Podcast Episodes

Alex Cornell - Mastering the art of influence

Episode 58

When you think about storytelling in design... Alex Cornell is often the person that comes to mind. And that's a big reason why he's one of the most …

1 year, 8 months ago

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Maggie Appleton - Becoming an AI-native designer

Episode 57

This week’s episode with Maggie Appleton is a deep dive into designing for AI products and LLMs. Maggie shares about her experience as the first desi…

1 year, 8 months ago

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Ian Wharton - The secret to great storytelling

Episode 56

Remember how Michael Wandelmeier told us Metalab hired a storytelling coach? Well that coach is Ian Wharton. He’s an Apple Design Award winner, CEO o…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Amy Lima - How to turn a layoff into a dream job

Episode 55

~6 months ago Amy Lima was laid off and has been preparing for this episode ever since. So in this interview she gives us an inside look at her proce…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Julius Tarng - Dissolving the line between design and engineering

Episode 54

Julius Tarng is the ultimate generalist designer.He started the design tools team at Facebook where he made a massive impact on products like Origami…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Raphael Schaad - Designing a startup from 0 to acquisition

Episode 53

When it comes to design founder stories, Raphael Schaad’s is one of the best. So this episode is the first-ever telling of how Raphael designed and b…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Alex Schleifer - How design at Airbnb creates a culture of craft at scale

Episode 52

Alex Schleifer was the long-time Chief Design Officer at Airbnb where he grew the team from ~35 to over 600 people. So this conversation is an inside…

1 year, 9 months ago

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Noam Segal - Tools and tactics for modern user research

Episode 51

Noam Segal has led research at companies like Meta, Airbnb, Wealthfront, Twitter, and most recently Upwork. He also teaches the #1 user research cour…

1 year, 10 months ago

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Helen Tran - Designing with a founder mindset

Episode 50

Helen Tran was an early designer at Shopify and is now leading product design at AngelList. But in between those two roles she also ran her own start…

1 year, 10 months ago

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Hunter Hammonds - Positioning pt. 2: How to scale to $1M+

Episode 49

Today we're talking with designer and entrepreneur, Hunter Hammonds, who has grown 5 different agencies to millions in revenue in less than a year. S…

1 year, 10 months ago

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