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This week we finally caught up with our friends at Google, Jean-Marc Denis and Sebastien Gabriel. In this episode we chat Material Design, designing invisible interfaces, current design tools and moving from France to the US. Last week we also announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Sebastien on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram VSCO Jean-Marc on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Medium Instagram Sketch Design Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? Chrome Google Cardboard Glen Murphy Google Inbox 14:00 - We chat about designing interfaces. Sebastien on Dribbble Redesigning Chrome for Android Google Design Kennedy Project Marshall Bock Design Details 41: Heart F

It's been a week since Apple Music launched giving us the perfect reason to have a round-table discussion about the new app with Marshall Bock and Michael Schultz. We bounce around this episode sharing our thoughts on Apple Music and streaming services in general - we hope you have fun listening! You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Marshall on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Michael on the Web: Twitter Website Medium Instagram Dribbble Iodine Show Notes: 5:00 - So Apple Music came out... Apple Music Beats 1 Rdio Spotify Steve Jobs: People Don't Want Music Subscriptions Steve Jobs Official Trailer Sorkinisms Exportify Mvsic The Kollection 2007 WWDC Keynote Mr. Robot Polygo

Today we sat down with Gabe Valdivia and Kyle Ryan to talk about design at Facebook, the progress of their side project, Peek, and the value of obviousness in design. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Dropbox Gabe on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Peek Episode 5 of Design Details Kyle on the Web: Twitter Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on? Peek 20:00 - We dig more into Peek Ello Ello iOS Facefeed Design Details with Allison House 48:00 - How do you recruit an engineer to help you build a project? Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data Josh Puckett Origami That car startup Cat Chat

On this episode we caught up with Mike Essl: designer, artist, Mr. T memorabilia collector. We talk about Mike's personal story as a designer, Cooper Union, and yes, we chat comics. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Mike Essl on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Cooper Union Show Notes: 2:30 - What are you working on right now? DC Comics Mule Design nerduo Robb Irrgang The Battle 80sTees 1.21 jiggawatts 5:00 - F'ing Sandman The Annotated Sandman Vol. 1 The Annotated Sandman Vol. 2 The Annotated Sandman Vol. 3 DC Comics Action Figure Archive 8:00 - Essl shares his other projects And I'm a PC App for That Mat Honan Jason Kottke 14:00 - How do you balance your time with all these projects? The Cooper Union 22:00 - Why did you ig

For episode 38, we were joined by Geoff Teehan, a super-talented Canadian designer who is at least partially responsible for several of our favorite products. He has not only worked on some amazing projects for companies like Medium, Google, and now Facebook - he has also built some really great resources for designers. You all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Iconfinder - Use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Geoff Teehan on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Show Notes: 3:50 - What are you working on? Teehan + Lax 6:20 - How do you see the trend of designers moving from small agencies to product companies? 10:00 - Getting work and creating products as an agency Medium

For episode 37, we were lucky enough to get to spend some time with Julie Zhuo! We're both huge fans of her writing on Medium and the way she thinks about design and especially that she shares that with the entire community. Speaking of sharing with the community, you all got us nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate if you would vote for us, or share the show with a friend! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox imgix Julie Zhuo on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Show Notes: 3:50 - What are you working on? Cap Watkins DD27: Socialist Design (feat. Cap Watkins & Kim Bost) 9:15 - What have been the hardest parts of scaling a design team? MPK20 14:50 - The Year of the Looking Glass The Year of the Looking Glass on Medium How to Be That Designer The Imposter Syndrome Sheryl Sandberg Lean In 22:00 - What keeps you excited about working at Face

For episode 36, we got to spend some time with Meng To discussing what makes a great product, how to get started with design and development, and what it takes to build a thing. Meng's an incredibly talented creator and we're grateful he was able to take a break from helping people get started in our industry to hang out with us for an hour or so! In case you haven't noticed, we were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! There's about 2 weeks left and we would love it if you'd take a minute to vote for us! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Iconfinder Meng To on the Web: Twitter Website Blog Medium Dribbble Show Notes: 4:00 - What Meng's working on Shadowness The Matrix StarCraft 9:30 - What are you excited about in design? Sketch Invision Pixate Slack Design + Code Xcode Swift 15:00 - Should designers write production code? Macaw Dreamweaver Framer AngularJS

For episode 35, we finally convinced the Motherfuton himself, Mr. Noah Stokes, to come hang with us for a bit and talk about lazy web design, ornamentation vs utility, design education and so much more. It was super fun to pick his brain for an hour or so and he brought up some frequently overlooked shortcomings of how we build the web today. In case you haven't noticed, we were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards! If you can spare the time, we would very much appreciate a vote! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Adobe Dropbox Noah Stokes on the Web: Twitter Website Blog Dribbble Show Notes: 4:30 - What Noah's working on Creative Market AutoDesk AutoCAD 6:30 - Moving from client services to an in-house design team "End of An Era" Happy Cog Teehan+Lax BOLD Garrett St. John Derek Nelson Zach McNair Weightshift Paravel SuperFriendly Bigge cranes 16:45 - Life before BOLD and how Apple has changed

This week we hopped on a call with the one-and-only Allison House! Allison currently lives in Austin, exploring her way through 3D art and design - in this episode we chat about her background in design, her transition into 3D and what she's excited for in the future. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Iconfinder Allison on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Allison's Newsletter Tumblr Show Notes: 3:00 - What in the world are you working on? Allison's Tumblr Cinema 4D The Bomb Greyscalegorilla 9:00 - Have you felt new clarity after leaving SF? 11:00 - What got you started in design? Treehouse Carsonified Ryan Carson Codecademy Jason Fried Gary Vaynerchuck 19:00 - Why Dropbox? Morgan Knutson Soleio 20:00 - How do you identify the next place to grow as a designer? Drop

The epic conclusion of our first ever two-parter! Marc and Russell were kind enough to come back for round two to discuss Apple's WWDC Keynote, Marc's weird workflows, optical alignment, PDF assets and more! We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - vote for Design Details! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: Dropbox Marc Edwards on the Web Twitter Dribbble Bjango Russell Ivanovic on the Web Twitter Website ShiftyJelly Show Notes: 4:00 - "What'd you think of the Apple Keynote?" Full Keynote Jimmy Iovine El Capitán Sam Soffes Caleb Davenport Daring Fireball SFNSDisplay Search Settings 20:30 - Marc's shameful admission Alfred Marc's 34" display 25:00 - iOS announcements Episode 9 30:00 - Open Source Swift and the only hardware announcement at WWDC Skala View Skala Federico Viticci Myke Hurley Stephen Hackett Chris Martin Square Apple Pay Rea

It's WWDC week, and this time we're catching up with Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards, both founders of independent app development companies in Australia. We spent this hour chatting about Google I/O, iOS, Material Design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Iconfinder and the Dream Icon set. Russell on the Web: Twitter Website ShiftyJelly Marc on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Bjango Show Notes: 2:00 - What're you working on? Pocket Casts (App Store, Play Store, Windows Store Philip Simpson Chris Martin Skala Preview Bjango Apps 5:00 - How did you two meet? One More Thing Conference 8:00 - How do you see your companies growing in the next few years? Material Design Awards 2015 Sketch 12:00 - We chat Android design. Galaxy S6 LG Urbane 16:00 - What are your reactions t

This week we caught up with Caleb Davenport and Sam Soffes to chat about the latest Google I/O announcements, our upcoming WWDC wish list, OSX and iOS design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year! If you're enjoying the show, we'd love your support - Vote for Design Details If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: Dropbox Caleb on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Pinpoint Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up on the latest news from Google I/O. Google Design Google I/O Recap Elevator.js Ripple click effect Jean-Marc This is so DESIGNED 9:00 - You don't have to worry about pixels anymore. Google Design Jobs Yahoo! Design 12:00 - We try not to complain the whole episode. Dustin Curtis Google Inbox Mailbox Facebook tests tab bar post button Messenger Facebook Paper Mike Matas 21:00 - We try again - this time digging into upcoming

This episode, we geeked out with Didi Medina over photography and music - and we still found time to dig into his origin story a bit. We were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards and would very much appreciate a vote! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: Iconfinder Use promo code "Robot" to save 50% on your first month! Didi on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Show Notes: 2:30 - What Didi's working on... and where he started. Vibe Sheriff Canon T1i Canon 5D Mark III Drew Herron Ilie Ciorba Max Di Capua Sony RX1 Andrew Laffoon Sony NEX-5R Sony A7S Sony A7R II 21:10 - Cultural Differences between NYC & SF and making the move to California Backplane UX Night Andi Galpern Chris Kalani's episode ViralHeat Clinkle Raj Ramamurthy Startup Castle 37:30 - Starting your own company and future goals 42:30 - Working on physical products, getting away from work, and improving yourself Mixbook Montage Bo

In this episode of Design Details we had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Putnam and returning-guest Nick Slater! We chat about illustration, designing a company culture, mixing mediums and finding our spirit animals. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Ryan on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Website Nick on the Web: Twitter Instagram Dribbble Website Show Notes: 1:00 - What are you working on right now? Operator Earnest Stripe Element Three Palantir Tyler Galpin RadPad Rogie 5:00 - We discover our spirit animals. Otters 7:00 - Ryan shares more about his background in illustration. Design Details Ep. 2 with Nick Slater Nick on Dribbble Ryan on Dribbble Axel Herrmann Steve Wolf Jay Fletcher 10:00 - Nick and Ryan share more about their design setups. Cintiq 22HD Intuos 13:00 - How does one begin learning illustration? What is product illustration? Dropbox downgrade page Betacoin illustration Linda Eliase

This week we caught up with Michael Schultz, a designer living in San Francisco tackling one of the hardest design problems out there: health and medicine. We chat all about the problems he faces designing in the medical world, how to launch and market side projects and we end with a healthy debate about designer job titles. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Michael on the Web: Twitter Website Medium Instagram Dribbble Iodine Show Notes: 3:00 - Michael fills us in on what he's working on. Iodine Iodine for iOS Medical Jargon Chrome plugin by Iodine 11:00 - We dig into Michael's background and introduction to the medical world. Hemoglobe Jesse Squires 24:00 - Michael and Bryn worked on a side project together, Privatize. Sam Soffes Mark Otto Matt Leonard 35:00 - Michael has strong opinions about Product Hunt. Product Hunt PH

Last week Kim and Cap were in SF for the week and dropped by to record another fun episode of Design Details! We chat about what it's like to be married to a designer, how to hire designers and how to overcome the biggest challenges design managers face. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Kim on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Cap on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Show Notes: 1:00 - We touch base with Cap and Kim. Cover Cap on Instagram Kim on Instagram Aaron Shapiro 6:00 - Cap fills us in on the latest news at BuzzFeed. Design Details Ep.7 with Cap BuzzFeed News (Get the App) 9:00 - What's it like being married to another designer? Flatiron Health 18:00 - How do you keep a growing product design team in sync? An introduction to OOCSS BEM Bootstrap CSS Stats Basecamp Jira HipChat Wake 38:00 - What are the biggest challenges for new design managers? Start With Why 44:00 - How do hire designers? AngelLi

This week we sat down with Sebastiaan de With to chat about everything design (and motorcycles)! We caught up on his evolving career in design, what it's like building a new agency, how to work with international clients and the power of giving design resources away for free. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sebastiaan on the Web: Twitter Website Another Website Instagram Dribbble Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up with Sebastiaan on what he's up to. Pokemon Branding Pictogram Ride North Ride North Kickstarter SDW on Instagram doubleTwist Scorpio Aether Apparel 14:00 - We dig a bit further into SDW's past work as a designer. Stiched leather 21:00 - We learn a little bit more about the Apple design process. Louie Mantia 23:00 - SDW shares more about his personal branding and background as a young designer. Latte art Sparkle Duncan Wilcox 32:00 - How did you end up moving to California? Tim Van Damme Square 41:00 -

This episode, we had two designers building their own companies by building some awesome products that we're super excited about - Chris Kalani of Wake and Danny Trinh from Free. We took a bunch of questions from people watching on Periscope and these guys have some great energy which lead to a fantastic conversation and some "real talk"! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: LaunchKit Chris Kalani on the Web Twitter (Wake, Inc.) Website Instagram Facebook Danny Trinh on the Web Twitter Dribbble Free Show Notes: 3:30 - Danny and Chris tell us about their current projects Wake Bakken & Baeck Free Daniel Burka Bobby Goodlatte Digg Kevin Rose Stanford 12:00 - The best ways to learn design and the fear of sharing things Harper Reed Google Ventures GV Design Sprints LayerVault Aligned Pixels, Ink. Marc Edwards Nick Slater Wake Commercial Will Wilkinson MetaLab Andrew Wilkinson Will's videos Mike Davidson T-Bo da Firecr

This week we sat down with Kevin Rose - he's a designer, product creator and venture capitalist who has had a prolific presence in the tech community for several years. We chat about the things he's loving right now, watch culture, health and cooking, hiring and so much more! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Code School - Learn to code from the comfort of your browser Video: Unmasking HTML Emails Kevin on the Web: Twitter Wikipedia YouTube Medium CrunchBase Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects. North Watchville Website Watchville App Tiiny betaworks Milk 11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+. Google Ventures Google+ Daniel Burka Vic Gundotra 18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like. Nextdoor Medium NoRedInk OmniGraffle Marc Hemeon 23:00 - Where do

This was the most impromptu episode we've ever done. We were just out to dinner with these guys and we were having so much fun debating design things that we decided to record our first-ever 3-guest episode. We made a lot of references to George and Jeremy's last episode - so definitely go check that out. This was a really fun episode for us - hopefully it is for you too! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Code School's 'Unmasking HTML Emails' video George Kedenburg on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Jeremy Goldberg on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Christophe Tauziet on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Show Notes: 4:00 - Apple's product strategy Motorola Rokr Marc Newson Volkswagen family tree Fluoroelastomer Mercedes self-driving car R8 eTron sound Stop/Start Technology 16:00 - Modern services and stupid brains Jeremy's metal band, Age of Evil Christophe's Wedding August Smart Lock Don Norman People tri