Design Details

This week we had the chance to sit down with Katie Dill, the head of experience design at Airbnb. We talked about her background as a designer, what she looks for in new hires, how designers can work more effectively with businesses, and the critique process used at Airbnb. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 1,800 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 One Month - save 25% on the first month with this link! Katie on the Web: Twitter Instagram Crunchbase Show Notes: 2:00 - Introductions Airbnb O'Reilly Conferences 24:00 - Background Frog Design Airbnb Conference

Today we caught up with Morgan Knutson, a co-founder and designer at Shift, notable for his previous work at Dropbox and Google. In this episode we talk about what it takes to get hired as a designer, Morgan's background, working at Google, and how to get things done as a designer. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 1,500 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 Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Morgan on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Instagram Shift Show Notes: 2:00 - Introductions Shift Bring a Trailer Gentry Underwood Shift jobs 11:00 - Getting hired Getting Things Done Dan Eden Marshall Bock Miro 16:00 - Background Downhill Battle OpenCongress Genius Google Photos Andy Hertzfeld Noah Levin

In today's episode we sat down with Maykel Loomans, a designer and developer currently working on search at Facebook and is notable for his previous work at Instagram. In this episode we chat about Maykel's background as a designer, working at scale, mentorship and more. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 1,500 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 One Month - save 25% on the first month with this link! Maykel on the Web: Website Flickr Twitter Instagram Blog Dribbble Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Maastricht Treaty Facebook Pop Pete Hunt React Parse 27:00 - Facebook Justin Stahl The Font Game Dustin Senos Framer Koen Bok Blendle Optimizely 56:00 - Mentorship Modeling Mentorship

For episode 70 we sat down with Ash Huang, an independent designer, illustrator and writer here in San Francisco. In the past Ash worked on brand design at Twitter, brand and product design at Pinterest, and has most recently published her own book, The Firesteel. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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 Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Ash on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Dribbble Instagram Wild Woman Roadtrip Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Ash on Twitter The Firesteel The Firesteel on Amazon - Buy direct Wayback Machine The Firesteel on Kickstarter 20:00 - Writing Ash on Medium Thomson-Shore Dave Eggers James Victore Mark Otto A Woman Who Happens to Tech Dan Eden Heath Ceramics Ira Glass, The Gap

Welcome to our first live episode of Design Details! We recorded this show last week at Epicurrence North Shore with Haraldur Thorleifsson and Dustin Senos - we dig into inspiration, mentorship, identifying potential and more. Let us know what you think of this live format on Twitter! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 1,400 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 NCH Tax and Wealth Advisors Haraldur on the Web: Website Dribbble UENO An Interview with Haraldur Thorleifsson Twitter Instagram Dustin on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - Inspiration Epicurrence Sidewire UENO Dann Petty 12:00 - Mentorship Modeling Mentorship Mission Bit Ev Williams Santa Tracker 24:00 - Sharing work Teehan+Lax case studies The Making of Tiiny 34:00 - Designers Katie Dill Marc Hemeon T-shaped people 45:00 - Q&A

Today we had a very fun, very casual conversation with Katie Rinkevich and Trevor McNaughton, both product designers living here in San Francisco. We chat about A/B testing, accidentally becoming designers and the concept car method of designing products. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 1,400 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 Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Katie on the Web: Website Instagram Twitter Dribbble Trevor on the Web: Website Photos Twitter Dribbble Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions, story time Braintree Modest Optimizely Picturelife React Guggenheim Etsy Cap Watkins

Today we caught up with Soleio Cuervo, a designer, advisor and investor. He's well known for laying the groundwork of Facebook's early design team and, of course, his work on the original incarnation of the 'like' button. He currently advises many companies and startups in tech, and we had a blast digging into his stories and lessons learned! Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: NCH Tax and Wealth Advisors Dropbox Soleio on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Facebook Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Creator of the Like button Blaise DiPersia 13:00 - Facebook Ask Men Profile FB Notes Julie Zhuo Bobby Goodlatte Joey Flynn Drew Hamlin 48:00 - New designers Ira Glass on taste Designing Twitter Video @stammy

For episode 66 we caught up with Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt. We get insights into PH's latest podcasting branch, building in public, what it's like designing and building Product Hunt, and some of the biggest mistakes Ryan sees people making. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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 Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Ryan on the Web: Website Twitter Medium Product Hunt Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Product Hunt PH Games PH Books PH Podcasts Design Details on Product Hunt This Week in Startups Gimlet Media Startup Podcast Reply All Mystery Show 9:00 - Podcasting, building in public Serial Nomad Podcast Erik Torenberg @producthunt Building in Public Product Hunt Live 42:00 - Designing Product Hunt Shaun Modi Steph Bain We Are TM Brad Feld

Today we sat down with Linda Eliasen to chat about the latest happenings in her career, what it was like illustrating for Cartoon Network and her favorite project at Dropbox. We also take the time to dig through Linda's journey as a designer leading up until now as she sets off on her next adventure. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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: Harvest - use the promo code 'designdetails' to save 50% off your first month of Harvest Linda on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Medium Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Jon Gold XOXO 10:00 - Stories Morgan Knutson Ryan Putnam The puppet video Cody Osborne Justin Pervorse Film Orange Mr. Meeseeks MailChimp Ben Chestnut Codecademy Squarespace Rasmus

Today we caught up with Alli Dryer, a designer and architect working on the Twitter timeline. In this show we chat about Alli's background in design and architecture, what it's like to design at Twitter and what she's working on next. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 900 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 Iconfinder - use the promo code 'DESIGNDETAILS' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Alli on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram Capptivate Blog Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Capptivate Bottle Rocket Design Details Blog Pttrns Capptivate App 11:00 - Architecture and starting up Architerials Bad Yewex 20:00 - Twitter Alli on Twitter CodePath Flinto InVision Export Sketch files to XCode 36:00 - Interests Oculus Google Cardboard UX Archive Reflector