

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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Aug 8, 2016 • 1h 10min
154: Dancing Baby Dior (feat. Irina Blok)
Today we caught up with Irina Blok, a designer at Zendesk who has previously designed at Google, Yahoo, and Adobe (among so many other companies). We talk about brand and product, moving from Russia to California, designing in the real world, putting in the work, and much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter
Irina on the web:
Website
Dribbble
Twitter
Show Notes:
Zendesk
Android Logo
The Panic Sign
Landor
Where the Hell is Matt
John Maeda
Fashion Surgical Masks
Irina on Shark Tank

Aug 3, 2016 • 1h
153: Khaleesi of the Couch (feat. Jeany Ngo)
Today we caught up with Jeany Ngo, a designer by day at Airbnb, artist and creator and cosplayer by night. We dig into her journey into design, internships and hustle, art and cosplay, aphantasia and logic, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Jeany on the web:
Website
Twitter
Dribbble
Instagram
Medium
Twitch
Show Notes:
Pokémon GO
Ingress
Steve Johnson
Jeany's Art
Aphantasia
Blake Ross
Ash Thorp
Justin Mezzell
LetterShoppe
Jeany on Twitch

Aug 1, 2016 • 1h 16min
152: Maniacal Easy-Bake (feat. Beth Dean)
Today we caught up with Beth Dean, a designer at Facebook, avid hiker, creator of toys and comics, illustrator, and artist. We dig into Beth's journey into design, adventures in SF, designing at Facebook, transitional states in design, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter
Beth on the web:
Website
Dribbble
Twitter
Show Notes:
Emergency Sacrifice Kit
Noise Pop
Treasure Island Music Festival
Kai's Power Tools
Morgan Knutson
Morgan on Design Details
Flipboard
Nicholas Felton
Emotional Intelligence in Design
Tristan Harris
Wander
Justin Graham
Justin on Design Details

Jul 27, 2016 • 1h 1min
151: 100-Armed Octopus (feat. Mackey Saturday)
Today we got to catch up for a second time with Mackey Saturday, a brand and logo designer at CGH in New York. We dig deep into logo and brand design, working for free, making mistakes, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Mackey on the web:
Website
Dribbble
Instagram
Twitter
Show Notes:
Spec on GitHub
Mackey + Meg on Design Details
Epicurrence
CGH
Oculus
Airbnb’s logo found in decades-old trademark book
Mackey's Instagram Logo
Dann Petty
Dann on Design Details
Luxe

Jul 25, 2016 • 1h 13min
150: Fantastic Digital Goo (feat. May-Li Khoe)
Today we were able to catch up with May-Li Khoe, a designer at Khan Academy who previously spent seven years on the design team at Apple. In this episode we dig deep into long-term thinking, passion and work, priorities and flow, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Sponsor:
UENO and on Twitter
May-Li on the web:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Show Notes:
Khan Academy
Generative tutu
Gabe Valdivia
Figma
Linda Dong
Linda on Design Details
Framer
Monument Valley
Hearthstone
Andy Matuschak
Metamorphabet
Vectorpark
Pokémon GO
Littl Big Planet
FlOw
Never Alone
Alan Kay
Smalltalk
HARC
Bret Victor
Dynabook
Screenhero
HTC Vive
Daniel Hooper
Daniel on Design Details
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Klout
Avi Cieplinski
Avi on Design Details
Smell-O-Vision
Amber Cartwright
Amber on Design Details
PARC
The Mother of All Demos
Khoi Vinh
Khoi on Design Details
Alan Kay AMA
50 Years
Paula Te

Jul 20, 2016 • 1h 15min
149: Melayoncé (feat. Melanie Araujo)
Today we had the opportunity to talk with Melanie Araujo, an independent designer and the creator of Front and Center. She shares her story with us, and we dig into complex topics like self-awareness, identity, personal growth, inclusion and diversity, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Melanie on the web:
Website
Twitter
Techies
Show Notes:
Front and Center
Figma
Cape Verde
Karmaloop
General Assembly
Telenav
Skillshare
Human
Renato Valdés Olmos
OmniGraffle
Principle
Daniel Hooper
Daniel on Design Details
John Maeda
KPCB
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
Felicia Horowitz
A16Z
Ben Horowitz
The Hard Thing About Hard Things

Jul 18, 2016 • 1h 11min
148: Verbal Punctuation (feat. Tim Quirino)
Today we caught up with Tim Quirino, a product designer at Facebook working on Live. We dig into his background, mentorship, a designer's responsibility, vulnerability, and so much more.
Come chat with us in our 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!
Sponsor:
UENO
Skurt
Tim on the web:
Website
Dribbble
Techies
Instagram
Twitter
Show Notes:
Tim on Twitter
Stewart Scott-Curran
Stewart on Design Details
Facebook Live
Facebook Music Stories
P'unk Avenue
Dreamweaver
Geekadelphia
Philly Geek Awards
Uwishunu
Eric Smith
Gabe Valdivia
Tim on Talk Turkey

Jul 13, 2016 • 1h 9min
147: Editorial Spackle (feat. Jessica Collier)
Today we sat down with Jessica Collier, who most recently led content and design at Stellar.org. We go deep into designing economies, the importance of words and titles, Silicon Valley, the role of content in design, and so much more.
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!
Sponsor:
Dropbox
Skurt
Jessica on the web:
Medium
Twitter
Website
Show Notes:
Stellar
Stellar Developers
Mt. Gox
Interface as Mimesis
Jessica on Medium
Trancendentalism
To Save Everything, Click Here
Heather Phillips
Heather Phillips on Design Details
Lesson, on The Manual
Our Narratives, Ourselves, on The Manual

Jul 11, 2016 • 1h 10min
146: Smell-o-vision (feat. Amber Cartwright)
Today we caught up with Amber Cartwright, a design manager at Airbnb. We dig into her past and journey into design, management and leadership, invisible design, machine learning and AI, and so much more.
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!
Sponsor:
Dropbox
Skurt
Amber on the web:
Medium
Twitter
Show Notes:
Airbnb
Material Design Choreography
WAP
Huge
IDEO Design Thinking
Katie Dill
Invisible Design
Airbnb Design blog

Jul 6, 2016 • 1h 4min
145: Sinister Candybar (feat. Chris Downer)
We recently sat down with Chris Downer, a designer at Sketch, previously at Realmac Software. We dig into his background, what it takes to design Sketch, how to build great software, and more.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 4,000 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:
Dropbox
UENO
Chris on the web:
Twitter
Dribbble
Website
Instagram
Show Notes:
Sketch
Sketch 3.9
Pieter Omvlee
Design Details ft. Pieter Omvlee
@sketchapp
Realmac Software
Pixelmator
Acorn
Emanuel Sá
Clear
Dan Counsell
Reeder
Tweetbot
Paper
Courier
Analog
LittleSnapper -> Ember
Nick Slater
Ryan Putnam