Podcast Episodes

8 key takeaways from season 4

This episode expands on 8 key insights that I took away from interviewing designers like Soleio, Kevin Twohy, Molly Hellmuth, Soren Iverson, etc.

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2 years ago

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Soleio - What makes a truly great software designer

Episode 38

Soleio made a name for himself as the 2nd design hire at Facebook and eventually went on to lead design at Dropbox. Now he invests in extraordinary s…

2 years ago

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Bonus Episode: Helen Zhou - How designers can get the most out of AI tools

Galileo recently broke design twitter with the launch of their new generative AI tool for builders. So in this episode we talk with their co-founder …

2 years ago

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Kevin Wong - How design works at Webflow

Episode 37

Webflow has had as big an impact on design as any company over the last decade. So this episode is an inside look at their design culture, rituals, a…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Ryo Lu - Systems thinking for product designers

Episode 36

In this episode we get to hear from Ryo Lu who was one of the very first designers at Notion. This conversation is an inside look at the Notion desig…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Molly Hellmuth - Building design systems with variables in Figma

Episode 35

In this episode we’re talking with Molly Hellmuth who is the creator of UI Prep where she has an incredible newsletter, design system, and course whe…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Derek Briggs - Creating a culture of craft

Episode 34

There’s a new design super team emerging at Clerk and in this episode we get a behind-the-scenes from the leader, Derek Briggs. We get into the weeds…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Tommy Geoco - How designers can bring their ideas to life

Episode 33

In this episode we get to learn from Tommy Geoco who has launched countless projects, sold a startup, and built an audience of almost a million desig…

2 years, 1 month ago

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Kevin Twohy - How to build an independent design practice

Episode 32

This episode looks at Kevin Twohy’s 10+ year journey going from solo freelancer to independent design studio. We cover a LOT including:

- Strategies f…

2 years, 2 months ago

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Lauren LoPrete - Inside design systems at Dropbox and Cash App

Episode 31

Lauren LoPrete shares lessons from her experience leading design systems at Dropbox and now at Cash App. We talk about:

- What design systems actuall…

2 years, 2 months ago

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