Episode 110
Darrin Henein - The new bar for design excellence at Shopify
Dive Club 🤿 · Ridd
June 6, 20251h 3m
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Show Notes
This week's episode is with Darrin Henein who is the VP of Design at Shopify. We talk about how they create a culture of excellence and how AI is influencing the way they practice the design.
Some highlights:
- What makes for a great design critique culture
- Darrin’s expectation for how designers prototype
- How Shopify’s new AI mandate impacts designers
- Traits Darrin notices in promising younger designers
- What designers can learn from the best communicators at Shopify
- Why Darrin believes designers need to think beyond static prototypes
- a lot more