Gabe Valdivia - Storytelling, freelancing, and designing 0 to 1
One of the most requested guests has been Gabe Valdivia. He was an early designer at Facebook, a designer manager at Google, and has led design for different startups over the years most recently as t...
14 Mar 202445min
Andy Allen - What’s wrong with software design today
As soon as I read No More Boring Apps I was hooked. Andy Allen immediately became one of my design heroes and now I use his Not Boring apps daily. So this conversation is a behind-the-scenes of his jo...
7 Mar 202447min
Jenny Wen - The art of designing for delight
In this episode we get to hear from Jenny Wen who is the person who originally designed and brought Figjam to market. This conversation is full of inslights like:How Jenny attacks ambiguity early in t...
29 Feb 202440min
8 key takeaways from season 4
This episode expands on 8 key insights that I took away from interviewing designers like Soleio, Kevin Twohy, Molly Hellmuth, Soren Iverson, etc. 1. A unique way to stand out as a design candidate 2. ...
22 Feb 202423min
Soleio - What makes a truly great software designer
Soleio made a name for himself as the 2nd design hire at Facebook and eventually went on to lead design at Dropbox. Now he invests in extraordinary software startups like Figma, Framer, Vercel, Perple...
14 Feb 202452min
Bonus Episode: Helen Zhou - How designers can get the most out of AI tools
Galileo recently broke design twitter with the launch of their new generative AI tool for builders. So in this episode we talk with their co-founder and lead designer, Helen Zhou about: - Her journey ...
13 Feb 202431min
Kevin Wong - How design works at Webflow
Webflow has had as big an impact on design as any company over the last decade. So this episode is an inside look at their design culture, rituals, and key insights from their Head of Design, Kevin Wo...
8 Feb 202441min
Ryo Lu - Systems thinking for product designers
In this episode we get to hear from Ryo Lu who was one of the very first designers at Notion. This conversation is an inside look at the Notion design process, how they think about product, and a lot ...
1 Feb 202432min
