Guidione Machava - The Makings of a World Class Designer

0:00 Introduction
1:18 How did you get into design?
4:20 How has being an economist influenced your design?
6:10 Design Sutra
11:20 How did you learn English?
12:15 Your travel experience
15:40 Interesting designers met during travel
17:55 World-class Designers initiative
21:55 Creation process behind World-class Designers
29:50 World-class designer community
31:15 "Design is like sex" ?
36:12 2020, family and design
41:51 Gestalt principles in design
44:55 What other principles do you use to achieve your goals?
48:30 Lesson learnt in business
50:11 Communication, community and collaboration
51:28 Plans for 2021 and the future
54:15 How do I become part of World-class designers?
56:25 Conclusion

There are designers who make things look better. There are designers who make things work better. Guidione Machava is the designer who makes teams collaborate better.

Guidione brings his experience as a Product Designer, Creative Leader, and Community Builder to this episode. From World Bank projects, scrappy startups, and non-profits across the continent, Guidione commits his time to systems, products and services that have a positive impact on people's lives.

He is the author of “Design Sutra”, a collection of design principles for designers in the early stages of their careers. He founded the World-Class Designer School, home to the brightest design minds in Africa, supported by companies like Webflow, Framer, & Shopify; he also organised the World-Class Designer Conference, Africa's most diverse and inclusive design conference. Notable speakers included Debbie Millman, Marty Cagan, Randy Hunts and designers from Google, Facebook, Boeing, Visa & 40+ more.

Guidione holds a degree in Economics from St. Thomas University in Mozambique and an ongoing Honours in Interaction Design by Open Window in South Africa.

Learn more about Guidione and his work at https://guidionemachava.com/

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