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32: Dethrone Marco (feat. Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards) Jun 08, 2015

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It's WWDC week, and this time we're catching up with Russell Ivanovic and Marc Edwards, both founders of independent app development companies in Australia. We spent this hour chatting about Google I/O, iOS, Material Design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year!

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Show Notes:

2:00 - What're you working on?

5:00 - How did you two meet?

One More Thing Conference

8:00 - How do you see your companies growing in the next few years?

12:00 - We chat Android design.

16:00 - What are your reactions to the announcements from Google I/O?

20:00 - We get Marc's thoughts on Yosemite + iOS.

28:00 - And Russell shares his thoughts on Material Design.

Inbox

33:00 - How does Material Design cascade down to Android Wear?

36:00 - We share our opinions on the latest hardware changes, like force touch and haptic feedback.

48:00 - Russell busts the Android fragmentation misconception.

Monica Polewski

31: Jaded People (feat. Caleb Davenport & Sam Soffes) Jun 03, 2015

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This week we caught up with Caleb Davenport and Sam Soffes to chat about the latest Google I/O announcements, our upcoming WWDC wish list, OSX and iOS design and more. We're also in the running for Podcast of the Year!

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Show Notes:

3:00 - We catch up on the latest news from Google I/O.

9:00 - You don't have to worry about pixels anymore.

12:00 - We try not to complain the whole episode.

21:00 - We try again - this time digging into upcoming WWDC announcements.

41:00 - We chat about Apple TV design and what we might build.

Werewolf

52:00 - But what are we excited about?

1:00:00 - Our WWDC wishlist.

30: Rewarding Holding Experience (feat. Didi Medina) Jun 01, 2015

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This episode, we geeked out with Didi Medina over photography and music - and we still found time to dig into his origin story a bit.

We were nominated for Podcast of the Year at The Net Awards and would very much appreciate a vote!

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Show Notes:

2:30 - What Didi's working on... and where he started.

21:10 - Cultural Differences between NYC & SF and making the move to California

37:30 - Starting your own company and future goals

42:30 - Working on physical products, getting away from work, and improving yourself

29: Bananagrams (feat. Ryan Putnam & Nick Slater) May 27, 2015

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In this episode of Design Details we had the pleasure of catching up with Ryan Putnam and returning-guest Nick Slater! We chat about illustration, designing a company culture, mixing mediums and finding our spirit animals.

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Show Notes:

1:00 - What are you working on right now?

5:00 - We discover our spirit animals.

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7:00 - Ryan shares more about his background in illustration.

10:00 - Nick and Ryan share more about their design setups.

13:00 - How does one begin learning illustration? What is product illustration?

21:00 - We talk about design within Dropbox and Palantir and how it impacts culture.

Jon Ying and Dropbox culture

31:00 - A brief divergence into DBZ and comics.

Michael DeForge

33:00 - Where do you come up with all of your ideas for illustration and design?

44:00 - We learn more about freelancing and how it compares to big company work.

Ryan on Instagram

54:00 - Do you have plans for sharing more of your process as blog posts?

Creative South

57:00 - What's the next step in your career?

28: #TeamOneCircle (feat. Michael Schultz) May 25, 2015

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This week we caught up with Michael Schultz, a designer living in San Francisco tackling one of the hardest design problems out there: health and medicine. We chat all about the problems he faces designing in the medical world, how to launch and market side projects and we end with a healthy debate about designer job titles.

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Show Notes:

3:00 - Michael fills us in on what he's working on.

11:00 - We dig into Michael's background and introduction to the medical world.

24:00 - Michael and Bryn worked on a side project together, Privatize.

35:00 - Michael has strong opinions about Product Hunt.

41:00 - How did you market your personal apps pre-Product Hunt?

Thomas Goetz

48:00 - Michael shares how he designed Iodine to be a place that makes data understandable and easy to use.

Adam Baker

1:03:00 - How do you define different design roles? Bryn and Brian debate.

Jake Marsh

1:12:00 - We discuss designers who code and developers who design.

27: Socialist Design (feat. Kim Bost & Cap Watkins) May 20, 2015

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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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Show Notes:

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

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

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?

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?

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

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26: Beep Beep I Like Ferns Beep (feat. Sebastiaan De With) May 19, 2015

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This week we sat down with Sebastiaan de With to chat about everything design (and motorcycles)! We caught up on his evolving career in design, what it's like building a new agency, how to work with international clients and the power of giving design resources away for free.

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Sebastiaan on the Web:

Show Notes:

3:00 - We catch up with Sebastiaan on what he's up to.

14:00 - We dig a bit further into SDW's past work as a designer.

Stiched leather

21:00 - We learn a little bit more about the Apple design process.

Louie Mantia

23:00 - SDW shares more about his personal branding and background as a young designer.

32:00 - How did you end up moving to California?

41:00 - Circling back around to some of SDW's current projects.

47:00 - Not a lot of designers can separate from their work this much.

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53:00 - What kind of designer do you consider yourself?

25: Arbitrary Head Chef (feat. Danny Trinh & Chris Kalani) May 13, 2015

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This episode, we had two designers building their own companies by building some awesome products that we're super excited about - Chris Kalani of Wake and Danny Trinh from Free. We took a bunch of questions from people watching on Periscope and these guys have some great energy which lead to a fantastic conversation and some "real talk"!

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Chris Kalani on the Web

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Show Notes:

3:30 - Danny and Chris tell us about their current projects

12:00 - The best ways to learn design and the fear of sharing things

27:00 - Super Smash Bros. rosters and Pokemon as a game for designers

30:00 - Leveling up your UI and your career

45:00 - Dumb titles and how to divide up design roles on a team

50:00 - Listener Questions

24: Open Source Religion (feat. Kevin Rose) May 11, 2015

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This week we sat down with Kevin Rose - he's a designer, product creator and venture capitalist who has had a prolific presence in the tech community for several years. We chat about the things he's loving right now, watch culture, health and cooking, hiring and so much more!

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Show Notes:

5:00 - We catch up on Kevin's latest projects.

11:00 - Kevin shares more about his journey at Google+.

18:00 - We learn more about what working at Google Ventures was like.

23:00 - Where do you fall on the line of product or design?

Design Details with Cennydd Bowles

26:00 - What are the startups you're really excited about right now?

Shyp

30:00 - We talk watches.

34:00 - What do you bring back from outside of the US into the product and design world?

43:00 - Do you feel like you've gotten out of the rat race of the tech world?

46:00 - Flashback to Kevin's past roles in the media world.

48:00 - How do you spot that in the hiring process?

54:00 - Why do all the podcasts and shows?

57:00 - Would you encourage everyone to come to SF/Silicon Valley?

Kevin Rose's house protest

59:00 - We diverge, briefly, to chat about tattoos, Tokyo and cooking.

Darya Rose

1:02:00 - A fake-out ending, we hear what Kevin is into these days.

1:12:00 - We talk health, nutrition and religion.

23: Brains are Stupid (feat. Christophe Tauziet, Jeremy Goldberg, and George Kedenburg) May 06, 2015

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This was the most impromptu episode we've ever done. We were just out to dinner with these guys and we were having so much fun debating design things that we decided to record our first-ever 3-guest episode. We made a lot of references to George and Jeremy's last episode - so definitely go check that out. This was a really fun episode for us - hopefully it is for you too!

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Show Notes:

4:00 - Apple's product strategy

16:00 - Modern services and stupid brains

30:00 - May predictions and how designers work (We recorded the show in mid-April)

52:00 - Designing original things and what makes a good brand

01:02:00 - Movie Talk

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