Design Notes

Design Notes

By Liam SpradlinArtsVisual ArtsDesign
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Design Notes episodes

  • From War Room to Playroom: Talbot & Yoon on Making Play a Central Design Tenet

    In the premiere episode, Liam speaks with Mark Talbot and Youngjin Yoon of Talbot & Yoon, a New York-based design firm focused on objects, furniture, and home goods. The designers discuss making play a central tenet of their practice, how objects evolve, recontextualizing architecture to make it more accessible, and what happens when you put a seashell in a jewelry box.

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    24 min
  • Welcome to Design Notes

    Design Notes is a show about creative work and what it teaches us. Each episode, host Liam Spradlin talks with people from unique creative fields to discover what inspires and unites us in our practice.

    3 min
  • Visible Design: Design Notes #16 with Dan Saffer
    Designer/author Dan Saffer & I dive deep into the theoretical UX questions and principles discussed in Dan's work. From what might make us uncomfortable about cooking a roast from across the planet, to the myth of invisible design, and how we might get a handle on the well of undiscovered functionality offered by voice interaction.
    58 min
  • The Expressive Palette: Design Notes #15 with Carla Diana
    Design Notes is back, and for the 15th episode I spoke with Carla Diana, a designer who brings objects to life, translating complex human emotions to the limited (but growing) expressive palette available to social robots and sentient objects.
    In the episode, we cover the process of translating feelings like stress into lights and sounds, having conversations with autonomous vehicles, and whether our eventual robot companions will experience emotions (and a sense of self) that in any way map onto our own.
    Check out Carla's work at http://carladiana.com/blog/
    56 min
  • Humanity-centered: Design Notes #14 with Airbnb's Steve Selzer
    This time I had a chat with Steve Selzer, Experience Design Manager at Airbnb. Originally I met Steve at MCE in Warsaw where he gave a talk on designing friction into products intentionally, an idea that sounds counterintuitive but one that highlights the importance of reflection and self-actualization in every experience.
    In the episode we covered the idea of humanity-centered design, how designers can think of themselves and their products in relation to a user's life, and how to avoid a dystopian on-demand future.
    After you listen to the episode, check out Steve's posts on Medium for more, and don't forget to share the episode if you like it :)
    Full show notes at designnotes.fm
    Original illustration for album art by Christopher Delorenzo http://www.chrisdelorenzo.com/
    48 min

About Design Notes

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Design Notes is a podcast about creative work and what it teaches us. Hosted by Liam Spradlin, a Senior UX Designer at Google focused on the philosophy of the user interface, the show features conversations with people from unique creative fields, uncovering what inspires and unites us in our practice. Tune in to learn how UX design connects to creative work across disciplines and around the world.