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Get 10% off Karl's Become a Design Engineer course: https://join.dive.club/karl Today’s episode is with Karl Koch ( https://x.com/_kejk?lang=en ) and it’s filled with practical tips for new design engineers looking to push past what AI gives you out of the box. We go deep into: - Adopting the design engineering mindset - What the job market looks like for design engineers - The difference between...

This episode is a deep dive into Rive —the engine powering experiences like Spotify Wrapped, next-gen car dashboards, and so much more. After hearing Luigi and Guido Rosso’s vision for the future of interactive software, I’m convinced it will be a big deal for designers 👀

One of the biggest parts of my design practice is knowing which tool to reach for when coding with AI. There are a lot of options and they’re changing every week 😅 So in this episode, I break down: 1. The mental model I use to think about different types of AI coding workflows 2. How that model guides which tools I actually reach for day to day 3. The new AI coding product I’m completely hooked o...

Sometimes you open up a website and it's so good that you're left wondering... how the heck did they pull that off? In this episode the designer of the original Amie website, Xavier Jack ( https://x.com/KMkota0 ), is going to give us a little tutorial of what it looks like to bring web experiences to life with 3D. Some highlights: - How he prototyped the viral Amie website - How he made the Amie i...

Last month the head of design at Lovable, Nad Chishtie , walked us through the portfolio of one of their recent design hires, Matt Sellers . So today's episode is a behind-the-scenes of what it actually takes to create a portfolio that gets you hired at one of today's top startups. He shares some really tactical mental models that I think everyone can benefit from. Some highlights: Why Matt remove...

There's been a heck of a debate around the future of coding and design tools lately... but what's actually happening inside of today's top teams? Where is all this headed and how does the future of our tools shape the role of a designer? Today's episode is with Stephen Haney ( https://x.com/sdothaney ) who is the founder of the new design tool Paper. And for the last few months he's studied how de...

Gab and Nim are the co-founders of a startup called Dessn which allows designers to prototype in the context of their production codebase (without any of the setup). So I asked them to hook it up to the Inflight repo and give me a little demo to see what’s possible. I’m pretty sold 👀

Someone asked me recently... if you had to join a design team, who would you want to work for? And my answer was easy... Perplexity So today's episode with Henry Modisett ( https://x.com/henrymodis ) (Perplexity's VP of Design) is a deep dive into what makes their design culture so special. Some highlights: - How to create a culture of decisiveness - What signals Henry is looking for in designers...

Kyle Zantos is leading the new UX Tools Labs where he's responsible for figuring out what matters for new design tools and workflows. As a result, he's pretty quickly become my go-to source as I transition into more of a builder with AI. So this conversation is a deep dive into very specific tactics you can use on your own design engineering journey. We'll go through recommended tools, workflows,...

We talk a lot about using AI at startups… But what are more established companies doing to scale AI prototyping? What are the best ways to use AI to prototype with your design system? That's what today's episode is all about because we're talking with Lewis Healey ( https://x.com/Lewishealey ) and Kylor Hall ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/kylorhall/ ) about how they scaled AI prototyping at Atlassi...

Today's episode goes deep into all of the design details in a new video collaboration tool called Flask . But the reason I’m so inspired by this product goes far beyond the UI/UX… Flask is designed and built by one person— Enrico Tartarotti —who was a PM before this so his journey is the perfect example of what it looks like to thrive as a generalist builder. So this episode tells the story of wha...

As one of the fastest growing companies in the world, Lovable is scaling their design team by tapping into the [Dive Talent Network]( https://www.dive.club/talent-network ). So I interviewed their Head of Design, [Nad Chishtie]( https://x.com/nadonomy ), to learn everything I can about how to get hired as a designer at Lovable. Some highlights: - A breakdown of a recent design hire’s portfolio - H...

What does it look like to own web design for one of the fastest growing AI companies in the world? And how do you get that opportunity if you don’t have companies like Apple or Airbnb on your resumé? That’s what this episode with [Roman Tesliuk]( https://x.com/RomaTesla ) is all about. He walks us through the Eleven Labs Figma and talks about the tiniest of design decisions all the way to how he’s...

I’ve probably learned more about visual design from MDS than anyone in the design community. So I wanted to go deep into the creative process behind the all-new Shift Nudge website to see how he explores visual ideas. He takes us through his Figma file that is full of very good ideas that didn't ship. And he even shows us how he built his own Mosaic tool in v0 which became the core motif of the si...

I get shown a lot of tool demos and one thing is clear… Canvas-based UX will play a pivotal role in how we interface with AI. It’s a big reason why Figma just bought Weavy 👀 So I interviewed Steve Ruiz who is the founder of tldraw where he's spent over 3 years and $5 million dollars building the perfect canvas (which powers many of the startups that we've studied on this show). Some highlights: W...

In one of the most popular episodes yet, Vitaly Friedman talked about what’s next for AI design patterns ( https://www.dive.club/deep-dives/vitaly-friedman ). In that episode he frequently referenced Shape of AIl ( https://www.shapeof.ai/ ) which is an incredible database of AI design patterns. So I wanted to get to the source and go deep with the creator Emily Campbell ( https://www.linkedin.com/...

AI is fundamentally shifting the way we think about digital products and the core deliverables that we're bringing to the table as designers. So I asked Geoffrey Litt ( https://x.com/geoffreylitt ) (Design Engineer at Notion) to share his vision for the future of malleable software and AI system design. Here’s some highlights: - The keys to effective system design - Geoffrey’s workflow for “workin...

Craft gets you hired. But business impact gets you promoted. So this week’s episode with [Ryan Scott]( https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanscottcreative/ ) is a deep dive into how designers can think strategically about their career. He shares a ton of lessons from his [PM Masterclass for designers]( https://join.dive.club/ryan-scott-pm-masterclass-affiliate ): - What it looks like to grow your produc...

Board ( https://board.fun/ ) has taken over social social media (and for good reason). It’s one of the most obvious yet innovative products I’ve ever seen. So as soon as Kevin Twohy ( https://x.com/kevintwohy ) shared a preview with me I knew we had to do an interview to get the behind-the-scenes (spoiler: I did buy it lol). So this episode is a deep dive into his design process for the first ever...

AI is reshaping how we design and build software, creating huge opportunities for designers who experiment, adapt, and help define what the practice looks like next. This session is your opportunity to learn directly from some of the best in the industry.

Imagine a world where handoff no longer exists and designers are moving fluidly in code… [Drew Wilson]( https://x.com/drewwilson ) is one of the people pulling that future into the present so this week’s episode is a deep dive into his vision for the new design tool [Opacity]( https://opacity.app/ ). Some highlights: - How team structures are changing - How to stand out when everyone is a builder...

Over the last few months one product has risen to the top of my inspiration list… ツSupercut ( https://supercut.ai/ ) The point of this episode is to figure out what it takes to consistently reach that level of excellence. How do you maintain that level of attention to detail while preserving the speed that you need to hit when going 0 -> 1 on a new product? This week's episode is with David (...

We’re talking about craft in B2B SaaS... but what is it like designing for frontier interfaces like the Apple watch or even neural interfaces? We find out in this week’s episode with Rooz Mahdavian. ( https://x.com/roozm ) He’s the design engineer at Neuralink so we're about to get pretty nerdy and talk about what it’s like designing an experience that allows someone to use a computer with just th...

Imagine it’s your first day as a designer at Perplexity... and the VP of Design hands you the keys for their all-new AI browser, [Comet]( https://www.perplexity.ai/comet ). That’s the story for [Escha Vera]( https://x.com/eschadiol ). So this week’s episode is a deep dive into her design process and what it looks like to use AI like an artist. - How she designed Comet onboarding experience - Creat...

What does the perfect e-commerce platform look like in an AI era? That’s the question Shopify’s Chief Design Officer Carl Rivera has set out to answer so this week’s episode is all about Shopify’s big bet on design and craft as the ultimate differentiator. We go deep into: - What happens when AI makes everyone a 7/10 designer - What most design teams get wrong when casting vision - How design can...