We kickoff the Design Baithak podcast - a show about all things, design, experience and usability in Pakistan - hosted by Imran Hussain and Suleman Shahid. Our first episode profiles Suleman who teaches and conducts research at LUMS. --- KEYWORDS Doors, epiphany, teaching, research, LUMS, UX Pakistan, CHISEL, INDEX, student design society, assistive technologies, additional needs, special needs, children, human computer interaction, dyslexia, autism, visual impairments, design meetup, design baithak, UX Camp, creative economy, knowledge economy --- LINKS Suleman Shahid Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in Pakistan lums.edu.pk/lums_employee/4407 UX Pakistan www.uxpakistan.com CHISEL chisel.lums.edu.pk Jan Borchers Professor of Computer Science at RWTH Aachen University in Germany hci.rwth-aachen.de/paid A Pattern Approach to Interaction Design - Book By Jan Borchers How to start a movement - TED video www.ted.com/talks/derek_sivers_how_to_start_a_movement Suleman's Top 3 Design Books 1. The Design of Everyday Things, By Don Norman www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654 2. Interaction Design, By Jennifer Preece www.amazon.com/Interaction-Design-Jenny-Preece/dp/0471492787 3. The Inmates Are Running the Asylum, By Alan Cooper www.amazon.com/Inmates-Are-Running-Asylum-Products/dp/0672326140 --- ABOUT THE HOSTS Imran Hussain https://twitter.com/imranhussain Suleman Shahid https://twitter.com/sulemans --- ABOUT DESIGN BAITHAK Design Baithak is a community initiative to promote design in Pakistan through local meetups and a podcast. https://twitter.com/designbaithak https://www.instagram.com/designbaithak/