Andy Zhang - From early Figma to design engineer at Windsurf

Andy Zhang - From early Figma to design engineer at Windsurf

This week's episode is with Andy Zhang who was the lead design engineer at Windsurf. So we're going to shine a light on all of the ways you can make an impact as a design engineer including:

  • Owning more of the frontend polish
  • Thinking through design patterns and packaging features
  • Bridging the gap between technical features and intuitive UX
  • Saying “no” to features to preserve the simplicity of the system

He also shares some great stories and advice including:

  • What it was like working as an intern at Figma with <10 people
  • How designers can start to get more comfortable with code
  • How he taps into his experience as a PM at Uber while selecting the right design process
  • a lot more

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George Kedenburg - Pushing past the pixels

George Kedenburg - Pushing past the pixels

After 8 years designing at Meta, George Kedenburg III pulled a 180 and joined Humane as a design lead. So this conversation is a deep dive into designing AI products and how the role of product design...

15 Aug 202448min

Colin Dunn - What it takes to design a breakthrough AI product

Colin Dunn - What it takes to design a breakthrough AI product

Visual Electric has quickly become my go-to product for image generation and in this week’s episode we get to learn from the founder and designer, Colin Dunn. The whole discussion is an excellent look...

7 Aug 202451min

Nate Parrott - Going from engineer to founding designer of Arc

Nate Parrott - Going from engineer to founding designer of Arc

The Arc browser is one of the best products I’ve downloaded in the last few years which is why I’m so excited about this interview with their founding designer, Nate Parrott.This conversation, we get ...

1 Aug 202452min

Dan LaCivita - A glimpse of the future of design tooling

Dan LaCivita - A glimpse of the future of design tooling

This week’s episode is with Dan LaCivita who is a co-founder of Play—a new way to design mobile apps using native iOS materials. As soon as I saw this app clip I knew it was a big deal and that I had ...

24 Juli 202441min

Gavin Nelson - Prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI

Gavin Nelson - Prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI

Gavin Nelson is currently designing the Linear mobile app in addition to the best app icons on the internet. So this episode is a deep dive into prototyping and interaction design:Gavin’s journey lear...

18 Juli 202456min

Vincent van der Meuelen - The story of Figma’s big AI pivot

Vincent van der Meuelen - The story of Figma’s big AI pivot

If you watched last week’s episode, then you heard Jordan Singer say how visual search was actually the “killer feature” (not generative AI). What’s interesting is that this feature was actually a mid...

11 Juli 202443min

Jordan Singer - The future of AI in Figma

Jordan Singer - The future of AI in Figma

Live from Config, this episode with Jordan Singer follows his journey from the Diagram acquisition all the way to Figma’s 2024 AI release. We go deep into:What didn’t ship at Config and whyHow they na...

5 Juli 202449min

Kathy Zheng - How to make the jump to staff designer

Kathy Zheng - How to make the jump to staff designer

This week’s episode is with Kathy Zheng who is currently the Head of design at a Web3 protocol called Optimism. But before that she was the first designer at Patreon and went on to spend over 6 years ...

26 Juni 202449min

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