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This week we caught up with Cennydd Bowles over Skype for a truly fascinating discussion about cross-OS design, the future of wearables, what it means to be a junior vs. senior designer, and why sound design will be the next big trend. 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 Cennydd on the Web: Twitter Website A List Apart articles Undercover User Experience Design (The Book) The Pastry Box Project writing The Ethical Designer - Talk Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on these days? How did you get started at Twitter? @cennydd Tweetdeck 16:00 - We talk mobile design, Windows and the OS landscape. Windows 10 can run iOS and Android Outlook for iOS 27:00 - Cennydd has more experience with wearables than most. Samsung Gear S Moto 360 Apple

This episode, we talked tea with Boba Guys and Tea People co-founder Bin Chen! He's had one of the most unique design careers we've ever heard of and he tells a really great story - which made this episode especially fun for us. Hopefully, you'll dig it too! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Iconfinder's Definitive Guide to Apple Watch Icons Bin on the Web Twitter You Might Find Yourself Boba Guys Tea People Show Notes: 3:30 - Beer! Muscat Oolong Black Sands Brewery 5:00 - What are you working on? Timbuk2 Tea People Andrew Chau Boba Guys Blend #1 Ken Ken Ramen Mission Mission Biddenly Ajay Nainani Biddenly Kickstarter 15:30 - Tea People and Boba Guys' Culture Horchata Boiling frog Patagonia Kaizen Yvon Chouinard Sheryl Swoopes Boba Guys Nashville Pop-up The Buffer Culture Myers-Briggs Personality Test 26:30 - Differences between digital design a

This week we caught up with Dustin Senos, the lead designer at Medium for the past 3 years who has spent his professional career traversing the worlds of design and engineering. We dig into Dustin's background and how design has shaped Medium into the product it is today. 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! Dustin on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - Dustin tells us about his transitions between engineering and design. Acro Media LittleIpsum 7:00 - Should designers code? Flinto Framer Balsamiq 11:00 - How did you end up at Medium? @ev Medium Obvious 17:00 - How was Medium approached as a design challenge? The hyphen, n-dash and em-dash 21:00 - How would you describe the aesthetic of Medium today? How did the agency work shape that aesthetic? Teehan+Lax @dannpetty Teehan+Lax Medium case study 30:

This episode, we dug into our concerns after all the Apple Watch reviews came out with a couple of our favorite iOS developers: Caleb Davenport and Jake Marsh. This episode was completely ridiculous and fun (even moreso if you caught the Periscope livestream featuring the inimitable Marc Hemeon). We discuss the models that each of us pre-ordered as well as Amazon Dash and our most-hoped-for features of the Apple Watch when it finally comes out! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Caleb on the Web: Twitter North Technologies Jake on the Web: Twitter Deallocated Objects 4:00 - We discuss the Apple Watch pre-orders "The Marco Special" Marc Hemeon Kevin Rose Watchville Hodinkee Caleb's Nomos Glashütte Bryn's Rado "Complications" Grande Sonnerie 9:00 - California vs Not California Khoi's episode Cap's episode Om Malik Sam Soffes Jare

This week we broke up our regular string of web designer guests to chat with Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games. Stone was also the lead designer of Diablo 3, SimCity and Spore; he's an incredibly talented creator who shared so much insight with us on this episode of Design Details! 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! 500,000 Icons and why the Number Matters InVision Stone on the Web: Twitter Wikipedia Website Stone's GDC 2015 Talk Show Notes: 6:00 - We catch up with Stone on his current work as a game designer. Riot Games Stone's GDC 2015 Talk 9:00 - Stone shares his journey to becoming a game designer. Blizzard North 20:00 - Stone shares some of the more specific challenges he's faces as a game designer. Spore Diablo 3 Minecraft 24:00 - You also build lots of physical games? Fridge Game Fridge Game GIF Stone's oth

This week we hung out with Divya Manian and Bradee Evans from the Photoshop team at Adobe. This was a really, really fun episode to record and Divya and Bradee were amazing guests. We got to talk about everything from important issues around diversity to just making dumb jokes about pterodactyls and unicorns. We hope you enjoy it half as much as we enjoyed recording it. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Divya on the Web: Twitter Website Bradee on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Medium Behance Show Notes: 2:00 - Bradee's Second Career & Explicit Ratings for Podcasts SoundCloud Simplecast Josh Long "The Other Guy" aka Jon Buda 4:00 - What's up with female representation in tech? Feminista Jones on NPR Impostor Syndrome 7:30 - Making mistakes in big products UserTesting.com "Error Bad" Stateful Design 16:00 - "Uncle Photoshop" Marc Edwards 20:00 - What's it like working on Photoshop?

This week we caught up with Khoi Vinh, an insightful and talented designer making Wildcard in New York City. In this Skype chat we talked about designing for the tablet, honesty on the web and how Khoi manages to maintain so many projects! 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! InVision Khoi on the Web: Twitter Website Wildcard How They Got There Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up with Khoi and chat about his current project, Wildcard. Wildcard Jordan Cooper Doug Petkanics Eric Tang Stephen Meszaros 9:00 - Khoi tells us more about the specifics of designing at Wildcard, including why cards are the future of the web. What is a card? Cards are the future of the web 15:00 - How have you become such a prolific design writer? subtraction.com Khoi's book, How They Got There Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Desi

This is our first time to have a second episode scheduled for the week! We're excited to try out this new format, kicking things off with two guests: Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg. We chat about design at Facebook, their journeys as designers and how they're growing within such a large organization! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Jeremy on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website George on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Show Notes: 1:00 - A beautiful story of a Periscope party. Periscope Meerkat Personal Sam 5:00 - We catch up on the announcements at F8 and what's coming with 3rd party apps. Facebook Messenger Messenger Platform Messenger for Business Path Talk Vivian Wang 8:00 - What is the design process like for a product with 600 million users? "Get real time shipping updates on your phone. Send to Messenger." 15:00 - So React Native is a thing! React Native Parse Parse for IoT 18:00 - Geor

This week we hung out with Jared Erondu, a designer well-known for his work at Lift, Omada Health, The Industry and his current role as Creative Director at Teespring. We covered a lot of ground – from the future of user interfaces to donuts to whether or not “UX designer” should be a job title anymore! This was a great conversation and, for the first time ever, we have another one coming on Thursday where we discuss the announcements from the F8 conference with Facebook designers Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg! 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! Invision Jared on the Web Website Twitter Teespring Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - We catch up with Jared and the latest projects he's working on! Teespring Jared's Personal Site Jared's photos Elle Luna Bulan Project The Crossroads of Should and Must Elle's Book Picture fro

We had an amazing conversation this week with Maurice "Mo" Woods, a senior visual designer at Yahoo and founder of the Inneract Project. We chat about what he's doing in design education, diversity in design and how his background as a pro basketball player has served him in his career as a designer. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) InVision Mo on the Web: Twitter AIGA Profile Mo's HOW Interview Inneract Project Founder Inneract Project LinkedIn Show Notes: 14:00 - We learn more about Mo's interest in design education for kids. Inneract Project 20:00 - Mo gets into the details of what's going on at Inneract and why it's so important. Teach a class at Inneract Volunteer Donate 37:00 - Want to help with the Inneract Project? They need your help. Like Inneract Project on Facebook Follow Inneract Project on Twitter Get Involved Tea

This past week we sat down with Ryan Sims, the former head of design at Rdio. We caught up with him about his latest career change as he heads to Adobe, what it was like growing the design team at Rdio and what it means to have a design mentor. This was an insightful episode, and we hope you all enjoy! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) InVision Ryan on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Rdio Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up with Ryan on his latest adventures in funemployment. @veen Future of Web Design Typekit @wilsonminer 9:00 - a mispronunciation kicks off a backstory of Ryan's journey at Rdio. Rdio Virb EveryBlock @malthe 15:00 - A brief diversion into Ryan's latest music. @pusha_t Clipse The Neptunes @pharrell @kendricklamar To Pimp a Butterfly My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Radiohead OK Computer Warren G 18:00 - We chat br

This week we caught up with Erika Hall, co-founder of Mule Design and author of Just Enough Research. We dive deep into a handful of topics, from user research to gender in tech, from the Apple Watch to the evolution of San Francisco culture - we had a lot of fun recording this one! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) Pixate (click here to save 25% on a yearly subscription!) Erika on the Web: Twitter Medium Instagram Just Enough Research Mule Design Show Notes: 3:00 - We catch up with Erika to learn about design research. Erika Hall on Medium Just Enough Research Observing the User Experience 8:00 - What are some of the myths of design and research? Steve Jobs building NeXT 16:00 - Has Mule ever considered launching original products? Mule Radio Syndicate Mule Evening Edition Unsuck-It Mule's Audubon case study The new Seattle Times 1:17:0

Today we're excited to release a special bonus episode of the Design Details Podcast! After today's Apple Watch event we grabbed Sam Soffes to chat about the implications for us as designers and what the watch means for app design going into the future. This is our first "bonus episode" and we'd love to hear your thoughts! We're excited to explore more weekly episodes in the future but we want to make sure we get the content and format just right. If you have feedback or suggestions on this style, give us a shout on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!)

This week we caught up with Tim Van Damme, an amazing designer who has been a part of some of our favorite products including Instagram and Dropbox. For this hour we chat about Tim's past experience in design, working on Mailbox, Dribbble and the future of design/technology. We had a lot of fun with this show and we hope you all enjoy the conversation! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) Hover (use promo code 'bragdriven' to save on your first order!) Tim on the Web: Website Twitter Exposure Instagram Dribbble Show Notes: 2:00 - We dig a bit into Tim's past interview experiences and first steps into the design world. The Great Discontent with Tim Van Damme net magazine 24 Ways (Tim's piece) atebits (Tweetie, Loren Brichter) 14:00 - Tim talks about taking breaks and disconnecting. Tim's Instagram Storehouse Exposure 20:00 - What it's like wor

For Episode 9, we had our first chat with two guests! This time we caught up with Paul Stamatiou and Avi Cieplinski from the Photo and Video Team at Twitter. We covered a lot this week - chatting about prototyping, wearables, design process and what it's like to work at Twitter and Apple! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) Hover (use promo code 'bragdriven' to save 10% on your first order!) Paul on the Web: Twitter Website Instagram Github Avi on the Web: Twitter Show Notes: 2:00 - We sat down with Paul and Avi to chat about what they've been working on. Twitter Video Framer Pixate 6:00 - The importance of sharing the design process in public. Building Twitter Video 16:00 - We dive a bit deeper into prototyping at big tech companies. Origami 2.0 Sketch Beta 21:00 - We dig a bit into Paul's background as a designer. Paul's blog 53:00 -

Episode 8 everyone! This week we sat down with the lovely Chloe Park, an experience designer making things happen at OpenTable. We chat about everything from the design process at OpenTable to Chloe's biggest problems with relationships in tech. This was a fun episode for us to record and we hope you enjoy it! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) Hover (use promo code 'bragdriven' to save on your first order!) Chloe Park on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - We catch up with Chloe on everything she's working on at OpenTable. OpenTable 7:00 - What's the design process at OpenTable? OpenTable is hiring! The OpenTable design family 23:00 - Chloe shares a "project" she's working on... Keezy

This week we caught up with Cap Watkins, the recently-appointed VP of design at BuzzFeed. We picked Cap's brain about hiring designers, A/B testing, beard-growing, East Coast design and more. Oh, and robo-horses! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Weebly and their Dribbble team Hover (use promo code 'bragdriven' to save on your first order!) Cap Watkins on the Web: Website Cap's Blog Twitter Instagram Video: Designing at Scale Designer News AMA Show Notes: 02:00 - Cap tells us what he's been up to lately. BuzzFeed Etsy 03:00 - We explore life as a designer on the East Coast. Bagel.io - unregistered! Kim Bost 11:30 - Cap Watkins: VP of Unnecessary Redesign. Two Weeks at BuzzFeed 15:00 - We explore a bit about the hiring decisions being made at BuzzFeed. The Boring Designer Big Nerd Ranch 18:00 - What prototyping tools are you using? Flinto InVision OOCSS Origami + Quartz Composer Pixate Form 28:30 -

This week we hung out with Marissa Louie - a rather prolific designer, activist, and creator who has worked on many of our favorite products at places like Apple, Yahoo, Ness Computing, and Wanelo, among others. We discussed everything from teddy bears to social justice - and the profound impact of emotional design. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Weebly and their Dribbble team InVision Marissa Louie on the Web: Twitter Behance Dribbble BearBear Show Notes: 01:05 - Marissa's "Origin Story" Yahoo Homepage + Search OpenTable buys Ness Wanelo Marissa on Wanelo BearBear, Inc. 15:45 - How did you transition into building stuffed animals? Bear Ball 30:00 - What's a product with a really great experience? Wanelo 32:00 - Bringing emotion to data-driven products Yahoo Search Results Brian in Shanghai Yahoo Weather App 35:00 - Designers Guild On Facebook Osandi Sekoú Robinson Designer Fund Enrique

This week we had a chat with Gabriel Valdivia, a Product Designer at Facebook. He's a close friend and a remarkable designer best known for his work at Automatic. We had a great time chatting about a lot of Gabe's favorite things - from prototyping to Serial to meat/candy hybrids. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Weebly and their Dribbble team InVision Gabe Valdivia on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Dribbble Show Notes: 01:45 - Gabe tells us about his upcoming Facebook adventure in London Facebook London 05:45 - Does the design culture at Facebook encourage bold new ideas? Slingshot 07:05 - Gabe shares about his transition from startup life to big corporation Automatic 17:30 - We learn a bit more about Facebook's latest experimental apps Facebook Labs Rooms 25:00 - What are the prototyping tools being used at Facebook? Origami Framer Sketch Pixate 37:00 - How do you design an emotional experience

This week we caught up with Kristy Tillman, a former designer at IDEO who now leads the design charge at Society of Grownups. We had a great time chatting across a huge range of topics, from diversity in tech to meatspace user onboarding! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Weebly (and their Dribbble team) Hover (use coupon code "thatshouldbeaplugin" to save 10% on your first purchase) Kristy Tillman on the Web: Twitter Website Society of Grownups Detroit Water Project Show Notes: 00:00 - We catch up with Kristy about what she's working on Society of Grownups IDEO Detroit Water Project 07:00 - We explore some of Kristy's work in helping marginalized communities, including why there's less diversity in tech NY Times: Women and Minorities as Targets of Attack Online Twitter Apple Facebook Google Youth Design Eddie Opara Jared Erondu 15:30 - Kristy adds context to explaining why there are fewer prom