Shaping Design

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) spoke to Jed Bridges ( @JedBridges ), a Staff Designer crafting experiences that make wealth building affordable and accessible. We discussed everything from designing for systems involving bitcoin and sovereignty, how religion and design play together, and even a dive into AI’s affect on creativity. We came up with a crazy idea on the podcas...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat with Filippo Di Trapani , Director of Product Design at remx.xyz . We discussed obstacles he and his team face designing for the Web3 space, how to build trust with users who know nothing about blockchain, and the struggle and upside of forging bonds with remote co-workers. 💌 Subscribe to our newslett...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat with Joel Grenier , Head of Design at Maple where he’s bringing balance to families everywhere. We spoke about his career from agency to startups, his experience at the dying Blackberry, mental health startups, and most notably, mentorship in design. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to be fir...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) sat down with Blake Everingham , Lead Product Designer at SmartRent, previously at SightPlan, where he shapes the design of product for the home and family industry. We discuss everything from SightPlan’s recent $100+ million exit to SmartRent, sustaining creativity, and how design can impact the value of s...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) chat about imposter syndrome and how it affects our work. Pascal also lays out some ways to overcome it, which can also be read on our Substack . You can read the article here: 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles! 🏘️ Join our Framer community...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) interview our very first guest of the pod, Andrew Lee . Andrew is a design lead on the IBM Watson Assistant team. We discuss Andrew’s interest in ambient technology, how he is overcoming the obstacle of distraction, his views on AI ethics, and so much more. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to be f...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) first discuss some success with the podcast/newsletter stats. Then they dive into the trendy topic of design systems—what are they and how they are useful as well as why this seems like a trendy topic. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter on Substack to be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles! Soc...

In the absence of Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ), Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) runs a solo episode and goes through the future roadmap of the Shaping Design Podcast. He then dives into 8 common red flags designers most designers forget and should be looking out for when interviewing for a new job. 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩 Socials * Pascal Potvin: Twitter , LinkedIn * Mitch...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) breakdown some strategies for interviewing. Topics also covered include how we’re building in public, our framer contest to see who’s the better web designer, and why we hate design exercises. Design a winning portfolio Maven course : Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox. Learn to stand out, s...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) question how to define a great hook that entices your audience to investigate more. We also discuss strategies for targeting the right audience. We end the pod by including a new segment called Product of the Week. Design a winning portfolio Maven course : Don't be left at the bottom of a recruiter's inbox....

Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) and Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) discuss some nightmare customer support situations from Zoom’s lovely website, the recent use-cases for ChatGPT, how AI can be leveraged to improve designer’s work—including with design system (shout out Diagram )—and our upcoming “Framer Competition”. Both are about to go head to head in an epic battle for the title of Bes...

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) and Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) dive into the depths of questioning their start in design, giving advice on what to do out of college or if you’re transitioning into design—should you join an agency, startup, or enterprise. Also discussed: Mitchell’s framework for realizing when you’re too comfortable in your job. We try a new “rapid fire...

Episode 2 Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) and Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) discuss more of how they want to modify their course based on student feedback, some obstacles we find new designers trip over, how we plan to scale some of our efforts, more on AI (promise we will try not to discuss it much more), and how we are trying to scale our designer relationships. We wrap up by running th...

Episode 1 Pascal Potvin ( @loves_pixels ) and Mitchell Bernstein ( @mitchbernstein ) launch the Shaping podcast! They chat about their portfolio creation course’s secret framework and help lay out the foundation for how creatives, specifically designers, can stand out from the crowd with proven strategies. This episode also dabbles in recent AI developments and how those advancements begin to disp...