

Design Details
Brian Lovin, Marshall Bock
A weekly conversation about design process and culture. Hosted by Marshall Bock and Brian Lovin.
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Feb 8, 2017 • 1h 1min
184: Three Scarves (feat. Meredith Schomburg)
Today we caught up with Meredith Schomburg, a designer and illustrator at Airbnb. We dig into the impact of illustration, finding the right team at Airbnb, finding role models and fulfillment, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page
Meredith on the Web:
Dribbble
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Show notes:
Airbnb Design
DLS
Ryan Putnam
Ryan on Design Details
Epicurrence
Katie Dill
Katie on Design Details
Jeany Ngo
Jeany on Design Details
Tegan Mierle
Tegan on Design Details
Graydon Speace
Pixel Pong
Rogie King
Jon Gold
Jon on Design Details
Karri Saarinen
Karri on Design Details
Benjamin Wilkins
Ben on Design Details
Netta Marshall
Meg Robichaud
Meg on Design Details

Feb 1, 2017 • 1h 6min
183: Vicious Soda Can (feat. Cat Noone)
Today we caught up with Cat Noone, a designer and founder currently working on a new startup, Iris. In this episode we learn how to do math on our fingers, discuss how to navigate a career and different types of companies, learn what it takes to bootstrap a startup, hear Cat's advice for aspiring entrepreneurs, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page
Cat on the Web:
Website
Twitter
Dribbble
Medium
Github
Instagram
Show notes:
Iris
Benedikt Lehnert
Wunderlist
Liberio
Nest Protect

Jan 25, 2017 • 1h 8min
182: Sugar Puppy (feat. Jenny Johannesson)
Today we caught up with Jenny Johannesson, a designer at Ueno, previously at Fantasy and DDB, who currently lives in San Francisco by way of Sweden. We dig into Jenny's background, design confidence, green cards and visas, that sweet agency life, advice for young designers, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 7,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page
Jenny on the Web:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Dribbble
Show notes:
HaraldurThorleifsson
DDB
Ueno
Robbin Cenijn
Jenny's Website
Fantasy
Chad Tafolla
Claudio Guglieri
Claudio on Design Details
Gene Ross
Gene on Design Details
Bryan James

Jan 18, 2017 • 1h 13min
181: 5,000 Tickets Gets The Gum (feat. Alex Cornell)
Today we caught up with Alex Cornell, a product designer at Facebook, filmmaker, book writer, musician, photographer, and so much more. We dig deep into his thoughts on finding fulfillment, growing as a communicator, fame, the good ol' days of design communities, and more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
We're looking for sponsors! If you or your team are hiring, launching a new product, or just want to get your message out to designers around the world, reach out to us through our sponsors page
Alex on the Web:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
YouTube
Vimeo
SoundCloud
Medium
Spotify
Show notes:
Facebook Live
George Kedenburg III
Alex on Spotify
Kevin Rose on Design Details
Gabe Valdivia
Gabe on Design Details
Ninja Rope
Origami
Wilson Miner
Wilson on Design Details
Adam Michela
Adam on Design Details
ISO50
Scott Hansen
Tara Mann
Tara on Design Details
Tara Mann: Learning to Just Be a Person
Khoi Vinh
Khoi on Design Details
Helvetica
Abduzeedo
Video Copilot
Alex's book, Breakthrough!
Erik Spiekermann
Matthew Lyons

Jan 11, 2017 • 1h 16min
180: Best of 2016 (Part 3)
For the next week we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017!
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsors:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Design Details on the Web:
@designdetailsfm on Twitter
@specfm
Slack
Show Notes:
104: All Good in the Hood (feat. Jen & Amy Hood)
140: Murky Waters (feat. Mike Davidson)
158: D.R.E.A.M. (feat. Bob Baxley)
147: Editorial Spackle (feat. Jessica Collier)
149: Melayoncé (feat. Melanie Araujo)
171: Never Not Crunched (feat. Sarah Marie & Marshall Bock)
163: Guardrails (feat. Ben Wilkins)

Jan 4, 2017 • 1h 13min
179: Best of 2016 (Part 2)
For the next two weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017!
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsors:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Design Details on the Web:
@designdetailsfm on Twitter
@specfm
Slack
Show Notes:
152: Maniacal Easy-Bake (feat. Beth Dean)
125: Back to the Drawing Board, Baby (feat. Vanessa Cho)
136: All Bridge, No Apple (feat. Rasmus Andersson)
144: Coca-Coolaid (feat. Stewart Scott-Curran)
129: Respect the Craft (feat. Claudio Guglieri)
166: Ambient Struggles (feat. May-Li Khoe & Andy Matuschak)
169: Invisible Unicorns (feat. Maykel Loomans)

Dec 28, 2016 • 1h 16min
178: Best of 2016 (Part 1)
For the next three weeks we're taking some time off with our friends and family – to tide everyone over, we've compiled three episodes with some of our favorite clips of 2016. We hope you enjoy listening back and rediscovering some of our episodes from this year, and we'll be back with new interviews in 2017!
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 5,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsors:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Design Details on the Web:
@designdetailsfm on Twitter
@specfm
Slack
Show Notes:
118: The Helena Price™ (feat. Helena Price)
100: Goldilocks Fidelity (feat. Daniel Burka)
165: Whitespace Friends (feat. Lori Kaplan)
111: Claim to Flame (feat. Vicki Tan)
113: Artist Formerly Known As (feat. Jeff Smith)
177: Chocolate Soul Cup (feat. Jon Schlossberg)
130: Ramen UI (feat. Linda Dong)
155: Duckicopters (feat. Athyuttam Reddy)
173: Grammar Different (feat. Leigh Taylor)

Dec 21, 2016 • 1h 22min
177: Chocolate Soul Cup (feat. Jon Schlossberg)
Today we sat down with Jon Schlossberg, the cofounder and CEO at Even. We had a wonderful chat with Jon, digging into his path to becoming a designer, developing the skills of critical thinking, the cognitive energy cup, designing against inequality, telling the truth, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Jon on the Web:
Twitter
Website
Medium
Quora
Even
Show notes:
Jenny Johannesson
Even
Dustin Senos
Dustin's Holiday Office Hours
Dustin on Design Details
Managed by Q
Huge
Joe Stewart
Pareto Principle
Knock to Unlock
Jon's Writing
Design doesn't deserve a seat at the table
BJ Fogg
List of Startups tweet...
The importance of being ruthless
Patrick Collison
Zero to One
How to Win Friends

Dec 14, 2016 • 1h 8min
176: Location Irrelevance (feat. Juan Arreguin)
Today we caught up with longtime-friend and freelance designer Juan Arreguin. We dig into Juan's origins as a designer in the midwest, the body as design, building a community in San Francisco, designing as a nomad, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Juan on the web:
Dribbble
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Unsplash
Show notes:
Dmitry Tsozik
Brian Benitez
Brian on Design Details
Jeff Broderick
Junior
Dann Petty
Dann on Design Details
Rally
Underbelly
Ben Cline
Ben on Design Details

Dec 7, 2016 • 1h 2min
175: Honeymoon & Humble Ping-Pong (feat. Claire Tauziet)
Today we caught up with Claire Tauziet, a designer at Google, previously at BigCommerce, by way of France. We dig into Claire's background, sharing past work, building a career in a new country, advice for young designers, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our Slack team! Over 6,000 designers and developers have already joined our team, chatting about the latest tools and news in the design world. Each week we also host a community critique with a special guest host. To join our team visit our Slack invite page and we'll send you an invitation!
If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter and on Instagram and on Dribbble
Claire on the web:
Website
Dribbble
Twitter
Instagram
Medium
Show notes:
Fliptop
Christophe Tauziet
Christophe on Design Details
Parse
BigCommerce
Andrea Wagner
Claire on Medium
INTJ
Claire on YouTube