflix Product Design and Inspiring Africa's New Designers | With Mariam Braimah (Netflix and Kimoyo Fellowship)
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Parker sits down with Mariam Braimah, product designer at Netflix and founder of the Kimoyo Fellowship to talk about creativity, inspiration, and N...
How to Design Augmented Reality Retail Apps | With Liangchao Xue (Loughborough University)
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Chris Parker and Liangchao Xue discuss how to design Augmented Reality apps for fashion retail based on her award-winning PhD research. Presenta...
Psychology Essentials for UX Design | With Hellen Pitikaris (Morefire GmbH)
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Chris Parker and Hellen Pitikaris - Head of Conversion Rate-Optimierung & User Experience at Morefire GmbH - talk about the fundamentals of psychol...
What Makes An Effective UX Consultant? | With Bunnyfoot's Cathy Carr and Pete Underwood
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Parker chats with UX Design Consultants Pete Underwood and Cathy Carr about how they work as UX Designers in one of the UK's leading design agencie...
Design Research and Consultancy Skills | With Frances Brown
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connect with Frances Brown CEO at Nightingale Design Research: https://www.linkedin.com/in/frances-brown-b5922356/ Nightingale Design Research: htt...
Top Tasks, Priotisisation, and 5G | With Gerry McGovern
06 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Find Gerry's book - Top Tasks - here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1916444601?pf_rd_r=JFSFFGCWKEDECGV2DT2P&pf_rd_p=e632fea2-678f-4848-9a97-bcec...
UX Design in the Insurance Industry | With Heidi Smith
23 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We sit down with Senior UX Designer Heidi Smith (of Aviva) to talk about UX Design within the insurance industry, her passions, the future UX design, ...
Essential UX Skills, Accessability, and Effective UX Design | with Lou Oakham: UX Designer
09 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
User Experience Designer Lou Oakham speaks with Chris Parker about working as a UX Designer, Accessibility, and the skills designers learn at universi...
Designing the Advertising Experience - with Grace Francis of Droga5
26 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connect with Grace Francis via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/graciefrancis/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign Watch u...
Life as a UX Design Consultant (With Marg Laing)
12 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Connect with Marg via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marglaing/ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign Watch us on YouTube:...
Lessons from a young UX Designer (with Szymon Trzepla)
22 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Szymon is a UX Designer for Alior Bank SA, podcaster for UX po Godzinach, and recent graduate from Loughborough University. In tonight's conversation,...
UX Design's Essential Skills [From UX Crunch]
15 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Watch the video presentation: https://youtu.be/WBtBg-LqY5o SOCIAL MEDIA LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/UserGenDesign YouTube: https://www.youtu...
Success in Design and Sprint Culture (With Douglas Ferguson)
07 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Douglas Ferguson is an entrepreneur, human-centred technologist, and president of Voltage Control - an Austin-based workshop agency that specialises i...
Special Announcement: Live Webinar with UX Crunch [April 15th 2020]
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Junior UX Crunch at Home: https://www.bigmarker.com/tech-circus-tv/Junior-UX-Crunch-at-Home-Usability-Testing TRANSCRIPT Hello and welcome to the U...
How UX Design Can Fight Coronavirus (COVID-19)
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Medical Advice on Coronavirus (COVID-19): https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/ Why Hand Sanitiser is useless against viruses: https://a...
When to Apply Usability Testing [End of Season 1]
04 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What research methods do you use at each design stage? In this last episode of Season 1, we find out!
How Many Users Do I Need For Testing?
15 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Book: The Tao of Statistics: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/148337792X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=148337792X&linkC...
Making a Business Case for UX Usability Designs
07 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
youtube.com/designelearningtutorials
Reviewing 2019: Usability's Evolution
31 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at usability's evolution through 2019: the methods, approaches, and developments to use in 2020.
Using Dark UX for Great User Experiences
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to create great user experiences with dark UX?
Psychology and UI Design: An introduction
10 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Learning from Dark UX [Extra]
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A short perspective on what we can learn from Dark UX patterns as UX Designers.
Why do UX Designers Need Psychology?
17 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
[Book] Cognitive Psychology for Dummies
How To Design Perfect Website Navigation
13 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why is navigation important? How do you create a website and app navigation that is perfect for your users? In this episode of the Usability podcast, ...
How to conduct usability tests
05 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How do you run a professional usability assessment? Dr Chris Parker's Publications: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=oQbSNL8AAAAJ&hl=en Twi...
Using Think Aloud to Understand Satisfaction
30 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How can users thinking aloud while using your product help drive the redesign of more satisfying interfaces? Today, we find out.
How to Measure and Analyse Satisfaction (Metrics)
27 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Usability Scales: LINK Statistics Tutorials: LINK The Tao of Statistics: LINK
Heuristics for Usability and Accessibility
12 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How to think about Nielsen’s heuristics and WCAG 2.1 Design eLearning Tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/user/FashionManchester Dr Chris Parker's r...
What is Usability?
06 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What is Usability and how must UX designers think about it in the future? To find the answer I interview Dr Martin Maguire of Loughborough University'...