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Today we caught up with Greyson MacAlpine, a freelance designer currently working on Wild & Grey, a new creative studio. In this episode we dig into growing up, changing career paths, Greyson's road to design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Greyson on the Web: Dribbble Twitter Website Instagram Medium Thanks To Today's Sponsor: Fuse Fuse is making app development faster, easier and more fun for both developers and designers, and it's completely FREE for individual users, but if you're a part of a company and want a plan they're giving Design Details listeners 50% off the retail price of Fuse Professional for 12 months after having been redeemed. Check them out at Fusetools.com and if you want that discount just use "designdetails" at checkout.

Today we caught up with Will Peng, a designer, investor, and co-founder of a new startup, Northstar. In this episode we talk about building a company, transitioning from design to VC, making the leap out of VC, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Will on the Web: Website Twitter

Today we caught up with Conway Anderson, a designer and developer currently working on connecting designers and opportunities with a new, unreleased product. In this episode we dig into Conway's beginnings, finding design, hiring and getting hired, faking it, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Abstract - Abstract is a platform for modern design teams to work together. Join now to try Abstract free for one month. Conway on the Web: Dribbble Twitter

Today we caught up with Mercedes Bazan, a designer at Stripe by way of Argentina. In this episode we dig into Mechi's background, her journey into design, moving to the US, designing for print inside a high tech company, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Abstract - Abstract is a platform for modern design teams to work together. Join now to try Abstract free for one month. Mercedes on the Web: Dribbble Twitter Béhance

Today we caught up with Jules Forrest, a product designer making her way to Credit Karma by way of Sequoia, Medium, Optimizely, and more. In this episode we dig into Jules' background, building and launching side projects, discovering design systems, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Abstract - Abstract is a platform for modern design teams to work together. Join now to try Abstract free for one month. Jules on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble GitHub Women Who Design

This week we caught up with...us. Over the last two and a half years people have asked us questions about our own backgrounds, our journeys into design, starting side projects, building companies, how we manage working with each other so much, and more. So today we spent a while talking it through - we hope you enjoy listening! We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsors: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Abstract - Abstract is a platform for modern design teams to work together. Join now to try Abstract free for one month.

Today we caught up with Josh Brewer, the co-founder and CEO at Abstract, previously a principal designer at Twitter. In this episode we dig into the design tools ecosystem, how to launch a startup, social responsibility in product design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Josh on the web: Website Twitter

Today we caught up with Alex Estrada, a product designer living in Salt Lake City, currently working at Jane.com. In this episode we dig into Alex's background in design, navigating startup highs and lows, moving to new cities, building teams, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Readydesk - The standing desk for perfect posture. Use the coupon code 'DESIGN' to save $10! Alex on the web: Twitter Website Instagram Dribbble

Today we caught up with Mills Baker, a Design Manager at Quora, and previously a Product Designer at Facebook. In this extra-long episode, we dug into Mills' background, life in New Orleans, social mechanics, epistemology, and much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the SpecFM community, and share feedback in our Spectrum bug report channel! Sponsor: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Readydesk - The standing desk for perfect posture. Use the coupon code 'DESIGN' to save $10! Mills on the web: Twitter Website Blog Medium Quora Instagram The Manual

Today we caught up with Robyn Kanner, currently designing products at Etsy, co-founded MyTransHealth, and was previously an art director at Amazon (among other amazing roles). In this episode we dug into Robyn's background, her journey into the design field, escaping small towns, building MyTransHealth, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Shopify - Shopify is hiring designers, content strategists, researchers, and UX leads! Readydesk - The standing desk for perfect posture. Use the coupon code 'DESIGN' to save $10! Robyn on the web: Twitter Website Instagram Dribbble The Great Discontent MyTransHealth

Today we caught up with Morgane Santos, a designer, developer and artist currently designing experiences at thoughtbot. In this episode we dig into Morgane's background, building games, learning VR and 3D, transitioning from programming to design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Morgane on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Instagram

Today we caught up with Chantal Jandard, a designer currently building products at PlanGrid. In this episode we dig into Chantal's background, building a portfolio, learning how to interview, and...improv! We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Chantal on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium

Today we caught up with Diogenes Brito, a product designer at Slack who previously worked on LinkedIn and SquareSpace. In this episode we dig into Dio's background in design, navigating university, being a designer-y engineer, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Join the community for the upcoming conference in San Francisco on July 15th. Dio on the web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Website

Today we caught up with Max Schoening, a designer, developer and product manager currently working at Google. In this episode we dig into Max's background in the field, building and selling startups, going serverless, the challenges of PMing, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Join the community for the upcoming conference in San Francisco on July 15th. Max on the web: Twitter GitHub Dribbble Website

We made it to episode 200! Today we caught up with Josh Williams, a designer currently doing independent work, who is best known for previously co-founding Gowalla and designing at Facebook. In this episode we dig into identity in the startup industry, building and selling a company, modern day inspiration, putting out fires, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Get on the waitlist for the conference on June 15th in San Francisco. Josh on the web: Website Twitter Instagram Dribbble Show notes: Gowalla Keegan Jones Astro S-Town Podcast Process Pix Dustin Senos Dustin on Design Details Ben Barry Jeff Sheldon Gather by Ugmonk Tim Van Damme Tim on Design Details Kevin Systrom Alamo Fire

Today we caught up with Judson Collier, a designer working at the brand design studio at Intercom. In this episode we dig into Judson's background, finding a team, being a freelancer, the merits of kale pizza, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Judson on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show notes: Stewart Scott-Curran Stewart on Design Details Justin Pervorse Justin on Design Details Ryan Hubbard Intercom Brand Studio Intercom Careers

Today we caught up with Janum Trivedi, a designer and developer currently interning at Apple. In this show we dig deep on internships, side projects, the state of the web, dependency trees, Dungeons and Dragons, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Janum on the web: Website Twitter GitHub Show Notes: Ayaka Nonaka Ayaka on Design Details Teddy Compiler WHATWG

Today we caught up with Rachel Been, a creative director at Google working on the Material Design team. In this episode we dig deep into building design systems, creative and art direction, international empathy, machine learning in design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Rachel on the web: Twitter Instagram Website Show Notes: Vectors Conference Gabe Valdivia Gabe on Design Details Material Design Color Tool Span Conference Material Guidelines Carl Kleiner HIG The 8pt Grid Craig and Karl Billboard Mediastorm Snow Fall

In today's episode we caught up with our fellow Spec podcasters and designers, Rafael Conde and Kevin Clark, to talk about podcasting, side projects, building design systems, design obsession, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Rafael on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble GitHub Break This Safe Kevin on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Show Notes: Layout 55: With Our Powers Combined (With Brian Lovin and Bryn Jackson) Spec Netlify Spectrum Shopify Unite Shopify Pay Wilson Miner Wilson on Design Details The Artboard Game design on Design Details Why are so many product design teams releasing design systems these days? Shopify Polaris A Component-based Workflow for Sketch Tim Van Damme Tim on Design Details Julius Tarng

Today we caught up with Helen Tran, a design lead at Shopify, writer, and explorer. In this episode we dig into Helen's background, finding motivation, design management, bodybuilding, being interesting, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Helen on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Instagram Show Notes: Shopify Polaris Dann Petty Dann on Design Details Jet Cooper The Path Org Design for Design Orgs Cap Watkins The Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck Cap on Design Details

Today we caught up with Kevin Smith, co-founder and CTO at Abstract. In this episode we dig into Kevin's origins, the state of design tools and design workflows, focus and productivity, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Kevin on the Web: Twitter GitHub Website Blog Show Notes: Abstract On LayerVault Kelly Sutton Electron Sketch 43 Max Schoening Adobe XD Matthew Smith Hipstamatic Josh Brewer Tim Van Damme Tim on Design Details Tom Moor

Today we caught up with Laura Helen Winn, an independent designer and photographer in San Francisco. In this show we dig into Laura's background, planning life, self employment, overwork, happiness and listening, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Flow - Simple project management for designers. Save 20% when you sign up for a monthly trial, and save 30% when you start the annual trial! Laura on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: Danielle Evans The Secret Handshake Lisa Frank Elephant Michael Bierut About Me Smart Design Netta Marshall Daniel Burka Daniel on Design Details Makeshift Society Mule Hello!Lucky Rena Tom Bright Bright Great Ash Huang Ash on Design Details Stewart Scott-Curran Stewart on Design Details Celeste Prevost Neurolace Social Study

Today we caught up with Joel Califa, a design manager at Digital Ocean. In this episode we discuss the state of design Twitter, design quality and process, managing up, hiring designers, rethinking empathy, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Flow - Simple project management for designers. Save 20% when you sign up for a monthly trial, and save 30% when you start the annual trial! Joel on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Show Notes: NYC Live Design Details Full Stack Anxiety Digital Ocean Jesse Chase Soleio Soleio on Design Details Forrst Dribbble comment generator Managing Humans Jenna Zeigen Two Black Nerds Iheanyi Ekechukwu I. Romeo Kwihangana Spectrum Jon Gold Jon on Design Details Jakob Nielsen Dustin Senos Dustin on Design Details Out of Office Hours OOOH on Spectrum Caylee Betts Design Details feat. Athyuttam Reddy

Today we sat down with Will Newton, a product designer at Gusto who previously worked on Crossfader. In this episode we dig into Will's upcoming April Fools hijinks, his journey to San Francisco, finding balance in self-improvement, the triangle of passions, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Flow - Simple project management for designers. Save 20% when you sign up for a monthly trial, and save 30% when you start the annual trial! Will on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Dribbble Mixcloud Medium Show Notes: Gusto Bombing Science The rejection letter post Grooveshark Crossfader Postmark

Today we caught up with Christine Røde, a brand and interaction designer working in Amsterdam who previously worked at Facebook on Workplace and search. In this episode we dig into Christine's background, her journey to San Francisco, navigating startup and big company life, and her advice to folks outside the Bay Area. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for our community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, podcasts, news, music, and more. We're still in beta, so expect a few bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks! But in the meantime, we'd love to hang out with you and chat...in real time. Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, discover communities in ~discover, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Christine on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Show Notes: Glue To Save Everything, Click Here Dave Eggers The Circle Workplace

Today we caught up with Max Stoiber, the creator of Styled Components and React Boilerplate (among many other projects), and a massive contributor overall to the world of open-source Javascript. We dig into Max's background, designing with code, building in the open, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Max on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Blog GitHub Show Notes: Daybook Thinkmill Styled Components React Boilerplate Bryn's Website Glen Maddern Angular Ember Spector Formidable Radium Glamor Aphrodite Learn React on Educative Wes Bos Wes on Developer Tea pt. 1 Wes on Developer Tea pt. 2 React Conf Josh Puckett Josh on Design Details The Gap by Ira Glass Ugmonk Jeff Sheldon

Today we caught up with Kathy Zheng, a designer at GitHub, previously at Patreon. In this episode we dig into failure and taking chances, hiring early designers, learning how to communicate, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Kathy on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram GitHub Dribbble Show notes: GitHub Patreon Pokémon Adventures Daniel Waldron Buffer Connor Sears Mark Otto Mark on Design Details Gitter Fox doodles

Today we caught up with Ryhan Hassan, a designer at Dropbox who previously worked on Paper. We dig into Ryhan's background, his transition from development to design, building side projects, easter eggs, and more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Ryhan on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Blog GitHub Show notes: Dropbox Adam Michela Adam on Design Details Soleio Soleio on Design Details

Today we caught up with Sarah Pease, a designer at Facebook, previously building Figma. In this episode we go deep on buckets and furniture design, designing for civic engagement, taking risks, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Sarah on the Web: Website Twitter Show notes: Figma Designer Bridge RISD STEAM Greycork Dwell Sketch Dylan Field Evan Wallace 18F

Today we caught up with Matt Spiel, the Director of Design at Treehouse, visiting us by way of Missouri. We learn about his destiny in Arizona, design activism, remote work, company hierarchy, taking bets on people, managing designers, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Matt on the Web: Dribbble Twitter Treehouse Medium Show notes: Treehouse Danny Jones Keegan Jones Ryan Sims Ryan on Desgin Details Only You Can Prevent Alt Facts @trumpdraws Crucial Conversations

Today we caught up with Meredith Schomburg, a designer and illustrator at Airbnb. We dig into the impact of illustration, finding the right team at Airbnb, finding role models and fulfillment, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Meredith on the Web: Dribbble Website Twitter Instagram Show notes: Airbnb Design DLS Ryan Putnam Ryan on Design Details Epicurrence Katie Dill Katie on Design Details Jeany Ngo Jeany on Design Details Tegan Mierle Tegan on Design Details Graydon Speace Pixel Pong Rogie King Jon Gold Jon on Design Details Karri Saarinen Karri on Design Details Benjamin Wilkins Ben on Design Details Netta Marshall Meg Robichaud Meg on Design Details

Today we caught up with Cat Noone, a designer and founder currently working on a new startup, Iris. In this episode we learn how to do math on our fingers, discuss how to navigate a career and different types of companies, learn what it takes to bootstrap a startup, hear Cat's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Cat on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Github Instagram Show notes: Iris Benedikt Lehnert Wunderlist Liberio Nest Protect

Today we caught up with Jenny Johannesson, a designer at Ueno, previously at Fantasy and DDB, who currently lives in San Francisco by way of Sweden. We dig into Jenny's background, design confidence, green cards and visas, that sweet agency life, advice for young designers, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Jenny on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram Dribbble Show notes: HaraldurThorleifsson DDB Ueno Robbin Cenijn Jenny's Website Fantasy Chad Tafolla Claudio Guglieri Claudio on Design Details Gene Ross Gene on Design Details Bryan James

Today we caught up with Alex Cornell, a product designer at Facebook, filmmaker, book writer, musician, photographer, and so much more. We dig deep into his thoughts on finding fulfillment, growing as a communicator, fame, the good ol' days of design communities, and more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page Alex on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram YouTube Vimeo SoundCloud Medium Spotify Show notes: Facebook Live George Kedenburg III Alex on Spotify Kevin Rose on Design Details Gabe Valdivia Gabe on Design Details Ninja Rope Origami Wilson Miner Wilson on Design Details Adam Michela Adam on Design Details ISO50 Scott Hansen Tara Mann Tara on Design Details Tara Mann: Learning to Just Be a Person Khoi Vinh Khoi on Design Details Helvetica Abduzeedo Video Copilot Alex's book, Breakthrough! Erik Spiekermann Matthew Lyons

For the next week we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Design Details on the Web: @designdetailsfm on Twitter @specfm Slack Show Notes: 104: All Good in the Hood (feat. Jen & Amy Hood) 140: Murky Waters (feat. Mike Davidson) 158: D.R.E.A.M. (feat. Bob Baxley) 147: Editorial Spackle (feat. Jessica Collier) 149: Melayoncé (feat. Melanie Araujo) 171: Never Not Crunched (feat. Sarah Marie & Marshall Bock) 163: Guardrails (feat. Ben Wilkins)

For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Design Details on the Web: @designdetailsfm on Twitter @specfm Slack Show Notes: 152: Maniacal Easy-Bake (feat. Beth Dean) 125: Back to the Drawing Board, Baby (feat. Vanessa Cho) 136: All Bridge, No Apple (feat. Rasmus Andersson) 144: Coca-Coolaid (feat. Stewart Scott-Curran) 129: Respect the Craft (feat. Claudio Guglieri) 166: Ambient Struggles (feat. May-Li Khoe & Andy Matuschak) 169: Invisible Unicorns (feat. Maykel Loomans)

For the next three weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Design Details on the Web: @designdetailsfm on Twitter @specfm Slack Show Notes: 118: The Helena Price™ (feat. Helena Price) 100: Goldilocks Fidelity (feat. Daniel Burka) 165: Whitespace Friends (feat. Lori Kaplan) 111: Claim to Flame (feat. Vicki Tan) 113: Artist Formerly Known As (feat. Jeff Smith) 177: Chocolate Soul Cup (feat. Jon Schlossberg) 130: Ramen UI (feat. Linda Dong) 155: Duckicopters (feat. Athyuttam Reddy) 173: Grammar Different (feat. Leigh Taylor)

Today we sat down with Jon Schlossberg, the cofounder and CEO at Even. We had a wonderful chat with Jon, digging into his path to becoming a designer, developing the skills of critical thinking, the cognitive energy cup, designing against inequality, telling the truth, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Jon on the Web: Twitter Website Medium Quora Even Show notes: Jenny Johannesson Even Dustin Senos Dustin's Holiday Office Hours Dustin on Design Details Managed by Q Huge Joe Stewart Pareto Principle Knock to Unlock Jon's Writing Design doesn't deserve a seat at the table BJ Fogg List of Startups tweet... The importance of being ruthless Patrick Collison Zero to One How to Win Friends

Today we caught up with longtime-friend and freelance designer Juan Arreguin. We dig into Juan's origins as a designer in the midwest, the body as design, building a community in San Francisco, designing as a nomad, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Juan on the web: Dribbble Website Twitter Instagram Unsplash Show notes: Dmitry Tsozik Brian Benitez Brian on Design Details Jeff Broderick Junior Dann Petty Dann on Design Details Rally Underbelly Ben Cline Ben on Design Details

Today we caught up with Claire Tauziet, a designer at Google, previously at BigCommerce, by way of France. We dig into Claire's background, sharing past work, building a career in a new country, advice for young designers, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Claire on the web: Website Dribbble Twitter Instagram Medium Show notes: Fliptop Christophe Tauziet Christophe on Design Details Parse BigCommerce Andrea Wagner Claire on Medium INTJ Claire on YouTube

Today we caught up with Noah Levin, a design manager at ClassPass, previously building the Google app for iOS, and before that a designer at NASA. We dig into Noah's origins, wireframing and visual design, navigating design at a big company, stigmas in therapy, imposter syndrome, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Noah on the web: Website GitHub Dribbble Twitter Show notes: ClassPass Braden Kowitz Braden on Design Details Google Ventures COBOL Arc90 Readability Design Details: Google for iOS Austin Bales Framer Koen Bok Jorn van Dijk Koen and Jorn on Design Details Jeremy Goldberg Jeremy on Design Details ValioCon Nicholas Jitkoff Arif Huda Jon Wiley Rashi Birla The Dip Seth Godin The One Minute Manager

Today we caught up with Leigh Taylor, a freelancing designer previously building AI design systems at The Grid. In this conversation, we dig into chasing people versus jobs, predictability and consistency, design patterns, living like you're retired, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Leigh on the web: Behance Twitter Dribbble Medium Website Show notes: Jenny Johannesson and her portfolio Jon Gold Jon on Design Details Aaron Stump Thinking, Fast and Slow The Social Animal Derren Brown Design Driven AI The Grid Adam Morse Adam on Design Details Tachyons Brent Jackson Brent on Design Details Dustin Senos Dustin on Design Details Dan Tocchini Phi Specifics 002: Typographic Scales Quadrivium Sapiens

Today we caught up with Tegan Mierle, a designer at Sense, living in SF by way of Toronto. We dig into Tegan's origins, how she built her own business, the fears around sharing work, maintaining balance, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Tegan on the web: Twitter Instagram Website Dribbble Show notes: Sense HQ Drake's eyebrows Pilot Interactive Tegan on Instagram Good Day Hairshop

Today was a different kind of episode, featuring return friends of the show Marshall Bock and Sarah Marie. We had a more casual conversation, digging into topics like shutting down side projects, giving up, accountability and motivation, time management, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Sarah on the web: Twitter Website Pinterest Instagram Marshall on the web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Show notes: Jenny Johannesson Sarah on Design Details Marshall on Design Details Reading Rainbow YouTube Gaming Vicarious Joshua Sortino Better Elevation Roman Mars on TED Sam Soffes Sam on Design Details Ep. 1 RunPee Pixel Pong

Today we caught up with Majd Taby, the founder of Darkroom who previously built products at Instagram, Facebook and Apple. We dig into his story as a software engineer and designer, hiring at tech companies, being scrappy, emotion in building products, finding work that matters, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Majd on the web: Website Twitter Medium GitHub Darkroom Show notes: Displaced Darkroom Janum Trivedi Adam Michela Adam on Design Details Wilson Miner Wilson on Design Details VSCO Cities: Skylines

Today we caught up once again with Maykel Loomans, a designer on Facebook's Search team and previously at Instagram. We dig into what Maykel has been up to this past year, building a career as a designer, mentorship, photography, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Maykel on the web: Website Flickr Twitter Instagram Blog Dribbble Show notes: Maykel on the show in 2015 Maykel's photos Wilson Miner When We Build Merlin Mann

Today we caught up with Koen Bok and Jorn van Dijk, the co-founders of Framer, previously building products at Facebook and Sofa. This was a fun episode where we went deep into topics like building a startup in Amsterdam, the future of design tools, how to help designers level up, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Koen on the web: Twitter Website Medium Jorn on the web: Twitter Website Dribbble Show Notes: Sofa Sebastiaan de With Sebastiaan on Design Details Framer Beamer Sketch Figma Autocode for Animations Versions Kaleidoscope Brandon Walkin Mike Matas Quartz Composer Rasmus Andersson Rasmus on Design Details InVision

Today we caught up with Payam Rajabi, a designer at Shopify working on design systems and product development. We dig into Payam's background, building design systems, designing with content and form, learning how to work remotely, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Payam on the web: Website Twitter Medium YouTube Show Notes: Shopify Kit Flexography Coursera Remote by 37signals Brent Jackson John Willshire: Strategy is Dead - Long Live Meta-strategy Payam on Medium

Today's show is a rare two-person episode featuring previous-guest May-Li Khoe and newcomer Andy Matuschak. In this episode we do things a bit different, digging into tough topics like fear, learning how to learn, designing with convictions, working on the right problems, and so much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Hired May-Li on the web: Website Twitter Instagram Andy on the web: Website Twitter GitHub Show Notes: Khan Academy May-Li on Design Details Functioning as a Functionalist XOXO Andy Baio Andy McMillan Alan Kay Sine Cosine Tangent GIF Pedagogy 5 Whys

Today we caught up with Lori Kaplan, a designer with 30 years of experience at companies like Apple, Netscape, Netflix, Motorola, and Groupon (among many others). We chat about Lori's journey into design, what it takes to design organizations, navigating job changes throughout a career, writing the Macintosh human interface guidelines, beating imposter syndrome, and more. Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble Managed by Q Lori on the web: LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes: LendingClub Good product design portfolios macOS HIG iOS HIG tvOS HIG watchOS HIG Duolingo