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This week we caught up with Cennydd Bowles over Skype for a truly fascinating discussion about cross-OS design, the future of wearables, what it means to be a junior vs. senior designer, and why sound design will be the next big trend. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Code School - Learn to code from the comfort of your browser Video: Unmasking HTML Emails Cennydd on the Web: Twitter Website A List Apart articles Undercover User Experience Design (The Book) The Pastry Box Project writing The Ethical Designer - Talk Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on these days? How did you get started at Twitter? @cennydd Tweetdeck 16:00 - We talk mobile design, Windows and the OS landscape. Windows 10 can run iOS and Android Outlook for iOS 27:00 - Cennydd has more experience with wearables than most. Samsung Gear S Moto 360 Apple Watch LG G Watch 36:00 - What are your hunches about the future of design for wearables? Dragon Ball Z Revival of F Oculus 39:00 - Cennydd shares his thoughts on the toxic MVP. "Delighted that ‘MVP’ is starting to be seen as toxic." 4 Reasons MVPs Fail Minimum Lovable Product The Ethical Designer - Talk 48:00 - Thoughts on the process of creation and iteration, junior vs. senior designers. Letter to a Junior Designer

This episode, we talked tea with Boba Guys and Tea People co-founder Bin Chen! He's had one of the most unique design careers we've ever heard of and he tells a really great story - which made this episode especially fun for us. Hopefully, you'll dig it too! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsors IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Iconfinder's Definitive Guide to Apple Watch Icons Bin on the Web Twitter You Might Find Yourself Boba Guys Tea People Show Notes: 3:30 - Beer! Muscat Oolong Black Sands Brewery 5:00 - What are you working on? Timbuk2 Tea People Andrew Chau Boba Guys Blend #1 Ken Ken Ramen Mission Mission Biddenly Ajay Nainani Biddenly Kickstarter 15:30 - Tea People and Boba Guys' Culture Horchata Boiling frog Patagonia Kaizen Yvon Chouinard Sheryl Swoopes Boba Guys Nashville Pop-up The Buffer Culture Myers-Briggs Personality Test 26:30 - Differences between digital design and brick and mortar Square Net Promoter Score Twilio Twitch Pure Milk Tea Sprig the Boba Guys branding & aardvark Blue Bottle Coffee Ritual Coffee Four Barrel Coffee boba straws LLAP emoji 37:00 - How Bin got into design... Aqua-zyme Realmedia Adobe Premiere 1.0 Adobe ColdFusion Adobe Dreamweaver McCann-Erickson The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift Foot pedal for toilets Google Patent Search Vimeo Ben Brown Michael Eisner John C. Jay John Jay College of Criminal Justice Wieden & Kennedy 53:00 - Generalism vs Specialty 59:00 - Managing vs Individual Contribution John Maeda Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers Beautiful Soup Square Kitchen Tickets 1:07:00 - Scaling in digital vs physical space Shyp ShipStation Alite

This week we caught up with Dustin Senos, the lead designer at Medium for the past 3 years who has spent his professional career traversing the worlds of design and engineering. We dig into Dustin's background and how design has shaped Medium into the product it is today. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsor: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Dustin on the Web: Twitter Medium Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 2:00 - Dustin tells us about his transitions between engineering and design. Acro Media LittleIpsum 7:00 - Should designers code? Flinto Framer Balsamiq 11:00 - How did you end up at Medium? @ev Medium Obvious 17:00 - How was Medium approached as a design challenge? The hyphen, n-dash and em-dash 21:00 - How would you describe the aesthetic of Medium today? How did the agency work shape that aesthetic? Teehan+Lax @dannpetty Teehan+Lax Medium case study 30:00 - We chat about the culture at Medium and their experience with holacracy How Medium is Building a New Kind of Company with No Managers Holacracy Evan Williams on Building a Mindful Company Buffer's no-managers setup 43:00 - We diverge into a chat about diversity in design. Design Details Ep. 13 with Mo Woods 45:00 - How did you approach hiring at Medium? How to Impress an Interviewer by Julie Zhuo Calm

This episode, we dug into our concerns after all the Apple Watch reviews came out with a couple of our favorite iOS developers: Caleb Davenport and Jake Marsh. This episode was completely ridiculous and fun (even moreso if you caught the Periscope livestream featuring the inimitable Marc Hemeon). We discuss the models that each of us pre-ordered as well as Amazon Dash and our most-hoped-for features of the Apple Watch when it finally comes out! If you have feedback or suggestions please don’t hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm! Sponsor: IconFinder – Promo code ‘ROBOT’ for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Caleb on the Web: Twitter North Technologies Jake on the Web: Twitter Deallocated Objects 4:00 - We discuss the Apple Watch pre-orders "The Marco Special" Marc Hemeon Kevin Rose Watchville Hodinkee Caleb's Nomos Glashütte Bryn's Rado "Complications" Grande Sonnerie 9:00 - California vs Not California Khoi's episode Cap's episode Om Malik Sam Soffes Jared Erondu & his donuts Bonus Apple Watch episode with Sam Soffes 13:00 - Technical Difficulties of the Apple Watch Transit for Apple Watch ShopSavvy "Bono/Tim Cook Finger Thing" The Sweet Solution "Underscore" David Smith David Smith's Watch Apps 21:00 - Amazon Dash Poppy by Quirky 23:30 - ...aaaaaand back to the Watch Louie Mantia Mickey's foot is wrong Jake's TMNT blog post David Wise

This week we broke up our regular string of web designer guests to chat with Stone Librande, lead designer at Riot Games. Stone was also the lead designer of Diablo 3, SimCity and Spore; he's an incredibly talented creator who shared so much insight with us on this episode of Design Details! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! 500,000 Icons and why the Number Matters InVision Stone on the Web: Twitter Wikipedia Website Stone's GDC 2015 Talk Show Notes: 6:00 - We catch up with Stone on his current work as a game designer. Riot Games Stone's GDC 2015 Talk 9:00 - Stone shares his journey to becoming a game designer. Blizzard North 20:00 - Stone shares some of the more specific challenges he's faces as a game designer. Spore Diablo 3 Minecraft 24:00 - You also build lots of physical games? Fridge Game Fridge Game GIF Stone's other games 28:00 - What has been your favorite game to design? SimCity Atomic Design 54:00 - Stone talks about the games he's enjoying at the moment. FTL Rogue Legacy Candy Crush (App Store) 57:00 - How do feel about the broader trend of DLC and in-app purchases? Tap Titans (App Store) Bitcoin Billionaire (App Store) Fez 1:07:00 - Stone shares his thoughts on virtual reality and augmented realitigy games. HoloLens Oculus Recon snowboard goggles Mini Cooper Goggles

This week we hung out with Divya Manian and Bradee Evans from the Photoshop team at Adobe. This was a really, really fun episode to record and Divya and Bradee were amazing guests. We got to talk about everything from important issues around diversity to just making dumb jokes about pterodactyls and unicorns. We hope you enjoy it half as much as we enjoyed recording it. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Divya on the Web: Twitter Website Bradee on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Medium Behance Show Notes: 2:00 - Bradee's Second Career & Explicit Ratings for Podcasts SoundCloud Simplecast Josh Long "The Other Guy" aka Jon Buda 4:00 - What's up with female representation in tech? Feminista Jones on NPR Impostor Syndrome 7:30 - Making mistakes in big products UserTesting.com "Error Bad" Stateful Design 16:00 - "Uncle Photoshop" Marc Edwards 20:00 - What's it like working on Photoshop? "The Humans are Dead" by Flight of the Conchords 27:00 - Working on Web Standards How to Spot a Web Designer GIF Divya's Talks Arno Gourdol Rocky Offner 38:00 - Sketch's effect on how Photoshop is built Jeff Broderick Tim Riot 55:00 - Why diversity is important for creativity "How Diversity Makes us Smarter" - The Scientific American 58:00 - Art vs Design Twitter Conversation 59:30 - Maintaining confidence when putting out an important tool to a large audience Aligned Pixels, Ink. "Did somebody call an excavation expert?" 1:03:30 - Quirks: Sketch vs Photoshop Seth Clifford 1:11:30 - Running out of keyboard shortcuts and the move from hardware to software Touch screens with textures Avi Cieplinski 1:15:00 - Magic UI Amazon Dash Trying to edit money in Adobe products Photoshop Enhance Demo

This week we caught up with Khoi Vinh, an insightful and talented designer making Wildcard in New York City. In this Skype chat we talked about designing for the tablet, honesty on the web and how Khoi manages to maintain so many projects! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! InVision Khoi on the Web: Twitter Website Wildcard How They Got There Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - We catch up with Khoi and chat about his current project, Wildcard. Wildcard Jordan Cooper Doug Petkanics Eric Tang Stephen Meszaros 9:00 - Khoi tells us more about the specifics of designing at Wildcard, including why cards are the future of the web. What is a card? Cards are the future of the web 15:00 - How have you become such a prolific design writer? subtraction.com Khoi's book, How They Got There Ordering Disorder: Grid Principles for Web Design How She Got There: Erika Hall 20:00 - We learn a bit more about the process behind How They Got There. How They Got There 26:00 - Khoi's also busy on other side projects and explorations - we learn more. Mixel Adobe Comp CC 32:00 - What are the possibilities for tablets that are still untapped? Paper 37:00 - We chat about what it means to be honest on the web. @khoi Look and Feel and Feel 47:00 - Khoi tells us about how he shares content and thinks about having a large following on Twitter. Buffer 54:00 - What were your responsibilities while designing for the New York Times? nytimes.com A Farewell to the Times 1:00:00 - We dig in more to Khoi's journey since leaving the Times. Kidpost

This is our first time to have a second episode scheduled for the week! We're excited to try out this new format, kicking things off with two guests: Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg. We chat about design at Facebook, their journeys as designers and how they're growing within such a large organization! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Jeremy on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website George on the Web: Twitter Dribbble Website Show Notes: 1:00 - A beautiful story of a Periscope party. Periscope Meerkat Personal Sam 5:00 - We catch up on the announcements at F8 and what's coming with 3rd party apps. Facebook Messenger Messenger Platform Messenger for Business Path Talk Vivian Wang 8:00 - What is the design process like for a product with 600 million users? "Get real time shipping updates on your phone. Send to Messenger." 15:00 - So React Native is a thing! React Native Parse Parse for IoT 18:00 - George shares what it's like to work at Parse, a startup-like culture within Facebook. Facebook Camera 22:00 - Facebook just moved into a new office! New FB Campus announcement Photos of the new Campus Instagram Campus campaign Frank Gehry 27:00 - Jared and George share some of their personal stories with us. @ageofjeremy @nlevin 36:00 - George chat with Terry Crews on Twitter... The conversation @maxvoltar Sketch Beta 45:00 - Do you worry about feature bloat in Messenger? The giant Like button Facebook Sound Design More about Facebook's sounds 51:00 - Jeremy shares his experiences with designing interactions and animations at Google. Origami After Effects Framer Framer + Parse 55:00 - How are you pushing yourself to be a better designer every day?

This week we hung out with Jared Erondu, a designer well-known for his work at Lift, Omada Health, The Industry and his current role as Creative Director at Teespring. We covered a lot of ground – from the future of user interfaces to donuts to whether or not “UX designer” should be a job title anymore! This was a great conversation and, for the first time ever, we have another one coming on Thursday where we discuss the announcements from the F8 conference with Facebook designers Jeremy Goldberg and George Kedenburg! If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: IconFinder - Promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro! Invision Jared on the Web Website Twitter Teespring Dribbble Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - We catch up with Jared and the latest projects he's working on! Teespring Jared's Personal Site Jared's photos Elle Luna Bulan Project The Crossroads of Should and Must Elle's Book Picture from the helicopter ride Josh Sortino Christophe Tauziet Transamerica Redwood Park 10:00 - Jared tells us about his journey of becoming a designer. Treehouse Ryan Carson Chris Coyier Future of Web Evomail Circa Zite Mark Johnson Zerply Christofer Karltorp Flud Bobby Ghoshal Drew Wilson Valiocon 20:00 - How did The Industry become so popular? The Industry Adam Stacoviak 13 Design Trends For 2013 by Gannon Burgett Jared's Svbtle blog Go Home iOS7, You're Drunk. 31:00 - What do you think of Apple's first-party apps? Twitter Conversation 32:00 - We talk about designers getting a seat at the table. Medium is changing content DesignerFund KPCB Her Apple "Evolution" image Moto Hint Earin Dash Postmates Jeremy 42:00 - What was it like moving from the East Coast to San Francisco? Coming To America Omada Health Poppy Coffee Maker History of Espresso Amazon Dash 50:00 - We dig a bit deeper into some of Jared's previous roles in design Bridge Prevent Cool obesity chart FitBit Aria Obvious Lift(now Coach.me) Medium Ev Williams Tony Stubblebine 1:00:00 - Donuts! MMMM Donuts! Episode 4 1:05:00 - Jared talks about a secret agenda... Wake 1:11:00 - What does it mean to be a creative director? Dann Petty "The Creative's Mix" on Rdio

We had an amazing conversation this week with Maurice "Mo" Woods, a senior visual designer at Yahoo and founder of the Inneract Project. We chat about what he's doing in design education, diversity in design and how his background as a pro basketball player has served him in his career as a designer. If you have feedback or suggestions please don't hesitate to reach us on Twitter at @designdetailsfm or email us directly! Sponsors: Iconfinder (use promo code 'ROBOT' for 50% off your first month!) InVision Mo on the Web: Twitter AIGA Profile Mo's HOW Interview Inneract Project Founder Inneract Project LinkedIn Show Notes: 14:00 - We learn more about Mo's interest in design education for kids. Inneract Project 20:00 - Mo gets into the details of what's going on at Inneract and why it's so important. Teach a class at Inneract Volunteer Donate 37:00 - Want to help with the Inneract Project? They need your help. Like Inneract Project on Facebook Follow Inneract Project on Twitter Get Involved Teach a class at Inneract Volunteer Donate 57:00 - The real reason design is so important for kids in underserved communities. Kristy Tillman Design Details with Kristy Tillman 1:03:00 - We chat about diversity in design, tech and the hiring process. Mo on LinkedIn 1:12:00 - Where are all the designers of color? Guthrie Dolin on LinkedIn Diversity at Google Diversity at Apple Diversity at Facebook