44. Uncovering the Alchemy of UX Design with Anthony Conta

UX Design is not just Art. And it’s not just science. It’s both.

This week Anthony Conta joins the show to discuss his new book, The Art and Science of UX Design: A step-by-step guide to designing amazing user experiences. In his book, Anthony covers the entire design process from start to finish and provides some helpful activities when you’re done to help build a new case study.

Anthony has worked with some incredible folks over the years. And he’s brought that experience and knowledge to print (that’s right, it’s a real live book!) to share with the UX community. It’s a great book that will be beneficial for any designer, no matter where they are in their journey.

So check out this week’s episode and listen for a discount code to get 35% off his new book.

Topics:
• 07:28 – Art vs Science of UX
• 10:33 – Theory vs practicality of UX
• 14:44 – UX in the real world
• 22:40 – Real world coming from boot camps to real world
• 27:15 – The dance of the art and science
• 30:29 – Teaching real-world relationships in school
• 40:46 – The structure of Anthony’s book

Links:
• Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn
• Buy The Art and Science of UX Design

Anthony Conta
Award Winning Product Design Leader @ Amazon Music | Author of The Art & Science of UX Design | Educator, Inventor, Mentor

About Anthony

With over a decade of experience across the entertainment, media, and education sectors, Anthony Conta has created interactive video products for children, educational games for teenagers, and various SaaS platforms for adults. He’s created internationally published games, Webby award-winning products, and Emmy-nominated interactive content. He’s structured educational experiences around design at all levels, from teaching college courses at the City University of NY, to building a boot camp for designers, to mentoring emerging design talent on a 1:1 basis. has collaborated with high-profile organizations including Amazon Music, Vimeo, Discovery-Food Network, Viacom-Nickelodeon on shows like Blues Clues, Bubble Guppies, and Team Umizoomi), Kaplan, Boston Consulting Group, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Mattel.

Connect with Anthony on LinkedIn

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