Shaping Design

In this episode, we sit down with Estonian designer, Ilya Miskov, and dive into being low-key Twitter/X famous, his love for iconography, and getting started in design.Correction: I mistakenly said 40th episode, when this is only the 39th. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles: Mentions* Ilya’s Twittet/X: https://twitter.com/ilyamiskovSocials* Mitchell Bernstein: https://twitter.com/MitchBernstein* Logan Liffick: https://twitter.com/logan_liffick* Shaping Design newsletter: https://shaping.designShaping Design Podcast* YouTube: https://bit.ly/shapingdesign* Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3rMqPhC* Substack: https://shaping.design* Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3rFrVMm* Google Podcasts: https://bit.ly/sdgooglepod This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

Hosts discuss mindset shift in switching disciplines, recent Dribbble branding redesign, focus tips. The decline of Dribbble as a design platform, negativity of algorithm and format changes. Difference between product and marketing design, struggles with creating effective marketing designs. Perspectives on psychedelics and drug use in design, concerns and culture. Techniques for improving focus: brown noise, timers. Strategies for motivation: rewards, hunger. Limiting social media usage at work. Being aware of the design community and using multiple Twitter accounts.

Blake Everingham, design leader with experience in user research and design mindset, discusses his fitness app side project, gorilla strategy for user research, lessons learned in startups and enterprises, and how to begin chiseling away at the design leadership mindset.

Logan Liffick, Design Twitter / X content influencer, talks about the plummeting design process, becoming a solopreneur, struggles with social media, the current economic situation, motivations of design influencers, finding a balance between money and meaningful work, AI-generated comments on Twitter, and observations on content creation.

Mitchell Bernstein sits down with Matthieu Salvaggio, CEO and founder of Blaze Foundry, a typography foundry that's designed affordable typefaces. They discuss running a type foundry, choosing typefaces to sell, the popularity of different typefaces, the use of typefaces in branding, creating and evolving typefaces, the font design process, and their favorite and least favorite typefaces.

Dan Hollick discusses his advanced Framer course, controversial color standards in design, handling feedback, creating a course on website building, controversies on Twitter, and balancing data density with usability.

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) discusses some thoughts about Twitter/X users chasing follower counts, subscription agency downsides, and designers facing depression. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles: Socials* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* YouTube* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts* TikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

Mitchell (@mitchbernstein) and Paul Lapkin (@DesignedByPaul) launch into a discussion about all things typography, choosing the right typeface, transitioning from traditional graphic design into digital product design, sources of typography inspiration, and covering much of his recent notoriety all over the Framer universe.🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles: https://shaping.designMentioned* Paul’s Twitter* Fontshare* Pangram Pangram* DinamoSocials* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* YouTube* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts* TikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Logan Liffick (@logan_liffick) about his current job as Head of Product & Design at Makelog. We discuss some learnings up-and-coming designers should listen to, how he benefits as a designer from understanding code, even talking about a trip down memory lane, and much more. 🌏 Get 3 months of Framer Pro for FREE using our special discount link: https://bit.ly/framerpro💌 Subscribe to our newsletter and be first to know when we drop new episodes and articles: https://shaping.designSocials* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* YouTube* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts* TikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design

In this episode, Mitchell Bernstein (@mitchbernstein) chats with Fabio (@fffabs) about his adventures designing a multitude of incredibly well known software including for Porsche, Bumble, and more! We dived into his thoughts on the subscription design agency trend going around and how he chooses to select projects based on what he aims to learn—an admirable approach you don’t hear about often enough. You’ll also be introduced to his incredible thought process around design.🎥 Wanna see our faces too? Subscribe to the Shaping Design YouTube channel.📕 Download our guide for winning your next design interview!🌎 Sign up for Framer to build your own spot on the internet, no-coding required, and use promo code pro-yearly-partner for 3 months free when you click this link.Mentioned* Fabio’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/fffabsSocials* Mitchell Bernstein: Twitter, LinkedIn* Shaping Design newsletterShaping Design Podcast* YouTube* Substack* Spotify* Apple Podcasts* Google Podcasts* TikTok This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit shaping.design