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In this episode, we hung out the one and only Lucas Smith. We covered everything from design systems to fighting your CFO, and the hot new front-end framework, Haskell. 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...

Today we caught up with Ben Wilkins, a design technologist building systems at Airbnb. We dig into what it takes to build design systems, coding as prototyping, the current world of design tools, 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 ho...

Today we met with Andy Chung, a designer building Pattern, and previously working at Facebook. We dig into Andy's beginnings, designing at Facebook, understanding changes at scale, bringing Reactions to market, intuition-driven design, 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 de...

Today we sat down with Julia Khusainova, a designer at Shyp, previously at Twitter. We dig into Julia's background, leaving Russia, transitioning from engineering to design, designing onboarding experiences, facing burnout, balancing side projects, 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 n...

Today we sat down with Dr. Charles Pearson, a cultural anthropologist working at InVision. We dig into Charles' thoughts on anthropology, research in design and startups, exploratory design, personas, legacy, 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 we...

Today we caught up with Lisa Sy, a designer working at Facebook, and previously building products at thoughtbot. We dig into Lisa's background, designing for privacy and control, internships vs. apprenticeships, design and code, multidisciplinary design, 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...

Today we caught up with Bob Baxley, a designer in Silicon Valley. Bob formerly led design at Pinterest, and before that built products at Apple and Yahoo!. We dig into topics like med-tech, managing millennials, Pokémon GO and Gen-Z, design in big tech, 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 lates...

Today we sat down with Kory Westerhold, a designer at Facebook working on Newsfeed, who previously designed at Twitter, Apple, and more. We dig deep on video games, opinions in design, theater and story telling, portfolios, designing for newsfeed, carrying an Android phone, and balancing side projects. Come chat with us in our Slack team ! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined ou...

Today we caught up with Alexandra Bond, a design fellow at Sequoia Creative Labs and previously a designer at Pinterest. We pick her brain about her origins, friction in design, transitioning into a product role, navigating the job search, answering the why , 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...

Today we sat down with Athyuttam Reddy, a designer-engineer intern at Figma. We cover so much in this episode, including engineer design hybrid roles, getting a design job as a new grad, landing meaningful internships, becoming jaded, diversity and inclusivity, 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 t...

Today we caught up with Irina Blok, a designer at Zendesk who has previously designed at Google, Yahoo, and Adobe (among so many other companies). We talk about brand and product, moving from Russia to California, designing in the real world, putting in the work, and much more. Come chat with us in our Slack team ! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about th...

Today we caught up with Jeany Ngo, a designer by day at Airbnb, artist and creator and cosplayer by night. We dig into her journey into design, internships and hustle, art and cosplay, aphantasia and logic, 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...

Today we caught up with Beth Dean, a designer at Facebook, avid hiker, creator of toys and comics, illustrator, and artist. We dig into Beth's journey into design, adventures in SF, designing at Facebook, transitional states in design, 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 i...

Today we got to catch up for a second time with Mackey Saturday, a brand and logo designer at CGH in New York. We dig deep into logo and brand design, working for free, making mistakes, 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 commu...

Today we were able to catch up with May-Li Khoe, a designer at Khan Academy who previously spent seven years on the design team at Apple. In this episode we dig deep into long-term thinking, passion and work, priorities and flow, 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 had the opportunity to talk with Melanie Araujo, an independent designer and the creator of Front and Center. She shares her story with us, and we dig into complex topics like self-awareness, identity, personal growth, inclusion and diversity, 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...

Today we caught up with Tim Quirino, a product designer at Facebook working on Live. We dig into his background, mentorship, a designer's responsibility, vulnerability, 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 wit...

Today we sat down with Jessica Collier, who most recently led content and design at Stellar.org. We go deep into designing economies, the importance of words and titles, Silicon Valley, the role of content in design, and so much more. 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 wo...

Today we caught up with Amber Cartwright, a design manager at Airbnb. We dig into her past and journey into design, management and leadership, invisible design, machine learning and AI, and so much more. 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 c...

We recently sat down with Chris Downer, a designer at Sketch, previously at Realmac Software. We dig into his background, what it takes to design Sketch, how to build great software, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 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 cr...

Today we sat down with Stewart Scott-Curran, a designer working to build the brand team at Intercom. We dig into his background and journey as a designer, building a team with opinions, the ethics of design, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we...

Today we met with Karri Saarinen, a designer at Airbnb working on their Design Language System. In this episode we dig deep into design tools and systems, collaboration at scale, building trust with design, and much more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each wee...

Today we caught up with Daniel Hooper, a designer and engineer working on Principle. We dig into his process of building a prototyping tool, building side projects, San Francisco, Apple, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 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 communit...

In this episode we sat down with Pieter Omvlee, the creator of Bohemian Coding and Sketch. We chat about remote work, building and designing software, creating culture, the vision for Sketch, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 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 com...

This episode has been a long time coming: we finally caught up with Mike Davidson, the previous VP of design at Twitter and an all-around wonderful human. We dig deep into topics like evaluating designers, openness and honesty in tech, building teams, diversity, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 4,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the...