Shaping Design

In this episode, we sit down with Estonian designer, Ilya Miskov, and dive into being low-key Twitter/X famous, his love for iconography, and getting started in design. Correction: I mistakenly said 40th episode, when this is only the 39th. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we dr...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein and Logan Liffick dive into the biggest mindset shift that they face while switching disciplines (marketing vs product), the recent Dribbble branding redesign, and how to focus better. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and...

In this episode, Blake Everingham returns to the pod with some more design drip. Topics include his fitness app side project, his gorilla strategy for user research, what he learned using his instincts at a startup vs. enterprise, and of course how to begin chiseling away at the design leadership mindset. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framer...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chats with Logan Liffick ( @logan_liffick ) about Design Twitter / X content influencers, the plummeting design process many of us adhere to, becoming a solopreneur, and way more. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop ne...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) sits down with Matthieu Salvaggio ( @BlazeFoundry ), CEO and founder of Blaze Foundry, a typography foundry that’s designed tons of impressive typefaces that are actually affordable ! We discussed everything from how he chooses which typefaces to sell, to the inner workings of a foundry as a business and how he DOES NOT recommend it. We’re al...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) brings on Dan Hollick ( @DanHollick ) to discuss his recently released advanced Framer course, controversies among the design community such as outdated color standards, and more. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/everythingframer 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) discusses some thoughts about Twitter/X users chasing follower counts, subscription agency downsides, and designers facing depression. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles: Socials * Mitchell B...

Mitchell ( @mitchbernstein ) and Paul Lapkin ( @DesignedByPaul ) launch into a discussion about all things typography, choosing the right typeface, transitioning from traditional graphic design into digital product design, sources of typography inspiration, and covering much of his recent notoriety all over the Framer universe. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chats with Logan Liffick ( @logan_liffick ) about his current job as Head of Product & Design at Makelog. We discuss some learnings up-and-coming designers should listen to, how he benefits as a designer from understanding code, even talking about a trip down memory lane, and much more. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chats with Fabio ( @fffabs ) about his adventures designing a multitude of incredibly well known software including for Porsche, Bumble, and more! We dived into his thoughts on the subscription design agency trend going around and how he chooses to select projects based on what he aims to learn—an admirable approach you don’t hear about often...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chats with Cédric Moore ( @cedric_design ) about his current endeavors of building a Framer course and becoming financially stable to pursue his passions. Cédric was kind enough to drop some real stats on his projects, which was shocking how successful he has been with only recent momentum. 🎥 Wanna see our faces too? Subscribe to the Shaping...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) review progress on building up the Shaping Design audience in the spirit of building in public, a bit of the future of SD, chatting about Config, and figma buying Diagram, an AI startup that built plugins for Figma. 🎥 Wanna see our faces too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel . 📕 Download ou...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat with John Allen ( @Jall_n ) about his startup addiction, how he built a social network that retained moderate success with lots of lessons learned, transitioning from non-design related industries to become self taught at design and coding, the business of design, and so much more. 🎥 Wanna see our fac...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chats with Jorn Van Dijk ( @jornvandijk ) about the future of his company, Framer, a no-code website builder that has somewhat recently pivoted their company from a previous mission of enabling realistic prototyping. Jorn shares his experience transitioning to the role of CE-YO (CEO), how he’s cultivating a sustainable culture, what he looks...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) chat with Rahul Bhadoriya ( @ RahulDesignWeb3 ) about the skyrocket in his following on social media, how to harness the skills to grow your own design design following, his experience and bounce back from being laid off, Rahul’s portfolio framework, and our mutual passion to educate designers. 🎥 Wanna see our faces too? Subscribe to the Sha...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat with Clara Pastore ( @TheIndLang ) about her ventures into Framer, being laid off, developing your own taste, her upcoming projects, and much more. 🎥 Wanna see our faces too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel . 📕 Download our guide for winning your next design interview! 🌎 Sign up for...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) explores how to develop a great design sensibility, aka your taste, in 4 simple steps. 🎥 Wanna see us too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel . 📕 Download our guide for winning your next design interview! 🌎 Sign up for Framer to build your own spot on the internet, no-coding required, and use promo code pro-yearly-partner for...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) discuss recent milestones of our newsletter/podcast and Mitch’s current life working for startups. 🎥 Wanna see us too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel . 📕 Download our guide for winning your next design interview—currently half off! 🌎 Sign up for Framer to build your own spot on the inter...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat with with Tregg Frank ( @treggify ) about his most controversial takes in design, considering accessibility, how he gets full-time jobs via his Twitter connections, why he hates user personas, and more. 🎥 Wanna see us too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel . 📕 Download our guide for win...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( https://twitter.com/loves_pixels ) chat with with JP Burdett (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpburdett/) about leadership, taking risks, moving up the design hierarchy, and how to structure your mentality with a few strategies. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to level up your design skills each w...

In this episode, Pascal Potvin ( https://twitter.com/loves_pixels ) chat with with Kate Pincott ( https://twitter.com/katepincott ) where we spoke about a range of topics including how Kate is helping to tokenize real assets for the digital world with Mattereum, how she thinks titles are a form of recognition, designing for the truth, and a ton of other fun things! 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter o...

In this episode, Pascal Potvin ( https://twitter.com/loves_pixels ) and Mitchell Bernstein ( https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein ) chat with Sarah Doody ( https://twitter.com/sarahdoody ) who runs Career Strategy Lab, helping creatives land their next UX or Product job. She’s hosting a live cohort course with Maven.com, on creating a standout resume & LinkedIn. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Sub...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( https://twitter.com/loves_pixels ) chat about how we came to acquiring https://everythingframer.com for our coming business adventure and Mitch’s recent misfortune with finding a design job. He explains what he’s been doing to move through this disappointing time and breaks down his perspective with Pasc...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) breaks down 5 realizations of design he had during a hard day of working in the yard. He also announces our acquisition of Everythingframer.com ! 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles! Links * Everythingframer.com Socials * Pascal Potvin: Twitter , LinkedIn * Mitchell Bernstein:...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( https://twitter.com/mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( https://twitter.com/loves_pixels ) decided to open up about our ongoings—our recent efforts to teach, a new guide we’re launching, and explaining what we have failed but learned over the past few moths. We also discuss how we plan on providing value to our community and what we’re up to a bit with Framer...