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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 a...

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...

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 ho...

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...

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 i...

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...

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 develo...

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, cha...

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 lat...

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 joine...

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...

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 alread...

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...

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....

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...

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 tea...

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 t...

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...

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 late...

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...

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...

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 te...

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 th...

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, chatt...

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...