27: Socialist Design (feat. Kim Bost & Cap Watkins)

Last week Kim and Cap were in SF for the week and dropped by to record another fun episode of Design Details! We chat about what it's like to be married to a designer, how to hire designers and how to overcome the biggest challenges design managers face.

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Kim on the Web:

• Twitter
• Website
• Instagram

Cap on the Web:

• Twitter
• Website
• Instagram

Show Notes:

1:00 - We touch base with Cap and Kim.

• Cover
• Cap on Instagram
• Kim on Instagram
• Aaron Shapiro

6:00 - Cap fills us in on the latest news at BuzzFeed.

• Design Details Ep.7 with Cap
• BuzzFeed News (Get the App)

9:00 - What's it like being married to another designer?

• Flatiron Health

18:00 - How do you keep a growing product design team in sync?

• An introduction to OOCSS
• BEM
• Bootstrap
• CSS Stats
• Basecamp
• Jira
• HipChat
• Wake

38:00 - What are the biggest challenges for new design managers?

• Start With Why

44:00 - How do hire designers?

• AngelList

55:00 - How do you divide up design roles?

• The Boring Designer
• Mystery Meat Navigation
• Zach Roszczewski

1:02:00 - Cap and Kim share what they're excited about in design.

• The Difference Between Living in New York and San Francisco
• Festa
• Shoop
• Slow Jamz
• cap@buzzfeed.com