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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 Y

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 N

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

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

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 Companio

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 & wo

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

Today we caught up with Sahil Lavingia, the founder and CEO at Gumroad. We chat about building an audience online, the challenges of being a designer, engineer and founder, and what the hiring process looks like at Gumroad. 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: Wake Wake Sahil on the Web: Twitter GitHub Medium Gumroad Dribbble Show Notes: 4:00 - Introductions Gumroad Kyle Webster 6:00 - Building audiences Small Product Lab The Fault In Our Stars Missionary vs. Mercenary @shl On Writing 46:00 - Design challenges Jeremy Goldberg George Kedenburg III

Today we sat down with Malthe Sigurdsson, the current Head of Design at Stripe. Before joining Stripe, Malthe was the VP of Product at Rdio, and before that he was the Creative Director at Skype. In this episode we dig into Malthe's journey through these amazing companies, diving deep into hiring and scaling design teams and how to think like a product designer. 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: Hired Iconfinder - use the promo code 'ROBOT' to save 50% off your first month of Iconfinder Pro Malthe on the Web: Website Twitter Show Notes: 5:00 - Introductions Stripe Stripe is hiring 7:00 - Design at Stripe Stripe Connect Benjamin De Cock Michaël Villar Wilson Miner 12:00 - Malthe's history Skype Rdio Malthe on Rdio Kazaa Ryan Sims Adam Pol

It's teaser time! This episode we caught up with Sam Soffes and Marshall Bock, two upcoming hosts on the Spec Network! In this show we chat about the future of Spec and dive deep into some Sketch pro tips. 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: Code School Hired Sam on the Web: Twitter Website Github Instagram Redacted Marshall on the Web: Twitter Website Dribbble Instagram Blog Show Notes: 4:00 - Who are you? Bock YouTube Gaming Soffes 6:00 - New Spec shows! Spec Josh Sortino Josh on Design Details @immutablefm @vicarious_fm 17:00 - Message us on Twitter (@specfm) with your email address to join our Slack Team! @specfm 21:00 - Marshall shares his story. Morgan Allan Knutson @cpaandrew 33:00 - Sam's working on things. Sam's Braun Screen

For our 50th episode we sat down with Steph Monette and Liam Campbell, developers at Mule Design, to chat about CSS, startups versus agencies and the state of tech in San Francisco. 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 Steph on the Web: Website GitHub Medium Twitter Liam on the Web: Website GitHub Twitter Dear Design Student Show Notes: 3:00 - NPR 5:00 - Introductions Team Sketch Mule Design Mike Monteiro 6:00 - What are you working on? National Audubon Society The Seattle Times Andrew Norcross Reaktiv Studios Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 1 Norcross on Developer Tea pt. 2 General Assembly Mike Monteiro 12:00 - Hyphens vs. Underscores Sass H

Today we sat down with Anand Sharma, founder of Gyroscope and an insanely-talented designer/developer. We caught up about his work on Gyroscope, the future of health tracking and how the quantified self is changing the world. 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: Code School Dropbox Anand on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Instagram Dribbble Gyroscope Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on? Gyroscope Gyroscope on Instagram Aprilzero Making of Aprilzero RescueTime Sense Luna Vessyl

Happy Monday! Today we caught up with Floris Dekker, senior design manager at Etsy and founder of Little Big Details! In this show we chat about Little Big Details, management as a design problem, gardening and what Floris is excited about in the world of design. 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 Floris on the Web: Website Twitter Dribbble Instagram Little Big Details Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Etsy Little Big Details Etsy Progress Report 2014 Kickstarter 10:00 - Designing around the world. Made by Sofa 14:00 - We learn about Little Big Details Little Big Details swissmiss The Webby Awards Andrew McCarthy 29:00 -

Today we caught up with Mark Otto, the creator of Bootstrap and designer at GitHub. We go deep into the CSS/front-end world on this one, we hope you enjoy listening! 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: Code School Dropbox Mark on the Web: Website Twitter GitHub Dribbble Instagram Bootstrap Code Guide Show Notes: 3:00 - What are you working on? Bootstrap Sublime Atom Slack Sketch Sip Photoshop Boostrap on GitHub 14:00 - We learn more about Boostrap Web Components PostCSS Sass Less Design Details with Jon Gold @mdo-ular CSS 24:00 - More about the current state of the front-end React CSS with React Functional CSS Tachyons Brent Jackson Basscss Immutable CSS BEM 101 Nesting in CSS Primer 40:00 - Burritos CodePen JS Bin 47:00 - Getting into

Today we caught up with Josh Sortino, designer at Teespring, startup advisor and photographer. We chat about design and communication, the design world in San Francisco, photography and how designers can get a seat at the table. 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 Josh on the Web: Website Dribbble Twitter Unsplash Instagram Show Notes: 4:00 - What are you working on right now? Teespring Bento 9:00 - How did you start advising startups? LAUNCH FAST Agreement Sam Soffes Shyp Facebook Ad Platform Functional CSS The Grid Shopify 20:00 - How did you get into photography? Sortino Photos Sony a7S 16-35mm Zeiss Sony a7R II 30:00 - What do you do out

It's time for a break from the normal conversations we have here on Design Details; today we stepped back to try and see the bigger picture with Elle Luna. Elle is a writer, designer, artist, entrepreneur and life adventurer, and in this episode she helps us navigate some of the bigger questions in our lives and in our careers. 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: Adobe (and check out What's New in CC 2015!) Dropbox Elle on the Web: Website Twitter Instagram Medium Elle on The Great Discontent The Crossroads of Should and Must - Blog Post The Crossroads of Should and Must - Book Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? The Crossroads of Should and Must on Amazon The 100 Day Project 14:00 - We chat about design, art and utility. Mailbox Bul

For episode 44 we caught up with Haraldur Thorleifsson, a designer and agency founder leading the amazing team at UENO. In this show we chat about Haraldur's background and journey to starting UENO, the state of web design, Apple Watch, burnout and more. 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 Halli on the Web: Website Dribbble UENO An Interview with Haraldur Thorleifsson Twitter Instagram Show Notes: 5:00 - What are you working on? UENO Timeline Luxe Mackey Saturday Dann Petty 13:00 - How did you get big clients as a freelancer? Santa Tracker The Case Studies Halli on Dribbble 22:00 - Is the web becoming a series of boxes? Design Details ft. Noah Stokes Spec 35: