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176 episodes
Language
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Anfisa Bogomolova & Ioana TeleanuExplicit
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Date created
2021/01/07
Latest episode
2026/04/21
Average duration
41 min.
Release period
9 days
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Honest weekly conversations about UX design career, challenges, portfolios, mental health, and all things UX. Ioana and Anfisa together have 20 years of experience in the UX field and trying to share their main lessons to help anyone transitioning to design overcome the fears. Our weekly conversations are supported by Wix Studio, the web platform built for agencies and enterprises, and an amazing supporter of the design space. https://www.wix.com/studio To request the next topic DM us on IG: 🗂 instagram.com/honest_ux_talks 👩💻 instagram.com/anfisign 👩🏻💻 instagram.com/uxgoodies
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#177 What even is a design engineer? w/ Mehmet Baytas, Senior Design Engineer @ Attio
2026/04/21
Ioana and Mehmet discuss what being a design engineer entails. They explore whether vibe coding can be a pathway into design engineering and whether learning to code is necessary right now. Additionally, they delve into the daily responsibilities of a design engineer and the essential first steps for those interested in starting this career.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Mentioned in this episode:
Mehmet' LinkedIn
Mehmet's website
Mehmet's Tweeter
Design Engineering 101 article on Designdisciplin
Check out these links:
Order Ioana's book on Amazon, shipping worldwide.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
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Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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#176 Design is not dead, but has changed
2026/04/08
Ioana and Anfi discuss how the design process has evolved in the age of AI: should we rely on educated guesses or actual research? How can we reach insights faster? What's the best design process today? How to get to insights quickly without sacrificing quality? And can LLMs fully replace human research?
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Order Ioana's book on Amazon, shipping worldwide.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
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Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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#175 The "dream job" has changed. What are designers aspiring to in 2026?
2026/03/31
Anfi and Ioana discuss their past dream careers from a few years ago, explore whether big tech companies still shine on a CV, and share what kinds of companies designers aspire to work at today. They also delve into whether an entrepreneurial path is more attractive now, how to build clarity in your career goals, and share their visions of an ideal career.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Order Ioana's book on Amazon, shipping worldwide.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#174 What makes a portfolio feel senior in 2026?
2026/03/25
Ioana talks about the key skills to showcase in a UX design portfolio in 2026 that hiring managers value, highlights timeless design principles alongside new rules shaped by recent AI-driven shifts, explores the dramatically transformed hiring landscape, and examines which design skills are and aren't replaceable by AI.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Order Ioana's book on Amazon, shipping worldwide.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#173 How to build taste in the age of AI?
2026/03/18
Anfi and Ioana discuss what it means to develop taste and how, in the age of AI, cultivating refined taste—whether in aesthetics, craft, or judgment—becomes a crucial differentiator in design.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Mentioned in this episode:
Aesthetics of AI article
aesthetics in the ai-era : visual + web design trends for 2026 from Ioana's newsletter
Cosmos.so Alternative to Pinterest
Check out these links:
Order Ioana's book on Amazon, shipping worldwide.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#172 You don’t need a bootcamp to become a designer anymore
2026/03/10
Ioana and Anfi discuss how to start design career in 2026, why bootcamps are going out of the market and how to utilize AI in the job search process.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#171 Inside Lovable & Intercom: what top design talent looks like in 2026
2026/02/23
Ioana shares recent field insights on vibe coding, design culture, and AI-driven strategies she learnt from Lovable and Intercom designers. She talks about the value of rapid experimentation, user-centric design, and the future of top design talent in 2026.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#170 Lessons learned from 4y at a scale up
2026/02/18
Anfi shares insights on her journey working in a fast-paced scale-up, transforming weaknesses into strengths, strategic product pitching, effective communication at scale, leading impactful workshops, what defines a great manager, the difference between delivery and vision, and strategies to elevate UX culture from low to high maturity.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Sign up for Anfi's Design → Impact translation WS workshop on February 18
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#169 How to speak the business language
2026/02/11
Anfi and Ioana discuss how to get buy-in and communicate effectively with stakeholders. They explore how to present designs convincingly, articulate decisions clearly, and address what to do if data on the impact of design choices isn’t available.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Sign up for Anfi's Design → Impact translation WS workshop on February 18
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#168 Will we still have design jobs in the future?
2026/02/03
Anfi and Ioana explore the future of design jobs, questioning whether design roles will remain the same as the tech industry transforms. They discuss how design roles are evolving right now, especially as AI begins to generate UI and we communicate through prompts. In this new landscape, what exactly are we designing? Can we still call ourselves UX designers, or will our roles shift into something new? Anfi and Ioana discuss why designers need to improve our technological skills to stay relevant in this changing field.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Mentioned in this episode:
"Dogma, tribe and truth" from the Making Sense with Sam Harris podcast
"The Adolescence of Technology. Confronting and Overcoming the Risks of Powerful AI" - article by Dario Amodei
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Ioana's co-working space
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
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👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#167 How to stay sane in the age of AI
2026/01/27
Anfi and Ioana explore the mental health challenges of recent years, sharing strategies to preserve self-identity, manage anxiety, and set healthy boundaries in the context of an increasingly AI-driven world.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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#166 How to get hired in 2026
2026/01/21
Anfi and Ioana discuss their strategies for preparing for the upcoming hiring season, covering key topics such as portfolio, the interview process, practical take-home challenges and whiteboard exercises.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
In this episode:
08:33 How to make your portfolio stand out?
21:43 Do I need to show that I am AI first designer?
26:33 Do designers need to specialize or be generalists?
34:48 How to approach Interviewing process?
54:41 How to prepare for white board and take home challenges?
Mentioned in this episode:
Sign up for Anfi's Design → Impact translation WS workshop on February 18
'The playbook to hiring designers in 2026' by Tom Scott
Portfolios for inspiration:
https://raghavdua.co/
https://piet.website/
https://adasilv2.framer.website/
https://www.rachelchen.tech/
https://bruce-cao.com/
https://celinekeomany.me/
https://rodrigoestrada.com/
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#165 Skills and traits UX designers need in 2026
2026/01/14
Ioana and Anfi discuss how values are shifting in the design world amidst rapid change. They explore the traits that designers should cultivate, current market observations, and whether traditional skills remain relevant. They delve into whether designers need to learn coding, the role of vibe coding, and if we're heading towards becoming design engineers or builders.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Mentioned in this episode:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Get your Design Course Bundle, featuring 6 courses, guides, and templates crafted by experienced design practitioners
2026 predictions for AI x tech x design newsletter
If you have multiple interests, do not waste the next 2-3 years article
Check out these links:
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
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#164 Year-End Reflections
2025/12/31
Anfi and Ioana reflect on the past year, sharing how their careers have evolved and how AI has impacted their journeys. Looking ahead to 2026, they discuss their goals and upcoming creative projects.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Check out these links:
Preorder Ioana's upcoming book here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
#163 Surviving Design - Why I Wrote a Book
2025/12/24
Ioana offers a glimpse into her upcoming book release.
This episode was recorded in partnership with Wix Studio.
Preorder your copy here. The first 100 copies will be hand-signed.
Check out these links:
Ioana's AI project: aidesign-os.com
Ioana's WhatsApp group
Ioana's AI Goodies Newsletter
Join Anfi’s Job Search community. The community includes 3 courses, 12 live events and workshops, and a variety of templates to support you in your job search journey.
Ioana's Domestika course Create a Learning Strategy
Enroll in Ioana's AI course "**AI-Powered UX Design: How to Elevate Your UX Career"** on Interaction Design Foundation with a 25% discount.
Into UX design online course by Anfisa
❓Next topic ideas:
Submit your questions or feedback anonymously here
Follow us on Instagram to stay tuned for the next episodes.
🗂 Our instagram
👩💻 Anfisa’s instagram
👩🏻💻 Ioana’s instagram
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Protostars*** 2023/11/28
You’re back!!
I have been eagerly waiting the return of new Honest UX Talks episodes!
This is one of the best shows on UX/UI and Product Design. Anfisa and Ioana ...
Bee K Bahareh 2023/10/13
Need new episodes pleaseeeeee
where did you all go? I miss you
Alana915 2023/10/12
Please record more episodes!
I have just found your podcast and am in love with the wealth of knowledge you spread! Your shared experiences have helped me work with key stakeholde...
ASobering 2022/06/08
Such a wealth of knowledge! 🧠
This is easily one of the most insightful UX podcasts that I have ever come across! Anfisa and Ioana do such a great job of sharing their own personal...
SammyKzinski 2022/04/12
Perfect Name for the Show!
Honest UX Talks is the perfect name for this show because Anfisa and Ioana actually really do speak honestly about their experiences in their career, ...
Dani waut 2022/03/24
Good information and real world examples
I love how they speak from personal experience. They’re easy to listen to and keep the podcasts short sweet and to the point.
Hanck4444 2021/03/03
Aspiring UX Designers, this podcast is a must!
I’ve really enjoyed all the topics so far and its really helping me understand UX concepts in a real world setting. I’m currently in an online UX/UI D...
Divad Sanders 2021/01/19
The Perfect Duo
I’ve followed Anfisa and Ioana on Instagram for some time and was excited when they announced the podcast. I was not disappointed.
The two have great...
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