Tony Andreas Rudolph - Product Design Leader & VFX Artist

From small sparks to big ideas.

Articles, notes on creativity, strategy and making things work.

Leadership case studies

Notes on design and process

Ideas, insights, and inspiration

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Tony Andreas Rudolph

Feb 18, 2026

Mentoring and motivation of UX designers

Once the UX designer is hired, it is important to motivate them and also to mentor them by their daily challenges.

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Tony Andreas Rudolph

Jul 25, 2025

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

How to enable a organisation to do more user research

Tony Andreas Rudolph

Jul 25, 2025

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

How to enable a organisation to do more user research

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Tony Andreas Rudolph

Feb 18, 2026

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

UX testing seems to be very common when new UX/UI designers or product designers are hired for the team. Usually these tests are very negative as there are companies that take advantage of this to get new ideas or features designed. It was important to me to completely change the purpose of these tests.

Tony Andreas Rudolph

Feb 18, 2026

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

UX testing seems to be very common when new UX/UI designers or product designers are hired for the team. Usually these tests are very negative as there are companies that take advantage of this to get new ideas or features designed. It was important to me to completely change the purpose of these tests.

Tony Andreas Rudolph

Feb 18, 2026

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Doing my time in hiring the right UX/UI designers for the DCS, I was more focussed on the technicial skills where my colleaque Jakob Winkler was more for a lookout of the perfect cultural team fit.

Tony Andreas Rudolph

Feb 18, 2026

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Doing my time in hiring the right UX/UI designers for the DCS, I was more focussed on the technicial skills where my colleaque Jakob Winkler was more for a lookout of the perfect cultural team fit.

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Tony A. Rudolph

Jul 30, 2025

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

A look into how I was hired to shift the design activities from an external agency to a fully internal workforce.

Tony A. Rudolph

Jul 30, 2025

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

A look into how I was hired to shift the design activities from an external agency to a fully internal workforce.

From small sparks to big ideas.

Design stories

Design
stories

Design stories

Articles, notes on creativity, strategy and making things work.

Mentoring and motivation of UX designers

Once the UX designer is hired, it is important to motivate them and also to mentor them by their daily challenges.

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

How to enable a organisation to do more user research

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Doing my time in hiring the right UX/UI designers for the DCS, I was more focussed on the technicial skills where my colleaque Jakob Winkler was more for a lookout of the perfect cultural team fit.

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

A look into how I was hired to shift the design activities from an external agency to a fully internal workforce.

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

Tony A. Rudolph

Tony A. Rudolph

From small sparks to big ideas.

Design stories

Designstories

Design stories

Articles, notes on creativity, strategy and making things work.

Mentoring and motivation of UX designers

Once the UX designer is hired, it is important to motivate them and also to mentor them by their daily challenges.

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

How to enable a organisation to do more user research

Sharing knowledge with a research repository

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

I am not a fan of UX tests - so let's change their purpose

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Doing my time in hiring the right UX/UI designers for the DCS, I was more focussed on the technicial skills where my colleaque Jakob Winkler was more for a lookout of the perfect cultural team fit.

My 3 rules for hiring and allocation

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

A look into how I was hired to shift the design activities from an external agency to a fully internal workforce.

Establishing a product design team from the ground up

Design
stories