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For episode 63 we sat down with Jon Lax, one of the design directors at Facebook overseeing the Utility Org. Jon is well-known for his writings during his time at Teehan+Lax, the design agency he co-founded with Geoff Teehan. In this show we talk about his work at Facebook, design culture, designing at scale, and of course, Jon's backstory as a designer. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: Code School Jon on the Web: Website Medium Teehan+Lax Blog Twitter Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - Introductions Teehan+Lax iPhone GUI PSD - iPhone 6 4:00 - Culture Design Details ft. Julie Zhuo Margaret Stewart Luke Woods 10 Years of Teehan+Lax Jon's posts on Teehan+Lax Netflix Culture Mountains and Valleys Tribal Leadership Mike Vernal 19:00 - Backstory Jobs to be Done Clayton Christensen Theodore Levitt 5 Whys 44:00 - Designing at scale, more Wilson Miner Mike Matas Daniel Burka Julie's Blog The Innovator's Dilemma Sidewire Spec Slack Team Brad Frost Jon's Website

In today's episode we caught up with Alice Lee, a designer, illustrator and developer living in San Francisco. Alice is well-known for her work at Dropbox, illustrating for the New York Times, and her latest freelance work across a range of amazing companies. In this show we chat about her journey as a designer and illustrator, the story behind Dropbox and Carousel and the latest projects Alice is working on. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Alice on the Web: Website Blog Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Postmates Tonko House The Dam Keeper Glen Keane Claire Keane Morgan Knutson 27:00 - Carousel and Dropbox Ryan Putnam Carousel Carousel case study Mike Matas Jon Ying Design Details: Carousel Design Details with Ryan Putnam Design Details with Josh Puckett 37:00 - Other projects Ketums Ketums case study 50:00 - Voice Naruto

In today's show we caught up with Josh Puckett, a designer and developer living in Palo Alto. We talk about Josh's journey at Dropbox and what it was like to build Carousel, how he manages to make so many apps, the current state of design tools, and the world of freelance designing. Stick around after the show to hear our 30 minutes of bonus conversation about the latest Apple event! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: Code School Hired Josh on the Web: Twitter Instagram Website Dribbble Medium GitHub Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Stewart's Tweet Design Details with Tara Mann Stammy 9:00 - The Carousel story Carousel Carousel on Design Details Yi Wei 15:00 - Building side projects Josh's side projects Ian Silber Epicurrence Trim App Layout from Instagram Bill Hader, Siri Soylent Narcos Dear Guy Who Just Made My Burrito Charity Water Spec Slack Team 32:00 - Design tools Modern Design Tools: Adaptive Layouts Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data Tweak Principle for Mac Matej Hrescak Brandon Walkin Sketch Sketch Plugins Design Details with Bradee Evans Josh's Sketch Plugins FF Chartwell M 45:00 - Wealthfront Wealthfront Mr. Robot Apple TV Can I Stream It 50:00 - Freelancing Allan Branch Soleio Louie Mantia Rasmus Andersson Messenger for Mac Linda Eliasen Enrique Allen Ben Blumenfeld 1:06:00 - Bonus! We chat about the Apple event

In this episode we sat down with Ayaka Nonaka and Sam Soffes to deconstruct the new Apple announcements from last week. We dig through each product and talk about the design and development implications we can expect in the future! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Ayaka on the Web: Twitter Website GitHub Medium Instagram Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions + Apple Chat Venmo Apple September Event How Apple Built 3D Touch Amazon Echo

For episode 59 we caught up with Tara Mann, a product designer and sneaker collector currently making things at Twitter. In this show we dig into Tara's background and discuss what it means to grow as a new designer. We also chat about the recent Google rebrand, entrepreneurial thought leaders and design school. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 800 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: Hired Harvest - use the promo code 'designdetails' to save 50% off your first month of Harvest Tara on the Web: Website Instagram Twitter Links for iOS Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Hypebeast Sneaker Freaker Dunk SB Pigeon Flight Club 10:00 - Design school Parsons School of Design Jennifer Brook Khoi Vinh Design Details ft. Khoi Vinh Immutable Episode 1 DIN 14:00 - New Google logo Product Sans Evolving the Google Identity Gymboree vs. Google 16:00 - Background Daring Fireball Marco Arment Startups vs. Agencies discussion Science Aubrey Johnson 34:00 - Design chat Keezy Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Deus Mike Davidson Stammy Avi Cieplinski Buffer MetaLab Designing Live for Facebook Mentions Evolving the Google Identity Designing Twitter Video The Making of Tiiny

In this episode we caught up with Kyle Meyer and Charlie Deets, two product designers that have a huge range of experience in the design and development world. We chat about design at Facebook, remote working, unsolicited redesigns and the power of sound. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 750 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: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Kyle on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Blog Instagram Charlie on the Web: Website Twitter SoundCloud Dribbble Blog Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Facebook Groups MOON app Cat Chat Rethinking the Destiny Companion App 10:00 - Unsolicited redesigns Four Ways to Redesign Facebook Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims on Design Details 14:00 - Backstories Big Cartel 27:00 - Facebook Groups, games, sound design Will Littlejohn Messenger sound design Messenger Hearthstone it's pollinating time Immutable Charlie on SoundCloud 44:00 - More backstories Electric Pulp Blind Browser Duo App 57:00_ - Workflows Wake Peek

In this episode, we hung out with Robin and Roxane Clediere. They're a pair of French designers who not only are married, but work together on design projects. We discussed working together as a couple, joining Facebook, and moving from a small town in France to San Francisco. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers and our first new show, Immutable! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm and @immutablefm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Hired Roxane on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Exposure Robin on the Web Website Twitter Dribbble Show Notes: 4:30 - Introductions Limoges, France 7:00 - Joining Facebook 10:00 - Working together as a couple, getting visas, and side projects 52 Burgers Marlowe Burger Bar People Over Heroes Roxane's illustration style 21:30 - Getting started in design & working with large design teams Les Avignons 365 Awesome Designers Geoff Teehan Jon Lax Christophe Tauziet Claire Tauziet Sebastien Gabriel Jean-Marc Denis Sebastien and Jean-Marc's episode Tim Van Damme 37:00 - Launching a product at Facebook Cemre Güngör Branch Framer Quartz Composer See First Zuck 45:00 - Design Tools Marvel Chantal Jandard Mo' Tools, Mo' Problems Marc Edwards Mule Design Mike Essl Marc's Response Spec Slack Team Grunt Gulp Keynote Prototyping Principle Daniel Hooper Principle Mirror for iOS 55:00 - Startups vs Agencies 8 Reasons to Turn Down That Startup Job Luke Cage & Iron Fist

In this episode we sat down with Adam Morse, aka mrmrs, a front-end developer and designer. Adam shares his knowledge of building systems and making the internet better. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Harvest Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Adam on the Web: Website GitHub Twitter Other website Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions The Grid Tachyons 12:00 - CSS Basscss Brent Jackson CSS Stats MRSJXN 22:00 - Writing mrmrs blog Adam's reading list Mobile-first CSS PostCSS @fat Jacob Thornton on Design Details Jon Gold 43:00 - Other iOS 9 Content Blockers Jason Santa Maria

They're back! In this episode we sat down with Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims to chat about their latest adventures in design, Apple Music, design collaboration and job transitions. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Hired Wilson on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram When We Build Dribbble Quora Ryan on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Rdio Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions California Sunday Magazine Wilson on Design Details Ryan on Design Details 7:00 - Transitioning jobs, Apple Music, collaborating Adam Polselli Laura Miner Adobe MAX Rdio

Today we sat down with Jacob Thornton, co-founder of Bootstrap and previously an engineer at Twitter and Medium. Jacob tells us all about his magical experience with Snoop Dogg, the history of CSS and the free software movement. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Jacob on the Web: Twitter GitHub Website Bootstrap Medium Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions and Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg at Twitter 11:00 - Free software Richard Stallman Free Software Foundation The Cathedral and the Bazaar What Is Open Source & Why Do I Feel So Guilty? byfat.xxx Dave Gamache 23:00 - Bootstrap Bootstrap Mark Otto Bootstrap 4 Alpha 33:00 - CSS Cascading Shit Show Bootstrap Themes Autoprefixer Medium’s CSS is actually pretty f***ing good Nicolas Gallagher Beautiful Javascript Sass Less PostCSS React TJ Holowaychuk Farewell Node.js

Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Wake Wake Sahil on the Web: Twitter GitHub Medium Gumroad Dribbble Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Gumroad Kyle Webster 6:00 - Building audiences Small Product Lab The Fault In Our Stars Missionary vs. Mercenary @shl On Writing 46:00 - Design challenges Jeremy Goldberg George Kedenburg III

Today we sat down with Malthe Sigurdsson, the current Head of Design at Stripe. Before joining Stripe, Malthe was the VP of Product at Rdio, and before that he was the Creative Director at Skype. In this episode we dig into Malthe's journey through these amazing companies, diving deep into hiring and scaling design teams and how to think like a product designer. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Hired Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Malthe on the Web: Website Twitter Show Notes: 5:00 - Introductions Stripe Stripe is hiring 7:00 - Design at Stripe Stripe Connect Benjamin De Cock Michaël Villar Wilson Miner 12:00 - Malthe's history Skype Rdio Malthe on Rdio Kazaa Ryan Sims Adam Polselli 35:00 - Growing a design team Design of Everyday Things

It's teaser time! This episode we caught up with Sam Soffes and Marshall Bock, two upcoming hosts on the Spec Network! In this show we chat about the future of Spec and dive deep into some Sketch pro tips. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Hired Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Marshall on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Show Notes: 4:00 - Who are you? Bock YouTube Gaming Soffes 6:00 - New Spec shows! Spec Josh Sortino Josh on Design Details @immutablefm @vicarious_fm 17:00 - Message us on Twitter (@specfm) with your email address to join our Slack Team! @specfm 21:00 - Marshall shares his story. Morgan Allan Knutson @cpaandrew 33:00 - Sam's working on things. Sam's Braun Screensaver Whiskey Sam tells us what he's working on 38:00 - Sketch talk. Zeplin Kerem Suer Kerem's naming convention Exploring Dynamic Layouts in Sketch Stop Drawing Dead Fish Bret Victor LaunchKit

For our 50th episode we sat down with Steph Monette and Liam Campbell, developers at Mule Design, to chat about CSS, startups versus agencies and the state of tech in San Francisco. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Steph on the Web: Website GitHub Medium Twitter Liam on the Web: Website GitHub Twitter Dear Design Student Show Notes: 3:00 - NPR 5:00 - Introductions Team Sketch Mule Design Mike Monteiro 6:00 - What are you working on? National Audubon Society The Seattle Times Andrew Norcross Reaktiv Studios Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 1 Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 2 General Assembly Mike Monteiro 12:00 - Hyphens vs. Underscores Sass Hampton Catlin Functional CSS Brent Jackson Jon Gold murmurs Pesticide Griddle Stop Pushing the Web Forward CodePen CSS Blend Modes 26:00 - Startup culture Dropbox Code School Iconfinder Dear Design Student 51:00 - What are you excited about? The Grid Ben Bayard Rubber Duck Debugging

Today we sat down with Anand Sharma, founder of Gyroscope and an insanely-talented designer/developer. We caught up about his work on Gyroscope, the future of health tracking and how the quantified self is changing the world. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Dropbox Anand on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Instagram Dribbble Gyroscope Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on? Gyroscope Gyroscope on Instagram Aprilzero Making of Aprilzero RescueTime Sense Luna Vessyl

Happy Monday! Today we caught up with Floris Dekker, senior design manager at Etsy and founder of Little Big Details! In this show we chat about Little Big Details, management as a design problem, gardening and what Floris is excited about in the world of design. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Floris on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Little Big Details Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Etsy Little Big Details Etsy Progress Report 2014 Kickstarter 10:00 - Designing around the world. Made by Sofa 14:00 - We learn about Little Big Details Little Big Details swissmiss The Webby Awards Andrew McCarthy 29:00 - Management as a design problem. Cap Watkins Design Details with Cap 45:00 - What else are you excited for in the design world? InVision Framer Webflow Origami Proto Atomic Designer News 49:00 - What's a strong opinion you have right now? Floris on Dribbble Drama on Dribbble Beme Casey Neistat Etsy San Francisco

Today we caught up with Mark Otto, the creator of Bootstrap and designer at GitHub. We go deep into the CSS/front-end world on this one, we hope you enjoy listening! If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Dropbox Mark on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Dribbble Instagram Bootstrap Code Guide Show Notes: 3:00 - What are you working on? Bootstrap Sublime Atom Slack Sketch Sip Photoshop Boostrap on GitHub 14:00 - We learn more about Boostrap Web Components PostCSS Sass Less Design Details with Jon Gold @mdo-ular CSS 24:00 - More about the current state of the front-end React CSS with React Functional CSS Tachyons Brent Jackson Basscss Immutable CSS BEM 101 Nesting in CSS Primer 40:00 - Burritos CodePen JS Bin 47:00 - Getting into our backgrounds ZURB Foundation Design Details with Michael Schultz Mark on GitHub

Today we caught up with Josh Sortino, designer at Teespring, startup advisor and photographer. We chat about design and communication, the design world in San Francisco, photography and how designers can get a seat at the table. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Josh on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Unsplash Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Teespring Bento 9:00 - How did you start advising startups? LAUNCH FAST Agreement Sam Soffes Shyp Facebook Ad Platform Functional CSS The Grid Shopify 20:00 - How did you get into photography? Sortino Photos Sony a7S 16-35mm Zeiss Sony a7R II 30:00 - What do you do outside of work? Agar 40:00 - Design + Communication Design Details with Haraldur Thorleifsson Busytown T-shaped People Patio11

It's time for a break from the normal conversations we have here on Design Details; today we stepped back to try and see the bigger picture with Elle Luna. Elle is a writer, designer, artist, entrepreneur and life adventurer, and in this episode she helps us navigate some of the bigger questions in our lives and in our careers. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Dropbox Elle on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram Medium Elle on The Great Discontent The Crossroads of Should and Must - Blog Post The Crossroads of Should and Must - Book Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? The Crossroads of Should and Must on Amazon The 100 Day Project 14:00 - We chat about design, art and utility. Mailbox Bulan Project The Crossroads of Should and Must - Blog Post First Round + Elle Luna 41:00 - More about side projects and careers Josh Sortino Jared Erondu Michael O'Neal Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off Four Hour Work Week Design Details ft. Dustin Senos Elle on Picasso Alejandro Jodorowsky JodoEnglish

For episode 44 we caught up with Haraldur Thorleifsson, a designer and agency founder leading the amazing team at UENO. In this show we chat about Haraldur's background and journey to starting UENO, the state of web design, Apple Watch, burnout and more. We recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Halli on the Web: Website Dribbble UENO An Interview with Haraldur Thorleifsson Twitter Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? UENO Timeline Luxe Mackey Saturday Dann Petty 13:00 - How did you get big clients as a freelancer? Santa Tracker The Case Studies Halli on Dribbble 22:00 - Is the web becoming a series of boxes? Design Details ft. Noah Stokes Spec 35:00 - What's your toolkit these days? Photoshop Sketch 40:00 We chat UENO, Apple Watch, burnout and more Medium Medium and Holocracy Macalope Bloomberg on Evan Spiegel

This week we finally caught up with our friends at Google, Jean-Marc Denis and Sebastien Gabriel. In this episode we chat Material Design, designing invisible interfaces, current design tools and moving from France to the US. Last week we also announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Sebastien on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram VSCO Jean-Marc on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Medium Instagram Sketch Design Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? Chrome Google Cardboard Glen Murphy Google Inbox 14:00 - We chat about designing interfaces. Sebastien on Dribbble Redesigning Chrome for Android Google Design Kennedy Project Marshall Bock Design Details 41: Heart For You (feat. Marshall Bock and Michael Schultz) Material Design Lite MDL Components 35:00 - What design tools do you use? Sketch Meng To Ben De Cock Design Details 36: 10x (feat. Meng To) Sketch Beta Tim Van Damme Design Details 10: Tiny Nuggets of Delight (feat. Tim Van Damme) Maya Material Design Jobs 46:00 - On designing error pages. Chrome T-Rex 52:00 - We dig into Jean-Marc and Sebastien's backgrounds. Roxane Clediere How I Joined Google Material Design Colors Design Details 41: Heart For You (feat. Marshall Bock and Michael Schultz) Exportify Rdio Apple Music Google Cardboard Oculus People Over Heroes

It's been a week since Apple Music launched giving us the perfect reason to have a round-table discussion about the new app with Marshall Bock and Michael Schultz. We bounce around this episode sharing our thoughts on Apple Music and streaming services in general - we hope you have fun listening! You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Marshall on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Michael on the Web: Twitter Website Medium Instagram Dribbble Iodine Show Notes: 5:00 - So Apple Music came out... Apple Music Beats 1 Rdio Spotify Steve Jobs: People Don't Want Music Subscriptions Steve Jobs Official Trailer Sorkinisms Exportify Mvsic The Kollection 2007 WWDC Keynote Mr. Robot Polygon on YouTube Gaming

Today we sat down with Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan to talk about design at Facebook, the progress of their side project, Peek, and the value of obviousness in design. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Dropbox Gabe on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Peek Episode 5 of Design Details Kyle on the Web: Twitter Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on? Peek 20:00 - We dig more into Peek Ello Ello iOS Facefeed Design Details with Allison House 48:00 - How do you recruit an engineer to help you build a project? Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data Josh Puckett Origami That car startup Cat Chat

On this episode we caught up with Mike Essl: designer, artist, Mr. T memorabilia collector. We talk about Mike's personal story as a designer, Cooper Union, and yes, we chat comics. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Mike Essl on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Cooper Union Show Notes: 2:30 - What are you working on right now? DC Comics Mule Design nerduo Robb Irrgang The Battle 80sTees 1.21 jiggawatts 5:00 - F'ing Sandman The Annotated Sandman Vol. 1 The Annotated Sandman Vol. 2 The Annotated Sandman Vol. 3 DC Comics Action Figure Archive 8:00 - Essl shares his other projects And I'm a PC App for That Mat Honan Jason Kottke 14:00 - How do you balance your time with all these projects? The Cooper Union 22:00 - Why did you ignore everone's advice to not go to art school? Mike Monteiro Erika Hall on Design Details Graphic Design by Milton Glaser 41:00 - Mike's dream work Watching the Watchmen Issues Podcast The eBay Promo video Mr. T and Me 1:06:00 - What are you taking back from San Francisco? Jeffrey Zeldman 1:10:00 - What's the difference between design and art? Is Graphic Design Art? Jenny Holzer

For episode 38, we were joined by Geoff Teehan, a super-talented Canadian designer who is at least partially responsible for several of our favorite products. He has not only worked on some amazing projects for companies like Medium, Google, and now Facebook - he has also built some really great resources for designers. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Iconfinder - Use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Geoff Teehan on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Show Notes: 3:50 - What are you working on? Teehan + Lax 6:20 - How do you see the trend of designers moving from small agencies to product companies? 10:00 - Getting work and creating products as an agency Medium case study Hyperlapse Jon Lax The Dog Conference Prismatic case study Dann Petty Dustin Senos Leigh Taylor Ev Goldberg Obvious Corp. T+L Labs Bags of milk D.I.G.I.T. Touch Vision ASCII Street View iOS GUI Templates Digg Amazon AWS Rackspace "The Photo" Finn O'Hara Tyler Howarth 40:00 - How did you get into design? CorelDRAW ModaMedia 50:00 - Talking about the Apple Watch... again. 58:00 - Why Facebook?

For episode 37, we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with Julie Zhuo! We're both huge fans of her writing on Medium and the way she thinks about design and especially that she shares that with the entire community. Speaking of sharing with the community, you all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox imgix Julie Zhuo on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Show Notes: 3:50 - What are you working on? Cap Watkins DD27: Socialist Design (feat. Cap Watkins & Kim Bost) 9:15 - What have been the hardest parts of scaling a design team? MPK20 14:50 - The Year of the Looking Glass The Year of the Looking Glass on Medium How to Be That Designer The Imposter Syndrome Sheryl Sandberg Lean In 22:00 - What keeps you excited about working at Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg Internet.org 24:30 - How is design perceived inside Facebook? HHVM 36:30 - How are products designed at Facebook? Creativity, Inc. Ed Catmull Whatever's Best for the People, That's What We'll Do Mike Matas Facebook Lite 51:00 - What do you want to do next? Oculus Rift

For episode 36, we got to spend some time with Meng To discussing what makes a great product, how to get started with design and development, and what it takes to build a thing. Meng's an incredibly talented creator and we're grateful he was able to take a break from helping people get started in our industry to hang out with us for an hour or so! In case you haven't noticed, we were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! There's about 2 weeks left and we would love it if you'd take a minute to vote for us! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Iconfinder Meng To on the Web: Twitter Website Blog Medium Dribbble Show Notes: 4:00 - What Meng's working on Shadowness The Matrix StarCraft 9:30 - What are you excited about in design? Sketch Invision Pixate Slack Design + Code Xcode Swift 15:00 - Should designers write production code? Macaw Dreamweaver Framer AngularJS MeteorJS NodeJS Codecademy Material Design Snapchat 24:30 - Creating free content vs paid content Spring library Apple Watch GUI 32:00 - WWDC expectations UXKit rumors 35:00 - Global differences in design/dev culture Alipay 40:30 - Learning development and gaming as a gateway to the tech industry udemy Super Smash Bros. SoundBlaster 16 for Windows 3.11 DOTA Warcraft III Heroes of the Storm World of Warcraft Hearthstone Wilson Miner DD 3: I'm Tired of Looking at Apps (feat. Wilson Miner) Stone Librande DD 12: Kleenex Testers (feat. Stone Librande) 50:30 - The elements of a really compelling product Marc Edwards Bjango Actions sketch-measure Zeplin 55:00 - Don't give up. Just do something crazy.

For episode 35, we finally convinced the Motherfuton himself, Mr. Noah Stokes, to come hang with us for a bit and talk about lazy web design, ornamentation vs utility, design education and so much more. It was super fun to pick his brain for an hour or so and he brought up some frequently overlooked shortcomings of how we build the web today. In case you haven't noticed, we were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate a vote! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe Dropbox Noah Stokes on the Web: Twitter Website Blog Dribbble Show Notes: 4:30 - What Noah's working on Creative Market AutoDesk AutoCAD 6:30 - Moving from client services to an in-house design team "End of An Era" Happy Cog Teehan+Lax BOLD Garrett St. John Derek Nelson Zach McNair Weightshift Paravel SuperFriendly Bigge cranes 16:45 - Life before BOLD and how Apple has changed PalmOne LifeDrive Palm Treo iPod Mini 17" PowerBook Apple's WWDC 2015 Keynote 1Password How to Pronounce Helvetica Neue 28:15 - How responsive design made the web boring Stripe Dashboard Page Material Design Bill Labus Malthe Sigurdsson Ben De Cock PrototypeJS Scriptaculous John Resig Sam Stephenson SASS LESS @fat PostCSS BEM BEM Nesting (+ Mixins!) in SASS Facebook Instant Articles Facebook Lite John Gruber Gruber on Instant Articles 46:00 - UI for pure utility vs UI ornamentation Stripe Dashboard App Sebastiaan De With SCSI cable VGA connector 50:00 - Web education and regulation Healthcare.gov Treehouse Execute iOS Sam Soffes MeteorJS Sacha Greif React Native George Kedenburg NPM ioJS logo thread The Motherfuton News on YouTube The Motherfuton News on Spoken

This week we hopped on a call with the one-and-only Allison House! Allison currently lives in Austin, exploring her way through 3D art and design - in this episode we chat about her background in design, her transition into 3D and what she's excited for in the future. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Iconfinder Allison on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Allison's Newsletter Tumblr Show Notes: 3:00 - What in the world are you working on? Allison's Tumblr Cinema 4D The Bomb Greyscalegorilla 9:00 - Have you felt new clarity after leaving SF? 11:00 - What got you started in design? Treehouse Carsonified Ryan Carson Codecademy Jason Fried Gary Vaynerchuck 19:00 - Why Dropbox? Morgan Knutson Soleio 20:00 - How do you identify the next place to grow as a designer? Dropbox on Dribbble 22:00 - Allison shares her process for the Tweedy video. Tweedy video Cinematic Storytelling 28:00 - How do you incorporate expression into design? Slack 30:00 - What are other products you're excited about right now? Giphy Allison on Giphy Tim Reynolds Society6 (Allison's store) 35:00 - What's your take on the state of Dribbble and design credibility? Allison on Dribbble The Dribbblisation of Design Morgan on Dribbble Adobe MAX Conference 39:00 - Allison explains her learning process. Ryan Putnam Ryan's Cactus Allison's animated cactus 44:00 - What's the big picture goal for you as an artist and designer? Brooklyn Beta Designer Fund 47:00 - What are the common struggles for designers moving from freelance to full time? Allison's newsletter Allison's website

The epic conclusion of our first ever two-parter! Marc and Russell were kind enough to come back for round two to discuss Apple's WWDC Keynote, Marc's weird workflows, optical alignment, PDF assets and more! We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - vote for Design Details! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: Dropbox Marc Edwards on the Web Twitter Dribbble Bjango Russell Ivanovic on the Web Twitter Website ShiftyJelly Show Notes: 4:00 - "What'd you think of the Apple Keynote?" Full Keynote Jimmy Iovine El Capitán Sam Soffes Caleb Davenport Daring Fireball SFNSDisplay Search Settings 20:30 - Marc's shameful admission Alfred Marc's 34" display 25:00 - iOS announcements Episode 9 30:00 - Open Source Swift and the only hardware announcement at WWDC Skala View Skala Federico Viticci Myke Hurley Stephen Hackett Chris Martin Square Apple Pay Reader 34:00 - iOS Usability Jean-Marc Denis 38:30 - Apple Music "It's like giving a glass of ice water to somebody in hell" Apple Music Beats One Zane Lowe Nilay Patel's piece on music DRM Workflow App "If you run to the press and trash us, it never helps." Graham Clarke Kiss FM Silicon Valley Loren Brichter Dann Petty 49:30 - Optical Alignment Cat's tweet Soulver "Using Soulver for Design" on Bjango "The PLAY Button is Not Optical Alignment" on Medium 57:00 - PDF Assets on iOS PaintCode Bjango articles Bjango actions Keyboard Maestro iStat Menus

It's WWDC week, and this time we're catching up with Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards, both founders of independent app development companies in Australia. We spent this hour chatting about Google I/O, iOS, Material Design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Iconfinder and the Dream Icon set. Russell on the Web: Twitter Website ShiftyJelly Marc on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Bjango Show Notes: 2:00 - What're you working on? Pocket Casts (App Store, Play Store, Windows Store Philip Simpson Chris Martin Skala Preview Bjango Apps 5:00 - How did you two meet? One More Thing Conference 8:00 - How do you see your companies growing in the next few years? Material Design Awards 2015 Sketch 12:00 - We chat Android design. Galaxy S6 LG Urbane 16:00 - What are your reactions to the announcements from Google I/O? Google I/O Recap Google Design 20:00 - We get Marc's thoughts on Yosemite + iOS. Mastering blur and vibrancy Understanding Sub-pixel text 28:00 - And Russell shares his thoughts on Material Design. Inbox 33:00 - How does Material Design cascade down to Android Wear? LG Urbane Android Wear 36:00 - We share our opinions on the latest hardware changes, like force touch and haptic feedback. Logitech MX Master Magic Mouse Razer Mamba 48:00 - Russell busts the Android fragmentation misconception. Monica Polewski

This week we caught up with Caleb Davenport and Sam Soffes to chat about the latest Google I/O announcements, our upcoming WWDC wish list, OSX and iOS design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Dropbox Caleb on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Pinpoint Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up on the latest news from Google I/O. Google Design Google I/O Recap Elevator.js Ripple click effect Jean-Marc This is so DESIGNED 9:00 - You don't have to worry about pixels anymore. Google Design Jobs Yahoo! Design 12:00 - We try not to complain the whole episode. Dustin Curtis Google Inbox Mailbox Facebook tests tab bar post button Messenger Facebook Paper Mike Matas 21:00 - We try again - this time digging into upcoming WWDC announcements. WWDC 2015 OSX Weed Redesigning Overcast for Apple Watch 41:00 - We chat about Apple TV design and what we might build. Werewolf 52:00 - But what are we excited about? Google Now on Tap Wildcard QuizUp turns into a social network Venmo 1:00:00 - Our WWDC wishlist. Partytime Pinpoint Redacted

This episode, we geeked out with Didi Medina over photography and music - and we still found time to dig into his origin story a bit. We were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards and would very much appreciate a vote! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: Iconfinder Use promo code "Robot" to save 50% on your first month! Didi on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Show Notes: 2:30 - What Didi's working on... and where he started. Vibe Sheriff Canon T1i Canon 5D Mark III Drew Herron Ilie Ciorba Max Di Capua Sony RX1 Andrew Laffoon Sony NEX-5R Sony A7S Sony A7R II 21:10 - Cultural Differences between NYC & SF and making the move to California Backplane UX Night Andi Galpern Chris Kalani's episode ViralHeat Clinkle Raj Ramamurthy Startup Castle 37:30 - Starting your own company and future goals 42:30 - Working on physical products, getting away from work, and improving yourself Mixbook Montage Book Ableton Josh Sortino Maschine Sampler Line 6 Sonic Port Moog

In this episode of Design Details we had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Putnam and returning-guest Nick Slater! We chat about illustration, designing a company culture, mixing mediums and finding our spirit animals. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Ryan on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Website Nick on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Website Show Notes: 1:00 - What are you working on right now? Operator Earnest Stripe Element Three Palantir Tyler Galpin RadPad Rogie 5:00 - We discover our spirit animals. Otters 7:00 - Ryan shares more about his background in illustration. Design Details Ep. 2 with Nick Slater Nick on Dribbble Ryan on Dribbble Axel Herrmann Steve Wolf Jay Fletcher 10:00 - Nick and Ryan share more about their design setups. Cintiq 22HD Intuos 13:00 - How does one begin learning illustration? What is product illustration? Dropbox downgrade page Betacoin illustration Linda Eliasen 21:00 - We talk about design within Dropbox and Palantir and how it impacts culture. Jon Ying and Dropbox culture 31:00 - A brief divergence into DBZ and comics. Michael DeForge 33:00 - Where do you come up with all of your ideas for illustration and design? Ryan's shop Slater's shirts 44:00 - We learn more about freelancing and how it compares to big company work. Ryan on Instagram 54:00 - Do you have plans for sharing more of your process as blog posts? Creative South 57:00 - What's the next step in your career?

This week we caught up with Michael Schultz, a designer living in San Francisco tackling one of the hardest design problems out there: health and medicine. We chat all about the problems he faces designing in the medical world, how to launch and market side projects and we end with a healthy debate about designer job titles. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Michael on the Web: Twitter Website Medium Instagram Dribbble Iodine Show Notes: 3:00 - Michael fills us in on what he's working on. Iodine Iodine for iOS Medical Jargon Chrome plugin by Iodine 11:00 - We dig into Michael's background and introduction to the medical world. Hemoglobe Jesse Squires 24:00 - Michael and Bryn worked on a side project together, Privatize. Sam Soffes Mark Otto Matt Leonard 35:00 - Michael has strong opinions about Product Hunt. Product Hunt PH Chrome extension Redacted for Mac 41:00 - How did you market your personal apps pre-Product Hunt? Thomas Goetz 48:00 - Michael shares how he designed Iodine to be a place that makes data understandable and easy to use. Adam Baker 1:03:00 - How do you define different design roles? Bryn and Brian debate. Jake Marsh 1:12:00 - We discuss designers who code and developers who design.

Last week Kim and Cap were in SF for the week and dropped by to record another fun episode of Design Details! We chat about what it's like to be married to a designer, how to hire designers and how to overcome the biggest challenges design managers face. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Kim on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Cap on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Show Notes: 1:00 - We touch base with Cap and Kim. Cover Cap on Instagram Kim on Instagram Aaron Shapiro 6:00 - Cap fills us in on the latest news at BuzzFeed. Design Details Ep.7 with Cap BuzzFeed News (Get the App) 9:00 - What's it like being married to another designer? Flatiron Health 18:00 - How do you keep a growing product design team in sync? An introduction to OOCSS BEM Bootstrap CSS Stats Basecamp Jira HipChat Wake 38:00 - What are the biggest challenges for new design managers? Start With Why 44:00 - How do hire designers? AngelList 55:00 - How do you divide up design roles? The Boring Designer Mystery Meat Navigation Zach Roszczewski 1:02:00 - Cap and Kim share what they're excited about in design. The Difference Between Living in New York and San Francisco Festa Shoop Slow Jamz [email protected]

This week we sat down with Sebastiaan de With to chat about everything design (and motorcycles)! We caught up on his evolving career in design, what it's like building a new agency, how to work with international clients and the power of giving design resources away for free. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sebastiaan on the Web: Twitter Website Another Website Instagram Dribbble Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up with Sebastiaan on what he's up to. Pokemon Branding Pictogram Ride North Ride North Kickstarter SDW on Instagram doubleTwist Scorpio Aether Apparel 14:00 - We dig a bit further into SDW's past work as a designer. Stiched leather 21:00 - We learn a little bit more about the Apple design process. Louie Mantia 23:00 - SDW shares more about his personal branding and background as a young designer. Latte art Sparkle Duncan Wilcox 32:00 - How did you end up moving to California? Tim Van Damme Square 41:00 - Circling back around to some of SDW's current projects. Muir icon set Motomoji 47:00 - Not a lot of designers can separate from their work this much. (Follow us on Periscope - designdetailsfm!) 53:00 - What kind of designer do you consider yourself? Jean-Marc Denis Designing Twitter Video

This episode, we had two designers building their own companies by building some awesome products that we're super excited about - Chris Kalani of Wake and Danny Trinh from Free. We took a bunch of questions from people watching on Periscope and these guys have some great energy which lead to a fantastic conversation and some "real talk"! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: LaunchKit Chris Kalani on the Web Twitter (Wake, Inc.) Website Instagram Facebook Danny Trinh on the Web Twitter Dribbble Free Show Notes: 3:30 - Danny and Chris tell us about their current projects Wake Bakken & Baeck Free Daniel Burka Bobby Goodlatte Digg Kevin Rose Stanford 12:00 - The best ways to learn design and the fear of sharing things Harper Reed Google Ventures GV Design Sprints LayerVault Aligned Pixels, Ink. Marc Edwards Nick Slater Wake Commercial Will Wilkinson MetaLab Andrew Wilkinson Will's videos Mike Davidson T-Bo da Firecracker 27:00 - Super Smash Bros. rosters and Pokemon as a game for designers Sebastiaan De With Pokemon Brands Olly Moss Justin Mezzell 30:00 - Leveling up your UI and your career Matt Van Horn Dustin Mierau Bay to Breakers Path The Path Button Daniel Davis Slack Campfire Glitch Stewart Butterfield "Your friends are more than their job titles (and so are you)" Dustin Senos Zoolander "Who Am I?" 45:00 - Dumb titles and how to divide up design roles on a team Creativity, Inc. Shochu 50:00 - Listener Questions

This week we sat down with Kevin Rose - he's a designer, product creator and venture capitalist who has had a prolific presence in the tech community for several years. We chat about the things he's loving right now, watch culture, health and cooking, hiring and so much more! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Code School - Learn to code from the comfort of your browser Video: Unmasking HTML Emails Kevin on the Web: Twitter Wikipedia YouTube Medium CrunchBase Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects. North Watchville Website Watchville App Tiiny betaworks Milk 11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+. Google Ventures Google+ Daniel Burka Vic Gundotra 18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like. Nextdoor Medium NoRedInk OmniGraffle Marc Hemeon 23:00 - Where do you fall on the line of product or design? Design Details with Cennydd Bowles 26:00 - What are the startups you're really excited about right now? Shyp 30:00 - We talk watches. NOMOS Girard-Perregaux Seiko Philippe Dufour A. Lange & Söhne 2015 34:00 - What do you bring back from outside of the US into the product and design world? Kevin on Instagram Kevin Rose on The Screen Savers Old Beans Tim Ferriss Jony Ive talks about the Apple Watch 43:00 - Do you feel like you've gotten out of the rat race of the tech world? Secret Outlook on iOS Sunrise Calendar 46:00 - Flashback to Kevin's past roles in the media world. The New Screen Savers Diggnation Leo Laporte 48:00 - How do you spot that in the hiring process? Caleb Davenport Sam Soffes Danny Trinh 54:00 - Why do all the podcasts and shows? Bulletproof Coffee Foundation Sahil Lavingia 57:00 - Would you encourage everyone to come to SF/Silicon Valley? Kevin Rose's house protest 59:00 - We diverge, briefly, to chat about tattoos, Tokyo and cooking. Darya Rose 1:02:00 - A fake-out ending, we hear what Kevin is into these days. Slack Wealthfront Periscope Meerkat Square Cash Messenger (Desktop Wrapper) Sebastiaan de With Josh Puckett Dropbox Dropbox for Business Mailbox Hackpad Evernote CloudApp Slack + Spaces Slack’s $2.8 Billion Dollar Secret Sauce Metalab 1:12:00 - We talk health, nutrition and religion. Vessyl Gyroscope Anand Sharma Soylent Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief HBO trailer The Racoon Incident

This was the most impromptu episode we've ever done. We were just out to dinner with these guys and we were having so much fun debating design things that we decided to record our first-ever 3-guest episode. We made a lot of references to George and Jeremy's last episode - so definitely go check that out. This was a really fun episode for us - hopefully it is for you too! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Code School's 'Unmasking HTML Emails' video George Kedenburg on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Jeremy Goldberg on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Christophe Tauziet on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Show Notes: 4:00 - Apple's product strategy Motorola Rokr Marc Newson Volkswagen family tree Fluoroelastomer Mercedes self-driving car R8 eTron sound Stop/Start Technology 16:00 - Modern services and stupid brains Jeremy's metal band, Age of Evil Christophe's Wedding August Smart Lock Don Norman People tripping on stairs 30:00 - May predictions and how designers work (We recorded the show in mid-April) Avengers: Age of Ultron "The Sweet Solution" Sam Soffes "iTampon" The New Macbook GMunk Tron: Legacy ValioCon Drew Wilson The Box Project Oblivion GMunk's talk from ValioCon 52:00 - Designing original things and what makes a good brand Messenger.com Quip Samsung Galaxy S3 FB F8 FB Parse 01:02:00 - Movie Talk Interstellar Batman vs Superman Trailer #1 300 Watchmen Zack Snyder Star Wars: The Force Awakens Trailer #2 BB-8 Bob Iger Sphero Disney Accelerator "It's working! IT'S WORKING!" Marshall Bock Jared Erondu The Vision MyIdol Mike Davidson George's MyIdol video Her Left Me (feat. Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg) Our producer, Sarah!

This week we caught up with Cennydd Bowles over Skype for a truly fascinating discussion about cross-OS design, the future of wearables, what it means to be a junior vs. senior designer, and why sound design will be the next big trend. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Code School - Learn to code from the comfort of your browser Video: Unmasking HTML Emails Cennydd on the Web: Twitter Website A List Apart articles Undercover User Experience Design (The Book) The Pastry Box Project writing The Ethical Designer - Talk Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on these days? How did you get started at Twitter? @cennydd Tweetdeck 16:00 - We talk mobile design, Windows and the OS landscape. Windows 10 can run iOS and Android Outlook for iOS 27:00 - Cennydd has more experience with wearables than most. Samsung Gear S Moto 360 Apple Watch LG G Watch 36:00 - What are your hunches about the future of design for wearables? Dragon Ball Z Revival of F Oculus 39:00 - Cennydd shares his thoughts on the toxic MVP. "Delighted that ‘MVP’ is starting to be seen as toxic." 4 Reasons MVPs Fail Minimum Lovable Product The Ethical Designer - Talk 48:00 - Thoughts on the process of creation and iteration, junior vs. senior designers. Letter to a Junior Designer

This episode, we talked tea with Boba Guys and Tea People co-founder Bin Chen! He's had one of the most unique design careers we've ever heard of and he tells a really great story - which made this episode especially fun for us. Hopefully, you'll dig it too! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Iconfinder's Definitive Guide to Apple Watch Icons Bin on the Web Twitter You Might Find Yourself Boba Guys Tea People Show Notes: 3:30 - Beer! Muscat Oolong Black Sands Brewery 5:00 - What are you working on? Timbuk2 Tea People Andrew Chau Boba Guys Blend #1 Ken Ken Ramen Mission Mission Biddenly Ajay Nainani Biddenly Kickstarter 15:30 - Tea People and Boba Guys' Culture Horchata Boiling frog Patagonia Kaizen Yvon Chouinard Sheryl Swoopes Boba Guys Nashville Pop-up The Buffer Culture Myers-Briggs Personality Test 26:30 - Differences between digital design and brick and mortar Square Net Promoter Score Twilio Twitch Pure Milk Tea Sprig the Boba Guys branding & aardvark Blue Bottle Coffee Ritual Coffee Four Barrel Coffee boba straws LLAP emoji 37:00 - How Bin got into design... Aqua-zyme Realmedia Adobe Premiere 1.0 Adobe ColdFusion Adobe Dreamweaver McCann-Erickson The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Foot pedal for toilets Google Patent Search Vimeo Ben Brown Michael Eisner John C. Jay John Jay College of Criminal Justice Wieden & Kennedy 53:00 - Generalism vs Specialty 59:00 - Managing vs Individual Contribution John Maeda Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers Beautiful Soup Square Kitchen Tickets 1:07:00 - Scaling in digital vs physical space Shyp ShipStation Alite

This week we caught up with Dustin Senos, the lead designer at Medium for the past 3 years who has spent his professional career traversing the worlds of design and engineering. We dig into Dustin's background and how design has shaped Medium into the product it is today. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Dustin on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - Dustin tells us about his transitions between engineering and design. Acro Media LittleIpsum 7:00 - Should designers code? Flinto Framer Balsamiq 11:00 - How did you end up at Medium? @ev Medium Obvious 17:00 - How was Medium approached as a design challenge? The hyphen, n-dash and em-dash 21:00 - How would you describe the aesthetic of Medium today? How did the agency work shape that aesthetic? Teehan+Lax @dannpetty Teehan+Lax Medium case study 30:00 - We chat about the culture at Medium and their experience with holacracy How Medium is Building a New Kind of Company with No Managers Holacracy Evan Williams on Building a Mindful Company Buffer's no-managers setup 43:00 - We diverge into a chat about diversity in design. Design Details Ep. 13 with Mo Woods 45:00 - How did you approach hiring at Medium? How to Impress an Interviewer by Julie Zhuo Calm

This episode, we dug into our concerns after all the Apple Watch reviews came out with a couple of our favorite iOS developers: Caleb Davenport and Jake Marsh. This episode was completely ridiculous and fun (even moreso if you caught the Periscope livestream featuring the inimitable Marc Hemeon). We discuss the models that each of us pre-ordered as well as Amazon Dash and our most-hoped-for features of the Apple Watch when it finally comes out! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Caleb on the Web: Twitter North Technologies Jake on the Web: Twitter Deallocated Objects 4:00 - We discuss the Apple Watch pre-orders "The Marco Special" Marc Hemeon Kevin Rose Watchville Hodinkee Caleb's Nomos Glashütte Bryn's Rado "Complications" Grande Sonnerie 9:00 - California vs Not California Khoi's episode Cap's episode Om Malik Sam Soffes Jared Erondu & his donuts Bonus Apple Watch episode with Sam Soffes 13:00 - Technical Difficulties of the Apple Watch Transit for Apple Watch ShopSavvy "Bono/Tim Cook Finger Thing" The Sweet Solution "Underscore" David Smith David Smith's Watch Apps 21:00 - Amazon Dash Poppy by Quirky 23:30 - ...aaaaaand back to the Watch Louie Mantia Mickey's foot is wrong Jake's TMNT blog post David Wise

This week we broke up our regular string of web designer guests to chat with Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games. Stone was also the lead designer of Diablo 3, SimCity and Spore; he's an incredibly talented creator who shared so much insight with us on this episode of Design Details! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! 500,000 Icons and why the Number Matters InVision Stone on the Web: Twitter Wikipedia Website Stone's GDC 2015 Talk Show Notes: 6:00 - We catch up with Stone on his current work as a game designer. Riot Games Stone's GDC 2015 Talk 9:00 - Stone shares his journey to becoming a game designer. Blizzard North 20:00 - Stone shares some of the more specific challenges he's faces as a game designer. Spore Diablo 3 Minecraft 24:00 - You also build lots of physical games? Fridge Game Fridge Game GIF Stone's other games 28:00 - What has been your favorite game to design? SimCity Atomic Design 54:00 - Stone talks about the games he's enjoying at the moment. FTL Rogue Legacy Candy Crush (App Store) 57:00 - How do feel about the broader trend of DLC and in-app purchases? Tap Titans (App Store) Bitcoin Billionaire (App Store) Fez 1:07:00 - Stone shares his thoughts on virtual reality and augmented realitigy games. HoloLens Oculus Recon snowboard goggles Mini Cooper Goggles

This week we hung out with Divya Manian and Bradee Evans from the Photoshop team at Adobe. This was a really, really fun episode to record and Divya and Bradee were amazing guests. We got to talk about everything from important issues around diversity to just making dumb jokes about pterodactyls and unicorns. We hope you enjoy it half as much as we enjoyed recording it. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Divya on the Web: Twitter Website Bradee on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Medium Behance Show Notes: 2:00 - Bradee's Second Career & Explicit Ratings for Podcasts SoundCloud Simplecast Josh Long "The Other Guy" aka Jon Buda 4:00 - What's up with female representation in tech? Feminista Jones on NPR Impostor Syndrome 7:30 - Making mistakes in big products UserTesting.com "Error Bad" Stateful Design 16:00 - "Uncle Photoshop" Marc Edwards 20:00 - What's it like working on Photoshop? "The Humans are Dead" by Flight of the Conchords 27:00 - Working on Web Standards How to Spot a Web Designer GIF Divya's Talks Arno Gourdol Rocky Offner 38:00 - Sketch's effect on how Photoshop is built Jeff Broderick Tim Riot 55:00 - Why diversity is important for creativity "How Diversity Makes us Smarter" - The Scientific American 58:00 - Art vs Design Twitter Conversation 59:30 - Maintaining confidence when putting out an important tool to a large audience Aligned Pixels, Ink. "Did somebody call an excavation expert?" 1:03:30 - Quirks: Sketch vs Photoshop Seth Clifford 1:11:30 - Running out of keyboard shortcuts and the move from hardware to software Touch screens with textures Avi Cieplinski 1:15:00 - Magic UI Amazon Dash Trying to edit money in Adobe products Photoshop Enhance Demo

This week we caught up with Khoi Vinh, an insightful and talented designer making Wildcard in New York City. In this Skype chat we talked about designing for the tablet, honesty on the web and how Khoi manages to maintain so many projects! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! InVision Khoi on the Web: Twitter Website Wildcard How They Got There Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up with Khoi and chat about his current project, Wildcard. Wildcard Jordan Cooper Doug Petkanics Eric Tang Stephen Meszaros 9:00 - Khoi tells us more about the specifics of designing at Wildcard, including why cards are the future of the web. What is a card? Cards are the future of the web 15:00 - How have you become such a prolific design writer? subtraction.com Khoi's book, How They Got There Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design How She Got There: Erika Hall 20:00 - We learn a bit more about the process behind How They Got There. How They Got There 26:00 - Khoi's also busy on other side projects and explorations - we learn more. Mixel Adobe Comp CC 32:00 - What are the possibilities for tablets that are still untapped? Paper 37:00 - We chat about what it means to be honest on the web. @khoi Look and Feel and Feel 47:00 - Khoi tells us about how he shares content and thinks about having a large following on Twitter. Buffer 54:00 - What were your responsibilities while designing for the New York Times? nytimes.com A Farewell to the Times 1:00:00 - We dig in more to Khoi's journey since leaving the Times. Kidpost

This is our first time to have a second episode scheduled for the week! We're excited to try out this new format, kicking things off with two guests: Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg. We chat about design at Facebook, their journeys as designers and how they're growing within such a large organization! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Jeremy on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website George on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Show Notes: 1:00 - A beautiful story of a Periscope party. Periscope Meerkat Personal Sam 5:00 - We catch up on the announcements at F8 and what's coming with 3rd party apps. Facebook Messenger Messenger Platform Messenger for Business Path Talk Vivian Wang 8:00 - What is the design process like for a product with 600 million users? "Get real time shipping updates on your phone. Send to Messenger." 15:00 - So React Native is a thing! React Native Parse Parse for IoT 18:00 - George shares what it's like to work at Parse, a startup-like culture within Facebook. Facebook Camera 22:00 - Facebook just moved into a new office! New FB Campus announcement Photos of the new Campus Instagram Campus campaign Frank Gehry 27:00 - Jared and George share some of their personal stories with us. @ageofjeremy @nlevin 36:00 - George chat with Terry Crews on Twitter... The conversation @maxvoltar Sketch Beta 45:00 - Do you worry about feature bloat in Messenger? The giant Like button Facebook Sound Design More about Facebook's sounds 51:00 - Jeremy shares his experiences with designing interactions and animations at Google. Origami After Effects Framer Framer + Parse 55:00 - How are you pushing yourself to be a better designer every day?

This week we hung out with Jared Erondu, a designer well-known for his work at Lift, Omada Health, The Industry and his current role as Creative Director at Teespring. We covered a lot of ground – from the future of user interfaces to donuts to whether or not “UX designer” should be a job title anymore! This was a great conversation and, for the first time ever, we have another one coming on Thursday where we discuss the announcements from the F8 conference with Facebook designers Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Invision Jared on the Web Website Twitter Teespring Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - We catch up with Jared and the latest projects he's working on! Teespring Jared's Personal Site Jared's photos Elle Luna Bulan Project The Crossroads of Should and Must Elle's Book Picture from the helicopter ride Josh Sortino Christophe Tauziet Transamerica Redwood Park 10:00 - Jared tells us about his journey of becoming a designer. Treehouse Ryan Carson Chris Coyier Future of Web Evomail Circa Zite Mark Johnson Zerply Christofer Karltorp Flud Bobby Ghoshal Drew Wilson Valiocon 20:00 - How did The Industry become so popular? The Industry Adam Stacoviak 13 Design Trends For 2013 by Gannon Burgett Jared's Svbtle blog Go Home iOS7, You're Drunk. 31:00 - What do you think of Apple's first-party apps? Twitter Conversation 32:00 - We talk about designers getting a seat at the table. Medium is changing content DesignerFund KPCB Her Apple "Evolution" image Moto Hint Earin Dash Postmates Jeremy 42:00 - What was it like moving from the East Coast to San Francisco? Coming To America Omada Health Poppy Coffee Maker History of Espresso Amazon Dash 50:00 - We dig a bit deeper into some of Jared's previous roles in design Bridge Prevent Cool obesity chart FitBit Aria Obvious Lift(now Coach.me) Medium Ev Williams Tony Stubblebine 1:00:00 - Donuts! MMMM Donuts! Episode 4 1:05:00 - Jared talks about a secret agenda... Wake 1:11:00 - What does it mean to be a creative director? Dann Petty "The Creative's Mix" on Rdio

We had an amazing conversation this week with Maurice "Mo" Woods, a senior visual designer at Yahoo and founder of the Inneract Project. We chat about what he's doing in design education, diversity in design and how his background as a pro basketball player has served him in his career as a designer. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) InVision Mo on the Web: Twitter AIGA Profile Mo's HOW Interview Inneract Project Founder Inneract Project LinkedIn Show Notes: 14:00 - We learn more about Mo's interest in design education for kids. Inneract Project 20:00 - Mo gets into the details of what's going on at Inneract and why it's so important. Teach a class at Inneract Volunteer Donate 37:00 - Want to help with the Inneract Project? They need your help. Like Inneract Project on Facebook Follow Inneract Project on Twitter Get Involved Teach a class at Inneract Volunteer Donate 57:00 - The real reason design is so important for kids in underserved communities. Kristy Tillman Design Details with Kristy Tillman 1:03:00 - We chat about diversity in design, tech and the hiring process. Mo on LinkedIn 1:12:00 - Where are all the designers of color? Guthrie Dolin on LinkedIn Diversity at Google Diversity at Apple Diversity at Facebook