Podcast Episodes

Catt Small - How staff designers build influence and lead as ICs

Episode 124

Only a select few have multiple episodes on Dive Club and today Catt Small joins the ranks.

She has a gift for turning messy ideas into practical next steps so it’s no wonder her Staff Designer course…

Published on 7 hours ago

Sara Vienna - Taste, Meaning, and How to Stand Out in an AI world

Episode 123

What does it take to make people feel something with design...?

This week's guest is kind of an expert on the question.

Sara Vienna (https://x.com/sravienna?lang=en) , the Chief Design Officer at Meta…

Published on 6 days, 7 hours ago

Gabe Valdivia - How to Thrive as an Independent Designer

Episode 122

I think we're entering a world where the market for fractional design is about to explode…

So this week's episode is with one of my favorite people in the industry, Gabe Valdivia.

We're going to explor…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Behind the scenes of the Inflight startup pitch💡

Too much of designing a startup happens behind closed doors

So I want to work with the garage door open while building Inflight (https://www.inflight.co/) as much as possible.

You already saw a bunch o…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Dan Winer - How to become more strategic and advance your career

Episode 121

What does it look like to advance your career in the age of AI?

That’s what this week’s episode with Dan Winer (Director of Product Design at Kit) is all about.

He shares insights from his top-rated …

Published on 3 weeks ago

Andy Zhang - From early Figma to design engineer at Windsurf

Episode 120

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:

Published on 4 weeks ago

Vitaly Friedman - Beyond Chat: What's Next for AI Design Patterns

Episode 119

I’d bet real money that you have been on Smashing Magazine at some point in the last 18 years…

Good news is, this week I got to interview the founder, Vitaly Friedman, who is also one of the leading t…

Published on 1 month ago

From Uber to Apple to new design founder 💡

If I told you someone had a background as a senior designer at companies like Uber, Dropbox, Apple, and Patreon then you'd be pretty impressed, right?

Same.

But Adam Noffsinger walked away from all of …

Published on 1 month ago

Pietro Schirano - AI just gave designers a promotion

Episode 118

This week’s episode is with Pietro Schirano who is the founder of the new design tool MagicPath and one of the true forward thinkers on AI. We go deep into the future of prototyping, design workflows…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Why AI has changed prototyping forever

Episode 117

This week I got an inside look at Figma Make while talking to Holly and Nikolas all about the future of prototyping…

We get into real world use cases for different kinds of prototypes and how our work…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago