Design Details

Today we caught up with our good friend Jeff Smith, a designer at Facebook, a shralper at heart, and an all-around amazing designer. We start off digging into Jeff's background but quickly start to uncover what makes a great manager, how to deal with imposter syndrome, filling in skill gaps, answering the eternal 1x vs 2x debate, and addressing the importance of visual design. Come chat with us in...

Today we finally had the chance to catch Marshall Bock on a solo recording! We dig deeper into his background, dive into sketch tips and tricks, talk about grids and guides and how to build great cross-platform experiences. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each w...

Today we sat down with Vicki Tan, a designer here in SF working at Lyft and wearing all black. In this episode we get into Vicki's journey to design, crafting a better interview process, management and having successful one-on-ones, hustling, getting a first design job and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting abo...

Today we caught up with Joey Banks, a designer here in SF, previously at Scoot Networks. Joey is a self-described junior designer, and in today's show we dig into his journy in the industry, his next projects, what makes a good mentor, how to build your network and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the l...

Today we sat down with Daniel Eden, a design engineer at Dropbox. We dig briefly into Dan's background, talk about the relationship between designers and developers, writing CSS at scale, scratching your own itch and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 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 the designer formerly known as Brad Simpson. Brad currently designs at Medium, but he comes from a highly technical hardware background at IDEO and MIT. We dig into Brad's transition from hardware/mechanical design to software design, the challenges of designing at Medium and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 designers and developers have already jo...

Today we have a very special, experimental episode of Design Details. On our last night of Epicurrence #3 we invited folks to come answer one of three questions; the result is a 28-guest mega-episode! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 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 comm...

For our third Epicurrence episode we sat down with Mackey Saturday and Meg Robichaud. We catch up on their past year, branding and illustration work, how to navigate company politics, the way to get critique as a freelancer, and a handfull of listener questions at the end! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the...

In another Epicurrence recording of Design Details, we caught up with Ben Cline and Anson Schall of Rally Interactive. We dig into Rally's humble beginnings, the merit of design awards, how designers and developers work together, and the worst kind of client. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,500 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools...

In our first Epicurrence recording we caught up with the talented Amy and Jen Hood, founders of Hoodzpah Design. In this show we chat with the twins about their backgrounds as designers, work life balance, side projects, pricing and how to start a design business. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest t...

In another special roundtable episode of Design Details, we caught up with Drew Wilson and Dann Petty, the creators of the Valio Con and Epicurrence design conferences. We dig into the ethos of their creations, the hardest parts of pulling together a community, and what it takes to create a physical experience for hundreds of people. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers a...

This episode with Adam Michela was soopa fun; Adam is a designer at AirBnb, previously at Last, Facebook and Gowalla among others. We caught up to talk about Adam's background as a designer, building style guides at scale, the impact of engineering on user experience, and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting abou...

In another roundtable episode of Design Details, we caught up with Katie Zhu and Tara Mann to chat about social media, personal brands, new media, storytelling and our favorite undiscovered apps! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 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...

Episode 100! We made it - thank you so much to everyone has listened to an episode, shared the show with a friend or reached out to us on Twitter this past year; we wouldn't be here without you. For this special episode we caught up with Daniel Burka to talk about his background, process, critique, what keeps him up at night and more. Enjoy! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 des...

Today we sat down with Ian Silber, a designer (and design manager!) at Instagram. We dig into his background, talk about taking bets on young designers, his key learnings in management, briefly diverge into cooking, and return back to his process for hiring at Instagram. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the l...

For episode 98 we sat down with Marc Hemeon and Joshua Taylor to talk about their new company, Design Inc. We also dig into their biggest advice for young designers, what they would learn if they could start again, soul vs. ego and what it takes to surround yourself with the best people. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, cha...

In today's episode of Design Details we brought the Vicarious crew, Marshall Bock and Josh Sortino, over to have a round table discussion about design leadership. This is a different format from our usual shows, so ping us on Twitter @designdetailsfm with your thoughts and feedback! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting...

Today we caught up with Kerem Suer, a product designer at Operator. We've been itching to chat with Kerem for the past year, and it was so fun to finally get to catch up! In this episode we talk about Kerem's background as a designer and sailor, career progression, side projects, and the dumbest domain names we've ever bought. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 3,000 designers and deve...

For our first new recording in 2016 we caught up with Brian Benitez, a designer who built Collective Ray over the past 5 years and has just recently joined the team at Weebly. We chat about his origins as a designer, making the switch to Weebly, moving to SF and, of course, sandwich art. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,900 designers and developers have already joined our team, cha...

For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family - to tide everyone over, we've compiled four episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2015. We hope you enjoy listening back and re-discovering some of our earliest content, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2016! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,700 designers and developers have already joined...

For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family - to tide everyone over, we've compiled four episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2015. We hope you enjoy listening back and re-discovering some of our earliest content, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2016! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,700 designers and developers have already joined...

For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family - to tide everyone over, we've compiled four episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2015. We hope you enjoy listening back and re-discovering some of our earliest content, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2016! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,700 designers and developers have already joined...

For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family - to tide everyone over, we've compiled four episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2015. We hope you enjoy listening back and re-discovering some of our earliest content, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2016! Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,700 designers and developers have already joined...

In our last recorded guest episode of 2015, we were able to catch up with Dan Mall! We couldn't have asked for a more perfect episode to end our year - in this show Dan drops knowledge about freelancing, job titles, and helping people do the best work of their lives. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,600 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the lates...

In this episode we caught up with Justin Pervorse, a designer and illustrator at Dropbox, and previously at MailChimp. We dig into Justin's backstory, making vinyl toys at MailChimp, creating a custom t-shirt deli shop at Dropbox and the worst parts about living in San Francisco. Come chat with us in our new Slack team ! Over 2,500 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting ab...