Design Details

20: Soft Computer Hands (feat. Dustin Senos)


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This week we caught up with Dustin Senos, the lead designer at Medium for the past 3 years who has spent his professional career traversing the worlds of design and engineering. We dig into Dustin's background and how design has shaped Medium into the product it is today.

If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly!

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  • Dustin on the Web:
    • Twitter
    • Medium
    • Dribbble
    • Instagram
    • Show Notes:

      2:00 - Dustin tells us about his transitions between engineering and design.

      • Acro Media
      • LittleIpsum
      • 7:00 - Should designers code?

        • Flinto
        • Framer
        • Balsamiq
        • 11:00 - How did you end up at Medium?

          • @ev
          • Medium
          • Obvious
          • 17:00 - How was Medium approached as a design challenge?

            • The hyphen, n-dash and em-dash
            • 21:00 - How would you describe the aesthetic of Medium today? How did the agency work shape that aesthetic?

              • Teehan+Lax
              • @dannpetty
              • Teehan+Lax Medium case study
              • 30:00 - We chat about the culture at Medium and their experience with holacracy

                • How Medium is Building a New Kind of Company with No Managers
                • Holacracy
                • Evan Williams on Building a Mindful Company
                • Buffer's no-managers setup
                • 43:00 - We diverge into a chat about diversity in design.

                  • Design Details Ep. 13 with Mo Woods
                  • 45:00 - How did you approach hiring at Medium?

                    • How to Impress an Interviewer by Julie Zhuo
                    • Calm
                    • ...more
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