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Astro Teller & Ivo Stivoric: Why moonshots require unlearning everything you know

Season 12 Episode 147

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When a company talks about taking a “moo…

Published on 2 months ago

Henry Modisett: Perplexity’s VP of Design on embracing ambiguity and leading with curiosity

Season 12 Episode 146

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AI isn’t just another layer in our digital toolkit—it’s reshaping the tools themselves, and in the proces…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Elizabeth Lin: Rethinking design education in the age of AI

Season 12 Episode 145

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Have you played around with Cursor? If…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Nick Foster: Could, Should, Might, Don't—a new way to think about designing for the future

Season 12 Episode 144

Most designers are comfortable in the world of known problems—we talk to users, gather insights, iterate based on feedback. But what happens when you're designing for a future that doesn't exist yet?…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Tim Brown: Allbirds co-founder on mission-driven design and entrepreneurship

Season 12 Episode 143

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Sometimes your career takes an unexpected turn—and that pivot can l…

Published on 3 months ago

Matt Raw: Balancing legacy and innovation at The New York Times

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Matt Raw, Interim VP of Design at The New York Times, and his team have a tough job. Their work is seen by mi…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

The Brief: Microscopes and telescopes

Microscopes and telescopes

By Aarron Walter

A friend and former colleague called me recently to catch up and get my perspective on an important question. He leads a product team at a major tech compa…

Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago

Rhiannon Bell: Designing the future of search at Google

Season 12 Episode 141

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We all rely o…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Bonus Episode: Inside Sonos's distributed research & design process for the Arc Ultra

For many creative people, music is a central part of life. Count us in that camp. We’ve long admired Sonos products for their quality and easy integration into our homes, and everything they design i…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago

Noah Levin: AMA with Figma's VP of Design on their latest releases

Figma is central to most designers' workflow these days (certainly is here at Design Better). So it's important to get familiar with all of the latest features. Who better to give us the back story o…

Published on 3 months, 4 weeks ago