Mack Paul: Co-author of Miracle Road on designing places where innovation happens
In the mid-1950s, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the country. Its economy ran on tobacco, furniture, and textiles — all three in decline — and its universities were turning out talent...
17 Sep 44min
Federico Casalegno: Samsung EVP and MIT Design Lab founder on what 20,000 years of human creativity means for design today
When Samsung’s CEO asked Federico Casalegno to redesign the cameras on the company’s phones, Federico told him he was the wrong person for the job. He wasn’t an optical engineer. He didn’t understand ...
10 Sep 24min
Jonathan Adler returns: The minimalist inside the maximalist
Jonathan Adler was one of our favorite guests, so we’ve been angling to get him back ever since. He started as a potter and now designs furnishings and interiors that are decadent, but layered with me...
2 Sep 44min
Clay Parker Jones: author of "Hidden Patterns" on why your team isn't really a team
We all know that there is something fractured about the workplace, that makes it inefficient, and at times inhumane. If only someone was thinking deeply about those problems, and how to address them… ...
28 Aug 23min
Angel Steger: Wealthfront's VP of Design on what architecture teaches you about software
A few years ago, Dropbox redesigned its website and revenue dropped by thirty percent. It was an all-hands-on-deck moment: people working weekends, everyone hunting for a systemic failure. Visit our ...
21 Aug 52min
Ben Drury: Yoto co-founder on audio, imagination, and screen-free design
Like a lot of parents, Eli struggled over the years to get his kids more into reading and away from screens. He wasn’t necessarily on the search for a technological solution, but then an interesting d...
13 Aug 50min
Jeff Hammoud: Chief Design Officer of Rivian on constraints, color, and what separates designers from stylists
This is a special bonus episode, an interview with Rivian’s Chief Design Officer, Jeff Hammoud. We’ve got all the audio here, but it’s worth heading over to our Youtube channel at dbtr.co/youtube to w...
5 Aug 46min
Eric Ries: Lean Startup author on why good companies go bad, and why good design is critical to success
Fifteen years ago, Eric Ries handed a generation of founders a playbook. When Eli was in a Palo Alto-based startup accelerator in 2011, The Lean Startup felt like the only book anyone in that ecosyste...
22 Jul 34min
