In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) interview our very first guest of the pod, Andrew Lee.

Andrew is a design lead on the IBM Watson Assistant team. We discuss Andrew’s interest in ambient technology, how he is overcoming the obstacle of distraction, his views on AI ethics, and so much more.

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In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) first discuss some success with the podcast/newsletter stats. Then they dive into the trendy topic of design systems—what are they and how they are useful as well as why this seems like a trendy topic.

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In the absence of Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels), Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) runs a solo episode and goes through the future roadmap of the Shaping Design Podcast. He then dives into 8 common red flags designers most designers forget and should be looking out for when interviewing for a new job.

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In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) breakdown some strategies for interviewing. Topics also covered include how we’re building in public, our framer contest to see who’s the better web designer, and why we hate design exercises.

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In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) question how to define a great hook that entices your audience to investigate more. We also discuss strategies for targeting the right audience. We end the pod by including a new segment called Product of the Week.

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Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discuss some nightmare customer support situations from Zoom’s lovely website, the recent use-cases for ChatGPT, how AI can be leveraged to improve designer’s work—including with design system (shout out Diagram)—and our upcoming “Framer Competition”. Both are about to go head to head in an epic battle for the title of Best Web Designer of 2023. More on this adventure soon.

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In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) and Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) dive into the depths of questioning their start in design, giving advice on what to do out of college or if you’re transitioning into design—should you join an agency, startup, or enterprise. Also discussed: Mitchell’s framework for realizing when you’re too comfortable in your job. We try a new “rapid fire” segment and await to hear if listeners enjoy it. Remember to rate our podcast and subscribe to get the latest episodes!

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Episode 2

Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discuss more of how they want to modify their course based on student feedback, some obstacles we find new designers trip over, how we plan to scale some of our efforts, more on AI (promise we will try not to discuss it much more), and how we are trying to scale our designer relationships. We wrap up by running through 2 websites, a landing page and a portfolio, that both work great for telling a story to sell their product (aka a course or themselves). Hang in there with us as each episode audio and video gets better!

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Episode 1

Pascal Potvin (@loves_pixels) and Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) launch the Shaping podcast! They chat about their portfolio creation course’s secret framework and help lay out the foundation for how creatives, specifically designers, can stand out from the crowd with proven strategies. This episode also dabbles in recent AI developments and how those advancements begin to displace a few of our daily tasks.

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