Dive Club 🤿

Designer Gavin Nelson discusses prototyping, interaction design, and learning SwiftUI. Topics include designing app icons, creating physics-based interactions, designing for power users at Linear, using code for prototyping, and the interplay between custom and stock components in mobile design.

Design engineer Vincent van der Meulen shares Figma's visual search pivot story, highlighting the importance of visual search in AI tools. He discusses the challenges faced, the transition to a software engineer role, prototyping, communication, and the future role of design engineers in the AI age. The episode gives insights into identifying opportunities, collaborating with machine learning experts, and the transformative power of feedback.

Jordan Singer discusses his journey at Figma, including AI integration, designing dynamic interfaces, and the impact on designers. They delve into challenges faced, AI-powered features, making design systems AI-compatible, and the future of AI in Figma, emphasizing creativity and workflow enhancements.

Head of design at Optimism, Kathy Zheng, discusses traits of senior designers at Github, giving ideas a chance to become memes, avoiding conversational spinout, identifying opportunities using systems thinking, and techniques for storytelling. Mentions key figures including Max Schoening and Jack Conte.

Join the podcast with Alex Cornell, where he delves into communication, storytelling in design, and his journey from video production to design. Discover his startup Cocoon, the precision in his work, generative AI at Meta, and more. Explore his wild videos at Facebook, lessons from designing mobile apps, and the mental models he uses for narratives. Dive into his favorite fonts, type foundries, and the challenges of transitioning to new mediums in design.

Experienced designer Maggie Appleton talks about designing for AI products and LLMs, challenges of interface with LLMs, technical literacy improvement strategies, AI-native tools, redefining designer roles with AI advancements, cognitive vs generative AI focus, and more

Ian Wharton, Apple Design Award winner and CEO of Aide Health, discusses key storytelling concepts in his course 'Sell the Idea' such as the inciting incident and empowering others to share ideas. He also shares insights on why designers are suited to solve societal challenges and the importance of bias toward action in starting companies. The podcast explores Ian's journey as a design founder and offers a 30% discount on his course with the code RIDD.

Amy Lima shares her journey from being laid off to landing a dream role at Duolingo. Topics include avoiding burnout, negotiating job offers, preparing for a layoff, and lessons learned during the job hunt process. She emphasizes the importance of self-care, time management, and upskilling post-layoff.

Designer Julius Tarng shares insights on approaching work with an engineering mindset. Discusses deep background in prototyping, collaboration at Linear, and why design engineering is a missed opportunity. Explores evolution of design tools, challenges of fulfilling both design and engineering roles, collaboration between engineer and designer, and leveraging AI in the tech industry.

Raphael Schaad, design founder of Cron (which became Notion Calendar), shares insights on sketching, MVP identification, building Cron in YC during COVID, designing dialogues, and lessons as a first-time design founder.