Dive Club 🤿

Dive Club 🤿

Where designers never stop learning đź’Ş

Dive Club is an interview series hosted by Ridd that is designed to unlock knowledge from today's most prolific designers. We go deep into craft, storytelling, tools, design engineering, startups, and much more.

You can find all of the episodes, key takeaways, and bonus resources here 👉 Dive.club

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Catt Small - How to influence and lead as a staff designer

Catt Small - How to influence and lead as a staff designer

How do the best staff designers influence and lead as individual contributors?I interviewed Catt Small to answer that question and it turned into one of the most practical episodes yet. She pulls from...

17 Tammi 202552min

How to get hired by the best teams đź’ˇ

How to get hired by the best teams đź’ˇ

What are the best teams looking for in design candidates?That’s become one of my favorite questions to ask so this episode shines a light on some of those traits and what you can do to stand out.It in...

14 Tammi 202511min

Tyler Angert - The rise of spontaneous software

Tyler Angert - The rise of spontaneous software

This week’s episode is with Tyler Angert who was the first design hire at Replit. So we get a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like designing for a hyper growth startup. However in early 2024, Tyle...

8 Tammi 202548min

You’re an AI product designer now 💡

You’re an AI product designer now 💡

I’m designing a new product and a few months ago I would’ve confidently said it’s not an AI product. But I was wrong.This new technology creates endless opportunities… we just have to be able to see w...

6 Tammi 20259min

Mike and Chara Smith - Designing for the love of the game

Mike and Chara Smith - Designing for the love of the game

I’ve followed Mike Smith ever since he designed the Perplexity brand identity and quickly realized he’s one of the most creative designers I’ve ever seen. Turns out his wife Chara is a positioning mas...

3 Tammi 202557min

Thinking like an engineer is a super power for designers đź’ˇ

Thinking like an engineer is a super power for designers đź’ˇ

Being able to think like an engineer helps you collaborate with developers more effectively, design UIs that make sense, and empowers you to build your ideas with AI tools like v0, Claude, etc.So this...

30 Joulu 202410min

Pranathi Peri - Designing v0 from Vercel

Pranathi Peri - Designing v0 from Vercel

We've heard a lot on this show about designers becoming builders using tools like v0 and today we get to do a deep dive with Pranathi Peri who is leading the design of v0 at Vercel. We discuss:Growing...

27 Joulu 202452min

What true obsession with craft looks like đź’ˇ

What true obsession with craft looks like đź’ˇ

Craft is so much more than a shimmering landing page or micro animation…It’s sweating all of the tiny details and having a thorough understanding of the edge cases in your product.But there’s one deta...

23 Joulu 20245min