Gabe Valdivia - How to Thrive as an Independent Designer

Craft is so much more than a shimmering landing page or micro animation…It’s sweating all of the tiny details and having a thorough understanding of the edge cases in your product.But there’s one deta...

23 Dec 20245min

This week's episode is with Sam Peitz who quickly became one of my favorite designers to follow in 2024.He regularly shares experiments like TextOS, his scribble running app, and assorted letter proto...

18 Dec 202448min

Designers have become servants of “the process” so this episode features stories of people who are breaking the mold in the way they explore and prototype ideas.It includes insights from:Gabe Valdivia...

16 Dec 202411min

Did you know that the very first interface designer at Adobe was also the first designer to work on Figma? 🤯His name is Andrei Herasimchuk and he knows a lot about design tooling…So this week’s episo...

11 Dec 202449min

Many of my favorite episodes are when we get to hear from the earliest designers at companies like Linear, Perplexity, Ramp, Facebook, etc.So this episode pulls out the key insights so you can learn w...

9 Dec 20249min

Imagine joining an early stage startup as the first senior designer and within a few years, it becomes the fastest growing company ever.Well… that's the story of Diego Zaks who is now the VP of design...

4 Dec 202450min

Imagine you’re asked to lead the design of a new project. It’s complex, open-ended, and full of interconnected problems…How do you attack that ambiguity and get momentum quickly?This episode is an att...

2 Dec 202410min

2024 was the year the Perplexity brand took over the design community. And a big reason why is because of Phi Hoang.So this week’s episode is a deep dive into brand experience design and creativity wi...

27 Nov 202447min