

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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May 30, 2016 • 59min
134: Bias Filter (feat. Braden Kowitz)
Today we caught up with Braden Kowitz, a design partner at Google Ventures. We dig into Braden's work at GV, his background and journey at Google, prototyping, design process, building a design culture, 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!
Braden on the web:
Twitter
GV Profile
Dribbble
Medium
Instagram
Show Notes:
Design Details + Sketch + Nylas Meetup
GV
Daniel Burka
Daniel on Design Details
Jake Knapp
Michael Margolis
John Zeratsky
Kristen Brillantes
GV Sprint
Sprint Book
RES
ClassPass
Flatiron Health
Marshall Bock
Git Sketch

May 25, 2016 • 1h 5min
133: Follow the Gifs (feat. Sarah Jackson)
Today we're excited to share a very special episode of Design Details! In this show we sat down with Sarah Jackson, the full-time producer of our very own Spec Network. Sarah has been producing all of the Spec podcasts for almost a year, managing all operations, sales, new show onboarding and so much more – we dig into her journey to SF, what it's like building a content network, upcoming projects 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:
UENO
Sarah on the web:
Twitter
Website
Pinterest
Show Notes:
Spec
Andrew Carroll
Andrew on Immutable
Vicki Tan on Design Details
The Hood Sisters on Design Details
Linda Eliasen on Design Details
Vicarious
ShopSavvy
Mule Design
Mike Monteiro
Erika Hall
Erika on Design Details
Kristin Martin
Design Details Live @ GitHub
Spec on Twitter

May 23, 2016 • 1h 1min
132: Outdoor Disrupt (feat. Justin Graham)
Today we caught up with Justin Graham after returning from his journey to the Pacific Northwest and Japan. We dig into his background, making the leap to SF, building side projects, freelancing, remote work, traveling 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:
Freshbooks
Justin on the web:
Twitter
Instagram
Dribbble
Wander
Behance
Show Notes:
Evergreen Lake
Muse
Justin on Behance
Jeffrey Kalmikoff
Gabriel Valdivia
Gabe on Design Details
Caleb Davenport
Caleb on Design Details
Sam Soffes
Sam on Design Details
Headspace
Meg Robichaud
Meg on Design Details
Keegan Jones

May 18, 2016 • 1h 5min
131: A Silicon Valley Eternity (feat. Joshua Taylor)
Today we caught up once again with Joshua Taylor, previously a design director at Evernote who is currently contracting and working on a better experience for podcast consumption. We talk about his back story and becoming a designer, growing within organizations, freelancing and humility, leveling up as a junior designer 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:
UENO
Joshua on the web:
Website
Twitter
Dribbble
Instagram
Show Notes:
Joshua on Design Details #98
Evernote
Hyper
Lemonade
Erik Spiekermann
Google black links a/b test
Gabe Campodonico
Design Inc.
Marc Hemeon

May 16, 2016 • 1h 8min
130: Ramen UI (feat. Linda Dong)
Today we caught up with Linda Dong, a designer who worked on the prototyping team at Apple before leaving to travel the world. We dig into her experiences prototyping, diversity in tech, dealing with criticism, building video games 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:
Freshbooks
Linda on the web:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Show Notes:
Firewatch
Olly Moss
Linda's Keynote Motion Graphic
iAd Producer
Apple Diversity
Mike Davidson
Mike's blog post
Bret Victor
Avi Cieplinski
Avi on Design Details
David Hart
Mica
Swift A Day
Origami
Final Cut Pro X
Star Walk
@misofrenchie

May 11, 2016 • 1h 9min
129: Respect the Craft (feat. Claudio Guglieri)
Today we were able to catch up with Claudio Guglieri, a designer in SF making beautiful websites and products. We dig into his background as a designer from Spain, his process, honing craft, hiring designers, building products, writing for yourself, developing personal styles and so much 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:
UENO, UENO on Twitter
Claudio on the web:
Website
Twitter
Dribbble
Behance
Medium
Show Notes:
Elephant
Gabriel Valdivia
Gabe on Design Details
Facebook Design Resources
Claudio's amazing website
Framer
Drag to selfie
Therese Larsson
North Kingdom
Mega
Kim Dotcom
John Ashenden
Fantasy Interactive
What makes you special?
Dann Petty
Dann on Design Details
The photoshop template

May 9, 2016 • 55min
128: I Call Shotgun! (feat. Al Ingram and Ben Mingo)
Today we sat down with Al Ingram and Ben Mingo, two pixel pushers at UENO and recent SF transplants. We dig into their backgrounds and journeys to San Francisco, what it's like working at UENO, finding inspiration, interviewing 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
Freshbooks
Al on the web:
Twitter
Dribbble
Behance
Instagram
Ben on the web:
Dribbble
Website
Behance
Twitter
Instagram
Show Notes:
UENO
Dann Petty
Dann's Vlog
Dann on Design Details
Brian on Dann's Vlog
T-Shaped Person
Hali
Halli on Design Details
Buffer
Carolyn Zhang
Carolyn on Design Details
Michael Beirut
Anson Schall
Anson on Design Details
UENO on Twitter

May 4, 2016 • 1h 3min
127: F of X (feat. Luke Beard)
Today we caught up with Luke Beard, a designer currently working on building Exposure, a platform for photo stories. We invent a new mathematical formula for success, discuss building businesses vs. companies, talk origin stories and making moves to Silicon Valley, and much 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
Luke on the web:
Website
Twitter
Exposure
Instagram
Dribbble
Blog
Show Notes:
Exposure
Kyle Bragger
Elepath
Thinglist
Digital Ocean
Buffer
Joel Gascoigne
Leo Widrich
Tom Moor

May 2, 2016 • 1h
126: Hone Your Own (feat. Heather Phillips)
Today we sat down with Heather Phillips, a designer currently managing at Designer Fund. We chat about her experiences working across a huge range of designers and startups, women in design, mentorship, getting a first job, the value of design school 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
Freshbooks
Heather on the web:
Website
Twitter
Medium
Show Notes:
Heather on Twitter
Women in Design
Maria Molfino
XX+UX
Designer Fund
Designer Fund Bridge
Katie Topper
General Assembly
Tradecraft

Apr 27, 2016 • 1h 17min
125: Back to the Drawing Board, Baby (feat. Vanessa Cho)
Today we caught up with Vanessa Cho, a designer and manager leading the software team at GoPro. We dig into her background as a designer, the hard truths about being a great manager 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
Vanessa on the web:
Twitter
Interview with O'Reilly Design
Show Notes:
GoPro
Charlie Waite
Charlie on Design Details