App Loads is the first Polish podcast dedicated to product design. Among the guests, you'll find some of the best Polish designers as well as other industry experts.
All episodes are in polish.🇵🇱
In episode #26 I talk with Jeremi Jak from Zowie
From VC to AI startup founder – product leadership, building a high-trust team, and balancing intuition, iteration, and the limits of customer feedback.
In episode #25 I talk with Piotr Kmita Head of Design
Building a research culture from scratch – running low-budget studies in crypto, convincing leadership to hire a researcher, and sharing insights in a company of anonymous users.
In episode #24 I talk with Katy Bak from Digital Psychology
Psychology as the foundation of design – dark patterns, ethical decisions, and creating a meaningful newsletter.
In episode #23 I talk with Damian Skotzke from Kyoso
From freelancer to AI startup – designing with teams across various organizations in the era of AI Agents.
In episode #22 I talk with Jola Gil-Kopycka from Maze
Building a career as a Design Manager – relationships with your manager, testing with Maze, and feature prioritization.
In episode #21 I talk with Ola Bis from Dare IT
Working in diverse teams + the role of a Design Manager, design OKRs, and the challenge of techno-stress.
In episode #20 I talk with Magda Reyman from Spotify
Working at Spotify, recruitment in Sweden, differences between external and internal clients, and the art of effective Design Crits.
In episode #19 I talk with Marcin Baran from Divante
Designing for E-commerce, White Label Design Systems, and the role of soft skills in team building.
In episode #18 I talk with Marcin Pasko from Packhelp
Creating product strategies, validating project assumptions, and a PM’s expectations of a Designer.
In episode #17 I talk Daniel Moskal from Zendesk
The role of a Product Designer at Zendesk, collaboration between designers in an international team, and running asynchronous workshops.
In episode #16 I talk with Szymon Staniszkis from Bank PEKAO
How to collaborate between UI and UX, how to test physical products, and whether there’s room for innovation in banking.
In episode #15 I talk with Maciek Pankiewicz from Livechat
How to be both a PM and a Designer, how designers gain knowledge about the product’s customers, and what the transition to Figma looked like.
In episode #14 I talk with Maciek Jasinski from Webflow
Why it’s worth exploring no-code, how designers working on different parts of a product collaborate, and who the product marketing manager and brand team are.
In episode #13 I talk with Albert Salamon z TTMM
Where to find ideas and inspiration, how to design for smartwatches, and what empathy means in design.
in episode #12 I talk with Basia Rogos-Turek from Opera Software
What characterizes desktop app design, what the design process at Opera looks like, and how to conduct competitor research and A/B testing.
In episode #11 I talk with Mateusz Koziorowski from Fresha
The role of a designer in the design process, collaboration between analysts and product owners, and how to visually manage two products at once.
In episode #10 I talk with Patrycja Rozmus from Brainly
Design Systems: how to create them, which tools to use, what pitfalls to avoid, and how to plan the work around them.
In episode #09 I talk with Igor Farafonow from UXeria
Designing innovative products: aesthetics, the ‘mobile first’ philosophy, and testing methods.
In episode #08 I talk with Jakub Dodot from Allegro
The role of a researcher in a product team: research stages, crafting questions, and seeking the delight effect.
In episode #07 I talk with Filip Lysyszyn from Google
Creating international products: interface flexibility, UX writing, the challenge of dark patterns, and choosing between system and custom fonts.
In episode #06 I talk with Ania Swiatlowska from Muzeum Warszawy
A designer’s indispensable tools: typography, color psychology, and the key to a timeless logo.
In episode #05 I talk with Grzegorz Oksiuta from Elevate
What kind of specialists companies in California are looking for, how to conduct user interviews, how much time research should take, and what sets U.S. startups apart from those in Poland.
In episode #04 I talk with Grzegorz Dlubacz from Catenda AS
On what it’s like to work remotely for a foreign startup, how to develop a product for a very specific target audience, and how to land freelance gigs.
In episode #03 I talk with Milosz Piróg from 10Clouds
How to build a strong team, brand redesigns, the role of Dribbble at 10Clouds, and the career path for leads at 10Clouds.
In episode #02 I talk with Dawid Liberadzki from Znany Lekarz
Building a Design Language System at Znany Lekarz, developing side projects, and the differences between working at a software house vs. a startup.
In episode #01 I talk with Grzegorz Róg from Eduweb