383: Invisible Design

8 snips

Feb 3, 2021

Ask episode

AI Snips

Chapters

Transcript

Episode notes

ANECDOTE

Crypto Wallet Risks

Brian mentions a New York Times story about a man with $180 million in Bitcoin locked in a crypto wallet.
He's forgotten the password with only two attempts left, highlighting the risks of hardware wallets.

ANECDOTE

Airbnb: A Phygital Example

Divya Tak pointed out Airbnb as a great example of a phygital experience, combining digital and physical interactions.
The hosts agree, admitting they overlooked this key example in the previous episode.

ADVICE

Defining Invisible Design

Define "invisible experiences" as those unnoticed when present but immediately missed when absent.
Consider consumer products and software, not broader societal systems like government.

Get the Snipd Podcast app to discover more snips from this episode

Get the app

This week, we talk about “invisible design” – those products and experiences that go unnoticed when present, but would be immediately noticed if absent. In The Sidebar, we react to the new Tesla Model S refresh.

Latest VIP Patrons:

Ben Patton
Grzegorz
Danielle Schechter
Havana Nguyen
John Cafazza

The Sidebar:

The Sidebar is an exclusive weekly segment for our Patreon supporters. You can subscribe starting at $1 per month for access to full episodes going forward! Sign up at https://patreon.com/designdetails.

In this week's Sidebar, we react to the latest Tesla Model S refresh.

Follow up:

Following up on last week’s conversation about phygital experiences:

Harish Shivaraman DM’d us: Ledger's hardware crypto wallet has just 2 buttons that you can interact with and they've got Mac and iOS apps for buying, selling cryptocurrencies.
- NYT piece on lost passwords locking people out of Bitcoin fortunes
Divya Tak tweeted: One other company which has a good phygital experience is Airbnb. Not sure if it fits the discussion but their experience does move out of just the app. – we can’t believe we forgot this example!

Main Topic:

Kevin Fernandez hit us up in the DMs: Hey guys! I loved today’s episode ( maybe because my name got mentioned 😎 ) but also because you’ll touched on some great topics. One which really peaked my interest was services/products that are invisible but make a difference in everyday life. I would love to know more of these services/apps/products that are out there. I think it would be a great topic for a future podcast!

Our definition of invisible experiences: experience that go unnoticed when present, but would be immediately noticed if absent.

Doug DeMuro reviews cool cars and shares interesting features at the high end.

Cool Things:

Brian shared Tempo, a hyper minimal email client with great UI details and helps you beat your email habit with batches.
Marshall shared Jujutsu Kaisen, an anime with a compelling story about supernatural curses.

Design Details on the Web:

📻 We are @designdetailsfm
- 🎙 Brian is @brian_lovin
- 🎙 Marshall is @marshallbock
- 📬 Don't have Twitter? Email us at designdetailsfm@gmail.com
🙌 Support us on Patreon - your support literally makes this show possible. Thank you ❤️
❓ Got a question? Ask it on our Listener Questions Hub, and we'll do our best to answer it on the show :)
⭐️ Enjoying the show? Leave us a review on iTunes

Byeee!