Design Details

Today we caught up with Morgane Santos, a designer, developer and artist currently designing experiences at thoughtbot. In this episode we dig into Morgane's background, building games, learning VR and 3D, transitioning from programming to design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Morgane on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Instagram

Today we caught up with Chantal Jandard, a designer currently building products at PlanGrid. In this episode we dig into Chantal's background, building a portfolio, learning how to interview, and...improv! We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Chantal on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium

Today we caught up with Diogenes Brito, a product designer at Slack who previously worked on LinkedIn and SquareSpace. In this episode we dig into Dio's background in design, navigating university, being a designer-y engineer, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Join the community for the upcoming conference in San Francisco on July 15th. Dio on the web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Website

Today we caught up with Max Schoening, a designer, developer and product manager currently working at Google. In this episode we dig into Max's background in the field, building and selling startups, going serverless, the challenges of PMing, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Join the community for the upcoming conference in San Francisco on July 15th. Max on the web: Twitter GitHub Dribbble Website

We made it to episode 200! Today we caught up with Josh Williams, a designer currently doing independent work, who is best known for previously co-founding Gowalla and designing at Facebook. In this episode we dig into identity in the startup industry, building and selling a company, modern day inspiration, putting out fires, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Use the discount code 'designdetails' to save 50% on Fuse Professional. Figma - Turn Ideas into Products Faster. Figma is hiring a design advocate and design writer. Vectors Conference - Get on the waitlist for the conference on June 15th in San Francisco. Josh on the web: Website Twitter Instagram Dribbble Show notes: Gowalla Keegan Jones Astro S-Town Podcast Process Pix Dustin Senos Dustin on Design Details Ben Barry Jeff Sheldon Gather by Ugmonk Tim Van Damme Tim on Design Details Kevin Systrom Alamo Fire

Today we caught up with Judson Collier, a designer working at the brand design studio at Intercom. In this episode we dig into Judson's background, finding a team, being a freelancer, the merits of kale pizza, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Judson on the web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show notes: Stewart Scott-Curran Stewart on Design Details Justin Pervorse Justin on Design Details Ryan Hubbard Intercom Brand Studio Intercom Careers

Today we caught up with Janum Trivedi, a designer and developer currently interning at Apple. In this show we dig deep on internships, side projects, the state of the web, dependency trees, Dungeons and Dragons, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Janum on the web: Website Twitter GitHub Show Notes: Ayaka Nonaka Ayaka on Design Details Teddy Compiler WHATWG

Today we caught up with Rachel Been, a creative director at Google working on the Material Design team. In this episode we dig deep into building design systems, creative and art direction, international empathy, machine learning in design, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Rachel on the web: Twitter Instagram Website Show Notes: Vectors Conference Gabe Valdivia Gabe on Design Details Material Design Color Tool Span Conference Material Guidelines Carl Kleiner HIG The 8pt Grid Craig and Karl Billboard Mediastorm Snow Fall

In today's episode we caught up with our fellow Spec podcasters and designers, Rafael Conde and Kevin Clark, to talk about podcasting, side projects, building design systems, design obsession, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Rafael on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble GitHub Break This Safe Kevin on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Show Notes: Layout 55: With Our Powers Combined (With Brian Lovin and Bryn Jackson) Spec Netlify Spectrum Shopify Unite Shopify Pay Wilson Miner Wilson on Design Details The Artboard Game design on Design Details Why are so many product design teams releasing design systems these days? Shopify Polaris A Component-based Workflow for Sketch Tim Van Damme Tim on Design Details Julius Tarng

Today we caught up with Helen Tran, a design lead at Shopify, writer, and explorer. In this episode we dig into Helen's background, finding motivation, design management, bodybuilding, being interesting, and so much more. We've also got a big announcement: we're building a new thing for you! It's called Spectrum and it's a place for the community to hang out and share what's going on in design, development, and anything else you might be interested in. We're still in beta, so expect bugs and lots of improvements over the next few weeks, but in the meantime we'd love to hang out with you and chat! Sign up at Spectrum.chat, join the Design Details frequency, and share feedback in ~hugs-n-bugs! Sponsor: Fuse - Build native apps on iOS and Android. Simpler. Faster. Helen on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Instagram Show Notes: Shopify Polaris Dann Petty Dann on Design Details Jet Cooper The Path Org Design for Design Orgs Cap Watkins The Sliding Scale of Giving a Fuck Cap on Design Details