Method Podcast from Google Design

Method Podcast from Google Design episodes:

• 11.14.2019

  Maggie Stanphill, Digital Wellbeing

  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.

  
• 11.08.2019

  Maggie Stanphill, Digital Wellbeing

  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.

  
• 09.17.2019

  Google UX Interns

  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...

  
• 08.20.2019

  Emily Blank, Canvas Project & Material Design

  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...

  
• 06.25.2019

  Philip Battin & Curtis Flanagan, Seed Studio

  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...

  
• 05.28.2019

  The Google UX Hiring Process

  What makes a portfolio stand out? Why is the design exercise necessary? What exactly is a “noogler” and how do you become one? In this episode, host Travis Neilson talks with Google Design Manager Mike Buzzard about the seven phases...

  
• 04.23.2019

  Roxanne Pinto, Google Flights

  In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Roxanne Pinto, a content strategist at Google, about the role of UX writing in helping people use—and understand—machine learning-driven products. Listen in as Pinto shares insightful anecdotes about unpacking errors and how mental...

  
• 03.19.2019

  Matthew Levine, Gallery (Passion Projects)

  From scaling an idea into a viable product to building a design tool that optimizes collaboration with developers, tune in to part three of our series on passion projects. In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Matthew Levine, a UX...

  
• 03.12.2019

  Adrienne Klum & Spencer Syfrig, Practicing Playful Creation (Passion Projects)

  In part two of our series on passion projects, host Travis Neilson interviews two Google UX designers to discuss their creativity-boosting workshop. From inventing new uses for unconventional objects to focusing on the process instead of the solution, tune in...

  
• 03.05.2019

  Adam Argyle, VisBug (Passion Projects)

  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...

  
• 02.05.2019

  Isabelle Olsson, Google Hardware

  In this special crossover episode, Google Method shares an interview from Design Notes—a show about creative work and what it teaches us. Taped at Google Design’s 2018 SPAN Helsinki conference, host Aaron Lammer interviews Isabelle Olsson about her journey to...

  
• 01.08.2019

  Google UX Confessions

  From inventing fictitious calendar entries to incorporating personal photos in design mocks, listen in to Google designers’ deepest design confessions. In this episode, host Travis Neilson and a panel of Google UX designers discuss and reflect on their peers’ anonymous...

  
• 12.04.2018

  Peter Jin Hong & Scott Wasson, Google Job Search

  In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews two UX designers at Google—Peter Jin Hong and Scott Wasson—discussing the impact of Google Search and how the newly launched Job Search feature is changing the job-seeking landscape. They cover everything from the...

  
• 11.13.2018

  Margaret Lee, UX Community & Culture at Google

  In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews Margaret Lee, a UX director at Google, about her journey to leadership and explorations of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Lee shares personal vignettes—including the career stories of her immigrant parents, and...

  
• 10.16.2018

  August de los Reyes of Google Search, Assistant, and News

  In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews August de los Reyes, a UX director at Google, about considering a product’s cultural equity—its noneconomic and nonfunctional benefits—and how that influences a user’s state of being. De los Reyes also touches on...

  
• 09.19.2018

  Illustrators at Google

  In this episode, host Travis Neilson interviews a trio of Google illustrators creating images to inform and delight millions of people around the world. Designer Mat Helme shares insights from his work creating the guidelines for Google’s product illustrations. Motion...

  
• 08.21.2018

  Jens Riegelsberger of Google

  In this episode, Travis Neilson interviews Jens Riegelsberger, a UX Director at Google, about the company’s evolving design identity. Riegelsberger discusses his role in launching Google’s Product Excellence program—an initiative that sets the bar for quality and usability across all...

  
• 07.24.2018

  Ryan Powell of Waymo

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Ryan Powell, Waymo’s Head of UX Design, about the company’s Early Rider Program and the challenges of designing during a technology paradigm shift. Plus, Powell unpacks the thinking behind how his team decides what...

  
• 06.25.2018

  Conor O'Sullivan of Google Pixel

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Google Sound Design Lead Conor O’Sullivan about the nuances of crafting product sounds and the choices that shape everything from notification pings to haptic feedback. The conversation also covers the elements that make up...

  
• 05.30.2018

  Rich Fulcher of Material Design

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Material Design director Rich Fulcher about the evolution of design tools, the importance of flexibility in a design system, and what it means to design for users who are also designers and developers. Learn...

  
• 05.01.2018

  Todd Hausman of Chrome OS

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews UX Researcher Todd Hausman about human side of research, taking career risks, and his work on Chrome OS—the operating system on devices like Chromebook and Acer’s new Tab 10 tablet. Learn more about the...

  
• 03.27.2018

  Fiona Yeung & Alison Boncha of Hexagon UX

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews Interaction Designers Alison Boncha and Fiona Yeung about impostor syndrome, the importance of mentorship, and how they developed the bold, inclusive new brand for Hexagon—a supportive community of women and non-binary UXers. The trio...

  
• 02.27.2018

  Josh Lovejoy from Google Clips

  In this episode, Aidan Simpson interviews UX Designer Josh Lovejoy about the design of the Google Clips camera, building user trust in ‘magical’ products, and ways of using UX to help people feel more in the moment. Learn more about...

  
• 01.30.2018

  Margaret Urban from Google Assistant

  In this episode, guest interviewer and Google designer Travis Neilson talks with Senior Interaction Designer Margaret Urban about the magic of language, the importance of considering cognitive load, and the future of voice user interface design.   On making computers...

  
• 01.04.2018

  Ayan Daniels from Android Messages

  In this episode, Aidan interviews Visual Designer Ayan Daniels about her work on Android Messages, her debate-sparking illustration for the Pixel phone, and what it’s like being a woman of color at Google. Ayan Daniels is a San Francisco-based...

  
• 12.05.2017

  Sydney Hessel from Design Sprint Team

  UX Researcher and Sprint Master Sydney Hessel talks about her unconventional research background, the ins and outs of the sprint methodology, and getting people out of their comfort zones to generate creative ideas.  

  
• 11.08.2017

  Rachel Been from Material

  Material Design Creative Director Rachel Been on creating a design system at scale, emoji, and the creative power of curiosity. A few highlights: On the challenge of making a design system at scale, 1:23 “To create a system that potentially...

  
• 10.11.2017

  Roman Nurik from Firebase

  In this episode, Design Advocate and host of the new Design Notes podcast Liam Spradlin speaks with Senior Interaction Designer Roman Nurik about Google’s Firebase mobile development platform, the unique challenges of designing for developers, and his approach to building...

  
• 08.24.2017

  Darren Delaye from Daydream

  In this episode, Aidan speaks with User Experience Designer Darren Delaye about the unique challenges of designing for VR, the future of Daydream, and Darren’s work across many products over his 12 years at Google. “A new challenge is not...

  
• 08.03.2017

  Rita DeRaedt from Google Voice

  In this episode, Aidan speaks with Interaction Designer Rita DeRaedt about rising to challenges, crafting a new onboarding sequence for Google Voice, taking risks, and much, much more. A few highlights: On getting coffee with Google co-founder Sergey Brin, 2:44"The...

  
• 07.11.2017

  Jay Wong from Project Fi

  Aidan interviews UX Design Lead Jay Wong about her experience working as a designer with a computer science degree, some of the design decisions and challenges her team tackles on Project Fi, and much, much more. A few highlights: On...