

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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Mar 16, 2016 • 1h 1min
113: Artist Formerly Known As (feat. Jeff Smith)
Today we caught up with our good friend Jeff Smith, a designer at Facebook, a shralper at heart, and an all-around amazing designer. We start off digging into Jeff's background but quickly start to uncover what makes a great manager, how to deal with imposter syndrome, filling in skill gaps, answering the eternal 1x vs 2x debate, and addressing the importance of visual design.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
UENO
Jeff on the Web:
Website
Twitter
Instagram
Dribbble
Show Notes:
Frindle (book)
Gene Ross
Gene on Design Details
Ben Johnson / Elegant Seagulls
GoPro
MDS
Float Label Pattern
Pho
thoughtbot
Geoff Teehan
Facebook Design Resources
Teehan + Lax
Facebook iOS 9 GUI
Facebook Devices
Hands Kit
Julius Tarng
Gabriel Valdivia
Epicurrence
Daily UI
Kanye West on Ikea

Mar 14, 2016 • 1h 17min
112: Turtleneck Tutorials (feat. Marshall Bock)
Today we finally had the chance to catch Marshall Bock on a solo recording! We dig deeper into his background, dive into sketch tips and tricks, talk about grids and guides and how to build great cross-platform experiences.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Marshall on the Web:
Twitter
Website
Dribbble
Instagram
Blog
Show Notes:
Vicarious
YouTube Gaming
Spec Network
Sarah Jackson
Stuff You Should Know
WMS
Marshall on Design Details pt. 1
Marshall on Design Details pt. 2
Material Design Guidelines
Morgan Knutson
Morgan on Design Details
Design Details exploration of Stripe Dashboard
Elle Luna on Design Details
Loren Brichter
Palm webOS
Matias Duarte
Jeremy Goldberg
Jeremy on Design Details
Nudge.it

Mar 9, 2016 • 1h 9min
111: Claim to Flame (feat. Vicki Tan)
Today we sat down with Vicki Tan, a designer here in SF working at Lyft and wearing all black. In this episode we get into Vicki's journey to design, crafting a better interview process, management and having successful one-on-ones, hustling, getting a first design job and more.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Vicki on the Web:
Twitter
Medium
Instagram
Show Notes:
Lyft
Atmosphere
Interaction of Color
Harrison Bowden
Frank Yoo
Marc Haumann
Open IDEO
Cargo Collective
Treehouse
Ryan Putnam
Design Details with Ryan
Mackey Saturday
Design Details with Mackey

Mar 7, 2016 • 1h 7min
110: MAMP Patient Zero (feat. Joey Banks)
Today we caught up with Joey Banks, a designer here in SF, previously at Scoot Networks. Joey is a self-described junior designer, and in today's show we dig into his journy in the industry, his next projects, what makes a good mentor, how to build your network and more.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Joey on the Web:
Twitter
Website
Blog
Dribbble
Show Notes:
Scoot Networks
Pumped
Brian on Spotify
Joey on Spotify
Kerem Suer
Kerem on Design Details
Operator
Figma
Dustin Senos
Sam Soffes
Craft
Sketch Data Populator

Mar 2, 2016 • 1h 2min
109: Vim Me Up, Scottie (feat. Dan Eden)
Today we sat down with Daniel Eden, a design engineer at Dropbox. We dig briefly into Dan's background, talk about the relationship between designers and developers, writing CSS at scale, scratching your own itch and more.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Dan on the Web:
Website
Twitter
Portfolio
Dribbble
Show Notes:
Dropbox
Dropbox Business
Dan's side projects
Scooter
Mark Otto
Bootstrap
Animate.css
Morgan Knutson
Morgan on Design Details
Quadraat
vim
Adam Morse
Adam Morse on Design Details
Swift @ IBM
Immutable
Digital Ruin
Golden Hour
The Code Book
Drew Wilson
Sam Soffes
Tim Van Damme

Feb 29, 2016 • 1h 3min
108: The Flopping Dead (feat. Brad Simpson)
Today we caught up with the designer formerly known as Brad Simpson. Brad currently designs at Medium, but he comes from a highly technical hardware background at IDEO and MIT. We dig into Brad's transition from hardware/mechanical design to software design, the challenges of designing at Medium and more.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Sponsor Spec
Brad on the Web:
Twitter
Medium
Show Notes:
The Medium Design Team
Hackers
Flow
Wilson Miner
Human Centered Design
Mike Matas
Principles
Ev Williams
The California Sunday Magazine

Feb 24, 2016 • 55min
107: Just Enough Wax: LIVE @ Epicurrence
Today we have a very special, experimental episode of Design Details. On our last night of Epicurrence #3 we invited folks to come answer one of three questions; the result is a 28-guest mega-episode!
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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's Free Epicurrence Montues Ticket
Show Notes:
All Epicurrence #3 Folks
Kassie Scribner
Aubrey Johnson
Matt D. Smith
Jeff Smith
Charles Pearson
Ben Johnson
Robbin Cenijn
Jean-Marc Denis
Roxanne Clediere
Bobbilee Hartman
Courtney Leonard
Eric Atwell
Jim DeBrock
Brian Athey
Meredith Schomburg
Marc Hemeon
Anson Schall
Ash Huang
Brittany Brown
Arthur Armenta
Goef Crowl
Dann Petty
Adam Luptak
Gene Ross
Zac Keeler
Daina Lightfoot
Robin Clediere
Mackey Saturday

Feb 22, 2016 • 60min
106: Glorified Hustlers (feat. Mackey Saturday & Meg Robichaud)
For our third Epicurrence episode we sat down with Mackey Saturday and Meg Robichaud. We catch up on their past year, branding and illustration work, how to navigate company politics, the way to get critique as a freelancer, and a handfull of listener questions at the end!
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,000 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
Meg on the web:
Dribbble
Website
Twitter
Behance
Instagram
Medium
Show Notes:
Dann Petty + Drew Wilson on Design Details
Meg on Design Details
Mackey's Studio
CGH
Gene Ross on Design Details

Feb 17, 2016 • 1h 11min
105: Arbiter of Taste (feat. Ben Cline & Anson Schall)
In another Epicurrence recording of Design Details, we caught up with Ben Cline and Anson Schall of Rally Interactive. We dig into Rally's humble beginnings, the merit of design awards, how designers and developers work together, and the worst kind of client.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,500 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
Ben on the web:
Dribbble
Twitter
Behance
Medium
Anson on the web:
Twitter
Dribbble
Show Notes:
Rally Interactive
National Parks Case Study
Welikesmall
Wes Pearce
Rally on Dribbble
FWA
Snowbird Case Study
InVision
Beta Rally Interactive
Teehan+Lax
Rally on Twitter

Feb 15, 2016 • 1h 4min
104: All Good in the Hood (feat. Jen & Amy Hood)
In our first Epicurrence recording we caught up with the talented Amy and Jen Hood, founders of Hoodzpah Design. In this show we chat with the twins about their backgrounds as designers, work life balance, side projects, pricing and how to start a design business.
Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 3,000 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!
Amy on the web:
Dribbble
Instagram
Twitter
Jen on the web:
Dribbble
Instagram
Twitter
Show Notes:
Hoodzpah
Odds and Sods
In Pursuit Of
#ConnectingThings
Geoff + Bryn's Podcast
SoulPancake
Kid President
Ash Huang
Ash Huang on Design Details
Mackey Saturday
Epicurrence
Marc Hemeon
A Hoodrat’s Guide to: Starting a Design Business
Hoodzpah Instagram
Josh Sortino
Valio Con
Aubrey Johnson
Deus Ex Machina
Dan Cassaro