Andy and Matt are joined by Lola and Kara to answer listener questions about design managers, creative staffing agencies, how user choice affects modern product design, and of course, whether or not design can change the world.



Links


On a team, what do you look for in a leader/design director?

How is design changing as consumers of creative content are more empowered than ever before? Skipping titles/filtering content/blocking ads

Netflix is testing a button for skipping the opening credits

True Detective title sequence

Ad blocking

The New Yorker

Adobe Flash Websites

RIP Google Reader

What's your opinion on the influence of classical graphic design education on today's interface designers?

Josef Müller-Brockmann

Villa Savoye

Designers make fun of each other for saying things like "design can change the world", do you think that it's asking too much, or can it?

XYZ Type

15 — Listener Questions

A panel show about design featuring Andy Mangold, Matt McInerney, and friends.

Arts

Literature

Performing Arts

Design

Food

Fashion & Beauty

Visual Arts

This is our last episode of Working File, at least for a little while. Linda and Maurice join Matt and Andy to go down the list of possible topics for shows that we never got to make. It's a Working File lightning round! Thanks to all of our contributors over the past year who helped make the show a reality.




Links Discussed

Wrist Robot

Machine Learning

Material Design

Bootstrap

Wordpress

Abstract

Git

Frank Chimero

Frank's Rowhome Illustration

Official Objectified Poster

Andy's Ripoff of the Objectified Poster

Matt's Objectified Poster

Luba Lukova

Everything is a Remix

26 — Shows That Could Have Been

This episode features Matt and Andy having a one-on-one conversation about the future of Working File and the difference between expressive and functional design projects.

Links DiscussedOn the GridNumerologyThe Beginning of InfinityDavid ColeWaterfall Model

25 — What the Future Holds

Matt is back for a lively discussion with Victoria and new contributor Daisy Sun about self-esteem and how to get a job when the world tells you that you're underqualified. Should you apply for a job if you don't meet the posted requirements? How do you break into an industry that feels elite and inaccessible to you? Is getting fired from Ben & Jerry's for being too short to scoop the ice cream technically discrimitation?




Links Discussed


Lord of the Rings "Cave"

SnapApp

Wayfair

Wayfair Jingle

NGP VAN

How to Pronounce Wacom

FontBureau

Ben & Jerry's

David Foster Wallace on Fish

Dear Prudence

Food Lust People Love

24 — Too Short to Scoop the Ice Cream

Matt and Andy take an episode off and Maurice wrangles three new contributors from all over the country to discuss how geography influences design community. Richard Wade Morgan, Kim Green, and Jamal Collins call in from Atlanta, Boseman, and Clevenland, respectively, and compare their experiences as a designer in different locales.

Links Discussed
Studio WadeSarah LawrenceWeapons of Mass CreationAdventures in Design PodcastMontana State UniversityBora ShehuUniversity of GeorgiaLiving Walls AtlantaGoat Farm Arts CenterRazorfishSon & SonsMailchimpKabbageMake America Gay AgainLost-N-Found Youth

23 — Location, Location, Location

Long time contributor Maurice Cherry organized this episode where Andy, Matt, and new contributor Jon Lewis discuss what it's like starting your own business as a designer. What are the reasons to start something new instead of getting a normal, stable job? What are the most difficult parts that no one ever tells you about?

Links Discussed 
Lunch
MetaLab
Bakken & Bæck
Million Dollar Matchmaker
Elevate App
Mike Monteiro

15 — Listener Questions

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