Yashar Kassai: Artwork and production design for Spiderman: Into The Spider-Verse, TMNT, and more
One of the great things about being a dad is getting to watch your favorite movies again with your kids and experience them through a new point of view, and also to watch new films together and see ho...
17 Sep 202411min
Shirley Kurata and Mimi Haddon: Palace Costume and costume design for "Everything Everywhere All at Once"
Costume design plays an important role in filmmaking. Films like Austin Powers, Lala Land, Boogie Nights, Black Panther, and Malcolm X transport us to a different time and place through costume. Have ...
12 Sep 202440min
Brendan Boyle: Toy design, play, and the creative process
Eli first met Brendan Boyle when Brendan was his instructor in the undergraduate Product Design program at Stanford, where Brendan has taught for many years. Brendan is also a toy inventor, and one of...
4 Sep 202413min
Rewind: Vicki Tan: Learning from new voices
This week, we’re rewinding to one of our favorite episodes from our 6th season, with Vicki Tan. Vicki is a designer and author, who is now a staff product designer at Pinterest. When we spoke with her...
28 Aug 202445min
Connor Moore: Sound design for Tesla, Uber, Peloton and more
Sound is the unsung hero of interaction design. The iconic chorus you hear as you boot up your Mac, the double knock of an arriving Slack message, and the ascending notes Airpods make as they connect ...
20 Aug 202446min
Matt Abrahams: Think Faster, Talk Smarter
Becoming a better communicator is one of the best ways to level up your career. Being able to think on your feet and communicate ideas effectively is critical, no matter what role you have right now, ...
13 Aug 202412min
Quilt + Mike & Maaike: Designing for sustainability
Design has the potential to help us solve some of the world’s most pressing problems. But few designers and entrepreneurs recognize that potential. Paul Lambert, co-founder and CEO of Quilt, sees des...
6 Aug 202439min
Rewind: Julie Zhuo: Facebook's former VP of Product Design on what she got right and wrong as a leader
Hi folks! We hope your summer is going well. Aarron and I are traveling and spending some time with our families this week, so we thought we’d rewind to one of our favorite episodes, with Julie Zhuo. ...
6 Aug 202450min
