Students Who Design

In this episode, we are joined by Ethan Bond to talk about ethics within design, finding your first few design projects, and so much more.

Ethan studied computer science and product design at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He currently works full-time as a product designer at Palantir and has held product design internships at Palantir and Facebook.

Sponsored in part by Facebook Design.

In this episode, we talk to Karen Li about her role as president of UC Berkeley’s premier design consultancy, her thoughts on the product design internship recruitment process, and so much more.

Karen studies Cognitive Science at University of California, Berkeley. She has previously held product design internships with Facebook and with Quora.

Sponsored in part by Facebook Design.

In this episode, Jackie Liu joins us to discuss breaking into design with a technical academic background, the importance of diversity and representation in design, and so much more.

Jackie studies computer science (Course 6) at MIT. She has previously worked as a product design intern at Girls Who Code.

Sponsored by Facebook Design.

In this episode, we speak with Dionisio Blanco about the fascinating world of design in the 3D space - that is, VR/AR design. We also discuss dealing with imposter syndrome and so much more. Dio studies Game Design at Ringling College of Art and Design. He spent this past summer at Facebook working as a Social VR Intern and has cofounded his own VR interior design showcasing startup, NeotradeVR.

In this episode, we talk to Catherine Legros of Emily Carr University about the benefits of taking a gap year, creating your own design education, and so much more.

In this episode, we talk to Humphrey Obuobi about product design versus product management, founding a student design agency, and so much more. Humphrey is a student at Harvard and has worked at Microsoft and IDEO.

In our fourth episode, Cameron Pollack, photographer extraordinaire and government major at Cornell University, discusses his experience as a photojournalist on campus and in the industry, the merits of learning your craft on your own, the interplay between photography and his numerous other involvements, and so much more.

Cameron has worked as a photojournalism intern at The Philadelphia Inquirer, a multimedia journalist at WXPN (Philadelphia’s NPR member station), and as photography editor for The Cornell Daily Sun. He is credited in many other publications, including The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, NPR, and Buzzfeed.

In our third episode, we talk to Meghan Maupin about her academic background as an architect, her various design and design-adjacent experiences, her life as a grad student at MIT’s small, selective, and interdisciplinary Integrated Design & Management program, and so much more.

Meghan has worked at Partners in Health, Shepley Bulfinch, Formlabs, MIT Design Lab, and Patagonia.

In our second episode, we talk to Ally Keller, student at Parsons School of Design, about crossing between design disciplines, dropping out of school to pursue design, and so much more.

Ally studies Design and Technology at Parsons. She has worked as a product design intern at Facebook and has done agency work at Red Antler and Code and Theory.

Sponsored by Facebook Design.

In our first episode, Brown University’s Chen Ye dives deep into why hackathons are important for aspiring designers, creating user interfaces for rockets, and so much more.

Chen is a senior at Brown University studying Computer Science & Biology. In the past, he has worked at IBM, Microsoft, Facebook, and SpaceX, and he also runs the well-known student design group, HH Design.

Sponsored by Facebook Design