Dive Club 🤿13 Nov 2024

Dessn - The missing tool for product designers

After writing a viral article called “The Missing Tool” I was fortunate to meet Gab and Nim who are the co-founders of a startup called Dessn.

Dessn is a new way to ship design changes without having to write code. Their extension overlays a Figma-like interface on your live web app so designers can easily make changes. Their AI then writes the code and pushes it to your Github. That means designers can now contribute directly to production.

Over the last few months we’ve had regular jam sessions about the future of design tooling, how AI impacts software creation, and everything in between…

These jam sessions have been some of the most inspiring conversations I’ve had this year. So this week’s episode is a way to loop you in on some of those conversations. We go deep into:

The future of design systems with AI
Crafting a product strategy in today’s landscape
Navigating the idea maze as an early stage founder
What it means to have an “AI native” product strategy
How the flattening of the talent stack impacts designers
Why Nim was so inspired by the head of design at Unsplash
What “taste” looks like when operating as a creative director
a lot more

Check out the Dessn website
Nim mentioned V0.dev as a way to create software (also might like Meng To’s recent episode)
The short story Library of Babel
Studio Ghibli animation studios
Graza olive oil as an example of what a strong brand looks like in a commoditized product line

Denne episoden er hentet fra en åpen RSS-feed og er ikke publisert av Podme. Den kan derfor inneholde annonser.

Episoder(226)

Derek Briggs - Scaling craft at Shopify

This week's episode is with Derek Briggs and we're doing a deep dive into how he's raising the bar for craft as a principal designer at Shopify.Some highlights:- Scaling impact as a principal IC at Sh...

3 Nov 50min

James McDonald - Building Beautiful Websites with Claude

James McDonald is one of my favorite visual designers on the planet… but recently he took on his first ever contract where he’s responsible for both designing AND building his ideas from scratch.So I ...

28 Okt 44min

Kyle Barber - Designing Inflight (the raw behind-the-scenes)

This week's episode is a behind-the-scenes of the Inflight design journey. So I invited my co-founder Kyle Barber (designer at Tinder, Facebook, and Airchat) to share what it's actually like designing...

20 Okt 58min

Myles Palmer - Building Custom AI Tools at Metalab

I’ve seen a lot of custom AI tools on this show…But this week’s episode with Myles Palmer (Design Director at Metalab) might take the cake.Myles is the perfect archetype for what it looks like to be c...

15 Okt 56min

Rhiannon Bell - How Google designs for AI at scale

This week's episode is with Rhiannon Bell (VP of UX for Google Search) and we're doing a deep dive into what it takes to design for AI at the scale of Google.Some highlights:- The design decisions tha...

6 Okt 49min

Danny Martinez - Thriving in today’s design job market

This week's episode is with Danny Martinez and we're doing the ultimate deep dive into design hiring and what's happening in today's job market. Danny has the perfect vantage point as the CEO of Decim...

29 Sep 51min

Geoff Teehan - Navigating change as a designer

This week's episode is with Geoff Teehan—co-founder of the legendary design agency Teehan+Lax, longtime design leader at Facebook, and now Chief Design Officer at Lightspark.Some highlights:How Geoff ...

23 Sep 51min

Nev Flynn - Bringing artful expression into enterprise design

This week's episode is with Nev Flynn and we're doing a deep dive into how he's bringing artful expression into enterprise design as the Head of Design at ElevenLabs.Some highlights:Inside look at Ele...

15 Sep 49min