Aarron Walter inspires us to always try and see the big picture. He challenges us to produce more grounded work by getting outside our bubbles, and feeling a bit more pain. He shows us how storytelling is central to the human experience and transcends our medium. He also inspires us to maintain plenty of inputs in order to craft more interesting experiences for our users.
Aarron Walter (The Falcon) is the VP of Design Education at InVision. Prior to this he founded the UX practice at MailChimp (along many other accomplishments too numerable to mention here). He’s the author of A Book Apart published Designing for Emotion. He’s a frequent speaker at conferences around the world, and his design guidance has helped the White House, the US Department of State, along with dozens of startups and venture capitalists. He’s run with the bulls in Pamplona, met 3 presidents, been blessed by the Pope, and bungee jumped off a 10 story crane. Eat your heart out most interesting man in the world.
- Secret Identity (2:34)
- Origin Story (4:47)
- How Important Is Storytelling To Our Work? (9:49)
- Has Film Influenced You As A Designer? (13:08)
- Biggest Superhero (19:45)
- Second Career Choice (22:37)
- Biggest Failure (25:38)
- Awkward Testing Story (33:44)
- Design Superpower (39:29)
- Design Kryptonite (40:58)
- Design Superhero Name (43:50)
- Fight For Users (44:28)
- Future Of UX Design (46:39)
- Habit Of Success (51:45)
- Invincible Resource (53:02)
- Book Recommendation (55:25)
- Best Advice (57:35)
- Most Excited About (58:16)
- Contact Info (1:00:16)
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