Design Details

For episode 63 we sat down with Jon Lax, one of the design directors at Facebook overseeing the Utility Org. Jon is well-known for his writings during his time at Teehan+Lax, the design agency he co-founded with Geoff Teehan. In this show we talk about his work at Facebook, design culture, designing at scale, and of course, Jon's backstory as a designer. 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: Code School Jon on the Web: Website Medium Teehan+Lax Blog Twitter Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - Introductions Teehan+Lax iPhone GUI PSD - iPhone 6 4:00 - Culture Design Details ft. Julie Zhuo Margaret Stewart Luke Woods 10 Years of Teehan+Lax Jon's posts on Teehan+Lax Netflix Culture Mountains and Valleys Tribal Leadership Mike Vernal 19:00 - Backstory Jobs to be Done Clayton Christensen Theodore Levitt 5 Whys 44:00 - Designing at scale, more Wilson Miner Mike Matas Daniel Burka Julie's Blog The Innovator's Dilemma Sidewire Spec Slack Team Brad Frost Jon's Website

In today's episode we caught up with Alice Lee, a designer, illustrator and developer living in San Francisco. Alice is well-known for her work at Dropbox, illustrating for the New York Times, and her latest freelance work across a range of amazing companies. In this show we chat about her journey as a designer and illustrator, the story behind Dropbox and Carousel and the latest projects Alice is working on. 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 Alice on the Web: Website Blog Twitter Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions Postmates Tonko House The Dam Keeper Glen Keane Claire Keane Morgan Knutson 27:00 - Carousel and Dropbox Ryan Putnam Carousel Carousel case study Mike Matas Jon Ying Design Details: Carousel Design Details with Ryan Putnam Design Details with Josh Puckett 37:00 - Other projects Ketums Ketums case study 50:00 - Voice Naruto

In today's show we caught up with Josh Puckett, a designer and developer living in Palo Alto. We talk about Josh's journey at Dropbox and what it was like to build Carousel, how he manages to make so many apps, the current state of design tools, and the world of freelance designing. Stick around after the show to hear our 30 minutes of bonus conversation about the latest Apple event! 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: Code School Hired Josh on the Web: Twitter Instagram Website Dribbble Medium GitHub Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Stewart's Tweet Design Details with Tara Mann Stammy 9:00 - The Carousel story Carousel Carousel on Design Details Yi Wei 15:00 - Building side projects Josh's side projects Ian Silber Epicurrence Trim App Layout from Instagram Bill Hader, Siri Soylent Narcos Dear Guy Who Just Made My Burrito Charity Water Spec Slack Team 32:00 - Design tools Modern Design Tools: Adaptive Layouts Modern Design Tools: Using Real Data Tweak Principle for Mac Matej Hrescak Brandon Walkin Sketch Sketch Plugins Design Details with Bradee Evans Josh's Sketch Plugins FF Chartwell M 45:00 - Wealthfront Wealthfront Mr. Robot Apple TV Can I Stream It 50:00 - Freelancing Allan Branch Soleio Louie Mantia Rasmus Andersson Messenger for Mac Linda Eliasen Enrique Allen Ben Blumenfeld 1:06:00 - Bonus! We chat about the Apple event

In this episode we sat down with Ayaka Nonaka and Sam Soffes to deconstruct the new Apple announcements from last week. We dig through each product and talk about the design and development implications we can expect in the future! 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 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Ayaka on the Web: Twitter Website GitHub Medium Instagram Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions + Apple Chat Venmo Apple September Event How Apple Built 3D Touch Amazon Echo

For episode 59 we caught up with Tara Mann, a product designer and sneaker collector currently making things at Twitter. In this show we dig into Tara's background and discuss what it means to grow as a new designer. We also chat about the recent Google rebrand, entrepreneurial thought leaders and design school. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 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: Hired Harvest - use the promo code 'designdetails' to save 50% off your first month of Harvest Tara on the Web: Website Instagram Twitter Links for iOS Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Hypebeast Sneaker Freaker Dunk SB Pigeon Flight Club 10:00 - Design school Parsons School of Design Jennifer Brook Khoi Vinh Design Details ft. Khoi Vinh Immutable Episode 1 DIN 14:00 - New Google logo Product Sans Evolving the Google Identity Gymboree vs. Google 16:00 - Background Daring Fireball Marco Arment Startups vs. Agencies discussion Science Aubrey Johnson 34:00 - Design chat Keezy Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Deus Mike Davidson Stammy Avi Cieplinski Buffer MetaLab Designing Live for Facebook Mentions Evolving the Google Identity Designing Twitter Video The Making of Tiiny

In this episode we caught up with Kyle Meyer and Charlie Deets, two product designers that have a huge range of experience in the design and development world. We chat about design at Facebook, remote working, unsolicited redesigns and the power of sound. Come chat with us in our new Slack team! Over 750 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 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Kyle on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Blog Instagram Charlie on the Web: Website Twitter SoundCloud Dribbble Blog Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Facebook Groups MOON app Cat Chat Rethinking the Destiny Companion App 10:00 - Unsolicited redesigns Four Ways to Redesign Facebook Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims on Design Details 14:00 - Backstories Big Cartel 27:00 - Facebook Groups, games, sound design Will Littlejohn Messenger sound design Messenger Hearthstone it's pollinating time Immutable Charlie on SoundCloud 44:00 - More backstories Electric Pulp Blind Browser Duo App 57:00_ - Workflows Wake Peek

In this episode, we hung out with Robin and Roxane Clediere. They're a pair of French designers who not only are married, but work together on design projects. We discussed working together as a couple, joining Facebook, and moving from a small town in France to San Francisco. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers and our first new show, Immutable! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm and @immutablefm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Code School Hired Roxane on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Medium Exposure Robin on the Web Website Twitter Dribbble Show Notes: 4:30 - Introductions Limoges, France 7:00 - Joining Facebook 10:00 - Working together as a couple, getting visas, and side projects 52 Burgers Marlowe Burger Bar People Over Heroes Roxane's illustration style 21:30 - Getting started in design & working with large design teams Les Avignons 365 Awesome Designers Geoff Teehan Jon Lax Christophe Tauziet Claire Tauziet Sebastien Gabriel Jean-Marc Denis Sebastien and Jean-Marc's episode Tim Van Damme 37:00 - Launching a product at Facebook Cemre Güngör Branch Framer Quartz Composer See First Zuck 45:00 - Design Tools Marvel Chantal Jandard Mo' Tools, Mo' Problems Marc Edwards Mule Design Mike Essl Marc's Response Spec Slack Team Grunt Gulp Keynote Prototyping Principle Daniel Hooper Principle Mirror for iOS 55:00 - Startups vs Agencies 8 Reasons to Turn Down That Startup Job Luke Cage & Iron Fist

In this episode we sat down with Adam Morse, aka mrmrs, a front-end developer and designer. Adam shares his knowledge of building systems and making the internet better. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Harvest Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Adam on the Web: Website GitHub Twitter Other website Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions The Grid Tachyons 12:00 - CSS Basscss Brent Jackson CSS Stats MRSJXN 22:00 - Writing mrmrs blog Adam's reading list Mobile-first CSS PostCSS @fat Jacob Thornton on Design Details Jon Gold 43:00 - Other iOS 9 Content Blockers Jason Santa Maria

They're back! In this episode we sat down with Wilson Miner and Ryan Sims to chat about their latest adventures in design, Apple Music, design collaboration and job transitions. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors: Dropbox Hired Wilson on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram When We Build Dribbble Quora Ryan on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Rdio Instagram Show Notes: 3:00 - Introductions California Sunday Magazine Wilson on Design Details Ryan on Design Details 7:00 - Transitioning jobs, Apple Music, collaborating Adam Polselli Laura Miner Adobe MAX Rdio

Today we sat down with Jacob Thornton, co-founder of Bootstrap and previously an engineer at Twitter and Medium. Jacob tells us all about his magical experience with Snoop Dogg, the history of CSS and the free software movement. If you missed it, we recently announced Spec, a new podcast network for designers and developers! We hope you'll check it out and follow @specfm on Twitter for new shows and updates! 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 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Jacob on the Web: Twitter GitHub Website Bootstrap Medium Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions and Snoop Dogg Snoop Dogg at Twitter 11:00 - Free software Richard Stallman Free Software Foundation The Cathedral and the Bazaar What Is Open Source & Why Do I Feel So Guilty? byfat.xxx Dave Gamache 23:00 - Bootstrap Bootstrap Mark Otto Bootstrap 4 Alpha 33:00 - CSS Cascading Shit Show Bootstrap Themes Autoprefixer Medium’s CSS is actually pretty f***ing good Nicolas Gallagher Beautiful Javascript Sass Less PostCSS React TJ Holowaychuk Farewell Node.js