Design Details

This week we hung out with Jared Erondu, a designer well-known for his work at Lift, Omada Health, The Industry and his current role as Creative Director at Teespring. We covered a lot of ground – from the future of user interfaces to donuts to whether or not “UX designer” should be a job title anymore!

This was a great conversation and, for the first time ever, we have another one coming on Thursday where we discuss the announcements from the F8 conference with Facebook designers Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg!

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

4:00 - We catch up with Jared and the latest projects he's working on!

10:00 - Jared tells us about his journey of becoming a designer.

20:00 - How did The Industry become so popular?

31:00 - What do you think of Apple's first-party apps?

32:00 - We talk about designers getting a seat at the table.

42:00 - What was it like moving from the East Coast to San Francisco?

50:00 - We dig a bit deeper into some of Jared's previous roles in design

1:00:00 - Donuts!

1:05:00 - Jared talks about a secret agenda...

1:11:00 - What does it mean to be a creative director?

We had an amazing conversation this week with Maurice "Mo" Woods, a senior visual designer at Yahoo and founder of the Inneract Project. We chat about what he's doing in design education, diversity in design and how his background as a pro basketball player has served him in his career as a designer.

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14:00 - We learn more about Mo's interest in design education for kids.

20:00 - Mo gets into the details of what's going on at Inneract and why it's so important.

37:00 - Want to help with the Inneract Project? They need your help.

57:00 - The real reason design is so important for kids in underserved communities.

1:03:00 - We chat about diversity in design, tech and the hiring process.

1:12:00 - Where are all the designers of color?

This past week we sat down with Ryan Sims, the former head of design at Rdio. We caught up with him about his latest career change as he heads to Adobe, what it was like growing the design team at Rdio and what it means to have a design mentor.

This was an insightful episode, and we hope you all enjoy! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly!

3:00 - We catch up with Ryan on his latest adventures in funemployment.

9:00 - a mispronunciation kicks off a backstory of Ryan's journey at Rdio.

15:00 - A brief diversion into Ryan's latest music.

18:00 - We chat branding, Vdio and working at a music startup.

21:00 - Ryan explains his path to get into Rdio and how he managed a growing design team.

42:00 - The two traits that Ryan looks for in a designer.

53:00 - Ryan explains his views on design mentors and why he wished he'd had one.

1:06:00 - How do you navigate a career transition?

This week we caught up with Erika Hall, co-founder of Mule Design and author of Just Enough Research. We dive deep into a handful of topics, from user research to gender in tech, from the Apple Watch to the evolution of San Francisco culture - we had a lot of fun recording this one!

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3:00 - We catch up with Erika to learn about design research.

8:00 - What are some of the myths of design and research?

16:00 - Has Mule ever considered launching original products?

1:17:00 - Plugs!

Today we're excited to release a special bonus episode of the Design Details Podcast! After today's Apple Watch event we grabbed Sam Soffes to chat about the implications for us as designers and what the watch means for app design going into the future.

This is our first "bonus episode" and we'd love to hear your thoughts! We're excited to explore more weekly episodes in the future but we want to make sure we get the content and format just right. If you have feedback or suggestions on this style, give us a shout on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!

This week we caught up with Tim Van Damme, an amazing designer who has been a part of some of our favorite products including Instagram and Dropbox. For this hour we chat about Tim's past experience in design, working on Mailbox, Dribbble and the future of design/technology. We had a lot of fun with this show and we hope you all enjoy the conversation!

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

2:00 - We dig a bit into Tim's past interview experiences and first steps into the design world.

14:00 - Tim talks about taking breaks and disconnecting.

20:00 - What it's like working on Mailbox for Mac; Tim tells us about his personal style.

27:00 - We get into the ethos of UI design, talking about the details and emotional design.

37:00 - Let's talk Dribbble.

48:00 - We chat about the current state of user interfaces and what the next big leap will be.

55:00 - What will be the next breakthrough in input mechanisms?

1:03:00 - We chat about email as a communication method and what's next for Mailbox.

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For Episode 9, we had our first chat with two guests! This time we caught up with Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski from the Photo and Video Team at Twitter. We covered a lot this week - chatting about prototyping, wearables, design process and what it's like to work at Twitter and Apple!

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

2:00 - We sat down with Paul and Avi to chat about what they've been working on.

6:00 - The importance of sharing the design process in public.

16:00 - We dive a bit deeper into prototyping at big tech companies.

21:00 - We dig a bit into Paul's background as a designer.

53:00 - The conversation makes a quick transition into past startups and fun Twitter spin-off products.

1:00:00 - Do you have a design philosophy?

1:07:00 - We dig into some of the hiring processes in place at Twitter.

Episode 8 everyone! This week we sat down with the lovely Chloe Park, an experience designer making things happen at OpenTable. We chat about everything from the design process at OpenTable to Chloe's biggest problems with relationships in tech. This was a fun episode for us to record and we hope you enjoy it!

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

2:00 - We catch up with Chloe on everything she's working on at OpenTable.

7:00 - What's the design process at OpenTable?

23:00 - Chloe shares a "project" she's working on...

This week we caught up with Cap Watkins, the recently-appointed VP of design at BuzzFeed. We picked Cap's brain about hiring designers, A/B testing, beard-growing, East Coast design and more. Oh, and robo-horses!

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02:00 - Cap tells us what he's been up to lately.

03:00 - We explore life as a designer on the East Coast.

11:30 - Cap Watkins: VP of Unnecessary Redesign.

15:00 - We explore a bit about the hiring decisions being made at BuzzFeed.

18:00 - What prototyping tools are you using?

28:30 - What does it mean to be a VP of design?

32:00 - We learn some management advice for designers.

37:00 - We get down with some chef biographies.

52:00 - We get back to the biggest challenges of hiring designers and some of the most common mistakes people make when applying for a design job.

59:00 - Cap shares his process as a designer.

1:09:00 - Winding things down, here's where you can find Cap.

This week we hung out with Marissa Louie - a rather prolific designer, activist, and creator who has worked on many of our favorite products at places like Apple, Yahoo, Ness Computing, and Wanelo, among others. We discussed everything from teddy bears to social justice - and the profound impact of emotional design.

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01:05 - Marissa's "Origin Story"

15:45 - How did you transition into building stuffed animals?

30:00 - What's a product with a really great experience?

32:00 - Bringing emotion to data-driven products

35:00 - Designers Guild

44:00 - How can designers best help people?

52:00 - BearBear + charity