Rachel Gogel: Exploring East vs. West Coast design at Godfrey Dadich Partners
Creative Director, Godfrey Dadich Partners
We chat with Rachel Gogel about her perspectives on East Coast vs. West Coast design, getting better at critical feedback, and the commoditization of visual design.
Dave Nguyen: Visual storytelling for product, brand, and customer experience at Indeed
Creative Director, Indeed.com
We chat with Dave Nguyen about his work with projects like Hyperloop One, and creative direction at Pinterest and Indeed.com.
John Allsopp: the consequences of the web
Author & conference organizer
We speak with John Allsopp, who was involved with the early web and now runs the Web Directions conference, and chat about the early history of the web, where it’s headed, and how we might avoid a more dystopian version of its future.
Dane Howard: Designing like a startup at Samsung NEXT
Global Head of Design and Product Experience, Samsung NEXT
We speak with Dane about his experiences designing for startups and larger companies, the challenges and opportunities that machine learning bring to product design, and some of the unique projects he’s collaborated on with his daughter.
Bethany Jarroussié: Technology with a purpose at Sopra Steria
Practice Director for Experience Design, Sopra Steria
We speak with Bethany about how design helps make sure new technology is meaningful, and how she approaches demonstrating the value of design to new clients.
Socializing Design Systems as a Product at Upwork
Upwork
InVision’s Rebecca Kerr spoke with Upwork design leaders Dan Donovan, Kenny Hopper, and Roman Vasiutin, to understand their approach to socializing design systems and teams as products in a distributed organization.
Mark Rogers: Radical collaboration and innovation at Capital One
Sr. Product Manager, Capital One
We chat with Mark about how he uses design thinking methodologies in a cross-training approach with other non-competitive companies, how he thinks about the intersection of design and business, and what he believes a designer’s superpowers are.
Kristin Youngling: Designing with data at Ogilvy
Senior Director of Data Strategy, Ogilvy
We chat with Kristin Youngling about the data strategy team at Ogilvy and how it influences the way they approach design.
Lucy List: Building accessible design systems at TELUS Digital
User Researcher and Design Strategist, TELUS Digital
Lucy List shares her strategies in making their design system more available for the telecommunication company’s diverse range of users.
Jason Goodwin: Design Thinking and Agile at Manulife/John Hancock
Director of Global Innovation, Lab of Forward Thinking at Manulife/John Hancock
In this Conversation, Jason shares his philosophy on design thinking, its symbiotic relationship with Agile, and why he has the patience for embroidery.
Kim Fellman: Managing the Design Experience team at Pinterest
Design Experience Lead, Pinterest
We chat with Kim about the Design Experience team, and how they go about educating the broader company about design.
Kate Hanisian: Designing for social good at Design Impact
Co-Founder and Executive Director, Design Impact
We speak with Kate Hanisian about how she uses design to have an impact on underserved communities.
Andrew Ofstad: valuing collaboration over authorship
Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer, Airtable
In this Conversation, co-founder and chief product officer at Airtable, talks about the challenge of overcoming ego and valuing collaboration over authorship in cross-functional teams.
Alissa Briggs: constructing better designer-developer collaboration
Head of Design, PlanGrid
The construction industry might not be the first place you might think to look for good software design, but at PlanGrid, design leader Alissa Briggs is focused on bringing the best practices for a good designer/developer relationship to her team to build great products. We chat with Alissa about some of the biggest points of tension for designers working with developers, and vise versa, as well as practical ways to bring engineers into the design process sooner.
Joe Toscano: the ethics of big data
Design Good Founder
In this interview with Joe Toscano, author, speaker, and founder of Design Good, we talk about ambient computing, the ethics of design and the social responsibilities of being a designer.
Mayra Vega: the intentional designer-developer pair
Design Manager, Pivotal Labs
A successful product is created through the collaboration of design and development. We hear it often, but how do we create a culture for that collaboration? Mayra Vega, design manager at Pivotal Labs, talks about the responsibility we all share in being intentional when it comes to fostering cross-functional teams.
Cameron Moll: why perfect isn’t good enough
Head of Product Design, Facebook Events, Facebook
Cameron Moll built and sold Authentic Jobs and is now product design manager for Facebook Events. And he doesn’t aim for perfect. We chat with Cameron about why launching with imperfections ultimately creates a better product, what makes a great mentor, and why reading industry books isn’t a necessity to be a leader.
Vicki Tan: designing for mindfulness
Lead Product Designer, Headspace
The challenges of designing for a meditation app on the device known for sidetracking you throughout the day can be tricky. Read on to discover how Headspace Senior Product Designer Vicki Tan relies on her behavioral psychology toolkit and the inspiration of others to toe the line between encouraging and distracting.
Benjamin Evans: design thinking for inclusivity
Design Lead, Anti-Discrimination Team, Airbnb
As Inclusive Design Lead for Anti-Discrimination and Belonging at Airbnb, Benjamin Evans is working to help Airbnb achieve its mission of creating a world where you can belong anywhere. It’s no easy task, and we talk about how Benjamin uses design thinking to address the many challenges involved, as well as how his background in entrepreneurship influences his current role.
Jehad Affoneh: going open source and building community
Director of Design, VMWare
As a designer with an engineering background, Jehad Affoneh understands both sides of the screen, which came in handy when he and his team created Clarity, a pairing design system they took open source a year ago. Jehad shares key takeaways he learned from going open source, including the value of the design community and how investing in it publicly is an internal investment as well.
Jeremy Faludi: exploring sustainable design beyond 3D printers
Assistant Professor, Dartmouth College
Could smashed pecan shells be as useful and strong as ABS plastic? That’s just one of the things Jeremy Faludi is trying to figure out as a sustainable design strategist who focuses on turning waste into working material. We chat with Jeremy about his work, green design methods, and how designers can think of digital design in a more sustainable way too.
Gabrielle Guthrie: simplifying systems to design better products
Co-founder & Product Designer, Moxxly
During her thesis project, Moxxly Co-founder and Product Designer Gabrielle Guthrie learned there’s a big gap in product development when it comes to women’s products. We chat with Gabrielle about being a hardware co-founder, making breast pumps more fit for the modern world, and simplifying systems as a way to create delightful products.
Zack Onisko: blending design and business to create community
CEO, Dribbble
After a year of business school, Zack Onisko dropped out—he was learning more, and faster, at the startup where he worked as a designer. Now as the CEO of Dribbble, he’s helping pave the way for other designers by building a rich community with education and growth at its center.
Marissa Louie: inside the creative process that led to a winning product
CEO & Chief Designer, Animoodles
When it came to toys, Marissa Louie thought she had seen it all—until she started sketching and experimenting with her own ideas. We chat with Marissa about the creative road that led to Animoodles, along with skills she thinks designers need to become entrepreneurs and ways to develop critical thinking skills.
Jason Mayden: building stronger kids through Super Heroic
Co-founder & CEO, Super Heroic
Jason Mayden is the CEO and co-founder of Super Heroic Inc., a business focused on creating quality play performance products, technology, and services for elementary school-aged children and their families. We chat about designers as entrepreneurs, what inspired him to start Super Heroic, and design in service to humanity.
Joanna Peña-Bickley: Useful, usable, and magical
Head of Design, Internet of Things, Amazon
We chat with Joanna about how to design more magical IoT experiences, getting more young women into design and technology, and learning to speak design in the language of business.
Timnit Gebru: Machine learning, bias, and product design
Postdoctoral Researcher, Microsoft
Timnit Gebru works in the Fairness Accountability Transparency and Ethics (FATE) group at Microsoft’s New York Lab. We chat about opportunities for designers in AI, algorithmic bias, and some of Timnit’s recent research using computer vision and machine learning to make demographic estimates.
Bill Burnett: Becoming a leader
Executive Director, Design Program, Stanford
As the Executive Director of the Design Program at Stanford, and author of the bestseller Designing Your Life, Bill Burnett has a lot of experience in helping students become leaders and take charge of their careers. We chat about leadership, bringing people into the design process, and more.
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