Susan Magsamen and Ivy Ross: Your Brain on Art

Season 12 Episode 137

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In school, art is often positioned in curricula as an enrichment subject, not a core skill …

Published on 4 months ago

Rewind: OK Go: Making the impossible possible

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Aarron and Eli are traveling with their families for Spring Break, so we’re bringing back one of our favorite episo…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Jordan Mechner: Pioneering game designer on creating Prince of Persia, Karateka, and a new graphic novel memoir

Season 12 Episode 136

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As a kid in the 80’s, Eli fell in love with games on computers like the Apple II, Commodore 64, and late…

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Brad Frost: Design systems are about human relationships

Season 12 Episode 135

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Design systems are the foundation of nearly every piece of software we use. No one has had a greater influen…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Heidi Trost: Human Centered Security

Season 12 Episode 131

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Designing a good security experience is hard. Every time we run into one of those security captchas that re…

Published on 5 months ago

The Brief: Afraid of losing your job? Become irreplaceable

Becoming an irreplaceable designer

By Aarron Walter

The software industry is in a tough contraction phase. Teams are downsizing, and companies are prioritizing efficiency. It’s a stressful time for man…

Published on 5 months ago

Trenton Doyle Hancock: An artist’s process for creating order from chaos

Season 12 Episode 133

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Aarron’s friend Trenton Doyle Hancock did something remarkable when they were both in the graduat…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Dan Harden: Form follows emotion—industrial design lessons from George Nelson to Steve Jobs

Season 12 Episode 128

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If you were mapping out the most amazing career in industrial design, you might dream of working with George …

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Kristen Berman: Behavioral economics expert on designing products that change behavior

Season 12 Episode 131

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Many of the most successful products launched in Silicon Valley lean heavily on behavioral design to inc…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

The Brief: What designers can learn from writers and storytellers

Words are worth a thousand pictures

by Eli Woolery

How does Sir Jony Ive, the famed former head of design at Apple, start every project? If, like me, you guessed by sketching, you’d be wrong. I was sur…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago