Etinosa Agbonlahor: Behavioral economist on why pricing belongs in the design process
Find the full episode and bonus content on our Substack: https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/etinosa-agbonlahor For product teams at startups and established tech giants alike, finding the right pricin...
29 Apr 48min
Paul Dichter: Stranger Things writer on why the writers’ room isn’t so different from the design studio
Both Aarron and I are official Stranger Things nerds. We watched the show ourselves when they came out, and again when our kids were old enough. As children of the 80s, the way it captured that partic...
22 Apr 32min
Tessa Forshaw and Rich Braden: "Innovation-ish" and why most innovation doesn’t have to be a moonshot
We’re all familiar with the tropes around innovation and how it starts. You just need a garage in Silicon Valley, a few geniuses and visionaries, maybe some good snacks. Our guests today help us debun...
16 Apr 46min
Luis Mendo: Designer turned illustrator on making things that could only come from you
Luis Mendo is a Spanish-born illustrator based in Nagano, Japan, and his work is unmistakably, irreducibly human. His drawings are populated by bespectacled bird-like figures — part alter ego, part ph...
8 Apr 32min
David Shim and Rachana Rele: Read AI CEO and VP of Product Design for AI-native products at Adobe on amplifying creative work — not replacing it
Today we have two guests from two different companies who have one shared conviction: AI works best when it amplifies people, not replaces them. Today we’re joined by Rachana Rele, VP of Product Desig...
1 Apr 35min
Leonardo Giusti: Archetype AI's co-founder on physical AI and the limits of the chatbot
Leonardo Giusti has spent his career in the spaces between disciplines — between art and science, between research and product, between the physical world and the digital one. It’s not a conventional ...
25 Mar 28min
Brooke Hopper: Adobe's machine intelligence design lead on what AI can't touch
Brooke Hopper stays close to her craft. Before she hopped on a call with us to chat about her role at Adobe, she was deep in Cursor prototyping navigation design ideas. Though Brooke holds an individu...
18 Mar 47min
Daisy Fancourt: Epidemiologist on how creativity rewrites your biology and extends your lifespan
You probably already know that exercise, sleep, a good diet, and spending time in nature are the pillars of a healthy life . But what if there’s a fifth pillar we’ve been undervaluing, and in many cas...
12 Mar 46min
