From envisioning creative tools to helping new UXers navigate the developing world, tune in to part one of our three-part series on passion projects. In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Adam Argyle, a UX engineer at Google, about his journey creating the design tool VisBug, the connection between passion and empathy, and fervently advocating for an idea—even when you encounter challenges along the way. Handy links for this episode: Play in the VisBug sandboxDownload the VisBug extensionRequest a VisBug feature Meet our guest:Adam Argyle is a Chrome CSS developer advocate at Google. Previously he worked as a front end architect at Deloitte Digital.     Do you have a burning question for a designer at Google? Or a story you’d love to hear?  Give us feedback in this short survey to help make the show even better.  

Adam Argyle, VisBug (Passion Projects)

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Maggie Stanphill, Director of UX at Google talks about her efforts in Digital Wellbeing. How this became a focus in the tech industry, and what is Google doing to contribute? I hope you enjoy the episode.

Maggie Stanphill, Digital Wellbeing

Garrett Tolbert, Andrea Davila, and Alex Lim talk to us about life as a Google UX intern. In this episode, we talk with a trio of UX interns with three very different paths to Google: What led them to their internships? How their experience has changed them. What’s next in their UX journeys?   Handy links for this episode: Learn about internships at Google   Meet our guests: Garrett Tolbert – UX Engineering intern at Google Andrea Davila – UX Writing intern at Google Alex Lim – UX Research intern at Google

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What does the term “creative collaboration” mean to you? What do you need to consider when the things you create are seen in the seams of people’s day? How do the images we see everyday impact our living experience? Join us as we explore these Questions with Emily Blank, Art Director on Google’s Material Design team.   Handy links for this episode: The Canvas Project by Google Cloud   Meet our guest: Emily Blank works to create impactful imagery on Google’s Material Design team. She’s previously worked at Apple, Bloomberg, and Billboard.  Photo in episode art is by Jess Bonham

Emily Blank, Canvas Project & Material Design

From prototyping futures to designing artifacts solely for discussion, tune in to explore the idiosyncratic—but important—field of speculative design. In this episode, host Travis Neilson sits down with Philip Battin and Curtis Flanagan from Seed Studio, a Google design team working on future-forward creative concepts for human-centered technology. In this intriguing conversation, the trio unpack what it means to rehearse the future to inform the present.  Handy links for this episode:Explore  “A Space for Being” from Salone del Mobile in Milan 2019Read  Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming by Anthony Dunne and Fiona RabyWatch  HER on Google Play  Meet our guests:Philip Battin currently leads strategic design and innovation for Seed Studio. Previously he worked as a design strategist on Google Glass at Google X. Curtis Flanagan is an art director at Seed Studio. Before joining Google, he was a senior designer at Red Antler and Ideas On Purpose.

Adam Argyle, VisBug (Passion Projects)

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