Data is the story, Design is the storyteller - With Paulius Zutautas | Episode 04

In this episode of Now and Next, Kimo sits down with Paulius Zutautas — Product Designer, Data Visualisation Designer, and Developer — for an open, reflective conversation about personal experiences, career moments, and lessons learned along the way.

This is not a “how-to” episode. It’s a human conversation about work, identity, creativity, uncertainty, and growth — shared from lived experience.

😎 ABOUT THE GUEST

👱🏻‍♂️ Paulius Zutautas 💻 Design, Data & Code. 👉 LinkedIn | Paulius Žutautas | https://www.linkedin.com/in/zutautaspaulius

📝 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Now and Next, Kimo dives into:

• 00:00 – Welcome & setting the context

• 02:45 – Background and design journey

• 06:00 – Discovering design and data visualization

• 14:20 – Early work experiences and learning moments

• 20:15 – Design responsibility and quality

• 25:00 – Communication through data

• 36:55 – Function vs aesthetics in visualization

• 41:40 – Exploratory vs message-driven design

• 50:05 – Audience, context, and meaning

• 57:00 – AI, speed, and accountability

• 01:08:55 – Design systems and machine-readable design

• 01:18:10 – The design job market today

• 01:32:25 – Industry transition and uncertainty

• 01:42:55 – Human judgment, creativity, and AI

• 01:55:00 – Closing reflections

Get ready for a mix of real stories, psychology, design thinking, and life lessons — all in a simple, human, easy-to-remember way.

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